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Patmos
[Bible]Patmos is a small island in the southeastern Aegean Sea. According to the Book of Revelation, its author, John, was there on account of his testimony to the word of God when he received his revelation (Revelation 1:9).
Laodicea
[Bible]Laodicea was a city in the region of Phrygia in Asia Minor that appears in Colossians and Revelation. It was the home of one of the seven churches of Asia, which Revelation rebukes as "lukewarm."
Nicolaitans
[Bible]The Nicolaitans are a group mentioned in the letters to the churches at Ephesus and Pergamum in Revelation 2. Scripture records only that Christ hates their deeds and doctrine; it does not identify who they were.
Smyrna
[Bible]Smyrna was a port city on the Aegean coast of western Asia Minor and the home of one of the seven churches to which the risen Christ sent letters in Revelation 2. It corresponds to the modern city of İzmir, Türkiye.
Stadion
[Bible]The stadion is a Greek unit of distance found in the New Testament, measuring about 185 meters. In Revelation it is used to give the dimensions of the New Jerusalem.
Four Living Creatures
[Bible]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.
Armageddon
[Bible]Armageddon is a place name that appears only once in Scripture, in Revelation 16:16. It is described as the place where the kings opposed to God gather in the last days for "the battle of that great day of God Almighty."
Abaddon
[Bible]Abaddon is a Hebrew word meaning "destruction" or "place of destruction." In the Old Testament it appears alongside Sheol as a designation for the realm of the dead, and in Revelation 9:11 it is the name of the angel of the bottomless pit.
Barzillai
[People]Barzillai was a Gileadite from Rogelim in the time of David. During Absalom's rebellion, he supplied food and other provisions to David and his company, who had fled to Mahanaim. When David invited him to come to Jerusalem, he declined, citing his advanced age.
Sheba (son of Bichri)
[People]Sheba, a Benjaminite and the son of Bichri, lived in the time of King David. Shortly after Absalom's rebellion ended, he incited the tribes of Israel to revolt against David and was put to death in the city of Abel (2 Samuel 20).
Shobi
[People]Shobi was an Ammonite who brought food and household goods to David when David reached Mahanaim while fleeing Absalom's rebellion. He is introduced as the son of Nahash of Rabbah (2 Samuel 17:27).
Wolfhart Pannenberg
[People]Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928–2014) was a German Lutheran systematic theologian. He advanced the concept of "revelation as history," holding that God's revelation is disclosed through history as a whole, and he argued that the resurrection of Jesus was a historical event.
Numbers 17
[Bible]Numbers 17 is the chapter in which, after Korah's rebellion, Aaron's rod alone among the rods of the twelve tribes buds and bears fruit, showing that God had chosen Aaron and the tribe of Levi for the priestly office.
Patmos
[Bible]Patmos is a small island in the Aegean Sea. In Revelation 1:9 it appears as the place where John was staying "for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ" and where he received his revelation.
Isaiah 1
[Bible]The first chapter of the Book of Isaiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for rebelling against God, rejects sacrifices and feasts devoid of justice, calls the people to repentance, and announces both judgment and restoration.
Bichri
[People]Bichri is an Old Testament figure named only as the father of Sheba, the Benjamite who rebelled against King David in 2 Samuel 20.
1 Corinthians 1:7
[Bible Verses]In this verse Paul gives thanks that the Corinthian church, richly endowed with every spiritual gift, is waiting for the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because it mentions spiritual gifts and the Second Coming together, it is often cited in discussions of whether the gifts continue.
Isaiah 25:8
[Bible Verses]Isaiah 25:8 is a prophecy within Isaiah 24–27 promising that God will destroy death forever and wipe away the tears from all faces. Taken up by Paul and by the Book of Revelation, the verse is read as a leading Old Testament text for the hope of the resurrection and of the last things.
Deuteronomy 4:2
[Bible Verses]A verse in which Moses instructs the people of Israel to keep God's commandments without adding to them or taking away from them. It is frequently cited in discussions of the authority and sufficiency of Scripture and of claims to new revelation.
Proverbs 30:5–6
[Bible Verses]A passage among the sayings of Agur that declares the word of God pure and trustworthy and warns against adding anything to it. It is frequently cited in discussions of the sufficiency and inerrancy of Scripture and of revelation outside Scripture.