I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last God is said to be ?everlasting? (Gen. Gen. 21:33). He ?inhabits eternity? (Isa. Isa. 57:15) and i...
Chapter?138It does not appear, nor is it material to enquire, upon what occasion David penned this psalm; but in it, I. He looks back with thankfulnes...
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...
Chapter?9In this chapter we have an account of three more of the plagues of Egypt. I. Murrain among the cattle, which was fatal to them (v.?1-7). II. ...
Chapter?7We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for ...
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...
The Book of PsalmsChapter 22Chapter Overview: It is confessed that David was a type of Christ, and that many passages of the Psalms, though literall...
Chapter 11:4? And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Fath...
Chapter?5Eliphaz, in the foregoing chapter, for the making good of his charge against Job, had vouched a word from heaven, sent him in a vision. In th...
Chapter?97This psalm dwells upon the same subject, and is set to the same tune, with the foregoing psalm. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of both; t...
HEART AND HEAD. Sec. XII. Quid sine capite est homo, cries Ambrose, cum totus in capite sit! According to thorough investigation and evidence of ...
Chapter?87The foregoing psalm was very plain and easy, but in this are things dark and hard to be understood. It is an encomium of Zion, as a type and...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? hidden manna The manna is set...
Chapter?4In this chapter we have, I. A threatening of the paucity and scarceness of man (v.?1), which might fitly enough have been added to the close ...
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...
Scripture does not give great detail concerning the sequence of events during the Campaign of Armageddon. Most of the passages concerning this time a...
?EXPOSITION Verse 47. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. Next to liberty and courage comes delight. When we have done ...
Nature, Natural The Hebrew language has no word for nature equivalent to the Greek word physis [fuvsi]. Hebrew thought and language were essentially c...
Chapter?33The scope of this chapter is much the same with that of the foregoing chapter?to confirm the promise of the restoration of the Jews, notwith...
Chapter?48This psalm, as the two former, is a triumphant song; some think it was penned on occasion of Jehoshaphat?s victory (2 Chr 17), others of Sen...