Iran on the radar screen

I've been thinking about the words being issued from Iran these past days. It just happens that Ezekiel 38 contains a list of the nations that will come against Israel in the climax of the time of trouble. One of those nations in Persia which is present day Iran. The threats emminating from the Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejadis are very worrisome to Israel, even palestinian Arabs are concerned. The big problem consists of the apparent willingness to use nukes. That wouldn't leave much of anything in the whole area around Israel. Besides the intent of destroying Zionism and Israel, they would also take out a large part of the palestinian, Jordanian and Syrian peoples.

At the world without Zionism conference held in Tehran the Iranian president was very clear about his intentions. See some of the articles at Muslim World Today site. The text of his speech is summarized at: http://www.muslimworldtoday.com/iranian4.htm. This represents an agressive stance that won't be limited by conscience and consequences as US and USSR leaders were during the cold war era.

I don't care to take some of the prophecies too literally but there are suggestions that the upcoming war against Israel will manifest violence of a new intensity. See Zechariah 14 and Joel 3. But this time it's going to be the final episode of evil. God will rise up to send his messiah to deliver Israel, Isaiah 41:8-16, Daniel 12:1. Israel will no longer have to bear the abuse of other nations, they will assert their rightful place in the world and stand succesfully against their enemies. Then Jerusalem will be recognized by the nations when they see God protecting and ruling over his people. At that time the problems of the region will be resolved as Assyria and Egypt join with Israel in peace. See Isa 19 "the third part". Then the nations of the earth will be able to find peace and redemption as well. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.