Daymond Duck

One Battle or Three? :: By Daymond Duck

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Is the Psalm 83 Battle, the destruction of Damascus in one night, and the Battle of Gog and Magog one battle or three (Psa. 83; Isa. 17; Jer. 49:23-27; Ezek. 38-39)? Are they one war or three wars? Well, that depends upon which prophecy teacher you ask.

It is difficult to get a clear answer because there are differences of opinion on these wars.

Some prophecy teachers believe there will be a Psa. 83 War, but others don’t.

Some prophecy teachers believe the Battle of Gog and Magog will take place before the Rapture, but others believe it will take place after the Rapture.

Some prophecy teachers believe the Battle of Gog and Magog will take place before the Tribulation Period, but others believe it will start at or near the middle of the Tribulation Period and continue until the Battle of Armageddon at the end of the Tribulation Period.

So, there are differences of opinion on these events.

But regardless of these differences of opinion, there are at least two things that most of the best prophecy teachers agree on: One, in that day (at the time of the end), Damascus, Syria will be destroyed in one night; and two, there will be a Battle of Gog and Magog in the latter years and latter days.

When I am talking about a potential Psa. 83 War, the destruction of Damascus and the Battle of Gog and Magog, I usually treat them as three different battles.

When asked about the sequence of these battles, I usually tell people it is just my opinion that they will happen at or about the same time.

If there is a Psa. 83 War (and I won’t argue about it, but I tend to agree with those that teach it), I believe it will be before the Battle of Gog and Magog.

But I hasten to tell people that I believe a war between Israel and her neighbors could trigger a war between Israel and Syria. And either one of these wars could trigger the Battle of Gog and Magog.

War could break out as one battle on one front and wind up being several battles on several fronts. One event could also follow another by only a matter of days.

Having said that, on Oct. 10, 2017, Israel’s Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, told a group of listeners that “the lines between countries and regions are rapidly disappearing.”

He said, “The next outbreak of violence would require the mobilization of the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) on multiple fronts.”

Lebanon and Hezbollah are now essentially one entity, not two. Both are dominated by a third power called Iran. A war with one could be a war with all three.

Russia and Iran dominate Syria. Both have bases, troops and weapons in Syria. A war with Syria could turn into a war with Russia and Iran.

Iraq is dominated by the Shiite government of Iran.

Hamas, a terrorist group in Gaza, is building a base in Lebanon with Hezbollah support.

The Fatah-run PA government in Gaza has signed a reconciliation agreement with the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza to enhance their opposition to Israel, etc.

This is the point: These groups have become so intertwined that a war with one of them is essentially a war with all of them.

This means Israel must prepare to fight all of them on several fronts, not just one of them on one front.

And that is what Israel is doing.

Israel has issued warnings to the whole world, but no one is listening.

Israel has tried diplomacy, but that has not worked.

Israel has now concluded that war is the only option and that the Jewish nation is running out of time to act.

The world may view all of this as one battle, but it could fulfill one, two or three prophecies before it is over.

About this, keep in mind the fact that Israel, the Arabs and the U.S. have formed an alliance to oppose Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, to discuss Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish nation and to explore the possibility of a Mid-East peace treaty.

This opposition to Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons may have influenced Pres. Trump’s Oct. 13, 2017 decision to de-certify the JCPOA (Iranian nuclear deal).

Congress now has 60 days to act. If Congress doesn’t act in 60 days, Pres. Trump will be free to act as he sees fit.

It is just possible that Iran’s desire for nuclear weapons, the Arab and Israeli opposition to it, and Pres. Trump’s desire for the ultimate deal (a peace treaty in the Middle East) are all coming together at the same time in history to fulfill several prophecies in rapid succession.

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Daymond & Rachel Duck
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A Day of Wickedness :: By Daymond Duck

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Jesus was telling His Disciples about the signs of His coming when He said, “But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matt. 24:37).

Following the creation of Adam and Eve, we have the story of Cain and Abel. The Word of God reads, “And it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him” (Gen. 4:8).

Cain’s sin weighed upon him. He told God, “My punishment was greater than I can bear” (Gen. 4:13).

He went out from the presence of the Lord, got married, had a son, and established a city (Gen. 4:16-17).

Five generations later, Cain’s great, great, great grandson, Lamech, had two wives; and he killed two men (Gen. 4:19, 23).

Time passed, “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6:5).

“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence” (Gen. 6:11).

Notice the stories and progression of sin: murder, mental anguish, lived in a city, multiple wives, multiple murders, great wickedness, minds continually thinking evil thoughts, and violence everywhere.

Jesus said, “They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:27).

Stephen Paddock was the son of a violent criminal that spent years in jail. He went to a city (Las Vegas, Sin City, the Gambling Capital of the World), a place with a reputation for easy marriage, easy divorce, legal prostitution, strip clubs, and more.

He got a room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, overlooking a country music festival.

He was divorced twice and was spending time with women he was not married to. He was overheard telling the woman he lived with that he owned her.

There is evidence that he was having mental issues (like Cain, who didn’t repent, but couldn’t bear his punishment), because he was taking an anti-anxiety medication called diazepam (Valium).

In fact, the woman that he lived with (and went on cruises with) said he would lie in bed moaning and screaming, “Oh, my God!”

There is evidence that he was thinking on evil continually. Because his plan was so detailed, some authorities said he had to have had help.

He murdered 59 innocent people, and more than 500 were injured because of his evil. It was only by the grace of God that it wasn’t more.

As great as his wickedness was, Mr. Paddock apparently had greater wickedness in mind. He tried to set off a powerful explosion by shooting at nearby tanks filled with aviation fuel. He traveled to Boston and Chicago to check out other potential targets. There were traces of bomb- making materials in his car, etc.

Four days after Mr. Paddock’s terrible deed, Dr. Franklin Graham, no doubt one of the world’s premier preachers today, posted a Facebook message with the warning that wickedness is rising in America. His post urged people to examine the evil in their hearts.

I wondered if Dr. Graham was thinking about what Jesus said, concerning the Days of Noah, when he posted that message.

And something else was on my mind.

On Aug. 21, 2017, the U.S. experienced a total eclipse of the sun. Because darkness was one of the Ten Plagues of Egypt and a warning from God for Pharaoh to repent, some Jewish Rabbis and several U.S. pastors said the eclipse over the U.S. was a warning from God for the U.S. to repent.

For many reasons, they believed God would give America 40 days (Nineveh had 40 days, Jesus was tempted by Satan 40 days, Goliath tormented Israel 40 days, it rained 40 days in the Days of Noah, Moses was on Mt. Sinai 40 days after Israel made the golden calf, etc.). Some of these Jewish Rabbis and pastors said the 40 days would begin on the morning after the eclipse and end on Sept. 30.

The first day after the 40 days ended was Oct. 1, 2017. It was a day of wickedness, and one must wonder if God had removed His hand of protection that has often protected the U.S.

On that day, the wickedness of Stephen Paddock was great. For several terrifying minutes, his thoughts were continually on evil as he shot more people than one person has ever shot in the history of this once great nation.

When a nation rejects God, wickedness will rise, and these things will happen like birth pains.

What is next? Where do we go from here?

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