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The Mark of the Beast
THE SCRIPTURE STATES that the mark of the Beast is “the number of a man; and his number is six hundred threescore and six” (Rev.13:18) or 666.
The mark of the Beast will not occur until the mid-point of the seven-year Tribulation and those who receive the mark do so either in their right hand or in their forehead.
What Happened at Calvary?
“And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left” (Luke23:33)
“In That Day…”
THE EXPRESSION “In that day” occurs 100 times in the Old Testament and 42 of these are in the prophecy of Isaiah. They convey detailed prophecies of a special future event described in the context. The first three are in Isaiah chapter 2 where Isaiah described the “Day of the Lord”…
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).
Life Wasn’t Meant to be Easy
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!
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…
The Theme of Isaiah’s Prophecy
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 reigned as co-regent.
Sennacherib Should Have Known!
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 the city from his army
What Causes Earthquakes?
John Ecob A GREAT DEAL of scientific investigation has gone into the cause of earthquakes in an attempt to predict where and when they may occur. Scientists have discovered that the crust of the earth is made up of plates and these plates are fractured and...
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...