This chapter examines Thomas Brightman's commentaries on Revelation, Daniel, and Song of Songs , showing the way in which he arranged his work around a future Jewish restoration to Palestine, rather than the standard eschatological hope of Christ's return. This innovation is examined in the ...
it may suffice to say that in all questions affecting man's responsibility, the testimony of the individual consciousness, the ultimate ground of appeal, apart from revelation, affirms moral evil to be no all-controlling necessity, but
—the object of the verb “wrought,”—which can be gathered from what follows, may also be assumed as known.—For My name’s sake, etc. (Ps. 106:8); they were unworthy of it, had not merited it. But the revelation which I had given of My...
Special revelation is the lens through which we interpret nature, but God never intended either form of revelation to stand alone (e.g., special revelation was given even before the fall). The scope of Scripture is comprehensive: all of Scripture is for all of life. But Scripture should be...
“Because you have kept My command to persevere,I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” (Revelation 3:10) This verse could be literal interpretation – that Jesus will keep His Body of believers who are...
Revelation 21:2: “And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride for her husband…. (v.10) And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the Holy Jerusalem, descending out...
I have changed personally in many other ways, but obviously my personal style has not – the recognition of which has been a revelation to me. I suspect there are many, many of you who, once you think about it, can say the same thing? 22 Comments Filed under Christian Dior, Coats...
Let us now return to our original question: ‘how are we made right with God?’ The Bible answers this question six times in the 3rd chapter of Romans: 1) “We are made right with Godby placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who [...
Daniel 1 Commentary: An Introduction to Daniel Chapter 1 In this first chapter of the book of Daniel, one of the most intense prophetic books of the Old Testament, we are introduced to several new names, including four Hebrew men who have been taken into exile in Babylonian captivity. Their...
Renaissance physicians, influenced by humanism and spurred by their increased knowledge of Hippocratic and Galenic writings, attempted to assimilate these medical works with Aristotelian thought. The similarities between the Aristotelian Problemata and t