In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
Commerce [T] [S]Laws concerning Leviticus 19:36 Leviticus 19:37 ; Leviticus 25:14 Leviticus 25:17 Carried on by means of caravans Genesis 37:25...
Ezekiel, Book ofconsists mainly of three groups of prophecies. After an account of his call to the prophetical office ( (1-3:21), ), Ezekiel (1) utter...
the great day of His wrath The great day is The Day of the Lord, a unique time yet future when God will radically intervene in history to demonstrate...
every island fled away and the mountains were not found Unlike the earthquake attending the opening of the sixth seal in which ?every mountain and is...
Pit [N] [E] [S]The Old Testament. Pit denotes a large hole in the ground. Pits were used to catch wild animals ( Eze 19:1-8 ) or to collect water for ...
breadth of the earth Breadth is ?????? [platos] : ?the broad plain of the earth is perhaps meant to provide room for the countless enemies of God?1 ...
Overview - 2?Chronicles 34 1?Josiah's good reign. 3?He destroys idolatry. 8?He takes order for the repair of the temple. 14?Hilkiah, having found a ...
Chapter 11:4? And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Fath...
A key passage associated with the Campaign of Armageddon mentions that God will assemble all nations in the ?Valley of Jehoshaphat? (Joel Joel 3:2, J...
OFFENCE; OFFEND o-fens', o-fend' (mikhshol, 'asham, chaTa'; skandalon, skandalizo): Offend is either transitive or intransitive As transitive it is p...
It is done! It is done is ?????? [Gegone] , perfect tense: it has become! The perfect tense emphasizes the completion of the task of creating the new ...
Hand, Right Hand Hand most frequently represents the ownership, power, or control that its possessor (either an individual or a people) exercises. Thi...
Overview - 1?Chronicles 9 1?The original of Israel and Judah's genealogies. 2?The Israelites; 10?the priests; 14?and the Levites, with Nethinims, whi...
His feet It would appear that His feet were unshod: They were no doubt bare; as were the feet of the Levitical priesthood ministering in the sanctuar...
the voice of a great multitude See commentary on Revelation 19:1. as the sound of many waters This phrase describes the roar which attends heavenly v...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
overcomes See. Who is the Overcomer? I will make him a pillar in the temple Some have seen this as an allusion to the pillars in Solomon?s Temple. 1K....
Hardening, Hardness of Heart In the Scriptures various aspects of human anatomy are used to define the whole person, but the most frequently used is h...
Deliver The Old Testament. The concept of deliverance occurs in the Old Testament with two meanings. The first is in a nontheological sense signifying...