Iran has vowed to avenge Israels’ October 26 attack against its military sites in Iran. Iran’s leadership has stated that “the scope of Israel’s unprecedented October 26 retaliatory strikes was ‘too large to ignore.’ … IAF jets hit 20 sites in Iran in multiple waves, reportedly knocking out its air defenses and significantly setting back its missile production industry. The Israeli strikes reportedly also destroyed multiple radar systems required to guide the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missiles” (The Jewish Press, November 1, 2024).
It is expected that Iran’s attack on Israel will originate from Iraq. Israeli military leaders have announced, “If Iran makes the mistake of launching another missile barrage at Israel, we will once again know how to reach Iran, with capabilities that we did not even use this time, and strike very, very hard at both their capabilities and locations that we set aside for now” (The Jewish Press, November 1, 2024).
Friends, I believe we are about to witness the beginning of a great war in the Middle East that will lead to the wars mentioned in the Bible. The stage is being prepared for the war mentioned in Ezekiel 38-39. The actors of that evil coalition are about to march against Israel.
Our world is racing toward the end-times. In recent days two major developments have very broad and deep ramifications for world developments and its relationship for the events of the last of the last day.
For almost one year, Israel has been entrenched in a very difficult war with radical elements on its border in the south in Gaza. Hamas and those who are fighting with them are sworn to the destruction of Israel, regardless of how many people die in this war. In the Muslim mindset, all these deaths are a part of the war they are sworn to fight in for the cause of their god – Allah. For them, it is an honor to die in a war for the honor of their god. The world must remember that this Islamic war does not end with Israel. These same terrorists believe that it is their destiny to conquer the entire world for Allah. All nations must submit to their religion, or they must die.
For almost one year, Israel has also been engaged in a deadly war with another Islamic terrorist group in Lebanon, called Hezbollah. Hezbollah poses a greater threat to Israel that Hamas in Gaza. Iran has supplied Hezbollah with 150,000 missiles to launch into Israel.
In recent days, Israel delivered a very clever and powerful blow to these terrorist operatives in Lebanon. In a plot that has been in planning for more than a year, Israel used it technological savvy to supply Hezbollah with pagers and radios that were shipped from Hungry. These devices were manufacture by Israelis to implode when Israel triggered them from Israeli territory. This attack upon these terrorists who are determined to destroy Israel has had a major impact upon the Middle East.
There are several matters to consider. (1.) Israel is sending a message of fear to its enemies. They know who they are and where they are at. (2.) The Hezbollah operatives are scattered all over Lebanon. They depended upon these devices for critical instructions in their war against Israel. Now they are in a state of confusion and hesitancy. (3.) Only the leaders of the terrorist forces had these pagers and radios. It is Israel’s objective to take out the leadership and not to harm innocent civilians.
At this time, there is a lot of chatter within the Israeli military that now is the time for a major ground offensive into southern Lebanon. This will be a major war that could go on for years! Israel knows it will pay a very heavy price. However, if they do not strike now, but wait for another time, the price will be even greater!
Slowly, Iran is realizing that the Iranian forces will need to get involved because their proxies (Hamas and Hezbollah) are being eliminated. At the same time, Russia and Turkey are becoming very vocal in their condemnation of Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah. Sounds like the rumble of Gog and Magog (Ezekiel 38)!
On Wednesday, September 18, the UN General Assembly drafted a resolution that calls for Israel to remove all Jewish people from the West Bank (Biblical Judea and Samaria), and the Old city of Jerusalem (ancient Biblical Jerusalem) within the next 12 months. This resolution was passed by a margin of 124-14, with 43 abstentions. Those who opposed were Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Hungary, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Tuvalu and the United States. Some of the nations that abstained were Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, Ukraine and Australia.
In essence the world’s attempt to divide the Promised Land will continue throughout the Tribulation Period. It will be this conflict that will lead the world to the battle of Armageddon at the end of the Tribulation.
Friends, we are watching the final events that are setting the stage for the Tribulation Period.
Iran continues to expand its attempt to destroy Israel by opening another front against it. Iran is attempting to surround Israel with terrorist warriors to overwhelm Israel with threats of annihilation. The radical Muslim government in Iran controls Hamas in the south, and Lebanon and Syria in the north. They have been supplying weapons to terrorist groups in the “West Bank” areas, who are attacking the Israel military forces and Israeli civilians. Israel continues to fight back against these terrorists who have been trained and are funded by Iran.
However, now, Iran is opening another front in the east along the once peaceful Jordan Valley. This valley represents Israel’s longest border, running along the Jordan River. Along this border, Israel and Jordan are only separated by a narrow strip of land. There is a narrow security area on the eastern bank of the Jordan River in Jordan. There is also another limited security area along the western shore of the Jordan River on the Israeli side. The width of the entire security area is no more than a few thousand yards.
Many times, I have traveled down an Israeli highway along this security fence from southern Galilee to the Dead Sea area. The Arab and Jewish farmers in the Jordan Valley have been friends for decades. However, thanks to the escalation of war promoted by Iran, this is all changing.
One Israeli Jewish farmer in the Jordan Valley recently gave this report about the changes they are witnessing in recent weeks. “Terror has been spreading to the valley and making its base here. Small Palestinian villages surrounding the Jewish communities now each have a Hamas squad in it. And this is only one of the dangers. From the east, the situation is as bad, or maybe worse. The border with Jordan is very penetrable, tons of arms are flooding the valley from there. And we hear news of Iranian militias concentrating on the borders. With 70 percent of Jordanians being Palestinians, and the border so easy to break, you can imagine how frightening the situation is” (United with Israel, August 23, 2024).
Iran is now supplying small weapons to terrorists in this area, including IEDs. These underground explosives are being planted in civilian areas and along highways that are a danger to Jewish and Arab civilians. In recent weeks, the IDF has begun to use military bulldozers to tear up roads to destroy these IEDs.
Needless to say, this is making the security efforts of the Israelis more difficult. Some of the Palestinians feel threaten and are also crossing over into Jordan to take refuge there as the war from Gaza and Lebanon threatens to move into the West Bank and Jordan Valley areas.
Friends, we cannot begin to imagine the sheer terror that Israelis are dealing with daily. If this is not bad enough, the Israelis continue to hear the world, even the American administration, say that the real problem is with the Israelis who live in the West Bank. These Israelis are being told they do not have the right to defend themselves from those who are attempting to kill innocent Jewish families who are living on the land that God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob 4,000 years ago.
This is the exact scenario the prophetic Scriptures declared would develop at the end of this age.
On this Memorial Day we pay tribute to all of those who have served in the U.S. Military. We are deeply grateful to all of them, and especially those who paid the ultimate price. Our freedoms were given to us by God. However, the guarding and cherishing of these freedoms have been entrusted to us. I encourage all of you to take the time to watch this video. May it cause us to weep, pray, and to allow God to give us the strength and courage to guard the freedoms that come from the One and only God who is free and not bound to the will of man. We look forward to His Kingdom, where all will be free to serve and worship the Lord Jesus. We look forward to the time when there will be no more wars (Isaiah 2:4).
The Tribulation Period will begin with a false peace covenant forced upon Israel (Daniel 9:27). After decades of global frustration to bring an end to the Arab/Israeli conflict, the world is preparing to force a peace settlement upon Israel. At the core of this conflict is the world’s attempt to remove the Jewish people from the land promised to them by God in an eternal covenant 4,000 years ago. The world is siding with the Arab Muslims and all their lies about the land belonging to them. The Palestinians claim the Jews were never in the land called Palestine until the 20th century. All of us know from the Scriptures and historical records that this is a lie. The Bible is filled with references to the Jewish people’s right to and occupation of the Promised Land. Jerusalem is mentioned more than 900 times in the Bible. The Bible recognizes it as the political capital from the days of King David 3,000 years ago. The Temple Mount is the ancient location of the temple built by King Solomon as described in great detail in 1 Kings 8. Furthermore, in the last few decades, tens of thousand of artifacts have been discovered by archeologists that prove the historical connection of Israel to the land, the city of Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. The claims of the Palestinians, that the land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount belong exclusively to the Palestinians is a lie that has no historical evidence. However, the UN and the world have chosen to ignore the Bible, history, and archeological evidence and to believe the Palestinians and their false claims. Furthermore, the world defends the acts of terrorism and wars carried out by the Arab/Islamic world against Israel. The world views this conflict as nothing more than a legitimate act of resistance by the Arabs and Muslims against the “Israelis illegal occupation of Palestine.”
Now the world, including the current U.S. administration in Washington D.C., is preparing to force Israel to accept the demands of the world to establish a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. According to the prophetic Scriptures, this is the beginning of the end-time events. Recently, World Israel News, released the following report, “The Biden administration and its partners in the Arab world are preparing a detailed plan which would provide a timeline for the establishment of a Palestinian state, which may be made public in the coming weeks. According to a Washington Post report, the U.S. is first focusing on a hostage release deal which would see fighting between Israel and the Hamas terror group paused as captives are released from the Gaza Strip. During that break in hostilities, which would last six weeks, Washington is planning to make its framework for long-term peace in the region. The deal would include the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with its capital in eastern Jerusalem, and require the evacuation of numerous Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria” (World Israel News, February 15, 2024).
Dear friends, on the basis of the Word of God, I can promise you that this attempt to harm Israel and removed the Jewish people from their land will bring about the end of the United States and the world as we know it. The Bible is filled with warnings to the nations concerning what they are about to do. God is bringing the Jewish people back to their ancient homeland. Anyone who opposes this action is in direct conflict with Almighty God.
If the U.S. administration attempts to carry out its announced plans, we will at some point see the holy hand of the wrath of God upon America and the world.
