Some say Satan is an evil force but the Bible teaches that Satan is a real being (Job 1:6). He talked to Eve in the Garden of Eden and Jesus in the wilderness (Gen. 3:1-6; Matt. 4:1-10).

Some think he is a fallen angel (Job 1:12; II Cor. 11:14). Jesus taught that he heads up a kingdom of evil spirits which would make him a ruler of demonic beings (Mark 3:22-27).

His name, Satan, means “adversary, accuser or opponent (I Pet. 5:8). He is an adversary of Jesus and all believers (Gen. 3:15; Rev. 12:10). He holds the highest position in the spirit world and many scholars believe he actually wants to replace God (Isa.14:12-21; Ezek. 28:1-15).

John called him “the ruler of this world” (Jn. 12:31; 14:30). Paul called him “the prince of the power of the air” (Eph. 2:2) and the “god of this world (age; II Cor. 4:4). He is trying to take dominion over this world (the UN, the nations and all those that don’t believe) and were it not for the death of Jesus on the cross of Calvary he would already have all of it.

He plans to devour the whole earth with a world government (Dan. 7:23). He will empower an evil man (Christians call him the Antichrist) and world leaders will give him dominion over “all kindreds, and tongues and nations” (Rev.13:7). Multitudes will worship Satan and his Antichrist (Rev. 13:4).

Satan plans to persecute believers and establish his own religion. John said the Antichrist will open “his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world” (Rev.13:6-8).

Satan couldn’t do anything without God’s permission but God will give him permission. God also gave the world signs so people can know when the day is approaching (Heb.10:25). This article will briefly discuss three of those signs: Wars and rumors of wars, persecution and anti-Semitism.

First, concerning wars and rumors of wars, God has blessed this writer with more than three quarters of a century of life in the greatest nation on earth. During this time God has allowed me to live while many horrific wars were going on. But I can honestly say that I can’t remember anything like the world is experiencing today.

Wars and rumors of wars are engulfing the Middle East and other parts of the world. Citizens are hearing the sound of bombs in Syria,Yemen, Nigeria, Iraq, Libya, Ukraine and more. Chaos, brutality and savagery abounds.

People are being beheaded, buried alive and burned alive. Babies are being cut in two and children are being trained as soldiers. Refugee camps are more than full. It is ethnos against ethnos, tribe against tribe, race against race just like the Bible says it will be as the end of the age approaches (Matt. 24:6).

Second, concerning persecution, in my more than 75 years of life I have read a lot about persecution in many parts of the world, but I can honestly say again that I can’t remember anything like the world is experiencing today.  Christians in the Middle East are facing demonic brutality, crucifixion, slavery and more.

Christians in the U.S. are facing astonishing attempts to silence them and the speed by which it is growing worse, is mind-boggling. The America that most of us grew up in doesn’t exist anymore. It is waxing worse and worse at a dizzying speed. And lest anyone think it is just me, I have received many e-mails from Christians expressing major concerns for the future of Christians in America. Many say they are praying for the Rapture.

Third, concerning anti-Semitism, the holocaust was before my time and worse than anything in my lifetime, but I believe anti-Semitism is worse today than it has been at any time since I was born. Jews are beginning to flee Europe in droves. European governments say they don’t want them to leave, but they do little about the threats and attacks.

In the United States, I never thought I would see the day that an American president would treat an Israeli prime minister with the disrespect that our president has; or that an American president would threaten, discriminate and endanger Israel the way our president has.

Or that an American president would lead the charge to force a peace treaty on Israel, divide the Promised Land, divide Jerusalem and divide or give away the Temple Mount as reports say our president intends to do.

Or that an American president would threaten to let UN sanctions against Israel clear a vote in the UN Security Council as our president has threatened to do; or that so many institutions of so-called higher learning would be so intellectually dishonest and blatant in their discrimination.

Simply put: This world is Satan’s domain and things are waxing worse and worse just like the Bible says. The increase in wars and rumors of wars in the world, and especially the Middle East is bizarre and unprecedented.

The increase in brutality and persecution of Christians is remarkable and stunning. The anti-Semitism in the world and especially the U.S. is abnormal and extraordinary. Uncommon things are going on in Satan’s Domain.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck

Television pundits are constantly saying that they don’t understand:

1. Pres. Obama’s flawed and dangerous foreign policy.

2. His decision to go on a global apology tour.

3. His decision to make illegal recess appointments.

4. His decision to characterize the Fort Hood murders as workplace violence.

5. His decision to swap five terrorists for a deserter.

6. His decision to lie to the UN about a Benghazi video.

7. His refusal to close America’s border with Mexico even though violent gang members and Islamic State terrorists are crossing into the U.S.

8. His support for a nuclear power plant in Iran while opposing nuclear power plants in the U.S.

9. His decision to let hundreds of thousands of Muslims into the U.S. without checking them out while refusing to let Christians into the U.S.

10. His decision to practically destroy America’s military even though the world is getting more dangerous.

11. His decision to cancel America’s space shuttle program.

12. His decision to explode America’s debt and on and on it goes.

Pres. Obama pulled America’s troops out of Iraq against the advice of many experts and now many say it was a great failure. He calls Yemen his success story but America’s Ambassador and troops practically had to run from the country. He has been bombing the Islamic State terrorists in Syria for months, but Bashar Assad says the Islamic State now has more troops than they had when Pres. Obama started dropping the bombs.

His P5 + 1 team negotiated with Iran over her nuclear weapons program for years, but an Iranian defector that was covering the negotiations said Pres. Obama’s team was negotiating on behalf of Iran instead of the P5 + 1. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini recently called for “Death to America”  but Pres. Obama negotiated a deal to let him have nuclear bombs and intercontinental missiles.

Perhaps, Pres. Obama’s incoherence is why Prime Minister Netanyahu thinks Pres. Obama’s negotiating skills are “dangerous to humanity” and it could figure into why a recent poll shows that more than one-third of Republicans think Pres. Obama is a more imminent threat to America than is Vladimir Putin of Russia or Bashar Assad of Syria.

Simply put: Pres. Obama makes illogical decisions that astound multitudes of rational pundits. Many with brilliant minds compare him to the inept Neville Chamberlain because they don’t have words to adequately describe his near total lack of sound judgment. They are disturbed by his flawed thinking because Chamberlain’s negotiations helped bring on WW II.

Pres. Obama’s attitude toward Iran is a prime example of his muddled mind.

Many world leaders call Iran the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism. Past American presidents have kept this “worst in the world” state sponsor of terrorism on America ’s terrorist list for years. Its supreme leader of Islamic state run terrorism is the Ayatollah Khomeini a man who imprisons and tortures people.

This Iranian leader supports terrorist groups in Iraq that killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers in that country; Hamas in Gaza that has fired hundreds of rockets and missiles into Israel, and the strongly anti-American Houthis in Yemen that have just toppled the government in violation of at least two UN resolutions (1747 and 2140).

One of Khamenei’s advisors recently bragged that Iran has now taken control of four capitals: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Others often brag that they are building a nuclear bomb to destroy Israel. The IAEA recently warned that Iran is hiding some of its nuclear weapons facilities that it is supposed to disclose.

There is more, but even though Iran has been involved in all of these things, Pres. Obama recently removed Iran from America’s 2015 “Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.”

Many in Washington and the U.S. military say it is an absurd decision, but Pres. Obama believes those who question what he is doing are traitors and he actually believes that he can make friends out of Iran’s pack of killers. He is even willing to trust these proven killers with nuclear weapons to get their signature on a document that former U.S. Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, believes they will violate “before the ink is dry.”

Pres. Obama’s attitude toward Israel is another prime example of his muddled mind. Many American leaders call Israel America’s best ally. Israel is a democratic nation that holds free elections, consistently votes with the U.S. at the UN; lets the U.S. store equipment, weapons, food and more inside their country; helps the U.S. protect the oil fields of the Middle East, helps the U.S. develop weapons and shares technology and intelligence reports with the U.S. and more.

The late Senator Jesse Helms called Israel “America’s aircraft carrier in the Middle East.” Sen. Marco Rubio asked, “If America doesn’t stand with Israel, who would we stand with?” And yet, for some incomprehensible reason Pres. Obama treats the murdering Ayatollahs and Mullahs of Iran better than he treats Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. His actions lack common sense and sound judgment.

The idea that America can trust Iran is a dangerous fantasy. The idea that Pres. Obama can abandon Israel without America coming under the strong and irresistible judgment of God is fantasy. His thinking is unsafe at best and anti-Semitic, traitorous and blasphemous at worst. It is either deranged or evil and neither one is good for America or the world.

Many world leaders no longer respect Mr. Obama’s decisions. To them the idea that he is the anointed one is ludicrous. But many Republicans, virtually all of the Democrats and most of the major U.S. media are still living in fantasy land. It now looks like it is going to take an act of God to awaken them.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck