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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 psalms,concerning...
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...
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 became the...
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 abomination...
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 believed in a...
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 normal...
How Will the Tribulation Be Shortened
by John R Ecob DD How do we understand the words of Jesus when He said, 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...
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 south side...
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 pure...
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...
Euphrates to Dry Up
John Ecob DD And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and...
ISRAEL – God’s Vine, Fig Tree and Olive Tree
John Ecob DD Trees are used symbolically of nations and peoples in Scripture. When Balaam prophesied of Israel he described the nation as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters (Numbers...