that is, on their enemies, the antichristian party; for otherwise it must rain on those to whom they minister, their prophecy itself being rain in a spiritual sense: so rain is explained of prophecy in the Targum on (Isaiah 5:6) , which paraphrases the words thus; ...
[8] This is significant because it parallels the arrival of the “vile person” who came “in peaceably, and obtain[ed] the kingdom by flatteries” (Daniel 11:21) instead of armed conquest. While the significance of the seven heads (explained later in Chapter 17), and the “ten horns...
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had ...
(Jeremiah 51). Jeremiah enjoined Seraiah to bind the prophetic roll to a great stone, and cast them together into the Euphrates. The meaning of the act was explained--"Thus shall Babylon sink and shall not rise," &c. (Jeremiah 51:63-64). The great dead mass, sinking helplessly by ...
Clearly, it is the piercing sound of this first trumpet that shatters the “silence” (Verse 1), while the praise service in heaven (Revelation 7:11, 12) probably takes place a little later, although we are not told when. According to the Commentary (looking at this trumpet from the his...
--The stars are explained later on (Revelation 1:20) to be the emblems of the angels of the seven churches; they are described as stars in His right hand; they, perhaps, appeared as a wreath, or as a royal and star-adorned diadem in His hand. (See Isaiah 62:3.) It expresses ...
Revelation 22:10That is, the angel speaking Christ’s words here, as explained inv 6and16. Or, He, Christ Himself speaking. Likewise throughout this paragraph. Revelation 22:11That is, morally filthy. The point of this verse is, Do what you are going to do. Make your choices in life...
This should be explained as a verbal hendiadys, the first verb serving adverbially in the clause (see further GKC 386-87 §120.g). Job 10:16 tn The form is the Hitpael of פָּלָא (palaʾ,“to be wonderful; to be surpassing; to be extraordinary”). Here in this ...
— The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter)January 11, 2025 But we do know about the character of God. He tells us who He is. The critic gets very upset with the verse below. They are highly critical of a “jealous and consuming God”. The critic does not want to be held accountable ...
Verse 11: And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. This “king” is the “star” John saw “fall from heaven unto the earth” (Verse 1),” referencing the...