Foreknowledge In his omniscience God knows what the future holds both for individuals and for nations. He knows and sees everything in advance and his...
Eternal Punishment [N]Divinely instituted penalty of endless suffering, including banishment from God's blessed presence.The Old Testament. A study of...
Delight The idea of delight occurs approximately 110 times in Scripture in various forms. Less than fifteen occurrences are found in the New Testament...
God, Names of Names are more than labels. In Old Testament times a name expressed identification, but also identity. Significant meaning often attache...
Abortion [N]Humankind as God's Unique Image-Bearer. Although only a handful of Old Testament texts, all in Genesis, explicitly portray humankind as Go...
7-3. BARREN FIG-TREE. TEMPLE CLEANSED. (Road from Bethany and Jerusalem. Monday, April 4, A. D. 30.) a?MATT. 21:18-19; b?MARK 11:12-18; c?LUKE 1...
where she has a place ??? ???? ???? ????? [Hopu echei ekei topon] , where she is having there (a) place. This appears to speak of a specific location...
FOOT foot (reghel, qarcol (only twice in parallel passages: 2?Samuel 22:37 = Psalms 18:36, where it probably means ankle); pous): The dusty roads of ...
Glory [N] [T] [E]Natural Objects. When used in reference to natural objects glory may refer to the brightness of heavenly bodies ( Acts 22:11 ; 1 Col...
Egypt [N] [T] [E] [H] [S]One of the great powers of the ancient Near East, Egypt dominated the international stage during the prestate life of Israel....
There are also seven kings This phrase should read ?And they are seven kings? (NASB95). The KJV and NKJV translations are misleading here. The KJV be...
OBADIAH, BOOK OF Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament. The theme of the book is the destruction of Edom. Consequent upon the overthrow of...
Scripture informs us that the earthly patterns given by God are often a shadow of a greater heavenly reality (Col. Col. 2:17; Heb. Heb. 8:5; Heb. 9:8...
-. THE CRUCIFIXION.Subdivision B.JESUS CRUCIFIED AND REVILED. HIS THREESAYINGS DURING FIRST THREE HOURS. (Friday morning from 9 o'clock till noon....
Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies Heaven is the created reality beyond earth. The heavens and the earth ( Gen 1:1 ) circumscribe the entire creation, or wha...
Chapter?126It was with reference to some great and surprising deliverance of the people of God out of bondage and distress that this psalm was penned,...
Violence Old Testament terms that particularly explicate the concept are chamac [s'm'j], gazal [l;zG], and asaq [q;f'[], (and their derivatives). Prim...
HEART AND HEAD. Sec. XII. Quid sine capite est homo, cries Ambrose, cum totus in capite sit! According to thorough investigation and evidence of ...
Amen [N] [E] [S]In current usage, the term amen has become little more than a ritualized conclusion to prayers. Yet the Hebrew and Greek words for ame...
Temptation, Test While the number of terms denoting temptation and testing is small, their range of meaning is wide, extending from a secular sens...