Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Image of God It would be difficult to overstate the centrality of the image of God as a crucial themein biblical theology. From the beginning of the e...
Eli [N] [H] [S]ascent, the high priest when the ark was at Shiloh ( 1 Samuel 1:3 1 Samuel 1:9 ). He was the first of the line of Ithamar, Aaron's fou...
Presence of God The Scriptures often speak of God's presence in human history. The most common Hebrew term for presence is panim [yIn'P], which is als...
The Book of JobChapter 8Chapter Overview: Bildad affirms, that Job had spoken amiss, ver. 1 - 3. That if he would sincerely seek to God, God would h...
Persecution [N] [T] [E]Just as the Bible graphically describes the introduction and spread of sin in the world, it also depicts the presence and reali...
Caution is needed when attempting to establish the identity of this angel, even though the ultimate identity of the angel has little effect upon the ...
Hosanna [N] [E] [H] [S]Joyful Aramaic exclamation of praise, apparently specific to the major Jewish religious festivals (especially Passover and Tabe...
Sin unto Death The expression sin unto death ( 1 John 5:16-17 ) appears in a context concerning confident, effective prayer (cf. 1 John 3:21-22 ; 4:...
Name [N]In contemporary Western culture a name rarely possesses significance beyond that of a highly sentimental, perhaps aesthetically conditioned re...
Edom [N] [H] The name of Esau (q.v.), Genesis 25:30 , Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage [Heb. haadom, haadom, i.e., 'the red pottage, ...
cast out This is the first stage in the de facto fulfillment of what was previously accomplished de jure at Christ?s First Coming (Luke Luke 10:18; Jo...
Hear, Hearing Most Old Testament words for hear(ing) come from the root sm [[;m'v], hear, or zn [;z'a], (give) ear, although qsb [b;v'q], pay attent...
The Book of DeuteronomyChapter 1Chapter Overview: The preface, fixing the time and place, ver. 1 - 5. Israel commanded to march, ver. 6 - 8. Judges...
Chapter?16In this chapter we have the institution of the annual solemnity of the day of atonement, or expiation, which had as much gospel in it as per...
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...
Chapter 22:3? And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. sanct...
I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches The Revelation of Jesus Christ (the contents of which are recorded by thi...
I heard a voice from heaven saying to me This is probably the same voice which told John to ?seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered? (Rev...
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...