God is speaking and warning of things to come. Is anyone listening?
On Thursday, February 19, 2026, ten days before the Jewish people celebrate the divine deliverance from those who plotted their destruction in Iran in the days of Esther, God struck ancient Shushan in Iran with at 5.5 earthquake. It was also the first day of the Islamic holy day of Ramadan! The timing of this earthquake deserves our attention.
All eyes are on Iran and the approaching war with the United States and Israel. As this war approaches, many who study the prophetic Word of God are asking, “Does the earthquake at Shushan, Iran point to what God is about to do in the Battle of Gog and Magog?” According to Ezekiel 38, Iran will be joined by its allies against the modern state of Israel in the last days. When the army of this coalition of Jew haters invade Israel, God will intervene by sending a powerful earthquake in the region that will decimate the entire armies of the invaders (Ezekiel 38:18-23). It will take Israel seven months to bury the bodies of those that hated them (Ezekiel 39:11-16).
This earthquake will signal the end of Russia, Turkey, and Iran, and many other Islamic radical enemies of Israel. Are we about to witness the end of Iran’s war against His people? Perhaps this earthquake is sounding the alarm that the end of days are here, and believers are about to take their heavenly fight home.
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.
It is apparent that the Middle East is rapidly moving toward a major war that the prophet Ezekiel wrote about more than 2,600 years ago (Ezekiel 38-39). In the last few weeks Iran, Russia, and Turkey have issued threats about going to war with Israel. All three nations have stated that if Israel invades Lebanon and attacks Hezbollah, an Islamic terrorist group sponsored, trained, and funded by Iran, that they will go to war with Israel to defend Hezbollah, Gaza, and the Palestinian cause.
On Saturday, July 27th, Hezbollah fired a missile from Lebanon that struck a Druze village (an important ally of Israel) on the Golan Heights. More than a dozen children were instantly killed as they ran for cover. This missile is only one of hundreds of missiles that Hezbollah has fired into Israeli territories in the last month.
The world is calling for Israel to restrain itself. However, the following day after this tragic attack on the Golan Heights, Iran’s proxy agent CONTINUED to fire missiles into northern Israel. News is coming out of Israel that Israel is preparing for a massive retaliatory strike deep into Lebanese territory. Like Hamas, Hezbollah is using the Lebanese civilians as shields to protect themselves against Israel’s attack. The IDF attack will be aimed at Hezbollah’s missile stockpiles and its militant leadership. If Israel does not destroy Hezbollah’s ability to launch its deadly arsenal of precise deadly missiles and attack drones, then tens of thousand of Israelis will be killed. Israel has no choice but to defend itself!
If Iran, Russia, and Turkey are not bluffing, we could be looking at a massive ground invasion of Israel that will dwarf anything Israel has seen in it 76 years of modern history. It will be the same war that Ezekiel spoke about in Ezekiel 38-39. The Bible says that this massive invasion of Israel will appear “as a cloud to cover the land” (Ezekiel 38:9, 16).
God will supernaturally defend His land and His people by destroying the armies of these invading nations. He will send a massive global earthquake that will trigger the 14 dormant volcanoes that dot the landscape of the Golan Heights to erupt, spewing “an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone” (38:22), killing the armies of Iran, Russia, Turkey, and other radical Islamic nations that join them. Russia and many other nations will also be destroyed by God (Ezekiel 38:6).
The Bible states that this divine intervention by God will stun the entire world and bring Israel to a place of spiritual repentance (Ezekiel 38:23; 39:721-22). This will perfectly set the stage for the beginning of the Tribulation Period.
Friends, for years I have been preaching that the Rapture will occur before or at the same moment this battle occurs. If what we are witnessing does materialize, we are possibly only a matter of a few months or weeks away from the Rapture!
