?EXPOSITIONVerse 9. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth. His voice quiets the tumult of war, and calls for the silence of peace. However...
Wrath of God The Scriptures use various terms to express God's emotions that are in contrast to his love for, pleasure in, and satisfaction with his p...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 5. Come and see the works of God. Such glorious events, as the cleaving of the Red Sea and the overthrow of Pharaoh, are standing won...
SOLEMN, SOLEMNITY sol'-em, so-lem'-ni-ti: The word solemn had (1) at first the meaning once in the year, through its derivation from Latin sollus, w...
PSALM 138 OVERVIEW Title. A Psalm of David. This Psalm is wisely placed. Whoever edited and arranged these sacred poems, he had an eye to apposition a...
1. And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes c...
Time [N] [T]It is debatable whether the Bible contains enough information to formulate a full-scale doctrine of time; nonetheless, the significance of...
Priest, Christ as The Old Testament. The priestly activity of drawing near to God in sacrifice and prayer is introduced in the Old Testament through A...
PSALM 125 Psalms 125:1-5 . God honors the confidence of His people, by protection and deliverance, and leaves hypocrites to the doom of the w...
Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms In ( Psalms 69:25 ) . These are the words of Peter, citing the Scripture he had said must be fulfil...
Inheritance [N] [S]Legal inheritance refers to actual property or goods received after a family member'sdeath. While Jewish inheritance customs were l...
Light [N] [T] [E]Light always involves the removal of darkness in the unfolding of biblical history and theology. The contrast of light and darkness i...
PSALM 84 Psalms 84:1-12 . The writer describes the desirableness of God's worship and prays for a restoration to its privileges. 1. amiable--...
Grief, Grieving Scripture often speaks of God as being grieved or experiencing grief. This holds true for each member of the Trinity. In Genesis 6:6-8...
?EXPOSITIONVerse 2. Therefore. How fond the psalmist is of therefores! his poetry is no poetic rapture without reason, it is as logical as a mathemati...
INTRODUCTION The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim (praises or hymns), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs i...
PSALM 15 OVERVIEW SUBJECT, &c. This Psalm of David bears no dedicatory title at all indicative of the occasion upon which it was written, but it is e...
Spirit [N] [E]The Old Testament. The Hebrew word for spirit is ruah [;jWr]. It appears 389 times in the Old Testament. Its varied use almost defies an...
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...
Hebrews 2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren These words, with the following clause, are cited from ( Psalms 22:22 ) as a proof of wh...