"Last week you spoke of the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 17 and how it may be a cause for the kickoff of the Ezekiel 38-39 war. In my reading of Ezekiel 38:8-12, it appears that Israel is dwelling safely and in prosperity when this war is initiated, which leads me to believe the War of Gog/Magog is not a response in a series of progressive military volleys (such as an Israeli decimation of Damascus would cause), but rather a relatively unprovoked attack. Could it be that the destruction of Damascus is part of the fall-out of God’s destruction of the northern Israel/southern Syria region that is described in Ez. 39?"