in their mouth Scripture implicates the mouth as the organ which speaks forth the heart: ?Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things...
This same theme of tribal preservation continues into the NT with Gabriel?s message to Mary concerning her virgin birth:?And behold, you will conceive...
overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? clothed in white garments See commentary on Revelation 3:4. Clothed is ???????????? [peribaleitai] , the overcomer...
you are about to suffer The Smyrnaeans were about to enter a time of testing. God often warns his servants prior to a time of trial (Eze. Eze. 2:3-7;...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
For God has put it into their hearts to fulfill His purpose God?s sovereign control of the affairs of history is a constant theme behind the events of...
mystery As is frequently the case within Scripture, the answers to our questions are ?in the back of the book? (in this case, the back of the chapter)...
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...
a great star fell from heaven Star is ????? [ast?r] , the same root word as the ?stars of heaven? which fell to earth at the opening of the sixth seal...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
He who is unjust, let him be unjust He who is unjust is ? ?????? [ho adik?n] : the one acting unjustly, damaging, or doing wrong. One who violates Go...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. cold ?????? [psychros] : ?in mind: of one destitute of warm Christian faith and the desire for holiness.?1 ...
a few even in Sardis God never lumps the faithful in with the errant in his assessment. Even in the midst of a wicked culture, there are those who tru...
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory for . . . Their gladness and rejoicing is because the marriage has come. As in the First Coming of Chri...
All book names within Bible addresses appear in one of two forms: (1) the full formal name (e.g., Revelation), or (2) a standardized abbreviation. Th...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
Blessed are those who do His commandments Those who do is ?? ????????? [hoi poiountes] , present tense participle: the ones continually doing. The NU...
The importance of having an objective guide to interpret the text can be seen in the following comments of Gregg who has taught the book of Revelatio...
If the path of accommodation and compromise continues unabated, eventually the church reaches a point of friendship with the world. This is an extreme...
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...