Biblical Prophecy
Those Days Shall be Shortened
“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened” (Matt.24:21-22).
Tammuz 5783 20 June/17July 2023
THE MONTH TAMMUZ is the 4th month of the year on the Jewish calendar and it is a time of sorrow for the Jewish people because on two occasions, on exactly the same day of the 5th month, the 9th of Av, the Temple was burned at Jerusalem. In 586BC…
Israel in the Kingdom
John Ecob No nation on earth has been hated, hounded and horribly treated like the nation of Israel and there is a reason. The Bible says that the heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. The natural condition of the human heart,...
Can there be a Partial Rapture?
John Ecob THIS CHURCH AGE began on the day of Pentecost 50 days after Jesus rose from the grave and will conclude with the Rapture of the Church. When the Rapture occurs, believers who have died during this Church Age and those still living will be raised,...
When Does God’s Patience Run Out?
John Ecob It took 1,656 years from Adam to Noah before God judged this world with a universal flood and God waited 400 years until the iniquity of the Amorites was full before He destroyed the nations in the land of Canaan. The northern kingdom of Israel...
Israel’s Triumph in the Tribulation
DURING THE TRIBULATION when the nations are seeking to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth we find Scripture states that the Jewish believers will be anything but depressed. We might expect that their suffering would drive them to dispair but on the...
Israel’s Amazing Restoration
IN AD70 the nation of Israel ceased to exist and the Jews were scattered among the nations and for almost 1,900 years Jews have amazingly survived and maintained their national identity. Today they exist as a nation in spite of centuries of Antisemitism. On 12...
When Was the Pre- Tribulation Rapture First Taught? (Way of Life 30Nov 2022)
by John R Ecob It has long been alleged by those who interpret prophecy allegorically that the pre-tribulation Rapture is a new doctrine and cannot, therefore, be true. Gary DeMar, President American Vision, says: “A majority of prophecy writers and speakers teach...
Thy Temple at Jerusalem
by John R Ecob DD “Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee” (Ps.68:29). PSALM 68 IS A PSALM OF DAVID to whom God gave the design of the Temple that was built by his son Solomon and he said that the Temple would be the means by which...
Does it matter what you believe about the rapture
by John R Ecob DD I have recently read publications by two respected international preachers who write about the Second coming of Jesus Christ and have been amazed at their approach to the subject of the Rapture of the Church. Both preachers describe three views as to...
The Lord’s Final Testimony to Israel
by John R Ecob DD The Lord’s final ministry to His disciples before He went to the cross is recorded in John’s Gospel chapters 12 to 17. Jesus was preparing them for the traumatic experience that lay ahead and for the new Covenant under which they would serve and see...
New Government
by John R Ecob DD Elderly people reminisce of their younger days and the conditions under which they lived. Those who were too young to go to WWII recall the days of youth and the happy occasions enjoyed while growing up. Apart from the Cold War, the Korean War and...