Overview - Isaiah 58 1?The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, shews the difference between a counterfeit fast and a true. 8?He declares what p...
Overview - Ezekiel 12 1?Under the type of Ezekiels's removing, 8?is shewn the captivity of Zedekiah. 17?Ezekiel's trembling shews the Jews' desolatio...
The rest were killed The rest emphasizes the unique treatment of the previous two in comparison with these. Unlike the Beast and the False Prophet, t...
CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scriptures1. The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedi...
to you . . . and to the rest You is plural (???? [hymin] ). The question then becomes if you refers to the members of the Thyatiran church (and not j...
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...
Chapter?15The scope of this short but excellent psalm is to show us the way to heaven, and to convince us that, if we would be happy, we must be holy ...
I am He who lives John calls Him ? ??? [ho z?n] , ?the living one? (present, active participle). ?Life? is an essential attribute of God Who is consi...
Chapter 99:2? In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the p...
Knowledge of God The key biblical terms for knowledge assume a personal familiarity, even an intimateinvolvement, with the known object. Similarly, kn...
The scene which John is shown next is an extension of what has preceded. In the previous chapter, Revelation 11 , John was shown two witnesses who pro...
Then I, John, saw the holy city This is one of five places in the book of Revelation where John refers to himself by name (Rev. Rev. 1:1+, Rev. 1:4+, ...
my two witnesses The TR text indicates that it is an angel which is speaking with John (Rev. Rev. 11:1+). Yet here, the speaker speaks of the two witn...
Praise [N] [T]Praise, mostly of God, is a frequent theme in the psalms, the Hebrew title of which is Praises. Yet praise is a theme that pervades the ...
Chapter?13This chapter brings us again to the history of the kings of Israel, and particularly of the family of Jehu. We have here an account of the r...
Chapter?6Christ having, in the former chapter, armed his disciples against the corrupt doctrines and opinions of the scribes and Pharisees, especially...
WISDOM wiz'-dum: 1. Linguistic 2. History 3. Religious Basis 4. Ideals 5. Teaching of Christ 6. Remainder of the New Testament (1) James (2) P...
Now we come upon a subject of great importance: the primacy (ultimate importance) of Scripture. While the inspiration and inerrancy of Scripture is o...
Chapter?5This chapter, and the two that follow it, are a sermon; a famous sermon; the sermon upon the mount. It is the longest and fullest continued d...
Chapter?3In this chapter we have the further preparation of the prophet for the work to which God called him. I. His eating the roll that was presente...