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...
In the previous chapter, John was shown The Great Harlot who sits on many waters (Rev. Rev. 17:1+). She was identified as Babylon the Great (Rev. Rev...
In contrast to The Great Harlot of Revelation Rev. 17:1+ who embodies the very origins of harlotry and blasphemy (also stretching back in history), a...
her plagues will come in one day When her judgment finally comes, it will be swift and decisive (Isa. Isa. 47:9, Isa. 47:11; Rev. Rev. 18:9+, Rev. 18:...
This view holds that Babylon of the time of the end represents a world-spanning global, anti-God system. Usually, the system is partitioned into eccl...
one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls with the seven last plagues The seven last plagues were called last because ?in them the wrath of God ...
In the previous chapter, John is shown the seven angels having the seven last plagues?the seven bowl judgments. He sees the seven bowls poured forth,...
I turned to see John is about to enter into the experience of many other prophets who were given a revelation of the glory of the Lord, usually near ...
Render to her just as she rendered to you Render is ??????? [apodote] , plural imperative, you all give back to her! Who is this command given to?Acco...
their dead bodies will lie in the street Lack of burial is particularly repugnant to the Jews. 1K. 14:11; 1K. 16:4; 2K. 2K. 9:37; Ps. Ps. 79:3; Jer. J...
Flock Two Hebrew words, eder [r,d,[] and son, are regularly translated flock in the Old Testament and both are rendered by Greek poimne [poivmnh] (or ...
sea of glass, like crystal Those who achieve victory over the beast (by not loving their lives to the death, Rev. Rev. 12:11+) are seen standing on t...
Zechariah 7:12 Yea, they made their hearts [as] an adamant stone The word here used is translated a diamond in ( Jeremiah 17:1 ) and it is said to be ...
In Revelation Rev. 16:1+, John was shown the pouring forth of the final seven bowls which contained God?s wrath. At the pouring of the seventh bowl, ...
Providence of God The word providence comes from the Latin providentia (Gk. pronoia [provnoia]) and means essentially foresight or making provision be...
Then I, John, saw the holy city This is one of five places in the book of Revelation where John refers to himself by name (Rev. Rev. 1:1+, Rev. 1:4+, ...
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...
Divination [N] [T] [E] [S]Communication with a deity for the purpose of determining the deity's knowledge, resulting in clarification of a decision or...
Beyond the interpretive issue mentioned above, which we feel is conclusive, there are many other reasons for taking Babylon in the book of Revelation...
ISAIAH, 8-9 8. Isaiah's Prophecies Chronologically Arranged: The editorial arrangement of Isaiah's prophecies is very suggestive. In the main they st...