\\INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 25\\ In this chapter is an account of the siege, taking, and burning of the city of Jerusalem, and of the carrying captive ...
CHARGER char'-jer (the American Standard Revised Version platter): A word which meant in the older English speech a flat dish or platter. It is used ...
MESSENGER mes'-en-jer: The regular Hebrew word for messenger is mal'akh, the Greek aggelos. This may be a human messenger or a messenger of God, an a...
They sang ??????? [adousin] , present tense, they are singing. Isaiah indicated that the ransomed (redeemed , below) would return to Zion with singin...
In criticism of this association, some note the variations found among the church fathers in assigning the faces to the gospels:The church Father Ire...
a loud voice Like Christ, the angel spoke with a loud or great voice (Rev. Rev. 1:10+). The voice of this mighty angel is also similar to that of the ...
Sir Sir is ????? [kyrie] which is frequently translated Lord. Elsewhere, the word is translated master (Mtt. Mat. 6:24); Sir (Mtt. Mat. 13:27; John Jo...
When they finish their testimony As we have seen throughout the book of Revelation, the ability of the evil forces which manifest during the time of t...
those who dwell on the earth This technical phrase denotes the global populace of the time of the end who consistently oppose God (Rev. Rev. 9:20+), w...
the ten horns which you saw on the beast The TR stands alone in having the ten horns on the beast. Both MT and NU texts say ?the ten horns which you s...
Willing (qelwn). Concessive use of the participle, although willing, not causal, because willing as is shown by with much long-suffering (en pollh ma...
GARDEN, THE KING'S Mention is made of the king's garden in 2?Kings 25:4; Jeremiah 39:4; 52:7 (fundamentally the same passage), in connection with the ...
After the Lamb has opened six of the seven seals, there is a pause in the action while the servants of God are sealed for protection from the judgment...
Wormwood ??????? [Apsinthos] : ?Artemisia Absinthium?1 . Derived from ?absinthe, a bitter, dark green oil made from certain strong-smelling plants wit...
Come out of her my people In the rebellion of Israel against the authority of Moses, Moses and Aaron were told by God to ?separate yourselves from amo...
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...
Justice [N] [T] [E](Heb. sedeq [q,d,x],mispat [f'P.vim];Gk. dikaiosyne [dikaiosuvnh]).God, the Righteous Judge. Justice is rooted in the very nature o...
with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication The kings of the earth committed fornication with the Harlot both because of the allure of her ...
he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God He himself, emphasis is placed upon the individual who worships the beast. He will be hel...
The number twelve appears in the book of Revelation as the twelve thousand Jews from each of the twelve tribes (Rev. Rev. 7:5-8+, Rev. 14:1+), the wo...