As has often been the case in the past, the nations will be led of God to participate in the campaign which leads to their ultimate demise. Believing...
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...
Others have highlighted what they see as differences in the text between the book of Revelation and John?s Gospel, but there are many similarities as ...
After these things ?The connecting link, after these things, is chronological and also shows a cause and effect relationship between the first and sec...
In the previous chapter, John was shown a new order of things. An entirely new heaven and earth were created to replace the first heaven and earth wh...
Another frequently cited source of symbolism within the book of Revelation is the various uninspired Jewish apocryphal writings:Symbols and other sug...
four living creatures See commentary on Revelation 4:6. the elders See commentary on Revelation 4:4. a Lamb ?When John turned, he saw, not a Lion, acc...
CHEMARIM kem'-a-rim (kemarim, a plural whose singular komer is not found in the Old Testament): Occurs only once in the text of English Versions of t...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
APOSTASY; APOSTATE a-pos'-ta-si, a-pos'-tat (he apostasia, a standing away from): I.e. a falling away, a withdrawal, a defection. Not found in the En...
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...
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...
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...
HOW Represents various Hebrew and Greek words, interrogative, interjectional and relative. Its different uses refer to (1) the manner or way, e.g. Ge...
At the heart of the idea of a Temple is the abiding presence of God. Although God is omnipresent, He has chosen to manifest His presence in certain l...
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...
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 ...