He who overcomes shall inherit all things He who overcomes is ? ????? [ho nik?n] , by now familiar: the overcomer. The promises to the Seven Churches...
The Holy Spirit has always been present and ministering upon the earth (Gen. Gen. 1:2). Prior to the Day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon and ...
Image of God It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of the image of God as a crucial themein biblical theology. From the beginning of the e...
having the glory of God This is the Shekinah, the visible manifestation of God?s presence. Because of His presence, the eternal city has no need for t...
The view that Israel, having rejected her Messiah Jesus, has been permanently cast aside by God in favor of the Church. The Church is considered to be...
Salvation belongs to When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the day He presented Himself as king in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 9:9...
Head, Headship The head is the topmost part of the body, where symbols of power, authority, and honor were displayed. Kings and priests were anointed ...
Kindness An attribute of God and quality desirable but not consistently found in humans.The main problem in understanding kindness is the fact that it...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
SONS OF GOD (NEW TESTAMENT) 1. New Testament Terms: Two Greek words are translated son, teknon, huios, both words indicating sonship by parentage, th...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...
robe dipped in blood Dipped is ?????????? [bebammenon] , perfect passive participle: having been dipped. This verb is from ????? [bapt?] : to baptize...
a few even in Sardis God never lumps the faithful in with the errant in his assessment. Even in the midst of a wicked culture, there are those who tru...
he cast him into the bottomless pit Having unlocked the abyss, the angel casts Satan into it. The picture is of all authority being with the angel an...
COLOSSIANS. CHAPTER IV. Final Exhortation. SUMMARY.--A Charge to Masters. Prayer and Prudence Commended. Tychicus, the Bearer of the Letter, Int...
Numbers 18:28 Thus you also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord, &c.] As the Israelites did when they paid tithes to them, ( Numbers 18:24 ) ;...