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• Revelation 19Bible

  Revelation 19 depicts heaven praising God with hallelujahs for the judgment of Babylon, the great whore, and announcing the marriage supper of the Lamb. The rider on the white horse then defeats the armies of the beast and the false prophet.

• Four HorsemenBible

  The Four Horsemen are four figures riding horses of different colors who appear in turn in Revelation 6 as the Lamb opens the first four of the seven seals. They are commonly called the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

• Seven Seals, Trumpets, and BowlsBible

  The seven seals, seven trumpets, and seven bowls are visions in Revelation 6–16 in which God's judgments unfold in three successive series of seven. Interpreters differ on how the three series relate to one another and when they occur.

• Revelation 20:4–6Bible Verses

  Revelation 20:4–6 is the passage describing how the martyrs and those who had not worshiped the beast "lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." It is the only text in Scripture that directly mentions the millennium, and it stands at the center of the eschatological debate among premillennialism, amillennialism, and postmillennialism.

• Revelation 20:1–3Bible Verses

  John's vision in which an angel seizes the dragon, that is, Satan, and shuts him in the bottomless pit for a thousand years. Because it is the first passage in the Bible to mention the "thousand years," it is the central text in debates over the interpretation of the millennium.

• Baal-peor IncidentBible

  The Baal-peor incident occurred near the end of the wilderness period, when Israel, encamped at Shittim on the plains of Moab, committed sexual immorality with Moabite and Midianite women and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a great plague upon the people. It is recorded in Numbers 25.

• Park Hyung-ryongPeople

  Park Hyung-ryong (1897–1978) was a Korean Presbyterian theologian whose pen name was Juksan. Beginning as a professor at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Pyongyang, he taught theology for nearly half a century and is regarded as the figure who laid the foundations of conservative Presbyterian theology in Korea.

• GilgalBible

  Gilgal was the first place where Israel encamped after crossing the Jordan River, and it lay east of Jericho. It was the site of the memorial stones, the circumcision, and the Passover, and during the period of the judges and the early monarchy it served as a center of sacrifice and assembly.

• River of the Water of LifeBible

  The river of the water of life is the clear river in Revelation 22 that flows from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the New Jerusalem. Drawing on the river of Eden and the river of Ezekiel's temple vision, it serves as an image of the life that God gives.

• Moon Jae-rinPeople

  Moon Jae-rin (文在麟, 1896–1985) was a Korean Presbyterian minister. Raised in Myeongdong Village in North Jiandao, he served as senior pastor of Yongjeong Central Church. After moving to South Korea in 1946, he devoted himself to the lay movement. He was the father of the ministers Moon Ik-hwan and Moon Dong-hwan.

• Ezra 5Bible

  Ezra 5 is the chapter in which Zerubbabel and Jeshua, moved by the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah, resume the halted construction of the temple, and Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, writes to King Darius to ask whether the building has been authorized.

• Ezekiel 1Bible

  Ezekiel 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. In it Ezekiel, a priest among the captives in Babylon, sees by the river Chebar a vision of "the glory of the LORD" appearing as four living creatures, wheels, and a figure upon a throne.

• Four Living CreaturesBible

  The four living creatures are four beings who appear beside the throne of God in the visions of Ezekiel and Revelation. They bear the likeness of a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, and the book of Ezekiel calls them cherubim.

• Crossing of the JordanBible

  The crossing of the Jordan is the event in which the Israelites, led by Joshua and preceded by the Ark of the Covenant, crossed the Jordan River on dry ground and entered Canaan. It is recorded in Joshua 3–4.

• Baptism of the Lord SundayFeasts & Seasons

  Baptism of the Lord Sunday commemorates the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist in the Jordan River. In the Western church calendar, it is usually observed on the first Sunday after Epiphany.

• AroerBible

  Aroer is a place name in the Old Testament. Several towns bore this name; the one mentioned most often lay on the edge of the Arnon Valley east of the Jordan River and is cited as a boundary between Israel and Moab.

• Book of the Wars of the LordBible

  The Book of the Wars of the Lord is an ancient Israelite book cited once, in Numbers 21:14. It is thought to have been a collection of poems celebrating the battles God fought on Israel's behalf, and it is no longer extant.

• BezerBible

  Bezer was a Reubenite city on the plain east of the Jordan River. It was one of the three cities of refuge that Moses set apart and was also a city given to the Levites.

• HamathBible

  Hamath was an ancient city and kingdom on the Orontes River in what is now western Syria. The Old Testament frequently uses it as a reference point for the northern boundary of the land of Israel.

• Joshua 24:15Bible Verses

  Joshua 24:15 records the declaration Joshua made near the end of his life, when he called on Israel to choose that day whom they would serve and announced, "As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." It is among the verses most widely used as a motto for household faith, and it is also cited in discussions of human choice and divine sovereignty.