The meaning of the number seven becomes more complex: "The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the se Continue Reading...
Those who rebelled against him are killed and the earth is ruined to ashes. Satan remains on the earth for one thousand more years. After that time elapses, Jesus returns to the earth to found New Jerusalem and set his kingdom on earth. Satan resurr Continue Reading...
Book Of Revelations Millennial Views and the Book of Revelation The Book of Revelations -- the final segment of the New Testament -- is a particularly contentious and divisive section of the Bible; considerable ambiguity exists surrounding whether Continue Reading...
The book highlights the actions of the divine, rather than the actions of man. However, if one takes the historical interpretation of the Book of Revelation, the moral content is not lessened. It then stands as an example of what happens to one if Continue Reading...
Second, the historicist view sees Revelations as "a sweeping panorama of ancient history between the first and second comings of Jesus Christ" (Wilson, 357). Third, the futurist view maintains that Revelations deals with end times which in essence r Continue Reading...
The Book solemnly promises that good triumphs over evil, faithfulness will be amply rewarded and justice will be meted out (BBC Team, White). Researchers have also found certain inaccuracies and points of contention. The troubling seven-headed Beas Continue Reading...
The author expresses this when he describes the church as "neither cold or hot." It is easy to fall into the patterns of Christianity, thus becoming neither hot or cold. The author cautions the church in Laodicea that going through the motions of Ch Continue Reading...
The Incarnation is like a metaphor for the Incarnation of God in our hearts. Christ becomes a beacon of light for those who once dwelled in spiritual darkness. The act of faith is the greatest step an individual can take, and is how scores of Christ Continue Reading...
Book of Revelation is a unique portion of the New Testament. Unlike the other Books found in the latter part of the Bible, the Book of Revelation is not presented as a historical document or an instructional discussion, but is essentially a propheti Continue Reading...
Theology: Revelation and John Revelation and John: Theology A lot of debate and controversy surrounds the proper interpretation of the Book of Revelation. There are four main interpretations of the apocalyptic work, with the four differing on the q Continue Reading...
Bible Passage Ephesians 3:14-20 Historical and Cultural Background of the Book of Ephesians Ephesus was a small town located near Cayster River on the west side of the roman province in Asia. The town is what is today referred as Turkey. This was t Continue Reading...
Book Of Job and the Questions of Suffering The Book of Job and the Question of Suffering The religions of the ancient near East were mostly polytheistic. Its history spans more than two millennia, from the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age. There ar Continue Reading...
Calvin also taught that another way God begins to deal with a person to make him/her restless is knowledge. Under the influence of the Spirit of God, a person is borne upward; traveling upward toward the knowledge of God. Conscience, as far as hum Continue Reading...
Bible Literary Criticism: Higher Criticism great deal of controversy currently exists regarding the idea of higher criticism related to the texts of the Old Testament. "Higher Criticism" related to the Pentateuch can be defined as the "skeptical crus Continue Reading...
" Paul is explicit: any deviation from not even the divine law but merely the natural law will result in expulsion from Paradise -- just as happened to the first man and woman when they violated the only law that God gave them. Or we may look at Pa Continue Reading...
The historiography also refers to the selection and synthesis Old Testament materials. The most complete list include Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Ruth, Judges, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Chronicles, Esther and Ezra-Nehe Continue Reading...
Morality stems from Christ, not from human law. Human law is at best a reflection of God's law. When we try to impose moral laws on ourselves or our fellow human beings, we fail to live up to the glory of Christ because we are sinners by nature. Ins Continue Reading...
Book Of Ruth Ruth, and God's apparent absence. The Old Testament is filled with stories of mighty works between God and man. In supernatural ways, god seem intimately involves with his creation in order to reveal himself in their lives, and weave H Continue Reading...
..hat in these last days spoken unto us by his Son...by whom also he made the worlds," thus arguing that Jesus' message is an expansion of the Old Covenant. (Ellingworth, 1993). The Catholic interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews is that it is Continue Reading...
1000 Years of Revelation 20:1-6 Evangelical Christian perspective on 1000 years of Revelation 20:1-6 (the Millennium) Evangelical view of the millennium is dependent on hermeneutical approach towards the Bible as a whole, as well as our way of inte Continue Reading...
Jesus The four gospel books in the New Testament are the principal foundation of the information regarding the life of Jesus. These books include Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The four books tell the story of the life of Jesus, but from different p Continue Reading...
Though the Bible was written chronologically depending on time some mistakes were made in reference to that time but the mistakes are negligible the message are compatible from one to another from the Book of Genesis to the last book of Revelation. Continue Reading...
Thus, it is of no surprise that certain metaphors can be understood as being references to the Roman society. Christians believe in a God who is forgiving and kind, and who never leaves his followers behind. Furthermore, Christianity sometimes pro Continue Reading...
" (the Bible, 1990) This reference is speaking of the individuals who were put to death for their faithfulness during the time of the period known as the 'Great Tribulation'. Reading on verse eleven states that each of these martyrs are given a white Continue Reading...
Revelation According to Dr. David L. Cooper, in order to interpret the Book of Revelation in regard to its numerous themes and symbols, one must "follow the Golden Rule. . .for when the plain sense of the Scripture makes common sense, seek no other Continue Reading...
4The Genres of the BibleThis discussion will focus on the genres of letter/epistle and apocalyptic. The genres are covered in various books in the New Testament. Generally, most of the books in the New Testament are epistles/letters written to indivi Continue Reading...
Symbolism in Revelation: The Woman in Revelation 12 The Woman in Revelation 12: Symbolism The book of Revelations is regarded as one of the most difficult books to interpret. Different interpretations have been put forth, with some arguing that the Continue Reading...
The Middle English period offers a quaint and riveting look regarding how language functioned, namely spelling an grammar. This paper will examine and compare chapter 20 from the Apocalips of the Wycliffe Bible (WB) with the same chapter in the King Continue Reading...
religious dualism and contrasts it to Bibles teachings and understanding of the existence of Both God and Satan. It explores the authenticity of dualism as a doctrine while providing strong Biblical evidence of the supremacy of God. The paper highli Continue Reading...
Dante's Poetic Revelation Of His Own New Life In Vita Nuova The main thrust of the primary narrative thread or 'plot' of Dante's Vita Nuova, or "New Life," is of the love of the poet for the beautiful Beatrice. Beatrice was a woman from Dante's soci Continue Reading...
Lewis's The Message Of The Living God: His Glory, His People, His World The first point that Peter Lewis makes in his book The Message of the Living God is that God does not speak to us on our own terms, the way that Woody Allen would want Him to sp Continue Reading...
, pp.69-70.] [5: Ibid., p.85.] The rather stern critique offered of Fee and Stuart herein should not indicate that this book is entirely without value, merely that its presentation in title and chapter headings is somewhat misleading. There is plent Continue Reading...
Religion -- Books of the Old and New Testaments The Bible contains many types of genres, themes, events and characters illustrating the seeds of Christianity in the Old Testament and the Old Testament's fulfillment by Jesus and the young Christian C Continue Reading...
The narrative genre, specifically an "epic," continues in the second book of the Bible, or "Exodus," which explains the story of the Israelites in Egypt to the Holy Land, and ends with the legal genre. The narration includes the introduction, which Continue Reading...
Religion Part Two of Ronald Nash's book Is Jesus the Only Savior? deals with the topic of religious inclusivism. Inclusivists "insist that all people must have a chance to be saved," regardless of their belief in Christ.[footnoteRef:1] Not quite the Continue Reading...
Instead, Paul positions the way of faith over against "works of the law" (Rom 3:27-28), pitting God's sovereign grace over against human effort. In the interests of his Gentile mission, Paul aims to deflate an inflated sense of Jewish identity, par Continue Reading...
