凯撒奥古斯都

Augustus, whose birth name was Gaius Octavius Thurinus (September 23, 63 BC – August 19, 14 AD), was the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Historians typically refer to him by his title, “Augustus,” which means “venerable” or “majestic,” and which he received in 27 BC at the age of 36. The New Testament translates […]

新亚述帝国中期的衰落对南北国的影响

The Assyrian people were active in Mesopotamian history for over a thousand years, a period generally divided into Early, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian eras. The Neo-Assyrian Empire was the most powerful period in its history—dominating Asia for over a century from the mid-8th century BC to 621 BC, with its capital, Nineveh, serving as a global […]

红马：战乱

Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword. Revelation 6:4 Red is the color of blood. The rider on the red horse may represent social unrest, civil war, and […]

金香炉

[Revelation 8:3-5] And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the hand […]

阿拉法和俄梅戛

Alpha and Omega are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. They are names given to Jesus Christ to symbolize that Christ is the beginning and the end. God first declares, “I am the Alpha and the Omega” (Revelation 1:8). A second time, after saying “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” He […]

灰马: 瘟疫和死亡

[Revelation 6:7-8] “When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, ‘Come!’ And I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to […]

 黑马:饥荒

[Revelation 6:5-6] “When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come!’ And I looked, and behold, a black horse. And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, ‘A quart […]

《启示录》中的十四个颂赞

The Book of Revelation contains a total of fourteen praises (4:8, 11; 5:9-10, 12, 13; 7:10, 12; 11:16-18; 15:3-4; 16:5-6, 7; 19:1-3, 4, 6-8), which in the original Greek are all in the form of songs. When we, like the early church, are subjected to persecution and turmoil from the world, we must remember that […]

《启示录》中的四活物

[Revelation 4:7-8] “The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle. The four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, […]

白马:胜了又胜

And I looked, and behold, a white horse! And its rider had a bow, and a crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer. Revelation 6:2 Some interpret the rider on the white horse as Christ, the Gospel, a false Christ, or a false gospel, but for the readers at […]