Oracle of Damascus
Gog-Magog
Armageddon Campaign
God’s
prophetic forecasts cannot and should not be implicated in that the Almighty
knows all things (past, present and future—because He is God); however, this
does NOT prejudge blame upon his forethought/foreknowledge where even the most
horrific massacres wrought by fallen humanity are known of Him. What we are witnessing today (October, 2023)
concerning the carnage taking place in Israel/Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle
East, and in places like Ukraine, are fraught with man’s inhumanity toward man;
notwithstanding, all deception and evil are instigated and sourced in the
thoughts and fleshly pursuits of “earthlings” at the behest, convenience, and
connivance of the Evil One—Satan.
Some, like the French philosopher,
Jean-Paul Sartre (an existentialist and Marxist), concluded cir. WW II, he did
not believe in God’s existence but most definitely affirmed the Devil’s
dastardly presence in the flesh.[i] Indeed, there is blatant “good and evil”—all
compromise with nuanced relativity and balance is extinguished as perhaps the
worst massacre (certainly the most filmed due to phone cameras) in modern
history was witnessed by the world near Gaza in Israel proper.
Blaming God (determinism)[ii]
for all of man’s misfortunes is nigh an incurable disease of the natural man
who thrice has been “given over” by the Almighty—yielding to the corruption of humanity’s
own free will, coupled with their deadened consciences, “. . . to a debased
mind, to do those things which are not fitting—being filled with all
unrighteousness . . . moving from heterosexual sin – then given over to
homosexual sin – and “anything goes (e.g., bestiality—Romans 1:24, 26,
28).
Coming to grips with one’s own
disobedience—acknowledging one’s predisposition to evil (i.e., “owning it”)
rarely finds itself on fallen humanity’s radar.
The Devil’s modus operandi normally centers on “big picture” items
(e.g., World Wars) but he needs little help to accomplish his acts of barbarism
and annihilation since sin’s poison (aka, “in my flesh dwells no good
thing”—Rom. 7:18) is ubiquitous among the human race. Notwithstanding, and all the more, the
Deliverer is into deliverance to all “dead in their trespasses and sin” (Eph.
2:1)—“For by grace are you saved through faith and not of yourselves, it is the
gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph. 2:8-9).
