“Duck Dynasty” star, Phil Robertson, stirred up a hornet’s nest when he honestly answered a GQ magazine reporter who asked him what he considers sinful. An intolerant gay lobby called GLAAD immediately accused Mr. Robertson of intolerance and demanded that A & E, the producer of “Duck Dynasty,” fire him. The news media was upset to no end and many flooded the news programs with ludicrous accusations and hate speech.

A & E decided to suspend Phil; Cracker Barrel decided to pull the “Duck Dynasty” merchandise off of its shelves; the man who constantly disgraces the title Reverend—Jesse Jackson, weighed in with his usual anti-white trash talk at warp speed. (Other TV companies said they would take the show.)

Bill O’Reilly started spinning what the Bible says about homosexuality as if the no-spin zone had gone out of existence. Faithful conservatives such as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal weighed in; and except for the fact that I know better, for several days every time I turned on my TV set, I felt like declaring, “The Tribulation period has arrived.”

One commentator said the Bible doesn’t mention homosexuality. But it does. In the days of Abraham, God sent two angels to get Lot out of the city of Sodom because all the men there, young and old, wanted to have sex with other men (Genesis 19). Some believe Jesus authenticated the event when He said:

“But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all” (Luke 17:29).

Later, God had Moses tell the Jewish men: “Thou shalt not lie with mankind (homosexuality), as with womankind: it is abomination” (Leviticus 18:21-22).

He said, “If a man also lie with mankind [homosexuality], as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them” (Leviticus 20:13). The Holy Spirit addressed the issue through Paul:

“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature [lesbianism]. And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman [heterosexuality], burned in their lust one toward another; men with men [homosexuality] working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient” (Romans 1:26-28).

Another commentator called Phil’s views old fashioned, and they are, praise the Lord. Phil’s views on homosexuality come right out of the Bible and they are as old-fashioned as Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Paul and the God who gave the Bible. The way I see it, what Phil said, is called—faithfulness.

Bill O’Reilly was spinning faster than those Iranian centrifuges. He kept accusing Phil of judging and reminding his listeners that Jesus told us not to judge. Actually, it was Bill O’Reilly who was judging Phil Robertson and perhaps God and the Scriptures.

God decided the homosexual and lesbian issues a long time ago (for the betterment of society, the control of diseases, etc.) and Phil was just telling people what God said. If God didn’t want people to know these things, He could have left them out of the Bible, but He put them in the Bible. And O’Reilly and others were picking and choosing what they like, ignoring and spinning what they don’t like, and exchanging the truth for a lie. It is sad because the issue is settled, and even though they deny it, they cannot change what the Word of God says.

Phil said, “I love all men and women. I am a lover of humanity, not a hater.” He could have pulled a Joel Osteen, tickled people’s ears, not caring where people will spend eternity and lulled people to sleep on what the God of love says in the Bible, but he didn’t.

Later, Phil said the truth sounds like hate to those who hate the truth and he spoke the truth with what some call tough love. He told gays what is best for them physically and spiritually and he encouraged them to not deceive themselves. He also said God will sort it all out, and He will when all of us (including myself, Bill, Joel, Jesse, the gays and others) appear at the Judgment.

I don’t know why all of this happened, but I believe the Rapture is imminent and I believe it is possible that God is calling people’s attention to this issue before it is eternally too late. He loves all people and there is room in His kingdom for everyone, including repentant gays, but He wants people to stop denying what the Bible says and give up their sins.

I don’t know how tall Phil is. He looks tall on TV. Malicious people tried to beat him down and make him look small, but he has never stood taller than he stands right now in the eyes of God and many Christians. God called him and all Christians to stand up and be salt and light and he did. Thanks Phil, for not caving. Well done, thou good and faithful servant.

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available, (linked to my publisher @ https://www.raptureready.com/terry/book17.html). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck

Jesus told the Pharisees, “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it” (John 8:44).

Some will criticize me for writing it this, but those who habitually lie are following Satan. It doesn’t matter if they graduated from Columbia College, attended Harvard Law School or whatever. Jesus (not me) said those who abide not in the truth (habitual liars) are children of the devil. He also said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh” (Matthew 12:34b).

This is my point: There is something unbelievable in the White House. President Obama says the United States has Israel’s back, the United States will protect Israel, an Israeli peace deal with the PA could contain sufficient security guarantees for Israel and more, but can anyone believe him?

In his early years, he was exposed to a religion that allows him to lie for self-preservation or to advance his religious causes. On his way to the White House he used several Social Security numbers including one of a deceased man and a birth certificate that has been declared fraudulent. He took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, but has acted like it is a meaningless scrap of trash.

He promised to put America back to work on shovel-ready jobs and later admitted that those shovel-ready jobs weren’t so shovel-ready after all. He promised to go through America’s budget line by line and cut the deficit in half, but he has caused the deficit to soar. He promised to close Guantanamo in the first year of his presidency, but it is still open. He promised to be the most transparent government ever, but he immediately sealed many of his records and he has covered up more scandals than Richard Nixon or any other American President ever dreamed of.

He promised to put all bills on the White House website for five days before he signed them, but it hasn’t happened. He promised to unite America and begin a new era of bipartisan cooperation on all matters, but he made illegal recess appointments to the NLRB. America has never been more divided and he cooperates with no one in the opposing party. He promised that Obamacare would cause the cost of healthcare to go down, but the price has soared for most people unless they have a very high deductible. He promised if you like your health insurance, you can keep it, period, but records show he lied not once, but over and over again. PolitiFact dubbed this boldface lie: “Lie of the Year.”

President Obama lies with ease and has surrounded himself with people who have followed his unchristian example. James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, testified before Congress that the NSA could not listen to the phone calls of American citizens, but in a matter of days we learned that they could. Lois Lerner, Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations Division, blamed the targeting of conservatives on low-level employees in Cincinnati, but those employees said they were directed to do it by their senior officials.

Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, blamed the murder of America’s Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, on an Internet video defaming Islam; President Obama repeated this lie before the UN and AmbassadorSusan Rice repeated this lie several times on TV. Eric Holder denied that the Justice Department was involved in a gun running operation in the Fast and Furious scandal that resulted in the death of a border patrol agent, but he was forced to retract is lie when some of the guns turned up in Mexico. He denied hearing about or having any involvement in the potential prosecution of Fox News Reporter James Rosen, but it turned out that he signed the warrant to do it.

Valerie Jarrett, President Obama’s Iranian born Senior Advisor, conducted secret negotiations with Iran that resulted in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Israel and others accusing the United States of lying and misleading them; and Iran accusing the Obama Administration of lying, misleading the American public and posting false information on the White House website. At first, John Kerry said Israel has been kept fully apprised of those negotiations with Iran, but then he said Israel has never seen the terms of the proposed deal with Iran and therefore should not question it. And the lying goes on and on.

According to the Bible, the Antichrist will cast truth to the ground (Daniel 8:12). He will confirm a covenant with Israel for seven years of peace and break it after three and one-half years (Daniel 9:27). He will proclaim peace and safety, but his lie will bring sudden destruction not peace (1 Thessalonians 5:3). He will come on the scene as a charismatic man of peace (Revelation 6:2) and exit the scene trying to destroy Israel (Zechariah 14:2; Revelation 19:11-21). Israel’s short term future is bleak because they will believe his lies, but Israel’s long term future is wonderful because the King whose Word is true is coming.

FYI: God Has Spoken (And We Know It) by Daymond Duck is available, (linked to my publisher @ https://www.raptureready.com/terry/book17.html). Books and a Kindle version are available at amazon.com. A Nook version is available at bn.com. Check out what it says about Syria, Russia, Iran, Egypt, natural disasters, the Two-State Solution, etc.

Prophecy Plus Ministries
Daymond & Rachel Duck