Fatherhood of God Throughout the Bible we find God portrayed as a Father. This portrayal, however, is surprisingly rare in the Old Testament. There Go...
Gospel [N] [E]Glad tidings or good news, from Anglo-Saxon godspell.The Old Testament. Good news is proclaimed widely ( 1 Sam 31:9 ; Psalm 96:2-3 ; ...
Inheritance [N] [S]Legal inheritance refers to actual property or goods received after a family member'sdeath. While Jewish inheritance customs were l...
Overview - 1?Thessalonians 2 1?In what manner the gospel was brought and preached to the Thessalonians, and in what sort also they received it. 18?A r...
Overview - Luke 7 1?Christ finds a greater faith in the centurion, a Gentile than in any of the Jews; 10?heals his servant, being absent; 11?raises fr...
not defiled with women Defiled is ??????????? [Emolynth?san] : ?Causing something to be dirty soil, smear, stain; metaphorically, as keeping the life...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
4.8.1 - The Present Value of Future Events4.8.2 - Certainty versus Uncertainty Imminence is ?The quality or condition of being about to occur.?1 In S...
In our discussion, we saw passages which recognized the potential for persons to be blotted out of the Book of Life (Ex. Ex. 32:32-33; Ps. Ps. 69:28;...
I heard another from the altar saying Probably the angel which officiated at the altar and offered the prayers of the saints (Rev. Rev. 8:3-4+ cf. Re...
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God This phrase is pregnant with anti-Semitism. Although the woman no...
worthy to receive glory and honor and power ?????? [labein] , present tense: to be continually receiving. Both the Father and the Son are worthy to r...
Opening the Fifth and Sixth Seals 1 fifth seal With the opening of the fifth seal, we break from the judgments associated with the four horsemen. ?T...
Paul the Apostle Life. Paul's exact date of birth is unknown. It is reasonable to surmise that he was born within a decade of Jesus' birth. He died, p...
synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not See commentary on Revelation 2:9. but lie ????????? [pseudontai] , present tense, middle voice: ...
Kindness An attribute of God and quality desirable but not consistently found in humans.The main problem in understanding kindness is the fact that it...
When the chief Shepherd shall be manifested (panerwqento tou arcipoimeno). Genitive absolute with first aorist passive participle of panerow, to mani...
New Self Paul refers to the transformation that occurs at conversion as the creation of a new self. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off...
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...
Another proposed solution is to understand Revelation Rev. 17:8+ as merely indicating that the Book of Life has existed from the foundation of the wo...