Biblical Subjects
An Overview of Romans chs. 9-11
by John R Ecob DD Three chapters in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans; chapters.9 thro’ 11, are hotly contested by Calvinists and non-Calvinists yet if sound principles of Biblical exposition are applied there is no problem. The first rule is: Who is the subject?...
Who are the witnesses
by John R Ecob DD In Revelation chapter 11 we read of two Jewish Prophets who witness during the first half of the 7-year Tribulation and there has been a lot of speculation as to who they will be. Some say that the two witnesses are Moses and Elijah because...
How old is the World?
by John R Ecob DD We are constantly bombarded with claims that indigenous people lived here in Australia 60,000 years ago. It used to be 40,000 but the latest figure seems to be 60,000. I don’t know what scientific evidence this claim is based on but it...
GOD’S PROPHETIC PLAN IN PSALM 118
John Ecob Shortly after Jesus rose from the dead He said to the disciples, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets,and in the...
When the Saints Shout Grace, Grace!
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, The hands of Zerubbabel have laid...
The Little Horn – Who Is He
By John R. Ecob D.D. Daniel prophesied that there would be four great kingdoms on earth before Christ returned to establish His kingdom. After the demise of Egypt and Assyria, those four kingdoms were: - Babylon - Persia - Greece - Rome The Babylonians...
The Sin of Sodom
By John R. Ecob D.D. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed...
The Peril of Spiritualizing the Bible
By John R. Ecob D.D. Bishop Victorinus lived in the third century AD and was martyred in AD304 during the reign of Diocletan. He ministered in the land that we know as Slovenia and wrote a Commentary of the Book of the Revelation about AD258 to 260. He...
Progressive Dispensationalism
by John R Ecob DD When we enter the realm of theological discussion we can be thoroughly confused. Theologians very often are academics who live in a world of their own studying what other academics have to say and usually are totally irrelevant so far as...
The Dead Sea to Be Blessed
(This is a chapter from our new Book, The Glory of God, The Prophecies of Ezekiel Explained) By John R. Ecob D.D. In chapter 47 of the Book of Ezekiel we read that Ezekiel was shown waters that “came down from under, from the right side of the house, at the...
Hebrew: A Pure Language
John R Ecob D.D. My determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. For then will I turn to the people a...
Who are the Talibans
by John R Ecob DD The Taliban are fierce tribesmen living in eastern Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India. There are various estimates of their numbers from 15 million upwards. Some say tens of millions. What is clear is that they are not the ordinary...