Maybe

 

to him it was:

"swift and astonishing".

Others of us?

Not so much.

Revelation 17:8-11

The beast, which you saw, once was, now is not, and yet will come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. The inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the creation of the world will be astonished when they see the beast, because it once was, now is not, and yet will come.

Wait there more:

"Speaking to reporters outside a mosque in Istanbul, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, offered a message of support to the insurgency. 

“Idlib, Hama, Homs and after that most probably Damascus … we hope this march in Syria will continue without any issues,” he said."

I bet he does...

I bet he does...

Revelation 16:14-16

These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty. / “Behold, I am coming like a thief. 

Blessed is the one 

who remains awake 

(You can say that again.

Blessed beyond measure.)

so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.” / And they assembled the kings in the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.

Zechariah 14:1-3

The Destroyers of Jerusalem Destroyed

Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence. 

2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city. 3Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.…

etc. etc. etc...