Subtitle

Divider with verse

 Feature Article: 

Babylon the Great

Fishers of Men divider

Wall of Ishtar Gate in Babylon

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article about the fact that many prophecy folks are looking forward to the complete destruction of Damascus in a presumed fulfillment of Isaiah 17:1. But not all students of prophecy see it that way: Some believe this prophecy was completely fulfilled in history and thus see no need for a future fulfillment.

In that article, I look at both sides of the argument and in the end I concede that I am officially on the fence. Although I tend to lean toward the historical fulfillment interpretation, I freely admit that it could go either way.

» Continue reading the article for APR '25...

 Articles Over the Past Year: 

Links to last 12 articles Current article minus 1 month Current article minus 2 months Current article minus 3 months Current article minus 4 months Current article minus 5 months Current article minus 6 months Current article minus 7 months Current article minus 8 months Current article minus 9 months Current article minus 10 months Current article minus 11 months Current article minus 12 months

Click the pic to go to the article.

Index of all articles.

 A Blast From the Past: 

AUG '13: Sorry, Maggie
Some believe in a post-trib Rapture, and that's fine. But they look silly when they keep using the same old lies to "discredit" the pre-trib Rapture.

Sorry, Maggie

Fishers of Men divider

Wall indicating place to hit your head

That's it. I've had it up to here.

I'm not kidding—I can't take it anymore. If I don't get this out of my system, I'm going to start banging my head against the nearest brick wall.

I spend a lot of time on YouTube watching videos from some of my favorite Bible teachers, and I routinely search for more—especially in the areas of Bible prophecy and eschatology (the study of the end times).

I'm happy to report that, although you may have to sift through a lot of junk to find it, there is a wealth of powerful, biblically sound teaching freely available on the Internet. In the process of searching YouTube, however, I never fail to run across a lot of videos posted by people who apparently have a seething, maniacal hatred for everything and everybody associated with the biblical doctrine of the pre-tribulation Rapture, which teaches that the Rapture will occur before the beginning of the seven-year Tribulation.

It seems the pre-trib Rapture pushes a few hot buttons out there.

» Continue reading...

 Weekly Commentary: 

4/1/2025 — From the "Doom for the Demons" Department...

In Gaza, attacks continue as both a ceasefire agreement and the release of more Israeli hostages remain elusive. But we are seeing something recently that we haven't seen much of in the past, and it is getting attention.

Terrorist group Hamas "rules" Gaza, but instead of working for the benefit of the civilian population they rule, instead they merely use these people for their own self-serving purposes. Gazan civilians are indoctrinated to support Hamas and support their maniacal efforts to destroy Israel, no questions asked. They are used as human shields for the operations of Hamas, as schools and hospitals are routinely used to hide weapons and control centers that Israel has no choice but to target.

Any Gazan who openly protests against Hamas is seen as a despicable traitor and a Zionist sympathizer, and is liable to be imprisoned.

Or worse.

Odai al-Rabei was a 22-year-old Gazan lad who joined in an anti-Hamas protest recently. Afterwards, Hamas henchmen captured Odai, took him away and tortured him, killed him, and then dragged his lifeless body before dumping it at his parents' home.

But for Hamas, it seems the idea of pouring gasoline on the fire rings true.

It appears that all Hamas has succeeded in doing is pushing the Gazan civilian population too far. They have had enough. Enough of the lies. Enough of the senseless violence. Enough of the exploitation.

Enough of Hamas eating their young.

And as a result, such anti-Hamas protests and demonstrations are increasing even more than they already were, not decreasing as Hamas planned. Now the backlash is spreading and intensifying.

The growing resistance to Hamas on the part of the Gazan population has been growing, and is beginning to boil over. The Gazans are desperate, and see no recourse but to speak out.

At the same time, President Trump's ideas about "voluntary resettlement and economic revival" are catching on. Polls are showing that over half of the Gazan population wants to leave Gaza and resettle somewhere—anywhere—else, primarily just to get away from the demonic monsters of Hamas.

So it seems the region of Gaza could be nearing a historic shift, and we can only pray that this shift spells doom for the demons.

» View all Commentary entries...

Fishers of Men divider

Top of the page

If you like this website, share it with someone!

Credits for Graphics (in order of appearance):
Header
1. Adapted from Sunset Over Grass Field © AOosthuizen at Can Stock Photo
Feature Article
2. Fragment Bramy Isztar by Radziem, marked as public domain [PD], Wikimedia Commons
Articles Over the Past Year (3.–14.)
3. The Sermon on the Mount by Carl Bloch artist QS:P170,Q547055, marked as public domain [PD], more details on Wikimedia Commons
4. Global Middle East Crisis © lightsource at Depositphotos
5. Adapted from 5a–5b:
    5a. Damascus, Syria, Panorama at Sunset © Vyacheslav Argenberg (cropped, resized, text added) [CC BY 4.0]
    5b. Nuclear Bomb Explosion © rfphoto via Depositphotos
6. Adapted from Portrait Illustration of Donald Trump © dima4to@gmail.com at Depositphotos
7. White Dice © Ben_Stevens at Depositphotos
8. Adapted from 8a–8b:
    8a. Iranian Missile Launches From Underground Silo © alexlmx via Depositphotos
    8b. Optical Sight © Dmitrydesign via Depositphotos
9. Birthday Cake With Number 7 Lit Candle © destinacigdem at Depositphotos
10. Adapted from Virgo Horoscope Star White © realcg at Depositphotos
11. Halloween Concept Zombies Hand Silhouette © fotokitas at Depositphotos
12. The Fresco of Jesus the King in the Church Parroquia Santa Teresa de l'Infant Jesus by Francisco Labarta © sedmak at Depositphotos
13. Adapted from Jakob worstelt met de engel (Jacob Wrestles With an Angel), RP-P-1935-1296, Rijksmuseum, (cropped, resized), [CC0 1.0]
14. Desert Mirage, Egypt © Ashabot (cropped), [CC BY-SA 4.0]
A Blast From the Past
15. Adapted from Hit Your Head Against Brick Wall © 72soul at Can Stock Photo
Sidebar (16.–19.)
16. Adapted from Hand Holding Placard © byemoke at Depositphotos
17. Adapted from Hand Holding Placard © byemoke at Depositphotos
18. Wherever I Stand by Greg Lauer (own work)
19. Flag of Israel © badboo01 at Can Stock Photo
20. I Stand With Israel by Greg Lauer (own work)

Scripture Quotations:
All Scripture is taken from the World English Bible, unless specifically annotated as the King James Version (KJV) or the American King James Version (AKJV).

» Note that for reasons beyond my control, links in the attributions of some of the pics on this website are no longer operative. See this notice for details.