The first question of the Westminster Confession asks: ?What is the chief and highest end of man?? To which the following answer is given: ?Man?s chi...
In the previous chapter, John was shown The Great Harlot who sits on many waters (Rev. Rev. 17:1+). She was identified as Babylon the Great (Rev. Rev...
hate the deeds The Ephesian church had left their first love, but had not left their former hatred for evil. Their hatred for evil was the diametric ...
The Great Harlot rides upon the Beast who has seven heads and ten horns [#16-#21] (Rev. Rev. 17:1+, Rev. 17:7+). The seven heads of the Beast are sai...
having the glory of God This is the Shekinah, the visible manifestation of God?s presence. Because of His presence, the eternal city has no need for t...
Then he said to me, ?Write: Blessed are those . . . ? The person speaking is the angel who showed John ?the judgment of the great harlot who sits on ...
The number twelve appears in the book of Revelation as the twelve thousand Jews from each of the twelve tribes (Rev. Rev. 7:5-8+, Rev. 14:1+), the wo...
The primary issue among interpreters in regard to the Harlot is whether she is to be understood as being a separate but related entity to Babylon, the...
they have shed the blood of saints and prophets Those who had shed the blood of saints and prophets are the ?peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongue...
Evidence in favor of the heavenly Zion is as follows:1 If the 144,000 are the ones singing the new song (Rev. Rev. 14:3+), they are said to be ?bef...
Caution is needed when attempting to establish the identity of this angel, even though the ultimate identity of the angel has little effect upon the ...
Here is the mind which has wisdom As was the case for calculating the number of the Beast (Rev. Rev. 13:18+), wisdom is required to understand the nex...
Another possible explanation is to understand the references to God?s book (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33), the book of the living (Ps. Ps. 69:28), the book (Dan....
Behold, I make all things new (Idou kaina poiw panta). The first time since Isaiah 1:8 that God has been represented as speaking directly, though v...
The Millennial Kingdom is the kingdom of God on earth which, when it comes, destroys all previous kingdoms (Dan. Dan. 2:35, Dan. 2:44-45; Dan. 7:14, ...
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. The MT text has with all of the saints. ?The Greek witnesses present seven different ending...
Daniel sees these four beasts in his night vision in the first year of the reign of Belshazzar (Dan. Dan. 7:1-28). Daniel?s vision pertains to the fu...
the voice of bridegroom and bride The voice of bridegroom and bride attends normalcy and stability (Mtt. Mat. 24:38). There would be nothing approachi...
let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches See commentary on Revelation 2:7. He who overcomes See Who is the Overcomer? shall not The double-n...
In the previous chapter, John is shown the seven angels having the seven last plagues?the seven bowl judgments. He sees the seven bowls poured forth,...