His eyes were like a flame of fire His eyes match the description which John saw in his first vision of the glorified Christ (Rev. Rev. 1:14+ cf. Rev...
Come out of her my people In the rebellion of Israel against the authority of Moses, Moses and Aaron were told by God to ?separate yourselves from amo...
It is done! It is done is ?????? [Gegone] , perfect tense: it has become! The perfect tense emphasizes the completion of the task of creating the new ...
Another frequently cited source of symbolism within the book of Revelation is the various uninspired Jewish apocryphal writings:Symbols and other sug...
Overview - Genesis 1 1?God creates heaven and earth; 3?the light; 6?the firmament; 9?separates the dry land; 14?forms the sun, moon, and stars; 20?...
As fascinating (and time-consuming) as the forgoing ideas may be, they all have a fundamental problem: they are opposed by the simple facts of history...
a loud voice from heaven The NU text has from the throne. A loud voice from heaven told John not to write what the seven thunders uttered (Rev. Rev. ...
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...
Overview - 2?Samuel 11 1?While Joab besieges Rabbah, David commits adultery with Bath-sheba. 6?Uriah, sent for by David to cover the adultery, would ...
JERAHMEEL; JERAHMEELITES je-ra'-me-el, je-ra'-me-el-its (yerachme'el, may God have compassion!): (1) In 1?Chronicles 2:9,25,26,27,33,42, he is descri...
GUEST gest (qara'; anakeimai): Oriental customs growing out of a nomadic life demand a greater abandon and freedom with respect to the relation of ho...
Overview - Jeremiah 20 1?Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new name, and a fearful doom. 7?Jeremiah complains of contempt; 10?of treachery; 14?and...
REMNANT rem'-nant: Remnant is the translation of yether, what is left over (Deuteronomy 3:11; 28:54; Joshua 12:4, etc.); of she'-ar, the rest (Ezra 3...
CUSHI ku'-shi: This name represents kushi, (in the original Septuagint Chousei, Chousi), either with or without the article. With the article (so in ...
Salvation belongs to When Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the day He presented Himself as king in fulfillment of the prophecy of Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 9:9...
The title ?Beast? is used of the evil individual who figures large in various passages of the book of Revelation (Rev. Rev. 11:7+; Rev. 13:1-4+, Rev....
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...
Some have held that the Antichrist will be Jewish in origin. Among the reasons cited for this view are:His acceptance by Israel is thought to imply a...
Although the Harlot includes both commercial and religious aspects, many have minimized her commercial aspects and placed greater emphasis on her rel...
morning star Christ Himself is said to be the morning star (Rev. Rev. 22:16+).1 What is the purpose of the morning star, but to serve as an indicator...