GROAN gron (na'aq, 'anaq; stenazo, embrimaomai): The English word, noun and verb, is an attempt to imitate the vocal sound which is expressive of sev...
The number three appears in the book of Revelation in association with the doxological triad (Rev. Rev. 4:8+; cf. Isa. Isa. 6:3), the amount of grain...
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...
Devote, Devoted The Hebrew noun used to denote exclusive dedication of something to God is herem [,rej]. The root idea is separation and exclusion. Th...
Having explored the parallels between events in the book of Revelation and passages which speak of a future time of trouble for both the world and th...
ISLAND; ISLE i'-land, il (1) 'i, island or isle; the American Standard Revised Version has coast or coast-land in Isaiah 20:6; 23:2,6; the Revised Ve...
As has often been the case in the past, the nations will be led of God to participate in the campaign which leads to their ultimate demise. Believing...
The rest were killed The rest emphasizes the unique treatment of the previous two in comparison with these. Unlike the Beast and the False Prophet, t...
He who is unjust, let him be unjust He who is unjust is ? ?????? [ho adik?n] : the one acting unjustly, damaging, or doing wrong. One who violates Go...
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God This phrase is pregnant with anti-Semitism. Although the woman no...
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...
Deliver The Old Testament. The concept of deliverance occurs in the Old Testament with two meanings. The first is in a nontheological sense signifying...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
a great earthquake There are numerous earthquakes during the Tribulation. A previous great earthquake attended the opening of the sixth seal (Rev. Rev...
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...
ZEDEKIAH (2) (tsidhqiyahu, Yah my righteousness; name changed from Mattaniah (mattanyah, gift of Yah; Sedekias): I. SOURCES FOR HIS REGION AND TIME ...
Scripture informs us that the earthly patterns given by God are often a shadow of a greater heavenly reality (Col. Col. 2:17; Heb. Heb. 8:5; Heb. 9:8...
FACE fas: In Hebrew the translation of three expressions: (1) panim (2) `ayin, literally, eye and (3) 'aph, literally, nose, nostril, already note...
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...