Thankfulness, Thanksgiving The Old Testament. Early in the Old Testament both the language and the concept of thanksgiving are conspicuous by their ab...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
overcomes See. Who is the Overcomer? I will make him a pillar in the temple Some have seen this as an allusion to the pillars in Solomon?s Temple. 1K....
Fruit of the Spirit The fruit of the Spirit is the result of the Holy Spirit's presence and working in the lives of maturing believers and is itemized...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
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...
four living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. the elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. a Lamb ?When John turned, he saw, not a Lion, acc...
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...
will kill her children with death A futuristic use of the present tense: ?I am killing?. An indication of imminency of the judgment. Gen. 2:17).?1 J...
Union with Christ [T]According to the New Testament, the religious experience of the earliest Christians was derived from and dependent upon Christ. C...
The use of first to describe a resurrection which follows after Christ?s resurrection, gives us an initial clue that first cannot denote absolute chr...
Apostle [N] [E] [S](Gk. apostolos [ajpovstolo]). Envoy, ambassador, or messenger commissioned to carry out the instructions of the commissioning aget....
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
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 ...
Demon [E] [S]Spirit being who is unclean and immoral in nature and activities. When demons were created, how they came to be demonic, and their organi...
Victory The number of times the word victory occurs in the English Bible depends very much on the particular version one uses. For example, victory oc...
Perfect, Perfection Two word-groups in the Hebrew Old Testament are translated perfect or perfection: tamam [m'T] and calal [l;l'K]. The former connot...
Greatness Something or someone that is larger in size, quality, or quantity may be called great. It is a term used for something beyond the ordinary. ...
Sheol [N] [E] Old Testament. The Hebrew word seol [l/a.v], Sheol, refers to the grave or the abode of the dead ( Psalms 88:3 Psalms 88:5 ). Through ...
Blameless The Old Testament. The concept of blamelessness carries with it two different, yet not dissimilar ideas. The first refers to sacrificial ani...