Biblical Subjects
Who Was Barabbas?
By John R. Ecob D.D. We would never have known who Barabbas was if Pilate had not given the Jews the opportunity the crucify him instead of Jesus. Pilate was the typical politician. He found no fault in Jesus but wanted peace at any price and tried to placate the...
Olive Press or Wine Press
By: John Ecob All the circumstances surrounding the death of the Lord Jesus were controlled by God. God chose the place of His Son’s death on “one of the mountains...in the land of Moriah” (Genesis 22:2). He chose crucifixion so that “they pierced His hands and feet”...
Perils of the Sea
By John Ecob D.D. In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren. (2 Corinthians...
Ezekiel’s Glimpse of God
by John R Ecob DD Ezekiel was taken captive to Babylon in the second of three captivities when the 18-year-old king Jehoiachin surrendered in 597BC. Ezekiel was a priest and began to prophesy in the 5th year of his captivity which was 6 years before Jerusalem was...
The Perfect Child
by John R Ecob DD And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And when they saw...
What Happens When Jesus Comes
By Joh n Ecob D.D. The prophet Daniel has indicated that there will be a period of 75 days following the return of the Lord Jesus to earth in which certain events will take place. In chapters 7 and 9 of his prophecy he indicates that the Tribulation will last for...
Fruit in Old Age
By John Ecob The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon...THEY SHALL STILL BRING FORTH FRUIT IN OLD AGE; THEY SHALL BE FAT AND FLOURISHING: to shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in...
The Question the Jews Couldn’t Answer
By John Ecob D.D. What think ye of Christ? whose son is He? (Matthew 22:42). At the end of the Lord’s ministry on earth He came to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. He arrived at Bethany on the Friday afternoon and stayed at the house of Mary, Martha and Lazarus. The...
The “Sons of God” were Giants! – Genesis 6:4
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose... There were giants in the earth in those...
Five Wise and Five Foolish Virgins
by John R Ecob DD Often the parable of the five wise and five foolish virgins are seen as the Lord coming for His Bride, the Church, at the Rapture but I have a concern about that interpretation. There is not one mention of the Bride in the parable and you can’t have...
Watch: Jesus’ Message to Israel
by John R Ecob DD Seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and...
Nebuchadnezzar, “My Servant”
by John R Ecob DD And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time...