Gift [E] [S]In Old Testament times a gift was customarily given for the price of a bride ( Gen 34:12 ). The gifts of all the wave offerings of the Isr...
Armor [N]Scripture frequently employs the imagery of armor as a metaphor for spiritual defense and protection. Old Testament symbolism emphasizes that...
Seal [N] [E] [S]A seal, in biblical times as today, is used to guarantee security or indicate ownership. Ancient seals were often made of wax, embedde...
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...
Light [N] [T] [E]Light always involves the removal of darkness in the unfolding of biblical history and theology. The contrast of light and darkness i...
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...
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
I was in the Spirit Once again, John was ?in the Spirit,? as he was at the beginning of his vision (Rev. Rev. 1:10+). Ezekiel described his similar e...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 30\\ \\\\. This is the first time that a psalm is called a song; some psalms are called by one name, some by another, and so...
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 ...
One the most prevalent doctrines throughout Scripture is the sovereignty of God (Job Job 9:17; Job 33:13; Ecc. Ecc. 3:14; Isa. Isa. 46:10-11; Mtt. Ma...
Demon [E] [S]Spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities. When demons were created, how they came to be demonic, and their organi...
Family Life and Relations The Old Testament. In Western societies individuals are often considered the societal units, brought together by some common...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 25 1?Amaziah begins to reign well. 3?He executes justice on the traitors. 5?Having hired an army of Israelites against the E...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
Assurance [N] [T] [E]In the midst of a world filled with uneasiness and insecurity, assurance of a person's security in God is one of the hallmarks of...
BABE bab: (1) na`ar; pais of a male infant 3 months old (Exodus 2:6) translated elsewhere boy or lad. (2) `olel, ta`alulim, in the general sense of ...
Powers The uses of this biblical term fall into two major divisions: referring to miraculous powers and to angelic beings belonging to the hierarchy o...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...