NOTES ON THE DRUMS OF WAR: FIVE STAGES ON THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON – PART I: CIVIL WAR

SCRIPTURE. “You will continually hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end [of the age].” – JESUS OF NAZARETH, MATTHEW 24:6, AMP

QUOTATIONS

REMARQUE. “I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. I see how peoples are set against one another, and in silence, unknowingly, foolishly, obediently, innocently slay one another.” ― Erich Maria Remarque, ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ 1929; edited

EISENHOWER. “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a Theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a Cross of Iron.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Speech delivered on the occasion of the death of Joseph Stalin,” March 1953; edited

TOLKIEN. “War must be, while we defend our lives against a Destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Two Towers,’ 1954; edited

1. FIRST THOUGHTS

HARBINGER. On the morning of 24 FEBRUARY 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014. The Invasion

caused Europe’s fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 7.5 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced …

The Invasion commenced when VLADIMIR PUTIN announced a ‘Special Military Operation’ to ‘demilitarize and de-nazify’ Ukraine. Minutes later, missiles and airstrikes hit across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, shortly followed by a large ground invasion from multiple directions. VELODYMYR ZELENSKYY enacted Martial Law and a general mobilization of all male Ukrainian citizens between 18 and 60, who were banned from leaving the country.” – Adapted from ‘Wikipedia,’ ed. June 14, 2022

As many of you know of about me, I am always attentive to Roots and Origins of events, and the concomitant existence of various Turning Points in history. Clearly, Russia’s full-scale Invasion of Ukraine bears the marks of both ‘a Trigger’ to subsequent wars on the one hand, and ‘a Turning Point’for world history on the other.

For reasons that should become indelibly clear by the end of this Five Part Series on “The Drums of War,” it is important to look at this Russian Invasion as a Platform from which to launch our detailed investigation of what lies ahead of us in matters of War and Peace.

THE FIVE LAST BATTLES. We therefore set upon an arduous undertaking indeed: To track the very Footprints of War from the ancient Origins of War fought in Heaven in Time Immemorial, to the bloody and ultimately existential Consequences of what the Scriptures describe as Earth’s Final Wars.

I am suitably sobered and fighting the temptation to become overwhelmed by its immensity. But here we go; may God help us.

ORIGINS. In order to accurately comprehend just why it is that Mankind so loves War, we must go to The Book of books to discover it. I therefore eagerly turn once again to the eloquent pen of German theologian-poet ERICH SAUER, in his monumental work, ‘The Dawn of World Redemption,’ published as the first of a two-volume epic in 1951.

Without much further ado, listen to his powerful overview in Chapter III: “The Origin of Evil,” which followed his powerful treatment of The Creation Event.

“And yet! Into this Universe, which was appointed to the highest, which the Creator had called that it should become a vessel to reveal His glory, there has entered ‘a Breach.’ The united harmony of the spheres is destroyed by a harsh discord. Sin has appeared, and criminally set itself against the holy, loving plans of God to reveal Himself. Through the Sin of Mankind this lower Earth is devastated (Gen. 3: 17, 18; Rom. 8:20), and, in the Heavenly World above, as the history of temptation in the Bible premises, A FALL had taken place among the angels prior to the fall of Adam and Eve (Gen. 3: 1-7; 2:15).

Yet how this was possible, and why God permitted it, no one can say. The Origin of Evil remains forever a Mystery. Even the few hints that the Scripture gives are no more than suggestive.

SATAN BEFORE THE FALL. God’s Universal Kingdom of Creation is divided, as it appears, into a number of Provinces, the material and spiritual organization of each of which is entrusted to a definite ‘angel prince’ as, so to speak, Viceroy of God. Thus there are [arguably] angels for children (Matt. 18:10), for adults (Acts12:15′), for whole lands and nations, as Persia (Dan. 10:13), Greece (Dan. 10:20), [and] Israel (Dan.10:21;12:1). This assumes that in the World of Light as also in the World of Darkness there are ‘angel organizations,’ which wield power in certain regions and hold ranks differing according to the size of the respective areas. Thus, the Scripture speaks, for example, of the Archangel Michael and his angels, as well as of the Dragon and his angels (Rev. 12: 7). In fact, Paul speaks of ‘thrones, governments, princedoms and authorities’ not only in the visible but also in the invisible world (Col. 1: 16; Eph. 1:21) …

THE FALL OF SATAN. There must therefore have arrived in the Prehistoric Eternity ‘A Moment’ when this world-prince of God renounced his allegiance to the Most High, and thereby changed from a ‘Lucifer,’ a ‘Lightbearer’ of the Divine glory, into an ‘Adversary of God’ and a ‘slanderer’ of His saints … From that time on a Mighty Breach runs through the Cosmos, and an organized opposing Kingdom of Evil confronts the Universal Kingdom of God (Matt. 12: 26). Satan as a ruler has in turn princes and authorities under himself (Dan. 10: 13, 20; Eph. 6: 12), and the opposition between him and the Kingdom of God is henceforth the theme and the essential subject of the universal Superhistory outlined in Holy Scripture.”

THE FALL OF MAN. [So do we dare to fast forward to the Subsequent Catastrophe in the Garden of Eden in another brief but accurate summary. From the EDITORS of ‘Christianity.com,’ May 27, 2021; edited].

“Originally Man was made to be the created image of God, to live in union with God’s Divine Life, and to rule over all Creation. Adam and Eve’s failure in this task is their sin which has also known as ‘the Fall of Man.’ [This] means that Man failed in his God-given vocation. This is the meaning of Genesis 3. Adam and Eve were seduced by Evil, the Serpent [Satan], into believing that they could ‘be like God’ by their own will and effort … Now, the reason why this is so significant in Christian thinking is the Fall or the Sin of Adam and Eve did not just have consequences for Adam and Eve. It did have consequences for them. They eventually died for their rebellion against God, but it also brought about repercussions for all of the human race.”

THE FALLOUT. All of those Consequences are far too numerous and multiply lethal to fully present here, but one is the focus of our study: War and Death. So rather than chronicle the entire history of The Wars of Mankind, suffice for now to say this: “The world has never been at peace. [Only] 268 of the past 3,400 years have been entirely peaceful for humans, or just 8 percent of recorded history. The number of people who have died in war is unknown.” – ‘June 29.com,’ Nov. 23, 2021; edited

As if that weren’t bad enough, the Law, the Prophets, the Messiah and the Apostles together warned that in The Last Days, wars would proliferate the entire planet, until it very nearly, completely destroyed itself.

So to our First War in this End Times study, that will hit us very close to home.

1. A SECOND CIVIL WAR

This important section will borrow heavily from my new book, ‘The Sixth Seal II: A Pre-Wrath Commentary Redux on the Rise of Trump Nationalism and Decline of the American Order,’ to be published in the fall of 2022 by Christian Faith Publishing.

SCRIPTURE. “Brother will betray brother to [be put to] death, and a father [will hand over] his child; and children will rise up and take a stand against parents and have them put to death.” – JESUS OF NAZARETH, MARK 13:12, AMP

Of the Five Great Wars yet to come, the one nearest to the American experience will be this New Civil War that has frankly already been ignited. The Line for such a Second American Conflagration was drawn, I say again, in the bloody pavement at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

AMERICAN RUBICON. This is what took place, summarized by dispassionate Summary from the EDITORS of ‘Wikipedia,’ revised on October 8, 2021 (edited).

“On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump. They sought to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election by disrupting the Joint Session of Congress assembled to count electoral votes that would formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The Capitol Complex was locked down and lawmakers and staff were evacuated, while rioters assaulted law enforcement officers and vandalized the building for several hours.

Five people died either shortly before, during, or following the Event: One was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three succumbed to natural causes. Many people were injured, including 138 police officers. Four officers who responded to the riot died by suicide within seven months. Called to action by TRUMP, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 5 and 6 to support his false claim that the 2020 election had been ‘stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats’ and to demand that Vice President Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden’s victory.”

THE VIRUS. As further impetus to all this Divisiveness now turned violent, we also have Americans pitted more and more violently against one another over the COVID-19 vaccination and mask requests. For this writer, this is sheer madness, as normally thoughtful Americans become radically anti-medical science via the rapid advance of Conspiracy Theories. The impact of such Mass Irrationalism prosecutes common sense to the point where Americans are now planning further insurrections against both government and privately owned companies and businesses that require compliance (e.g., The seditious Serrano’s Coffee House planning meeting, late 2021).

Further fuel for a Civil War over the so-called “right” to refuse protecting oneself and one’s neighbor, this is a clear culture-wide violation of Christ’s Greatest Commandments: To Love God with all your ability, and one’s neighbor as yourself (Matt. 22:37–40). All of which is dramatic and deadly illustration of the ‘Lawlessness’ prophesied by Christ Himself when He warned of it in His Olivet Discourse: “And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity” (Matt. 24:12, AMPC).

The Greek term used for this important concept is ‘Anomia’ [ἀνομία], translated as: “Transgression of the law [both secular and Divine]; denotes wicked self-assertion, inspired by a spirit of transgression, as with ‘the Lawless one.’” It is nearly synonymous with the very violence detailed in the Second Seal of War, and, as such, is absolutely forbidden by the Biblical Canon as seditious usurpation of legitimate authority (Rom. 13:1–-7). As a consequence, it shall bear the most severe penalty from Almighty God imaginable, up to and including death, both temporal and eternal. (cf. 1 Sam. 15:23; Rom. 13:1-7; Rev. 22:12-15).

Sadly, by the time my book is in print by the Fall of 2022, I expect these domestic, internecine Conflicts to have rapidly increased, as the Christian Nationalists dig in their heels to “Save America” at virtually any price. The ultimate probability is, again, widespread civil disobedience, followed by intermittent guerilla-like acts of violence, leading to full-on Civil War with possibly simultaneous attempts by some states to secede from the Union and create free-standing, autonomous governments.

THE LUTTIG TESTIMONY. I remember watching every single day of testimony during the Senate Watergate Hearings in 1973, as Democrat Committee Chair Sam Ervin of North Carolina, “just an ol’ country lawyer,” gaveled discussions open for two riveting weeks in May. I watched very minute.

However, compared to the January 6 Committee Hearings, I tell you it was mere child’s play, and here’s why.

Retired federal judge J. MICHAEL LUTTIG, a Republican expert on the U.S. Constitution, held me spellbound on Thursday, June 16, as he took the American public to graduate school on just how close we came to bringing down the Republic.

What follows are some excerpts from his stunning testimony. He spoke slowly, deliberately, and eloquently, as if to underscore the historic gravity of this solemn occasion.

• “It is breathtaking that these arguments even were conceived, let alone entertained by the President of the United States at that perilous moment in history. Had the Vice President of the United States obeyed the President of the United States, America would immediately have been plunged into what would have been tantamount to a Revolution within a paralyzing Constitutional Crisis.”

• “From their inception, the legal arguments that underlaid the efforts to overturn the 2020 election were, in that context, little more than beguiling and frivolous, perhaps appropriate for academic classroom debate, but singularly inappropriate as counsel to the President of the United States of America in his effort to overturn the presidential election — an election he had lost fair and square and as to which there was not then, and there is not [been] to this day, evidence of fraud.”

• “This false and reckless insistence that the former President won the 2020 presidential election has laid waste to Americans’ confidence in their National elections. More alarming still is that the former President pledges that his reelection will not be ‘stolen’ from him next time around, and his Republican Party allies and supporters obeisantly pledge the same.”

• “America’s Democracy was almost stolen from us … No American ought to turn away from January 6, 2021, until all of America comes to grips with what befell our country that day, and we decide what we want for our Democracy from this day, forward.”

THE TRAGEDY. By all that I have examined in the past five years, consisting literally of thousands of hours of effort, I tell you this straight up: Far too many Americans are NOT listening nor are they SPEAKING with understanding of this Peril. And that is exponentially and perilously true of white American conservatives and, shamelessly, the American Church!

One lonely voice crying in today’s Spiritual Wilderness is a young Episcopal priest, the REV. NATHAN EMPSALL, who also serves as and the executive director of Faithful America. His editorial, “Rejecting the January 6 Attack in the Name of Christ,” appeared in ‘Newsweek’ on January 5, 2022.

“Fueled by the belief that their politics are God-ordained, Far-Right politicians and pastors are now working to block accountability for the leaders of the January 6 attack. They continue telling the Big Lie about the 2020 election that incited the Insurrection. They have even passed legislation in at least 19 states to put up new barriers to voting and give partisan politicians new power to overturn election results that don’t go their way.”

And still, and still and still, beloved, I hear nothing from the taller trees or the louder voices in the Church. And I promise you in the sobering words of DIETRICH BONHOEFFER: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

PASTORS: God will not hold you guiltless! He will not. He has warned you every single day for five years now – 1,825 to be exact – that the Trump Travesty shall not stand in His Courts! Yet you remain hidden and quiet still.

So shall it fall to you as you have sown to it.

“Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.” – GALATIANS 6:7, AMPC

Selah.

1. THE TEACHING

SCRIPTURE. “You will continually hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end [of the age].” – JESUS OF NAZARETH, MATTHEW 24:6, AMP

As always, we go first to the KEY TERMS used by The Christ to define what the core of His Message is.

• WARS. From the Greek term, ‘Polemos’ [πόλεμος]: “From two words, ‘Polus’ (much or many) and ‘Pleó’ (to destroy); from a related term meaning ‘to shake or pulsate;’ embraces the whole course of hostilities; strife; battle; from a dispute, fight or quarrel through a full-scale war; to perplex, embroil, disturb. The primary sense of the root is to strive, struggle, urge, drive, or to turn, to twist; formally, a contest between nations or states, carried on by force, either for defense, or for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce or acquisition of territory, or for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other.”

• RUMORS OF WARS. Here we have the Precursor to the execution of an actual war. From the Greek, ‘Akoé’ [ἀκοή]: “A report that something may be about to happen; can refer to an inner or spiritual hearing as well as actual verbal communication heard by the ear; flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to another without any known authority for the truth of it; a tall tale of explanations of events circulating from person to person and pertaining to an object, event, or issue in public concern; common talk or popular story frequently found in the culture.”

• NOT FRIGHTENED. From the word, ‘Throeó’ [θροέω]: “Be not troubled nor disturbed (by wailing or clamoring); do not be alarmed nor panic due to the tumult all about; terrified enough to scream; do not become agitated or startled; to scare in anticipation of an approaching danger; to shock suddenly with the approach of evil; to daunt; to dismay; to become anxious or afraid; caused to experience extreme fear; to become filled or overwhelmed with dread [at what is actually approaching, or the mere report or rumor of its advance].”

• NOT THE END. Finally, Jesus instructs that this is only “the beginning of sorrows” or early “birth pangs” (Matthew 24:8) leading up to the Great Tribulation. From the Greek, ‘Telos’ [τέλος]: “The core meaning is to have reached some crucial limit or limitation; that which involves having achieved a purpose; a consummation or completion; closure; [This root (‘tel’) means ‘reaching the end (aim);’ it is well-illustrated with the old pirate’s telescope, unfolding (extending out) one stage at a time to function at full-strength (capacity effectiveness)]; the extermination or extinction of something that had gone before; something finished or become utterly fulfilled.”

This next section is long but deliciously rich, beloved. Grab a coffee or cup of tea and enjoy it, as I did.

THE COMMENTARY. “The disciples had asked concerning The Times, ‘When these things should be?’ Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, ‘What shall be the sign?’ This Question He answers fully.

The Prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ’s Kingdom in the world; but it also looks toTHE GENERAL JUDGMENT and toward the close, points more particularly to the latter. What Christ here said to His disciples, tended more to promote caution than to satisfy their curiosity; more to PREPARE THEMfor the Events that should happen, than to give a distinct idea of the Events (sic).

This is that good ‘Understanding of the Times’ [cf. the sons of Issachar; 1 Chron. 12:32] which all should covet, thence to infer what Israel ought to do. Our Saviour cautions His disciples to ‘stand on their guard against false teachers.’ And He foretells Wars and Great Commotions among nations. From the time that the Jews rejected Christ, and He left their house desolate, the sword never departed from them. See what comes of refusing the Gospel. Those who will not hear the messengers of peace, shall be made to hear the messengers of war. But where the heart is fixed, trusting in God, it is kept in peace, and is not afraid.” – MATTHEW HENRY, ‘Exposition of the Old and New Testaments,’ 6 vols., 1708-1710; edted

DK’S TAKE. You will note a few important things from these sweepingly powerful Prophecies and Ideas.

• STUDY THE BIBLE. As never before, beloved, in order to construct a firm Foundation from which to sift the torrent of information – both true and false – coming at us these days. The simple ability to ‘Tell Truth from Falsehood’ is going to be our very survival in the Last Days.

• UNDERSTAND THE TIMES. As I mention frequently, we must, we must become like the Sons and Daughters of Issachar (1 Chronicles 12:32), by keeping current with the daily news events, as we filter all through our rich Biblical Framework (or ‘Worldview’). This to not only Understand the times, but also to ‘project’ where they are taking us.

• GUARD AGAINST FALSE TEACHERS! You will note that this vital ability is built on the shoulders of the first two charges and is arguably the most important assignment of all. And yet – the American Church is woefully and perilously failing in this command, by either ignoring it altogether, or worse, inventing or parroting false interpretations in the form of ‘Doctrines of Demons’ (1 Timothy 4:1) that will send millions of Apostate Believers to Final Perdition.

One can hardly fathom the Great Danger that is come upon America and her decrepit, money-driven, shamelessly compromised Church of the Last Days. I am here reminded once again of Christ’s fiery, no-nonsense Reproof of that Church, THE LAODICEANS.

“To the angel (divine messenger) of the church in Laodicea write: ‘These are the words of the Amen, the trusted and faithful and true Witness, the Beginning and Origin of God’s creation:

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold (invigorating, refreshing) nor hot (healing, therapeutic); I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm (spiritually useless), and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth [rejecting you with disgust]. Because you say, “I am rich, and have prospered and grown wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked [without hope and in great need], I counsel you to buy from Me gold that has been heated red hot and refined by fire so that you may become truly rich; and white clothes [representing righteousness] to clothe yourself so that the shame of your nakedness will not be seen; and healing salve to put on your eyes so that you may see.

Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I rebuke and discipline [showing them their faults and instructing them]; so be enthusiastic and repent [change your inner self—your old way of thinking, your sinful behavior—seek God’s will].’” – JESUS OF NAZARETH, REVELATION 3:14-19, AMP

THE ‘VOMITOUS.’ Now for the most severe news of all, virtually untaught in today’s American Gospel, so fraught with self-satisfying doctrines and cultural folktales of material prosperity and endless joys, if one just follows ‘the right teachers.’

This unique term standing alone in all the Canon is from the Greek, ‘Emeó’ [ἐμέω]: “Of uncertain origin or affiliation; properly, spue; figuratively, repulsed, showing utter rejection (‘desiring total separation’); to reject with extreme disgust; to eject with violence from any hollow place.”

WILLIAM MCDONALD put the entire matter to theological bed with this nearly in your face translation: “[It was a church] Lukewarm enough to deceive people into thinking it was a Church of God, and so disgustingly Lukewarm about Divine things as to ‘nauseate the Most High!’ Furthermore, the Church was characterized by pride, ignorance, self-sufficiency, and complacency” (‘Believer’s Bible Commentary,’ 1994, p. 2360; edited).

Adding final insult to lethal spiritual injury is the unequivocal JOHN GILL, who spares no words nor leaves any doubt the fate of such churches – and their  ‘believers.’

“I will spew thee out of My mouth; this shows how nauseous Lukewarmness is to Christ, insomuch that on account of it he would not own and acknowledge her as His; but ‘even cast her out, unchurch her,’ and have no more any such imperfect Church state upon earth, as He afterwards never will, this is the last; nor is there any Church state, or any remains of one in Laodicea; it is indeed quite uninhabited” (‘Exposition of the Old and New Testament,’ 9 vols., 1746-1763; edited),

IN SUM: These, beloved of the King, ‘do not get to go’ They are, indeed, ‘left behind’ to face the unmitigated Wrath of God.’ Some theologians even argue that these shall not get a second opportunity.

Please, please, read with the most solemn attention possible, and pray.

“For [it is impossible to restore to repentance] those who have once been enlightened [spiritually] and who have tasted and consciously experienced the heavenly gift and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted and consciously experienced the good word of God and the powers of the age (world) to come, and then have fallen away—it is impossible to bring them back again to repentance, since they again nail the Son of God on the cross [for as far as they are concerned, they are treating the death of Christ as if they were not saved by it], and are holding Him up again to public disgrace.” –  HEBREWS 6:4-6, AMP

Selah. Selah. Selah.

1. LAST THOUGHTS

So, let’s cut to the Doctrinal Chase here. When the current Cultural Divides spill over into increasing internecine violence and Government Tyrants who demand that you forsake significant sections of The Gospel, we shall all have a series of choices to make culminating in A Singe Decision:

Am I willing to forsake ALL for Jesus Christ, and even die for Him, if necessary?

DK’S STRUGGLE. I do not post this question lightly beloved, as with my first confrontation with it sometime in the Summer of 2015. As I composed the first draft of The Sixth Seal (I), when the discernible beginning of the American Decline was just getting started as Trump rose higher and higher in the polls.

At that personally pivotal time, I wrote this.

“So do I conclude this section [on the Fifth Seal re: Martyrdom] on a somewhat somber and intensely personal note concerning the souls among us who will face death by a domestic or foreign foe in years to come. I wonder at times: If called on, ‘Am I willing’ to lay down my life for Christ?” (2017, p. 99; edited).

I then alluded to Two Classic Poems that relate to this Grand Decision: The first by JOHN DONNE, “Death Be Not Proud” (1609), and the second by DYLAN THOMAS, “Do Not Go Gentle” (1951). Permit me to begin to conclude this essay with an amalgamation of each in Brief Summary of my profound respect for this issue.

“Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so; For those whom thou think’st thou did overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me … [Therefore] Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the Dying of the Light.”

Both of which I am joyfully, though at times somewhat painfully, laboring to honor. Which leads to a crucial Scriptural Discipline underlying all of all of this.

THE ‘CIVIL WAR’ DREAM. In order to close out our discussion, I dare to quote, verbatim, an account of a recent Dream from a dear and trusted friend of mine and exceptional Christian servant, TIMOTHY SPARKS, now serving on the mission field in Mongolia.

I would not cite it if it did not agree with my own surmise of the strong Biblical suggestion of its occurrence in our time. Please pay close attention to every word and measure it well, even severely, in prayer.

“This Dream started with me in Church on a Sunday. The Church was Crowded with the Saints; those who bear true testimony of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the middle of the Sermon, the pastor stopped preaching, and there was complete silence. The Silence was broken by the pastor. He calmly asked everyone to pick up a Bible, and emphasized everyone pick up a Bible, and turn to Matthew 3 verse 2. I was the last in the congregation to pick up a Bible and struggled to hold it open and find Matthew 3 verse 2. So much so, that everyone around gathered and helped me to hold the Bible open, and find Matthew 3 verse 2, as I kept dropping the Bible and struggling to find the book of Matthew. When The Bible was finally opened, everyone in the congregation made sure that it was clear to me that the Scripture was Matthew 3 verse 2, although we never read the verse in the Dream aloud. The Service ended.

I was then taken to another congregation, as reports started coming in of violence all over the country. Specifically, churches. Many of us in the congregation equipped ourselves with ‘weapons’ and were even told, “There are Mass Shootings at Churches Everywhere” as we sought to protect the congregation from harm. One woman looked at me and said, “This was even Prophesied, for it is only Monday.” I responded to her in Shock and said, “Yesterday was Sunday?” which she confirmed and proceeded to a congregation that was waiting for us.

The Congregation was Massive and consisted of the majority of the American Church. Everyone sat eagerly to hear from the 3 Church Leaders that were standing at the front. The Church Leaders were clothed in black robes, robes of darkness, and simultaneously began to put masks over their faces. They then turned and addressed the congregation, signaling sinister plotting and deep betrayal. I sensed as though they intended to slaughter the entire congregation, and drew my weapon and proceeded to ‘Fire’ on them, but it only distracted them a little while, as they turned to me and said, “Nothing can stop us, for what has been given to us to do has been given by God,” and as a few had realized the Deception they had fallen to, ‘some escaped’ before certain members of the congregation rose up and began stabbing the people to their left and right; these were people who had been placed within the congregation by the Evil Leaders. There was great violence and blood was on every man’s hands. It was impossible to tell friend from foe. Outside the congregation, as we were fleeing, we were met by Progressive protesters, those who are pro-abortionist and love every abominable thing in the sight of God. They Sought to Kill those fleeing, and ‘some we saved’ by our testimony, and they joined us.

We sought to flee the country, although some made it increasingly difficult, as even some who had joined us sought to hand us over to the authorities and the Protestors. Before I was able to leave the country, a false prophetess caught up to me, desiring to kill me. I ‘Fired’ at her as well, in the sight of many, but she spoke darkness, and her words turned the image of the Incorruptible God, into that of Corruptible Man, becoming a cake on the ground. Men rushed at the cake and devoured it although never to their complete satisfaction and I fled, as there was nothing I could do to turn them from their desires.

Upon waking I was in a frenzy, still having the mind of fleeing persecution; I ran to my Bible. I opened it to MATTHEW 3 VERSE 2:

‘REPENT, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand!’”

“IN GOD WE TRUMP.” As I close this Commentary, I note that the YEAR 2024 is one of vital importance, as TWO ELECTIONS are to be held: (1) The Russian Presidential Election to be held Sunday March 17 of that year; (2) The American Presidential Election held on Tuesday November 8.

Depending on the outcomes of each election, CIVIL WAR and much worse are distinct possibilities in both nations in the same year.

Therefore, I dare to present the ‘Sparks Dream of Civil War’ to you all as Affirmation of the Word of the Lord to America concerning the First War of the Last Days. I propose it is all inspired by a Man of unfettered, violent Lawlessness, beloved – thus the Graphic.

THE TIMING. “Let no one in any way deceive or entrap you, for that day will not come unless ‘the apostasy comes first’ [that is, the great rebellion, the abandonment of the faith by professed Christians], and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction [the Antichrist, the one who is destined to be destroyed], who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God.” – 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4, AMP

May God help us to PREPARE, beloved, by ‘Discernment,’ in a manner suitable to our calling of The Rescue of the Lost. While there is a little time.

Ever your servant, DK

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