by The Herald of Hope | Mar 7, 2022 | Biblical Subjects
by John R Ecob DD I would like to comment on the Lord’s words in Luke 17:34-37 and Matthew 24:40-41. Is it referring to the Rapture? First I must acknowledge that faithful men may take a different view but the important thing is not to take any position simply because...
by The Herald of Hope | Feb 7, 2022 | Biblical Subjects
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? Without...
by The Herald of Hope | Jan 31, 2022 | Biblical Subjects
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 these...
by The Herald of Hope | Jan 24, 2022 | Articles, Biblical Subjects
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 certainly ...
by The Herald of Hope | Jan 17, 2022 | Articles, Biblical Subjects
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...
by The Herald of Hope | Dec 27, 2021 | Articles, Biblical Subjects
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...