I heard another from the altar saying Probably the angel which officiated at the altar and offered the prayers of the saints (Rev. Rev. 8:3-4+ cf. Re...
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire Death (representing the bodies of the dead which had lain in the earth and sea) and Hades (the p...
Command, Commandment The term commandment in the Bible (mainly Heb. miswa [hw.xim]; Gk. entole [ejntolhv]) refers to orders or adjurations given by au...
Israel [B] [E] [H] [S]A name given to Jacob Genesis 32:24-32 ; 2?Kings 17:34 ; Hosea 12:3 Hosea 12:4 A name of the Messiah in prophecy Isaiah ...
their dead bodies will lie in the street Lack of burial is particularly repugnant to the Jews. 1K. 14:11; 1K. 16:4; 2K. 2K. 9:37; Ps. Ps. 79:3; Jer. J...
in their mouth Scripture implicates the mouth as the organ which speaks forth the heart: ?Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things...
another angel The most recent individual angel we encountered was the seventh angel who sounded his trumpet in Revelation Rev. 11:15+. Another angel ...
Anathema [B] [H] [S]anything laid up or suspended; hence anything laid up in a temple or set apart as sacred. In this sense the form of the word is a...
Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection They are blessed because ?they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign w...
spirits of demons These are among the angels which fell from heaven and joined forces with Satan (Rev. Rev. 12:4+). Although they are ?unclean? and i...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
The ten horns first appear in Daniel?s night vision?arising from the fourth, terrible beast [#12-#22] (Dan. Dan. 7:24). From these horns an eleventh ...
Children [N] [S] Christ was an example to Luke 2:51 ; John 19:26 John 19:27 Are a gift from God Genesis 33:5 ; Psalms 127:3 Are capable of ...
FORWARD; FORWARDNESS for'-werd for'-werd-nes (hale'ah, naca`; spoudaios): As an adverb forward has the meaning of onward in space or time, or in the ...
Clean, Unclean The Old Testament. How Uncleanness Was Contracted and Treated. In Old Testament times the ordinary state of most things was cleanness, ...
an angel flying through the midst of heaven The MT and NU texts have eagle (????? [aetou] ) instead of angel (??????? [angelou] ). If an eagle rather ...
NEW; NEWNESS nu, nu'-nes (chadhash; kainos, neos): 1. In the Old Testament: The word commonly translated new in the Old Testament is chadhash, brigh...
have made us The TR text reads as shown. The MT and NU texts read ?have made them.? See discussion concerning textual variants in the preceding verse....
Abstain, Abstinence Forbearance of certain activities as a matter of command and voluntary practice for moral and religious purposes. The word-group t...
he cast him into the bottomless pit Having unlocked the abyss, the angel casts Satan into it. The picture is of all authority being with the angel an...