Tag: Ezekiel 38

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Turkey Threatens to Re-establish control over Jerusalem

On July 20, 2026, Israel World News reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently said that “Turkey is larger than Turkey.” This statement reflects the long-time desire of President Erdogan to reestablish the old Ottoman Turkish Empire that ruled over the Middle East, including the Holy Land, from 1516 to 1917.

Erdogan states that Jerusalem belongs to Turkey. He said, “Turkey will not give even a single pebble belonging to Jerusalem to Israel.” He went on to say, “Jerusalem is our city, a city from us.” Erdogan said that Jerusalem is a “sacred trust for all humanity.”

These statements reflect the battle for Jerusalem in the last days. The Bible predicts that the enemy nations of Israel will attempt to take Jerusalem from the Jewish people. God said those who attempt to do this will be destroyed by Him. In Zechariah 12:1-4, 9, He said, “The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. … And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.”

Are these words by Erdogan a prelude to the invasion of Russia, Iran, and Turkey in the prophetic invasion of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38? This battle will be the first attempt by the enemy nations of Israel to militarily invade Israel as predicted by the Scriptures. About seven years later, they will attack Israel again in the Armageddon Campaign. The words of Zechariah above were given by God with a prophetic reference to the Armageddon war on Israel at the end of the Tribulation.

All this simply signals that the Rapture is getting closer by the day. Get ready for the shout that will take us out!

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The Middle East is Shaking

We need to pray for these brave people who are putting themselves in harms way to free their country from the present oppressive Islamic government. In recent decades, we have been told that about one million of the Iranian people have received Christ as their Savior. I am concerned that Khamenei and his radical supporters are glad to use this demonstration as cover to murder Iranian Christians.

Many of the demonstrators are chanting in the streets for the return of the son of the late Shah of Iran, the exiled Crown Prince Reza Palavi. Palavi is standing ready to lead Iran back to a free government for the people of Iran. The present Islamic government is supported by a minority of the Iranian people.

It is apparent that U.S. President Donald Trump is about to make good his promise to attack Iran to stop the needless killing of Iranians. Today, January 14, 2025, U.S. servicemen that are stationed on U.S. military bases throughout the Middle East are being evacuated. Iran has threatened to attack Americans in the region should the U.S. attack Iran. They have threatened to attack U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Turkey. Furthermore, governments around the world are urging their citizens to immediately leave Iran by any means possible.

The collapse of the radical regime in Iran will bring about an unraveling of the power structure that has been in place in the Middle East for more than 45 years. Both China, Russia, and Turkey have joined themselves in an economic/military alliance with Iran in recent years. China is especially dependent upon Iran for a major portion of their oil. What will be the reaction of Iran’s partners to Iran’s collapse? Will this force Russia and China to attack the U.S.? Will this eventually precipitate the Gog and Magog invasion of Israel as outlined in Ezekiel 38? Will this trigger a global war and global economic collapse?

Some reports indicate that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, Muhammed bin Salman, is already preparing to fill the political vacuum in the Middle East and become the dominant player in the Middle East. Will this catapult Salman onto the global stage and prepare him for his possible role as the Antichrist?

Friends, these are very significant days. While we do not know all the exact details, it seems to point to the events that will lead the world into the dangerous and deadly days of the Tribulation Period.

Prepare yourself! Be ready for the shout that will take us out!

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Is the Iranian Radical Islamic Regime Collapsing?

Are we witnessing the collapse of the radical Islamic regime in Iran? The people of Iran have attempted many times to overthrow the deadly, repressive and corrupt political leadership in the last few decades. However, things are different this time.

U.S. President Trump has taken a bold stand to support the people of Iran in their attempt to dethrone the Islamic Republic of Iran for a free Iranian state. In the past, other world leaders have done nothing to help the Iranians in this struggle. This attempt is dangerous. As in the past, the Iranian thugs who control Iran with the dream of using it as the center of their dream of global Islamic Kingdom, are killers. They kill anyone who opposes their agenda. In 2025, 1,500 Iranian were hung for demonstrating against the religious and military leadership. They have shut down the internet in Iran to create a veil of darkness to give them cover while they mass murder many of the protesters.

While we are all cheering for the protestors in Iran, we need to know how to pray. Many informed world leaders are concerned about almost 1,000 pounds of missing enriched uranium in Iran. Leaders in Iran report that before their 12-day war with Israel in June, they moved this stockpile of uranium to another safe location. If this is true, it is of great concern that this deadly material may be used against the Iranian citizens. The Iranian leadership feels cornered and threatened. Some reports indicate that Khamenei, the leading Islamic cleric who has controlled the Iranian military since 1989, has prepared a plan for him and his family to flee to Russia. Will he unleash a dirty enriched uranium bomb upon his own people in revenge? Pray for President Trump and the Iranian people for the days that are ahead. We know from reports in recent years that it is believed that almost one million Iranians have turned to the Lord and are our born-again brothers and sisters in Christ.

According to Jeremiah 49:34-39, in the last days, the inhabitants of Iran will be scattered to many nations because their land is uninhabitable. Are we about to witness this tragedy? Furthermore, if the radical leadership of Iran flees to Russia, will this set the stage for the invasion of Israel by Russia, Iran, Turkey, and other radical Islamic elements as declared in Ezekiel 38?

Friends, global events seem to indicate that 2026 will be a very significant year in the development of the prophetically recorded tragedies in the Scriptures. The world is running toward its judgment with God.

Be listening for the shout that will take us out!

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A New Middle East Emerges

An examination of the post-war results of Israel’s 12-day war with Iran indicates we are watching the emergence of a new Middle East. For 46 years Iran has destabilized the nations in the Middle East. Iran continued to flex its evil muscles to gain superiority and exert complete control over the nations of the Middle East. Iran wanted to use its position in the region to control the world and prepare the way for their Islamic Messiah and his evil global kingdom. From their perspective, they have not given up on this goal. At some later point, they will join Russia, Turkey, and other Islamic enemies of Israel in the Gog and Magog invasion of Israel mentioned in Ezekiel 38.

Iran and its proxies were defeated by Israel in 20 months since October 7, 2023. Before Hamas’ invasion of Israel, it appeared that Iran and its proxies had the nation of Israel in a death grip that would by all human perspectives eventually lead to the demise of the only Jewish nation in the world. Now that the death grip has been annihilated, not only Israel, but the entire Middle East can breathe a temporary sigh of relief.

About three years ago, Iran signed a defense pact with Russia and China that promised they would help defend Iran against any future aggression. When Israel attacked Iran on June 13, all of Iran’s allies stood by and offered no support. Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria, the Houthis in Yemen, Russia and China did not come to Iran’s aid. In 12 days, with the help of the United States on the last day, Iran and its allies were completely silenced.

This defeat of Iran and its allies is sending political tremors throughout the Middle East and around the world. Israel is emerging as the moral global superpower. In this war on evil, Israel was the only nation that stood up to the Islamic global threat. Furthermore, in the Middle East Israel is viewed as the regional military superpower. The nations of the Middle East have learned that they cannot depend upon the United States as a stable ally that can be trusted. During the Obama and Biden years, the Arab nations of the Persian Gulf felt betrayed by the United States. The U.S. democrat administrations did not attempt to stop Iran’s march toward nuclear weapons. Tragically, they funded Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

There is a current feeling in the Middle East that while the U.S. has a strong and reliable administration, the Middle East needs to create a foundation of security that will outlast the growing concerns of inward division in the U.S. These concerns are fueling an urgent need to expand the Abraham Accords that began in 2020 under the leadership of President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamen Netanyahu.

It is apparent that there will be an immediate call for the expansion of the Abraham Accords. Only days after the Iran war was completed, the sign pictured in this article appear in Tel Aviv.

From a prophetic perspective, it appears we are watching the formation of the 10 kings and their nations (Daniel 7:7, 24; Revelation 17:12-14) that will join the Antichrist in forming the false peace covenant that will begin the Tribulation. If this is correct, we are rapidly moving toward the event that will begin the Tribulation Period. This simply means the Rapture of the true church is imminent!

Get ready for the shout that will take us out!

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Vigilance, Excitement, & Prayer

After the combined attacks of Israel and the United States of America upon the evil Iranian regime, where do we go from here? As believers in Jesus Christ and students that trust the biblical prophetic world view of the last days, we have a great advantage. While we do not have a complete revelation about all things and their exact timing, we do have an accurate big picture of our world in these last days. As I think about this, these three words come to mind: vigilance, excitement, and prayer.

The attack upon Iran and its proxies since October 7, 2023, have been aimed at the defeat of the goal of the radical Islamic regime in Iran to destroy Israel and the United States on their march toward global supremacy. We must not make the mistake of thinking that the removal of Iran’s nuclear arsenal and its terrorist activities has delivered the final death blow to the Islamic goal to rule the world. According to the prophetic Word of God, we know that an evil remnant of the Iranian leadership will survive their present defeat at this moment. They will retain and revive their diabolical plot to destroy Israel and join Russia and other radical Islamic groups in the future Gog and Magog war in Ezekiel 38. They are mentioned in Ezekiel 38:5 as “Persia.”

Furthermore, I believe the Bible teaches that the Antichrist will be a Muslim and will force his evil Islamic kingdom upon all nations during the Tribulation. The false peace covenant of the Antichrist will be an agreement between Muslim nations and Israel. It is chilling to recognize that the evil regime of the Antichrist will spread its war, terrorism, and evil doctrine across the world. It is a fact that both Sunni and Shiite Muslims have plans to create a global Islamic kingdom.

Many prophetic passages show that the final battle of this age, Armageddon, will bring all the Islamic nations against Israel at the end of the Tribulation (Psalm 83:1-8; Isaiah 34:1-8; Ezekiel 35:1-36:7). Therefore, this war with Iran does not end the threat that Islamic regimes have against the free world.

This is a spiritual war against God. What we are witnessing is the earthly extension of the war between God and Satan in the spiritual realms. This war will continue into the final days of the Tribulation Period. At the heart of this war is the security and survival of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel (Revelation 12). This is a holy war for the holy land and the holy city of God, Jerusalem (Psalm 2). Therefore, we must be very vigilant in our efforts to live and serve our Lord in these last days.

Second, we should be excited. The war with Iran against Israel is a clear indication that the world is marching toward the end of this age. It is my opinion that the war with Iran will trigger the Gog and Magog war of Ezekiel 38. It will also change the balance of power in the Middle East and set the stage for the false peace covenant of the Antichrist with Israel. Sometime during all of this, the trumpet of the Lord will sound and call us home to heaven. This should excite us!

Third, this should cause us to pray more fervently. We need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Please pray for the Israeli leadership as they defend the nation of Israel. We need to pray for the lost around us as the world increasingly calls for peace and safety (1 Thessalonians 5:3). We need to pray for President Trump. He is hated by many in our nation and around the world. The Lord has raised him up for such a time as this! His sudden removal could change our nation and world instantly. We need to pray for the pastors of the churches in America and around the world. They need to wake up and understand the times in which we are moving. They need to proclaim the prophetic Word of God and warn the world of the approaching wrath of God and Satan at the end of this age. We need to pray for the Lord to give us wisdom to know how to live and provide for our families and churches in these last days.

We are living in historic times. We need to be “redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16).