{"query": "Easton: Coming of Christ", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_48613152e266", "title": "Easton: Baptism of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Christ had to be formally inaugurated into the public discharge of his offices. For this purpose he came to John, who was the representative of the law and the prophets, that by him he might be introd"}, {"id": "card_n_f7abb82560c7", "title": "Easton: Coming of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1) with reference to his first advent “in the fulness of the time” (1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:7), or (2) with reference to his coming again the second time at the last day (Acts 1:11; 3:20, 21; 1 Thess. "}, {"id": "card_n_4386d44613c7", "title": "Easton: Millennium", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A thousand years; the name given to the era mentioned in Rev. 20:1-7. Some maintain that Christ will personally appear on earth for the purpose of establishing his kingdom at the beginning of this mil"}, {"id": "card_n_b10c5206da6e", "title": "Easton: Gog", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) A Reubenite (1 Chr. 5:4), the father of Shimei. (2.) The name of the leader of the hostile party described in Ezek. 38, 39, as coming from the “north country” and assailing the people of Israel t"}, {"id": "card_n_d5aa0bbe6827", "title": "Easton: Elements", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "In its primary sense, as denoting the first principles or constituents of things, it is used in 2 Pet. 3:10: “The elements shall be dissolved.” In a secondary sense it denotes the first principles of "}, {"id": "card_n_fb7f817c5014", "title": "Easton: Gospels", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The central fact of Christian preaching was the intelligence that the Saviour had come into the world (Matt. 4:23; Rom. 10:15); and the first Christian preachers who called their account of the person"}, {"id": "card_n_7eb2b20adbc7", "title": "Easton: Kingly office of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the three special relations in which Christ stands to his people. Christ’s office as mediator comprehends three different functions, viz., those of a prophet, priest, and king. These are not th"}, {"id": "card_n_f510f74b1f7a", "title": "Easton: Hope", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the three main elements of Christian character (1 Cor. 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing (Rom. 8:24; 1 John 3:2). “Hope is an essential and fundamen"}, {"id": "card_n_d8eac9a8c73f", "title": "Easton: Fulness", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) Of time (Gal. 4:4), the time appointed by God, and foretold by the prophets, when Messiah should appear. (2.) Of Christ (John 1:16), the superabundance of grace with which he was filled. (3.) Of "}, {"id": "card_n_7f64bcc56319", "title": "Easton: Zephaniah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Jehovah has concealed, or Jehovah of darkness. (1.) The son of Cushi, and great-grandson of Hezekiah, and the ninth in the order of the minor prophets. He prophesied in the days of Josiah, king of Jud"}, {"id": "card_n_f2bb144eaee2", "title": "Easton: Resurrection of the dead", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Will be simultaneous both of the just and the unjust (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28, 29; Rom. 2:6-16; 2 Thess. 1:6-10). The qualities of the resurrection body will be different from those of the body laid in t"}, {"id": "card_n_9e88feeb505a", "title": "Easton: Temple", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "First used of the tabernacle, which is called “the temple of the Lord” (1 Sam. 1:9). In the New Testament the word is used figuratively of Christ’s human body (John 2:19, 21). Believers are called “th"}, {"id": "card_n_01067474d2d0", "title": "Easton: Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Anointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and fourteen times in the New Testament. It denotes that he was ano"}, {"id": "card_n_18d743c6e0d7", "title": "Easton: Cloud", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Hebrew so rendered means “a covering,” because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33"}, {"id": "card_n_95cc8f265c1d", "title": "Easton: Knock", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to knock "}, {"id": "card_n_c3f95ab81a10", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_51: “My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after vi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after virtues, nor to stand fast in the loftier region of contemplation; but thou must of necessity sometimes descend to lower thin"}, {"id": "card_n_9b69fdfc4bc2", "title": "Easton: Resurrection of Christ", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "One of the cardinal facts and doctrines of the gospel. If Christ be not risen, our faith is vain (1 Cor. 15:14). The whole of the New Testament revelation rests on this as an historical fact. On the d"}, {"id": "card_n_26d6b024cac1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_50: O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt s...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "O Lord, Holy Father, be Thou blessed now and evermore; because as Thou wilt so it is done, and what Thou doest is good. Let Thy servant rejoice in Thee, not in himself, nor in any other; because Thou "}, {"id": "card_n_ac10a439bca1", "title": "Easton: Son of God", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The plural, “sons of God,” is used (Gen. 6:2, 4) to denote the pious descendants of Seth. In Job 1:6; 38:7 this name is applied to the angels. Hosea uses the phrase (1:10) to designate the gracious re"}, {"id": "card_n_fcea49f2a0b0", "title": "Easton: Repentance", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "There are three Greek words used in the New Testament to denote repentance. (1.) The verb metamelomai is used of a change of mind, such as to produce regret or even remorse on account of sin, but not "}]}