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; ...
Verse 21.-And a mighty angel took up a stone like a groat millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying;add one strong angel(cf. the "mighty voice" in ver. 2; alsoRevelation 10:1, and elsewhere). The adjective, of course, refers to the mightiness of the deed wrought (cf.Jeremiah ...
[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...
--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 ...
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...
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...
Verse 2 The Deadly Blow The Tricky Beast The Ark and the Beast To Become or Not To Become Like a Lamb Fire From Heaven The Sign of the Son of Man The Sign of Signs Image of the Beast The Mark 666 666 Revealed Sign of the Name ...
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 ...
Mr Osborne explained the idea of the Second Coming being like giving birth, thatthe signs would intensify and become more frequent. He added: “All these are the beginnings of birth pains. “There have always been wars, there have always been pestilences, but it seems as though they are ...
Verse 8.-The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition;and is about to come up out of the abyss(Revised Version). "And to go" (ὑπάγειν) is read inא, B. P, Vulgate, and almost all cursives; while...