The earthly Temple is patterned after a greater reality: the heavenly Temple (Heb. Heb. 8:4-5; Heb. Heb. 9:1-11). Almost everything which was shown M...
Two of the women who play key roles in the Book of Revelation are cities: Babylon and the New Jerusalem. This is no accident as one is the city of ma...
\\INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 11\\ The apostle having, in the preceding chapter, spoken in commendation of the grace, and life of faith, and of its usef...
Red sea [E] [S]The locusts which devastated Egypt destroyed in Exodus 10:19 Israelites cross; Pharaoh and his army drowned in Exodus 14 ; Exodus ...
Fat [N] [S](Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the fattest of the flock, in the account of Abel's sacrifice ( Genesis 4:4 ). It so...
Joshua 15:57 Cain Cain, or Hakain, that Cain, we nowhere else read of; whether the name was given it by the old Canaanites, in memory of Cain, the son...
Abel [N] [H] [S](Heb. Hebhel), a breath, or vanity, the second son of Adam and Eve. He was put to death by his brother Cain ( Genesis 4:1-16 ). Guided...
The Book of DeuteronomyChapter 6Chapter Overview: A persuasive to obedience, ver. 1 - 3. The first truth, God is One, the first duty, to love him, v...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
made us kings and priests In both NU and MT, the Greek has appointed us a kingdom (singular), priests to God. A similar difference occurs in Revelatio...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
Now we reach the second fork in the interpretive road: having established that the two witnesses are best understood as historic individuals, which in...
Who is worthy to open ?A mighty angel shouts out a challenge for anyone to come forth who is ?worthy? to open the great scroll and its seals. All cre...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
in His right hand seven stars These stars are the seven angels of the churches as explained in Revelation 1:20 . The picture of the stars being withi...
the temple of God was opened in heaven This is the heavenly temple (Isa. Isa. 6:1-4; Rev. Rev. 7:15+; Rev. 14:15+, Rev. 14:17+; Rev. 15:5-6+, Rev. 15:...
Atonement, the Explained Romans 5:8-11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:18 2 Corinthians 5:19 ; Galatians 1:4 ; 1?John 2:2 ; 4:10 Foreordained Romans 3:...
His eyes were like a flame of fire His eyes match the description which John saw in his first vision of the glorified Christ (Rev. Rev. 1:14+ cf. Rev...
Chapter 1414:14? And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eigh...
Wrath of God The Scriptures use various terms to express God's emotions that are in contrast to his love for, pleasure in, and satisfaction with his p...