THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ROMAN EMPIRE An online Bible dictionary describes the Roman Empire in Scripture as the fourth great power, symbolizing earthly power and authority. It was a major political and cultural force during the time of Jesus and the apostles, providing infrastructure and relative peace (the Pax Romana) that, paradoxically, facilitated the spread […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ROMAN EMPIRE Bible Dictionaries Rome and the Roman Empire Holman Bible Dictionary International rule the government in Rome, Italy, exercised after 27 B.C. when the Republic of Rome died and the Roman Empire was born. The reasons for the fall of the republic are not anymore clearly demonstrable than […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY ROMAN EMPIRE Roman empire.  — Smith’s Bible Dictionary The first historic mention of Rome in the Bible is in 1 Macc. 1:10, about the year 161 B.C. in the year 65 B.C., when Syria was made a Roman province by Pompey, the Jews were still governed by one of […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY REWARDS Eternal Rewards Of The Righteous Topical Encyclopedia Eternal rewards refer to the blessings and honors that believers in Jesus Christ will receive in the afterlife as a result of their faithfulness and service to God during their earthly lives. The concept of eternal rewards is rooted in the […]

THE POPULAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLE PROPHECY REWARDS Eternal Rewards Of The Righteous THE BREVITY OF LIFE All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field . . . the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever (Isaiah 40:6-8). Why, you do […]