After these things ?The connecting link, after these things, is chronological and also shows a cause and effect relationship between the first and sec...
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...
he cried mightily with a loud voice The angel serves as a divine herald, announcing that which is about to take place. He signals that an event of gre...
\\INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 133\\ \\\\. This psalm was penned by David, as some think when all the tribes of Israel united and chose and anointed him ki...
GOODS goodz (rekhush, Tubh; ta huparchonta): In the Old Testament rekhush (substance) is most frequently translated goods, as in Genesis 14:11,12,16,...
ASHDOD ash'-dod ('ashdodh; Azotos; modern Esdud): One of the five chief cities of the Philistines. The name means stronghold or fortress, and its str...
Although the Harlot includes both commercial and religious aspects, many have minimized her commercial aspects and placed greater emphasis on her rel...
The letter to the church at Thyatira mentions a self-proclaimed ?prophetess? named Jezebel. Some have taken her mention as a symbol, one of several o...
4.16.3.1 - Abraham Offers IsaacTemple Mount with Dome of the Rock 1 Isn?t it interesting that in our own day, one of the most significant controvers...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...
Angel of the Lord [S](Heb. mal'ak yehwah). Supernatural being who bears a message on behalf of God. In many passages in the Old Testament, the angel o...
their dead bodies will lie in the street Lack of burial is particularly repugnant to the Jews. 1K. 14:11; 1K. 16:4; 2K. 2K. 9:37; Ps. Ps. 79:3; Jer. J...
Hate, Hatred Hate derives from a strong dislike or ill will toward persons or things. As an emotional attitude, a person may oppose, detest, or despis...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
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...
HOSANNA ho-zan'-a (hosanna): This Greek transliteration of a Hebrew word occurs 6 times in the Gospels as the cry of the people when our Lord entered...
DAY OF THE LORD (YAHWEH) (yom Yahweh; he hemera tou Kuriou): The idea is a common Old Testament one. It denotes the consummation of the kingdom of Go...
NORTH; NORTH COUNTRY north, (tsaphon, from tsaphan, to hide, i.e. the hidden, the dark (Gesenius); borrhas, boreas (Judith 16:4); septentrio (2 Esdras...
Zechariah, Theology of Introduction. Authorship. The book of Zechariah falls naturally into two parts: chapters 1-8 and 9-14. In the first part we fin...
to persevere Perseverance is especially needed in the midst of adversity. Jesus said that it would be by patience that believers ?possess your souls? ...