The Dagon War

10/14/23 • 63 min

THE WAR between Israel and Hamas is, at its core, spiritual.

We call this program P.I.D. Radio because we see our mission as Peering Into Darkness so we are not ignorant of the enemy’s designs. That enemy, as Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus, is not human, but supernatural, intelligent evil—principalities, powers, thrones, dominions, archons, and “cosmic rulers over this present darkness.”

The city god of Gaza in the time of Jesus was called Marna (or Marnas), identified by scholar Edward Lipiński as Dagon, chief god of the Philistines as far back as the time of the Judges in Israel. Dagon, or Dagan, was the chief deity of the Amorites along the Euphrates River dating back to the mid-3rd millennium BC, and under the names Enlil, Assur, Kumarbi, Milcom (Molech), Baal-Hammon, Kronos, and Saturn, was believed by pagans to be the father of the gods from the beginning of recorded history well into the Christian era.

As Derek wrote in The Second Coming of Saturn, we believe this entity was the leader of the rebellious sons of God in Genesis 6, named Shemihazah in the Book of 1 Enoch. He is the angel of the bottomless pit—the Destroyer, Abaddon/Apollyon.

That being the case, the horrors of the last seven days should make more sense.

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• VFTB 299: Dr. Timothy Furnish – Sects, Lies and the Caliphate
• VFTB 289: Dr. Timothy Furnish – ISIS and the Roots of Mahdism
• VFTB 239: Dr. Timothy Furnish – Iran and the Nuke
• VFTB 9/11/22: Raymond Ibrahim - Defenders of the West
• VFTB 10/31/21: Raymond Ibrahim – Persecution
• VFTB 4/5/20: Raymond Ibrahim – Islam, the West, and COVID-19
• VFTB Live: Raymond Ibrahim – Sword and Scimitar

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THE WAR between Israel and Hamas is, at its core, spiritual.

That being the case, the horrors of the last seven days should make more sense.

Links to interviews with experts on Islam and Islamic eschatology:

Video on demand of our best teachings! Stream presentations and teachings based on our research at our new video on demand site!

Unraveling Revelation: www.YouTube.com/UnravelingRevelation
These weekly studies and Derek’s podcast: www.YouTube.com/GilbertHouse

Follow us on X (formerly Twitter):

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Israel is at War

ISRAEL WAS caught by surprise this morning as Hamas launched more than 5,000 rockets and crossed the border, reportedly abducting more than 50 Israelis to Gaza.

As of this recording, more than 100 Israelis are dead and another 900 injured. The Israeli government reports that Hamas terrorists have been engaged in 22 communities in southern Israel.

This is a fluid situation, so there is no breaking news here, but we try to make sense of this in light of world events and Bible prophecy. Is this the beginning of a Psalm 83 war, or could it be another front in the early days of World War III?

We know this: The fallen realm wants control of Jerusalem, and specifically the Temple Mount. However the current situation unfolds, the final battle of the age, Armageddon, will be fought there.

Until then, just remember Psalm 82:4–6:

He who sits in the heavens laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
Then He will speak to them in His wrath,
and terrify them in His fury, saying,
“As for Me, I have set My King
on Zion, my holy hill.”
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Farewell to Tom Horn

YOU PROBABLY know by know that our dear friend and brother in Christ, Dr. Thomas Horn, was called home Friday, October 20, 2023.

This week, as a tribute, we present our first two interviews with Tom, which began an 18-year relationship that literally changed our lives. Through Tom, the Lord called us to full-time ministry—a unique calling, involving research, writing, travel, and speaking. It is something we would not have had the courage to do without the encouragement, trust, and support of Tom Horn and his family.

Tom was a giant of a man, larger than life physically and intellectually, and with a heart to match. The legacy he leaves in the body of research and ministries he’s planted and encouraged (including ours) is huge, but the love he felt for others is evident in Whispering Ponies Ranch and the lives of his children and grandchildren, a testimony to his ability to balance astonishing accomplishments and his responsibilities as a husband, father, and grandfather.

Travel back with us to 2005 and 2006 for our first conversations with our mentor and friend, Tom Horn.

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