my two witnesses The TR text indicates that it is an angel which is speaking with John (Rev. Rev. 11:1+). Yet here, the speaker speaks of the two witn...
Boasting [N]The concept of boasting is found frequently in both the Old and the New Testaments. The object of boasting determines its nature. If it is...
EZEKIEL, 2 \II. Significance of Ezekiel in Israel's Religious History. Under the first head we will consider the formal characteristics and significan...
FIFTH PERIOD. FROM REHOBOAM AND JEROBOAM I. UNTIL THE END OF THE DIVIDED KINGDOM. THE PERIOD OF ISRAEL'S CONFLICTS WITH THE WORLD - EMPIRES, AND OF P...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
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...
Testimony [N] [E]The biblical concept of testimony or witness is closely allied with the conventional Old Testament legal sense of testimony given in ...
they sing ??????? [Adousin] , present tense, they are singing. the song of Moses Some take the song of Moses to commemorate the victory which God gav...
Widow [N] [S]Married woman whose husband has died and who remains unmarried. The Hebrew word translated widow is almana [hn'm.l; ], and it occurs fift...
Hope [N] [T] [E]To trust in, wait for, look for, or desire something or someone; or to expect something beneficial in the future.The Old Testament. Th...
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...
-. THE CRUCIFIXION.Subdivision B.JESUS CRUCIFIED AND REVILED. HIS THREESAYINGS DURING FIRST THREE HOURS. (Friday morning from 9 o'clock till noon....
Joy [N] [T]Happiness over an unanticipated or present good. In the Old Testament joy (Heb. sama[;j;m'f])covers a wide range of human experiences?from ...
Godly, Godliness Reverence for God and a life of holiness in the world.The Old Testament. The Lord has set apart the godly for himself ( Psalm 4:3 ); ...
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...
Understanding The Old Testament. The basic Hebrew word so translated is the verb biyn [yiB] or one of its derivatives, together used some 247 times in...
Although all preterists insist that their view of Scripture is the best way to understand and explain the text, it is useful to understand that some ...
Predestination [N] [E]The Concept. Divine predestination means that God has a purpose that is determined long before it is brought to pass. It implies...
Destroy, Destruction Destroy in the Bible usually refers to violent action causing physical death ( Num 16:33 ; Psalm 2:12 ; Heb. abad [d;b'a]). But ...
Mind/Reason That part of the human being in which thought takes place and perception and decisions to do good, evil, and the like come to expression. ...