you are about to suffer The Smyrnaeans were about to enter a time of testing. God often warns his servants prior to a time of trial (Eze. Eze. 2:3-7;...
JOY joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differen...
POOR poor ('ebhyon, dal, `ani, rush; ptochos): I. In the Old Testament. The poor have great prominence in the Bible; it is said, indeed, that there ...
When the New Testament opens, we find John the Baptist preaching, Mat. 3:2) [emphasis added]. Later, when John was imprisoned, Jesus too preached, ?t...
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...
being with child ?? ?????? ?????? [en gastri echousa] , in the womb having. Something we should immediately notice about this entire vision is the lac...
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory for . . . Their gladness and rejoicing is because the marriage has come. As in the First Coming of Chri...
on the throne of the beast Like the first bowl, the fifth bowl specifically targets those within the kingdom of the Beast. Unlike the first bowl whic...
4.5.5.1 - Blood Stained Garments From the many passages in Scripture which provide insights into the Campaign of Armageddon1 , we have chosen those wh...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
sea of glass, like crystal Those who achieve victory over the beast (by not loving their lives to the death, Rev. Rev. 12:11+) are seen standing on t...
PELICAN pel'-kan (qa'ath; Latin Pelecanus onocrotalus Septuagint reads pelekan, in Leviticus and Psalms, but has 3 other readings, that are rather con...
He had a little book The book is a ??????????? [biblaridion] , little book, rather than a ??????? [biblion] , book.1 This book is differentiated from ...
Although the Harlot includes both commercial and religious aspects, many have minimized her commercial aspects and placed greater emphasis on her rel...
Wine [N] [B] [E] [S] First mention of Genesis 9:20 Genesis 9:21 WAS MADE OF The juice of the grape Genesis 49:11 The juice of the pomegranat...
Consolation [N]Attempt to comfort someone who is in sorrow. The most frequently encountered Hebrew term is niham [WjIn]; parakaleo [parakalevw], param...
ISLAND; ISLE i'-land, il (1) 'i, island or isle; the American Standard Revised Version has coast or coast-land in Isaiah 20:6; 23:2,6; the Revised Ve...
There are numerous similarities between the plagues with which God afflicted Egypt resulting in the Exodus of Israel and the plagues of the Tribulati...
John This simple statement identifying the writer as ?John? is evidence for the traditional view of John the Apostle as author. For what other John w...
a reed like a measuring rod Reed is ??????? [kalamos] , the same word which described the mock scepter given to Jesus along with His crown of thorns (...