THEN WAS JESUS The temptation of Christ, the "last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45) is best understood when contrasted with that of the "first man Adam." Adam was tempted in his place of lord of creation, a lordship with but one reservation, the knowledge of good and evil; (Genesis 1:26); (Genesis 2:16)... [ Continue Reading ]
HOLY CITY In the New Testament, one Greek word, "hagios", in its various forms, is rendered, "holy," "holiness," "sanctify," "sanctified," "sanctification." Like the Hebrew, "qodesh", it signifies "set apart for God." The important references follow (Matthew 4:5); margin reference, (_ See Scofield... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _... [ Continue Reading ]
WORLD The Greek word kosmos means "order," "arrangement," and so, with the Greeks, "beauty"; for order and arrangement in the sense of system are at the bottom of the Greek conception of beauty. When used in the New Testament of humanity, the "world" of men, it is organized humanity -- humanity in... [ Continue Reading ]
ANGELS (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _... [ Continue Reading ]
AT HAND "At hand" is never a positive affirmation that the person or thing said to be "at hand" will immediately appear, but only that no known or predicted event must intervene. When Christ appeared to the Jewish people, the next thing in the order of revelation as it then stood, should have been... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO BRETHREN Peter and John were already disciples, (John 1:35). This is a call to service.... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES Two persons are called by this name in the New Testament. (1) James the son of Zebedee, an apostle (Matthew 10:2) and the brother of the apostle John, apart from whom he is never mentioned, and with whom, together with Peter, he was admitted to the especial intimacy of our Lord. (Matthew 17:... [ Continue Reading ]
KINGDOM (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 3:2). _... [ Continue Reading ]
POSSESSED (Greek, "daimonizomai", "demonized"; (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 7:22). _... [ Continue Reading ]