Gematria is a Jewish interpretive method that first circulates the numerical number of a particular word and then matches it with another word with exact same numerical value, showing a connection. Let’s take the ladder in Jacob’s dream story – Sulam (סֻלָּם). It has a numerical value of 130 (ס (samekh) = 60, ל (lamed) = […]
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it. John saw an angel who was called a […]
Who wrote the Book of Revelation? (Rev.4:1-2) 1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” 2 Immediately I […]
TL;DR: Revelation 3:9’s ‘synagogue of Satan’ is widely misunderstood; the traditional interpretation that Jews are spiritually replaced by Christians is challenged as an oversimplification of the verse’s meaning. 9 Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie—I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know […]
14 “To the messenger of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: As we can see in the last message of Jesus to the key congregations in Asia Minor, Jesus is being described in terms of something believable (Amen), but also loyal […]
4 But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. The book of Revelation and its author seem to be positively preoccupied with the central ideas of Israelite purity. We will repeatedly see this commitment to purity throughout. If […]
By Mark D. Nanos Shema Israel, Adonai Elohenu, Adonai Echad: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.” The Shema Israel has arguably been the most important ideological claim of Judaism since early Israelite history. This call to listen to God is followed by the injunction to love God, that is, […]
TL;DR: In Revelation 2:26-29, the ‘morning star’ is a promise Jesus makes to faithful believers, symbolizing a share in his royal authority over the nations, rooted in Psalm 2:9. 26 He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations; 27 And he shell rule […]
… and His face was like the sun shining in its strength.17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18 and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I […]
16 …and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. (Rev 1:16) As dozens of artists attempted to recreate this picture in their art works and mostly without much success, we are pointed to the awkwardness of John’s further description of the Son of […]
Fill in your details and we will contact you shortly
