there were noises and thunderings and lightnings Noises is ????? [ph?nai] which could also be translated as ?voices.? Initially, these sounds of judg...
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...
Now the great city was divided into three parts Great city probably refers to Jerusalem,1 as it is contrasted with the cities of the nations (?Gentil...
GOODS goodz (rekhush, Tubh; ta huparchonta): In the Old Testament rekhush (substance) is most frequently translated goods, as in Genesis 14:11,12,16,...
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...
Another frequently cited source of symbolism within the book of Revelation is the various uninspired Jewish apocryphal writings:Symbols and other sug...
MEEKNESS mek'-nes (`anawah; praotes, prautes): Meekness in the Old Testament (`anawah, `anwah) is from `anaw, suffering, oppressed, afflicted, denoti...
Having explored the parallels between events in the book of Revelation and passages which speak of a future time of trouble for both the world and th...
seventh angel sounded The seventh angel sounds the seventh trumpet (Rev. Rev. 8:2+). This last of the seven trumpets is not to be confused with the ?l...
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...
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 - Matthew 12 1?Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the breach of the sabbath, 3?by scripture, 9?by reason, 13?and by ...
NORTH; NORTH COUNTRY north, (tsaphon, from tsaphan, to hide, i.e. the hidden, the dark (Gesenius); borrhas, boreas (Judith 16:4); septentrio (2 Esdras...
HOW Represents various Hebrew and Greek words, interrogative, interjectional and relative. Its different uses refer to (1) the manner or way, e.g. Ge...
And they gathered them That is, the spirits of demons (Rev. Rev. 16:13+) gathered the kings of the earth (Rev. Rev. 16:14+). to the place called in He...
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...
and from Jesus Christ Within this simple greeting can be found a neglected doctrine of paramount importance: the Trinity. The greeting is from each me...
Then the woman fled The connective, ?Then,? indicates a sequence between the catching up of the child and the fleeing of the woman. But are these two ...
ZECHARIAH, BOOK OF 1. The Prophet 2. His Times and Mission 3. Contents and Analysis 4. The Critical Question Involved 5. The Unity of the Book 6....