Terror in Moscow

Gilbert House Ministries

Terror in Moscow

March 23, 2024

A TERROR ATTACK at a rock concert in Moscow has left more than 140 people dead as of this recording. A branch of the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the deaths. The question is what happens next?

It’s been reported that the terrorists were arrested as they tried to escape into Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has denied any connection to the attack, but will Putin use this to justify escalating the conflict?

What is ISIS-K, the Islamic State-Khorasan, and why did it attack Russia? The group, named after an old term for the region that included parts of Iran, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, emerged in eastern Afghanistan in late 2014 with a reputation for extreme violence. It has been at war with the Taliban in Afghanistan, but has reportedly developed the ability to conduct operations in Europe and Asia.

ISIS generally hates everyone who is not on board with its agenda of remaking the world according to its interpretation of the Quran, which is more or less the way it was practiced in the 7th century under Muhammad and his immediate successors. As Raymond Ibrahim reported earlier this month, ISIS issued a statement in January calling for beheading and burning every Western civilian, including Muslims who reject the Islamic State’s violent jihad.

ISIS even declared that Muslims must not support Hamas or the Palestinian Authority because their struggle is not for Shar’iah, but “for national legitimacy, and the kufr covenants of the United Nations.”

We also speculate on territorial spirits who may be involved in this event. We know from the Book of Daniel that there is a prince of Greece—we think it’s Zeus/Satan—and a prince of Persia. Is there a prince of Russia, and if so, who is it, and how does that help us understand yesterday’s terror attack in Moscow?

And we answer one of your questions submitted through our app: Who is Lilith?

All Souls' Day

November 2, 2024

A TRADITIONAL celebration intended to honor the spirits of dead ancestors has its roots in Canaanite and Amorite veneration of the Rephaim—the spirits of the giants destroyed in the Flood. We discuss All Souls’ Day, a practice justified in Roman Catholicism by prayers for the dead mentioned in 2 Maccabees 12:42–46. However, this was not standard doctrine among Jews, and 2 Maccabees, although important for the history recorded, is not considered canon by Protestant Christians. For Catholic and Orthodox Christians, however, the ancient tradition of praying for ancestors to help them escape purgatory was coupled with offering ceremonial food and drink on All Souls’ Day. Some scholars believe this practice originated with the veneration of ancestral dead among the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians, which can be traced back to the kispum rites of the Amorites. In the Middle East, there are reports that Iran is planning an imminent missile and drone attack on Israel in response to last week’s Israeli attack on Iran’s anti-aircraft defenses and a key port. Apparently, Israel inflicted more damage than the ayatollahs wanted to admit. With the election next Tuesday, we also talk about expectations that things will go “kinetic” if the results aren’t what some hope, noting that businesses and government buildings in Washington, D.C. are boarding up windows in advance of Election Day. One pollster reports that 60% of respondents claim to know a Trump supporter who will refuse to accept the results if Harris is declared the winner. Frankly, we think this is another example of the Iron Law of Projection, which states that liberals always accuse others of what they themselves are doing. We also discuss Tucker Carlson’s claim that he was attacked in bed by an unseen force about 18 months ago. The media’s reaction to this demonic encounter is one of the reasons people who have experienced such things are reluctant to talk about them, even with their pastor or priest.

The Odin Defense

October 26, 2024

A MURDER TRIAL in Indiana made international headlines this week when defense attorneys argued that the victims had been sacrificed to the god Odin. Two teen girls were murdered in Delphi, Indiana in 2017. The defense team for the accused, 52-year-old Richard Allen, claims that the girls were actually sacrificed in a ritual to the Norse “All-Father,” Odin—who was not as kindly as he’s depicted by actor Anthony Hopkins in the Thor movies produced by Marvel Comics. The judge in the case had previously refused to allow evidence presented in August by an expert in ritualistic crimes. The defense claims testimony by a crime scene investigator this week has opened the door to present the ritual murder defense. We also discuss Israel’s attack on Iran Friday night. It appears to have targeted Iran’s missile manufacturing capabilities. It’s unclear at this point whether Iran will respond—although, as of our recording this morning, Iran’s proxy Hezbollah had launched 200 missiles at Israel today. We talk about a new report by investigative journalist James O’Keefe, who cites a whistleblower from the General Services Administration who revealed that the GSA awarded a $347 million contract to a private security firm with ties to the CIA, NSA, FBI, and Homeland Security to transport unaccompanied children from America’s southern border to “sponsors.” It’s big business, and the whistleblower says the children were treated like “commodities.” Here’s the link to https://www.zerohedge.com/political/once-you-know-you-cannot-unknow-whistleblower-exposes-how-feds-fund-industrial-sized that explores the exploitation of immigrants by the federal government on behalf of a network of “industrial-size staffing firms.”

Zelensky Gets Desperate

October 19, 2024

DEFENSE ministers for the G7 nations are meeting in Italy and things don’t look good for Volodomyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president has taken a different approach in recent days. Where once he was thankful for the hundreds of billions of dollars in financial and military aid from the West, he’s now demanding either membership in NATO or nuclear weapons. Neither option appears to be on the table as far as the US, UK, France, and Germany are concerned. Meanwhile, Kamala Harris’s campaign hit more speed bumps with news that she plagiarized large sections of her 2009 book and her awful interview with Bret Baier of Fox News. Her body language revealed her discomfort as she tried to word-salad her way out of the fact that she’s trying to run against her own record. We also discuss this week’s super moon and worship of the moon-god in the ancient world, known as Nanna in Sumer, Sîn (pronounced “seen”) in Babylonia, and Yarikh to the Amorites—from which the city of Jericho gets its name. The archaeological evidence suggests a connection between Jericho and the Nuraghic culture of Sardinia, which is home to hundreds of “giant’s tombs.” There are also around 200 dolmens on the island of Sardinia, tens of thousands of which are found in Israel and Jordan between Mount Hermon and the Dead Sea. We’ve written extensively about dolmens in our books Veneration and our new book The Gates of Hell, which is, as of this recording, Amazon’s #1 New Release in the Theology category. (Thank you!)