Rev 22:18-19 is emblematic of the attack on Johns opponents and the way the Apocalypse reads the Bible. John attempts to control interpretation of his text even as he deconstructs the Hebrew scriptures, the scroll that he has swallowed. The act of reading other texts was itself an issue ...
20He who testifiesto thesethingssays, “Yes, I am comingquickly.” Amen. Come, LordJesus. 21The graceof the LordJesusbe with[k]all. Amen. [a]1Litbright [b]1Orthe Lamb. In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was [c]2Or crops offruit [d]5Litdo not ha...
But, he explained, he feared that if any attempt was made to correct this false doctrine and publicly confess the truth, many of their members, especially those of older standing and heavy tithe payers, would be unable to accept it. He feared they would lose confidence in the Church if ...
Let us notice exactly how Jesus explained this FIFTH world- shaking event in PLAIN language. "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake" (Matt. 24:9). Notice, Jesus used two pronouns — "THEY," ...
(Page 898,899) The four metals(This writer believes there are five)composing the image and are explained as symbolizing four empires (vv. 38-40), not necessarily possessing the earth but divinely authorized to do so (v. 38), and fulfilled in Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece (under Alexander...
Revelation 19:18 New American Standard Bible 1995 18so that you mayeat the flesh of kings and the flesh of[a]commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men,both free ...
33 However, it may very well be explained that the immediate purpose of the letters could possibly exclude such references as they were not behind the intent of John. The evangelist Timothy had labored at Ephesus as well; yet he is not mentioned. Would this nece4~anity imply the passing ...
since the introduction of higher criticism has so influenced the church, that attempts have been made to harmonise Genesis with the increasingly popular ideas of geologists promoting the notion of slow and gradual change and the concept that the past can be explained in terms of forces we observe...