In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
Chapter?1 Micah was raised up to support Isaiah, and to confirm his predictions, while he invited to repentance, both by threatened judgments and pro...
Two other titles which are related to the coming Day of the Lord are the Time of Jacob?s Trouble and the Great Tribulation.1 Notice that all three in...
MICAH (2) (mikhah; Meichaias; an abbreviation for Micaiah (Jeremiah 26:18), and this again of the longer form of the word in 2?Chronicles 17:7; compar...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
Overview - Haggai 2 1?He encourages the people to the work, by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first. 10?In the type of ...
Hate, Hatred Hate derives from a strong dislike or ill will toward persons or things. As an emotional attitude, a person may oppose, detest, or despis...
seventh angel sounded The seventh angel sounds the seventh trumpet (Rev. Rev. 8:2+). This last of the seven trumpets is not to be confused with the ?l...
Humility [N] [T] [E]Biblical humility is grounded in the character of God. The Father stoops down to help the poor and needy ( Psalm 113:4-9 ; 138:6-...
being with child ?? ?????? ?????? [en gastri echousa] , in the womb having. Something we should immediately notice about this entire vision is the lac...
In the previous chapter, the future looked very bleak for the saints. The Beast arose from the sea, empowered by the dragon, and was given authority o...
Another stumbling block to an accurate interpretation of the book of Revelation is attributing the wrong motives to its authorship. To listen to some...
every island fled away and the mountains were not found Unlike the earthquake attending the opening of the sixth seal in which ?every mountain and is...
Remnant Leftovers or remainders, whether of daily food ( Ruth 2:14 Ruth 2:18 ), food at the Passover ( Leviticus 7:16 Leviticus 7:18 ), anointing oi...
PILLAR pil'-ar (matstsebhah, `ammudh; stulos): In a good many cases the Revised Version (British and American) substitutes pillars for the King James...
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 ); ...
Good, Goodness The main Old Testament words for good/goodness come from the Hebrew word tob [b'f] while the most common New Testament words are kalos ...
Chapter?18David?s piety and his prayer we had an account of in the foregoing chapter; here follows immediately that which one might reasonably expect,...
Sin unto Death The expression sin unto death ( 1 John 5:16-17 ) appears in a context concerning confident, effective prayer (cf. 1 John 3:21-22 ; 4:...
Matthew 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you Any of the false prophets, or the deluded followers of false Christs: behold, he is in the desert,...