by Enoch | Aug 10, 2023 | Biblical Subjects
John Ecob WHEN AN AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN coined the phrase, Life wasn’t meant to be easy, I suspect David stood up in heaven and shouted, Amen and Amen! David would hold the most exalted place next to the Lord Jesus among all the Old Testament saints. His name...
by Ryan | Jun 28, 2023 | Biblical Subjects
John Ecob ISAIAH PROPHESIED in the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Chapters 1 to 6 were written during the period when Uzziah and Jotham jointly reigned. Uzziah was a leper during the closing years of his reign and his son Jotham...
by Ryan | Jun 26, 2023 | Biblical Subjects
John Ecob WHEN SENNACHERIB THE KING OF ASSYRIA came against Jerusalem he boasted that the Lord God of Israel could not deliver the city from his army. He listed many cities he had already conquered and said that their gods had not been able to deliver them so what...
by Ryan | Apr 3, 2023 | Biblical Subjects
THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE between believers in the Old Testament and believers in the New Testament. Both are called “saints” but Old Testament saints were saved under the Old Covenant that God made with Israel on Mount Sinai. New Testament saints are saved...
by Ryan | Mar 20, 2023 | Biblical Subjects
“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab” (2Chron.18:1). Ahab was the son of Omri who reigned over the northern ten tribes of Israel that separated from Judah when Rehoboam was king in Judah. Rehoboam was the son of...
by Impressence Web Studios | Oct 31, 2022 | Articles, Biblical Subjects
by John R Ecob DD What did David mean when he said in his great prayer of confession that “in sin did my mother conceive me”? If you ask the Catholic he may say that it refers to the doctrine of original sin: that every one of us has original sin such that we bear the...
