Wars And Rumors of Wars

Wars And Rumors of Wars

Daymond Duck

Here is what Jesus said and my understanding of what Jesus meant:

• And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
• And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
• And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? (Some translations say end of the age, not world.)
• And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
• For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
• And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these thingsmust come to pass, but the end is not yet.
• For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
• All these are the beginning of sorrows (Matt. 24:1-8 KJV).

Jesus left the Temple for the last time. He would never go back there or teach there again. He went out to the Mt. of Olives and sat down.

The disciples went to Him privately and asked Him three questions: 1) When shall these things be? (the destruction of the Temple), 2) What shall be the sign of thy coming? (His Second Coming), and 3) of the end of the age?

Jesus didn’t answer the first question, but history shows that the Romans destroyed the Temple in 70 A.D.

He answered the second question in Matt. 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (In the Revelation of Jesus Christ – the Book of Revelation – we learn that the gospel will go all over the world during the Tribulation Period by the 144,000, Two Witnesses, and an angel; Rev. 7:11, 14:6.)

Understand that during the Tribulation Period (a day of sorrows; Zeph. 1:16-17: like birth pains; Gen. 3:16), the Book of Revelation teaches that:

• Peace will be removed from the earth (Second Seal; Red Horse; Rev. 6:3-4).
• A great war called the Battle of Armageddon will take place (Rev. 19).
• A global economic collapse will cause the price of food to soar and lead to famine (Third Seal; Black Horse; Rev. 6:5-6).
• Death and Hades will use War, famine, pestilence, and wild animals to kill one-fourth of those on Earth (Fourth Seal; Pale Horse; Rev. 6:7-8).
• During the Tribulation Period, there will be many earthquakes (Sixth Seal-great earthquake; Rev. 6:12; also, Rev. 8:5; Rev. 11:13; the greatest earthquake ever; Rev. 16:18).

But in Matt. 24:6, Jesus said He was talking about wars and rumors of wars, famine, pestilence, etc. that would happen before the time of the end (before the Tribulation Period and His Second Coming).

This is the way I see it: Jesus was lovingly warning us about people deceiving us.

• Deceivers said WW I was the Battle of Armageddon (and we are in the Tribulation Period), but it wasn’t true because Israel didn’t exist.
• Deceivers said WW II was the Battle of Armageddon (and we are in the Tribulation Period), but it wasn’t true because Israel still did not exist.
• Deceivers said cancer, Covid, Ebola, etc. were signs that we were in the Tribulation Period, but they couldn’t be because they did not kill one-fourth of those on Earth.
• Deceivers said great earthquakes mean that we are in the Tribulation Period, but the greatest earthquake ever will be after the rise of the Antichrist (after the First Seal; Rev. 6:12; after the Rapture).

Jesus lovingly (an act of grace) warned that there would be wars, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, etc. during the Church Age, before the Tribulation Period, but they wouldn’t be as bad as those that happen during the Tribulation Period.

We should watch for the convergence of ALL of the signs, not just some of the signs, and it seems to be what we are seeing today.

(FYI: The Tribulation Period won’t begin until the Antichrist rises to power over a world government and confirms – strengthens – a false covenant of peace for seven years, but the Church won’t be here for that, and there will be wars and rumors of wars, famine, pestilences, earthquakes, etc. before then.)

Here are some recent events that seem to indicate that the end of the age is near.

One, here is an interesting quote about current events from Amir Tsarfati on Oct. 29, 2026:

• 500 million Europeans expect 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who cannot defeat 40 million Ukrainians.
• Meanwhile, they fail to realize that they are being conquered by 2 billion Muslims who claim they are being persecuted by 8 million Israelis!

(My comment: 2 billion Muslims claiming they are being persecuted by 8 million Israelis is evidence of Jew-hatred and the fact that God said Israel cannot be destroyed at the end of the age.)

Two, here is Amir Tsarfati’s opinion on the outcome of the U.S.-Iran War (Oct. 31, 2026).

• Ezekiel 38:5 explicitly names Persia as part of the coalition that will come against Israel.
• My understanding of this prophecy is that an anti-Israel regime will remain in place in Iran, weakened but still hostile, and willing to join a broader coalition rather than attack Israel alone.
• The passage identifies Persia’s participation; it does not explicitly identify the government that will be in power or describe its military strength. Those details reflect my interpretation of how the prophetic picture may unfold.
• For these reasons, I do not expect the coming months to bring the outcome many are anticipating.
• The United States and Israel can weaken the Iranian regime, degrade its capabilities, and force it to make difficult choices.
• That does not mean they can guarantee its overthrow.
• We must distinguish between what military force can accomplish, what political leaders promise, and what Scripture actually says.

Three, here is Amir Tsarfati’s opinion on the multitude of governments urging people to store food, water, etc. (Nov. 3, 2026):

• Why are we so surprised to see governments urging people to prepare emergency supplies to last anywhere from three days to three weeks?
• Look around you!
• We are seeing natural disasters of increasing intensity and frequency, more wars and rumors of wars, more viruses, and more people under strong delusion.
• This is a textbook end-times scenario.

Four, concerning the alliance between Russia and Iran at the end of the age: on Oct. 29, 2026, Russia announced that it will expand its workforce at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, signaling renewed cooperation between Moscow and Tehran despite continuing regional tensions following the U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran earlier this year.

Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation, plans to increase its construction workforce at Bushehr to 200 by November, with additional personnel (about 500 more specialists) expected to return in early 2027 as work progresses on two new nuclear reactors.

Five, here is Jonathan S. Tobin’s (editor-in-chief of JNS, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to other publications) opinion on the U.S. election:

• It was a big night for the Democrats and a very, very bad night for U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
• But amid the wreckage left by the blue wave that flipped control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, members of the GOP aren’t the only big losers.
• Supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance and those who worry about the surge of antisemitism that has swept across the globe over the past three years should be equally worried about the implications of the Democrats’ midterm victory.
• The consequences of the Democrats’ return to power on Capitol Hill will be primarily directed at the Trump administration.
• But whatever that will mean for Trump’s ability to govern effectively in his final two years in office, control of Congress by a party that is now largely dominated by its intersectional left-wing will have a serious impact on the U.S.-Israel relationship as well as the battle against Jew-hatred.

(My comment: This will have a major impact on the decline of America and Bible prophecy. U.S. support for Israel will quickly decline, and God’s support for America will decline with it. But His support for Israel will not decline. God is still on the throne, and it is likely that the global march toward world government and the Tribulation Period has just sped up. The rejection of MAGA is a major step toward the rise of the Ten Kings.)

(My opinion: I believe the Ten Kings – Ten Toes – will be ten leaders over ten groups of nations on earth; Google regionalization.)

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