Church [E] [S](Hebrew: qahal, edah; Greek: ekklesia)(The people of God; the collective body of believers. (Also, CONGREGATION, ASSEMBLY, THE BODY OF C...
CHAPTER 8 Zechariah 8:1-23 . CONTINUATION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE SEVENTH CHAPTER. After urging them to obedience by the fate of their fathers,...
Job 18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle What shall dwell in it is not said; there are various conjectures about it, and different supplements are m...
CHAPTER 6 Daniel 6:1-28 . DARIUS' DECREE: DANIEL'S DISOBEDIENCE, AND CONSEQUENT EXPOSURE TO THE LION'S: HIS DELIVERANCE BY GOD, AND DARIUS' D...
I. Let us begin with that canon concerning reading the Book of Esther in the feast of Purim. Towns that were begirt with walls from the days of Joshua...
Power [B]OF CHRISTAs the Son of God, is the power of God John 5:17-19 ; 10:28-30 As man, is from the Father Acts 10:38 Described as supreme ...
CHAPTER 9 Daniel 9:1-27 . DANIEL'S CONFESSION AND PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM: GABRIEL COMFORTS HIM BY THE PROPHECY OF THE SEVENTY WEEKS. The world...
INTRODUCTION DANIEL, that is, God is my judge; probably of the blood royal (compare Daniel 1:3 a son of David is named so). Jerusalem may have be...
Prayer. [N] [T] [B] [E]The object of this article will be to touch briefly on -- The doctrine of Scripture as to the nature and efficacy of prayer; I...
Legalism The term legalism commonly denotes preoccupation with form at the expense of substance. While it is now used metaphorically in all areas of h...
Righteous MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSCompared withThe sun Judges 5:31 ; Matthew 13:43 Stars Daniel 12:3 Lights Matthew 5:14 ; Philipp...
Isaiah 63:1 Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? &c.] These are not the words of the angels at the time of Christ's asce...
Synagogue [N] [E] [S]The synagogue was the place where Jews gathered for instruction and worship in the New Testament period. The Greek word synagoge ...
SOLOMON sol'-o-mun (shelomoh; New Testament Solomon): I. EARLY LIFE 1. Name and Meaning 2. Sources 3. Birth and Upbringing 4. His Accession 5. C...
PUNISHMENTS pun'-ish-ments ('awon, fault, iniquity, punishment for iniquity, sin (Genesis 4:13; Leviticus 26:41; Job 19:29; Psalms 149:7; Lamentations...
Apocalyptic Type of biblical literature that emphasizes the lifting of the veil between heaven and earth and the revelation of God and his plan for th...
Afflictions and adversities MISCELLANY OF MINOR SUB-TOPICSGod regulates the measure of afflictions Psalms 80:5 ; Isaiah 9:1 ; Jeremiah 46:28 Dete...
Priest, Priesthood Old Testament Priesthood. The primary word for priest in the Old Testament is the Hebrew masculine noun kohen [ehoK], for which we ...
CHAPTER 11 Daniel 11:1-45 . This chapter is an enlargement of the eighth: THE OVERTHROW OF PERSIA BY GRECIA: THE FOUR DIVISIONS OF ALEXANDER'...
CHAPTER 9 Isaiah 9:1-7 . CONTINUATION OF THE PROPHECY IN THE EIGHTH CHAPTER. 1. Nevertheless, &c.--rather, For darkness shall not (continuall...