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...
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...
It might seem that in the tearing of the veil of the Temple and the coming of the Spirit to establish the Temple of the believer that all purposes fo...
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...
The scene before us can also be interpreted in a different way which splits the participants between both a heavenly and an earthly location. Such an ...
Touch Bringing into bodily contact of one thing with another. The Hebrew naga [[;gn] and Greek hapto [a&ptomai] (-omai) are the main biblical terms fo...
In the previous chapter, the future looked very bleak for the saints. The Beast arose from the sea, empowered by the dragon, and was given authority o...
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...
There are numerous similarities between the plagues with which God afflicted Egypt resulting in the Exodus of Israel and the plagues of the Tribulati...
Remember Remembering is the first in a three-step process. All three steps (remember, repent, and do the first works) are in the imperative tense: re...
Word [N](Heb. dabar [r'b'D]; Gk. logos [lovgo] and rhema [rJh'ma]). The theological meaning of word within Scripture spans a wide theological spectrum...
white horse This white horse is the first of four horses of different colors, similar to the horses seen by Zechariah (Zec. Zec. 1:8; Zec. 6:2-6).1 S...
he went to make war with the rest of her offspring who keep the commandments of God This phrase is pregnant with anti-Semitism. Although the woman no...
Beyond the interpretive issue mentioned above, which we feel is conclusive, there are many other reasons for taking Babylon in the book of Revelation...
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,...
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...
the angel See the discussion concerning the identity of the angel at Revelation 1:20. church in Philadelphia See commentary on Seven Churches of Asia....
In the previous chapter, John is shown the seven angels having the seven last plagues?the seven bowl judgments. He sees the seven bowls poured forth,...
these will make war ???????????? [Polem?sousin] , which indicates a protracted engagement rather than a single battle. The same word is translated, so...