Second Coming of Christ In Old Testament times the idea that in due course God would send his Messiah (= Anointed One) made its appearance and this th...
Light [N] [T] [E]Light always involves the removal of darkness in the unfolding of biblical history and theology. The contrast of light and darkness i...
Church, the [T] Definition of the Church. The New Testament word for church is ekklesia [ejkklhsiva], which means the called out ones. In classical Gr...
Hospitality [N] [T] [S]Hospitality plays no small role in the realm of biblical ethics. Biblical admonitions exhorted the Israelites and the early Chr...
Descent into Hell (Hades) Belief that between his crucifixion and resurrection Christ descended into the abode of the dead, as confessed in the Apostl...
Call, Calling This prominent biblical term is used with particular theological significance in three ways: in connection with worship, with election, ...
CHAPTER XVII THE KINGDOM Part I.?Its Nature WE here enter the region of the yet unfulfilled purpose of God, and known to us only through prophecy....
Chapter 1515:2? By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. saved (See Scofield Roman...
Footnotes(1 )He came in with a slow and stately step; he spoke with a broken utterance, sometimes with a kind of disjointed sobs rather than words. He...
4-4. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF JESUS' TEACHING. a?MATT. 4:17; b?MARK 1:14-15; c?LUKE 4:14-15. ? ? ? a?17 From that time Jesus began to preach [The...
Condemnation [T]From the standpoint of semantics, condemnation is part of legal terminology. When it is discovered that a crime has been committed, th...
Drink [N] [E]Palestine lacks fresh water rivers and lakes and its dependence upon rain after its yearly hot, dry period makes drought an ongoing possi...
Cloud, Cloud of the Lord The Old Testament. The Literal Cloud. Natural phenomena involving clouds are depicted occasionally in the Old Testament, but ...
Matthew, Theology of In writing his work, the author of the first Gospel sought to make the life, teachings, and work of Jesus relevant to his own Chr...
MATTHEW. CHAPTER XXV. The End of the World. SUMMARY.--The Ten Virgins. The Foolish Who Took No Oil. The Bridegroom Comes. The Doors Shut on the Fo...
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. CHAPTER XIV. Missionary Labors in the Cities of Asia Minor. SUMMARY.--Paul and Barnabas at Iconium. Flight to Lystra and Der...
Footnotes(1 )Luke xi. 10.(2 )Prov. xvii. 28, lxx.(3 )Is. ii. 3, lxx.(4 )Phil. iii. 14.(5 )i.e., confessed or denied himself a Christian. The Benedicti...
Angel (a spirit) A CELESTIAL SPIRITCalled ANGEL OF THE LORD Matthew 1:20 Matthew 1:24 ; Matthew 2:13 Matthew 2:19 ; 28:2 ; Luke 1:11 ; Acts 5...
Preach, Proclaim The word for preach, proclaim in the Greek New Testament is kerysso [khruvssw]. It is used thirty-two times in the Gospels, but abou...
THE essential element in the idea of the Incarnation, disregarding the etymology of the term, is the assumption by the Son of God of a creature natur...