Now the great city was divided into three parts Great city probably refers to Jerusalem,1 as it is contrasted with the cities of the nations (?Gentil...
he shall rule them This promise is closely related to that given to the Laodicean overcomer: ?I will grant to sit with Me on My throne as I also over...
spirits of demons These are among the angels which fell from heaven and joined forces with Satan (Rev. Rev. 12:4+). Although they are ?unclean? and i...
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...
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...
He who has an ear ?Every man ?hath an ear? naturally, but he alone will be able to hear spiritually to whom God has given ?the hearing ear?; whose ?e...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
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...
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...
great hail This recalls the plague of hail which struck Egypt prior to the Exodus:And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. So there was hail, a...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...
Greatness Something or someone that is larger in size, quality, or quantity may be called great. It is a term used for something beyond the ordinary. ...
EZEKIEL, 2 \II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significan...
the ten horns which you saw on the beast The TR stands alone in having the ten horns on the beast. Both MT and NU texts say ?the ten horns which you s...
Necromancy [N]Form of divination in which a person calls upon the dead to receive communication that clarifies knowledge. Ugaritic texts from the midd...
do not weep ?? ????? [m? klaie] , a present tense imperative indicating that John continued to weep.1 the Lion of the tribe of Judah God had revealed...
After seventy years of captivity in Babylon which God had prophesied (2Chr. 2Chr. 36:21; Jer. Jer. 25:11; Jer. 29:10; Dan. Dan. 9:2), and as God had ...
EZEKIEL, 1 e-ze'-ki-el: \Contents - \I. THE PROPHET AND HIS BOOK 1. The Person of Ezekiel Name, Captivity and Trials 2. The Book (1) Its Genuinenes...
Atonement [N] [E]That the Bible's central message is atonement, that is, that God has provided a way for humankind to come back into harmonious relati...
Altar [N] [E] [S]Structure on which offerings are made to a deity. The Hebrew word for altar is mizbeah [;eBzim], from a verbal root meaning to slaugh...