saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet The sixth angel is tasked with the release of the four bound angels. We are not told how they are bound...
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...
every island fled away and the mountains were not found Unlike the earthquake attending the opening of the sixth seal in which ?every mountain and is...
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...
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...
Although the previous views are provocative, it seems more likely that the ascent of the beast from the Abyss denotes his revival rather than his con...
Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God and the power of His Christ have come An equivalent statement to that which accompanied the so...
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...
4.16.3.1 - 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...
TAKE tak: Most of the very numerous examples of this word are still in good use and only a few call for special attention. To take in the sense of ca...
I know See commentary on Revelation 2:2. tribulation and poverty The connection between tribulation and poverty is found in the likelihood that their...
sixth seal ?It would be difficult to paint any scene more moving or more terrible than that described at the opening of the sixth seal.?1 Up to now,...
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...
PERPETUAL; PERPETUALLY; PERPETUITY per-pet'-u-al, per-pet'-u-al-i, pur-pe-tu'-i-ti (`olam, netsach, [~tamidh): Perpetual is usually the translation o...
PELICAN pel'-kan (qa'ath; Latin Pelecanus onocrotalus Septuagint reads pelekan, in Leviticus and Psalms, but has 3 other readings, that are rather con...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...
a few even in Sardis God never lumps the faithful in with the errant in his assessment. Even in the midst of a wicked culture, there are those who tru...
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...
In studying the book of Revelation, one is immediately struck by the prevailing bias of many commentators against understanding numbers in their norm...