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• RabbahBible

  Rabbah was the capital of the Ammonites, east of the Jordan River. During David's reign, Uriah was killed while Joab was besieging the city. It is generally identified with the site of Amman, the present-day capital of Jordan.

• Revelation 3Bible

  Revelation 3 contains the last three of the letters to the seven churches of Asia Minor: the messages addressed to the churches in Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Synagogue of SatanBible

  The "synagogue of Satan" is an expression found in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9. It refers to the gathering of those who "say they are Jews" and who slandered and harassed the churches in Smyrna and Philadelphia.

• Seven Churches of AsiaBible

  The seven churches of Asia are the seven churches in the Roman province of Asia to which Christ sent letters in Revelation 2–3. They are the churches of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.

• Charles HodgePeople

  Charles Hodge (1797–1878) was an American Presbyterian theologian. He taught at Princeton Theological Seminary for more than half a century and wrote a three-volume Systematic Theology, becoming the leading representative of "Princeton Theology."

• New JerusalemBible

  The New Jerusalem is the holy city in the Book of Revelation that comes down out of heaven at the end of the age and in which God dwells with his people forever. It is portrayed as the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophets' hope for a restored Jerusalem.

• Tim KellerPeople

  Tim Keller (Timothy Keller, 1950–2023) was an American Presbyterian pastor and author of Christian apologetics. In 1989 he founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York. His books, including The Reason for God, also became widely known in Korean churches.

• Billy SundayPeople

  Billy Sunday (1862–1935) was an American revivalist and former professional baseball player. A Presbyterian minister, he is known for holding large-scale revival campaigns in major American cities in the early twentieth century and for his leading role in the temperance movement.

• Cornelius Van TilPeople

  Cornelius Van Til was a Dutch-born American Reformed theologian. He taught apologetics for many years at Westminster Theological Seminary and is known as a leading proponent of presuppositional apologetics.