Thomas rightly recognizes that the book is primarily prophetic and that overemphasizing the genre of apocalyptic will result in a distortion of its me...
Revelation, Theology of The theology of Revelation stands in the mainstream of first-century Christian thought, for it presupposes, with other New Tes...
The seven churches appear to typify a broad range of strengths and weaknesses which are found in any church in any location in any age. Each letter to...
The two main areas of evidence for determining the authorship of the book are internal and external. Internal evidence is based on the contents of the...
Perhaps the most puzzling statements encountered in the discussion of the purpose of the book of Revelation are those which assert that this most pro...
Feasts [S]Ancient customs atMen alone present at Genesis 40:20 ; Genesis 43:32 Genesis 43:34 ; 1?Samuel 9:22 ; Esther 1:8 Esther 1:9 ; Mark 6...
A number of expositors down through history have held that the seven churches represent seven sequential stages of church history.1 While we do not f...
The practice of interpretation is known as hermeneutics. The word hermeneutics is ultimately derived from Hermes the Greek god who brought the messag...
Blessed is he Luther?s comments underscore the need for a consistently literal interpretation of this book: ?Even if it were a blessed thing to believ...
Having seen the Father and His glorious throne, John?s attention is now drawn to a scroll held in the Father?s hand. The redeeming Lamb takes the scro...
The Book of RevelationChapter 22Chapter Overview:Verses: 22:1 And he showed me a river of the water of life - The ever fresh and fruitful effluence of...
The Book of JohnChapter 19Verses:19:1 Matthew 27:26 ; Mr 15:15.19:7By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God - Which they un...
CHAPTER 1 Galatians 1:1-24 . SUPERSCRIPTION. GREETINGS. THE CAUSE OF HIS WRITING IS THEIR SPEEDY FALLING AWAY FROM THE GOSPEL HE TAUGHT. DEFE...
Only the believer's union with Christ gives him possession of Christ's Spirit, and enables him properly to interpret Scripture. This is only to say th...