
Thomas, Revelation 1-7 (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1992), 202.Ģ6 Trench, Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, Rev. This is verified in its being a secret name given to the man himself.Robert L.

2:17.Ģ5 ∼learly the new name is the recipients own name, a new one, reflecting his status as belonging to Christ. 1:5.Ģ4 Henry, Matthew Henrys Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged in One Volume, Rev. 2:17.ġ9 Wong, The Hidden Manna and the White Stone, 352.Ģ0 Henry Morris, The Revelation Record (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1983), 59.Ģ1 Wong, The Hidden Manna and the White Stone, 353.Ģ3 Jerome Smith, The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1992), 2Jn. Fausset, and David Brown, A Commentary, Critical and Explanatory, on the Old and New Testaments (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1997, 1877), Rev. 617 (Dallas, TX: Dallas Theological Seminary, January-March 1998), 351.ġ6 Trench, Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, 132.ġ7 New Electronic Translation : NET Bible, electronic edition (Dallas, TX: Biblical Studies Press, 1998), Rev. 2:17.ġ2 Hemer, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting, 99.ġ4 Daniel Wong, The Hidden Manna and the White Stone, in Bibliotheca Sacra, vol. 2:17.ġ1 Matthew Henry, Matthew Henrys Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged in One Volume (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1996, c1991), Rev. Tenney, Interpreting Revelation (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1957), 190.ĩ Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John, Rev. 2:17 +) has no precedent in the Old Testament.Merrill C. (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 2003), 56.Ĩ Interpreters frequently look to pagan sources when they mistakenly believe Scripture offers no clues: The white stone (Rev. Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, rev ed. Bullinger, Commentary On Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1984, 1935), 91.ħ Arnold G. Rosscup, The Overcomer of the Apocalypse, in Grace Theological Journal, vol. 2:17.ĥ ∾ating the hidden manna is but another way of picturing what can also be represented as the joyous boon of feasting at the Messianic banquet (cf. Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John (Dallas, TX: 3E Ministries, 1987), Rev. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1989), 94-95.ģ Trench, Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia, 125.Ĥ Monty S. Hemer, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia in Their Local Setting (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. It refers not to the name, but to the stone (containing the name). 26ġ Richard Chenevix Trench, Commentary on the Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 1861), 124.Ģ Colin J.

But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous 2 and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.The one who knows the name is the one who receives the stone. Christ Our AdvocateĢ My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true 7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. God Is Lightĥ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. 4 We are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. Just as Christians in the past used the Bible to support slavery and racism, Christians continued to defend their views using biblical passages. 1 We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life- 2 this life was revealed, and we have seen it and testify to it, and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us- 3 we declare to you what we have seen and heard so that you also may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. Further complicating matters is the position of some Afrocentrists that Ham was indeed Black, as were many other characters in the Bible.
