Diplomats of the world consider it the
most crucial area on the planet in terms of attempting to force peace. Those who
study Bible prophecy from the True perspective presented in God’s Word should
not be surprised that this region is front and center in the cry for peace and
safety at this late hour on God’s Prophetic Timeline.
The region of which I write is that which was called Persia in ancient times. At
the heart of this volatile geographical arena is, of course, the nation of Iran.
The Iranian Islamic regime is the most vociferous government on Earth in
declaring they want death to the people of another nation. Its Supreme Leader,
Ali Khamenei, declares at every opportunity that Israel must be expunged from
the land –and must be eradicated as a people. Additionally, he and those of his
ilk within the regime want America destroyed.
Khamenei leads his people in the chants of death to the Great Satan (America)
and death to the Little Satan (Israel) – thus, even though there is tremendous
underground resistance by much of the populace within Iran against the
fanatical, despotic government that has ruled since the Shaw was deposed.
The reason I say those who study Bible prophecy from the true perspective given
in God’s Word shouldn’t be surprised is because Daniel the prophet recorded
thousands of years ago that Persia was at the center of Israel’s troubles when
he prayed so diligently for his people. Daniel told us, through his prophecy,
that his people –hated and harangued by the Prince of Persia– would be on the
earthly scene at the time of the end. And, the book of the end, we certainly can
believe with developments we’ve witnessed, has been opened (Daniel 12: 4) so
that Bible students who truly seek Truth can recognize the lateness of this
prophetic hour.
So Persia, at this very moment, is at the heart of Israel’s current problems,
while that tiny country is surrounded by all Islamist nations that are used by
Iran (Persia) as proxies to bedevil the Jewish state. And the fact that the
Iranian leaders are blood-vowed to destroy their hated enemies, Israel and
America, and knowing as Bible prophecy students who view eschatology from the
True perspective –the PreTrib view– that Persia (Iran) is prophetically
scheduled to be part of the Gog-Magog attack (Ezekiel 38-39) means that Iran’s
nuclear development program is crucial to consider.
The world’s diplomats don’t look through the prism of PreTrib Bible prophecy.
They haven’t a clue that it is the God of Heaven Who will prevent all-out war.
They refuse to believe any higher power than themselves can bring the peace and
safety they want to broker between Israel and its neighbor antagonists. Neither
do most of the Israeli government or IDF generals believe it is a Supernatural
Power that guarantees their safety –although there is a small circle of those
within both entities that possess some degree of belief in God’s Protection of
Israel.
All parties –the diplomats and Israel’s government and military—do understand
nuclear power and the threat to peace and safety that power represents. Thus,
there is great controversy at present on what to do about Iran’s nuclear weapons
that it is feared the blood-vowed Israel haters might soon have in their
possession.
With the recent missile attacks directly from Iran, many are urging Israel to
use this as an excuse to obliterate the nuclear development facilities. The
following somewhat explains the ongoing angst.
Two years ago, dozens of Israeli fighter jets roared over the Mediterranean Sea,
simulating a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, a drill the Israeli defense
forces openly advertised as an exercise in “long-range flight, aerial refueling
and striking distant targets.”
The point of the exercise was not simply to intimidate the Iranians. It was also
designed to send a message to the Biden administration: The Israeli air force
was training to conduct the operation alone, even though chances of success
would be far higher if the United States — with its arsenal of 30,000-pound
“bunker busters” — joined in the attack.
In interviews, former and current senior Israeli officials acknowledged doubts
about whether the country has the capability to do significant damage to Iran’s
nuclear facilities. Nonetheless, for the past few days, Pentagon officials have
been wondering quietly whether the Israelis are preparing to go it alone, after
concluding that they may never again have a moment like this one…
“Israel has now its greatest opportunity in 50 years, to change the face of the
Middle East,” Naftali Bennett, a hardline nationalist and former prime minister
who once described himself as to the right of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
recently wrote on social media. “We must act *now* to destroy Iran’s nuclear
program, its central energy facilities, and to fatally cripple this terrorist
regime.”
He added: “We have the justification. We have the tools. Now that Hezbollah and
Hamas are paralyzed, Iran stands exposed.”
[Source: Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can
They? – The New York Times, October 9, 2024]
My commentary’s title, On Nuking Nuclear Iran, isn’t meant to give the
impression Israel will use nuclear weaponry to destroy Iran’s nuclear program.
While that option is no doubt available to the IDF, they could accomplish it, I
believe, through conventional war-making means. Regardless of the means,
destroying it certainly is the recommendation of many.
Former President Donald Trump is one such advocate, although it might be seen as
merely a political bit of hyperbole. He didn’t make such statements or
recommendations that we know of back when he was president. And every time I
read a report back then, Iran was within a month or two, or even a week or two,
of achieving weapons-grade fissionable materials that could then be used to
develop nuclear bombs within a short time.
President Joe Biden has strongly demanded to Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel not
take out the nuclear facilities. He has even, it is reported, offered financial
rewards to Israel to think in other terms than attacking Iran’s nuclear
laboratories and other facilities such as those for oil production. This means,
to me at least, that the globalist powers that be fear losing the control they
have lied, cheated, and fought so hard to achieve over world war-making on their
own terms.
It seems to me there are some possible prophetic stage settings to consider in
all of this.
Iran, we know (Persia,) will be at the heart of the Gog-Magog coalition when
that horde descends in an all-out attack against an Israel which is at peace,
according to Ezekiel 38-39. There seems no nuclear weaponry unleashed on the
Jewish state, only primarily a land invasion.
The attackers’ nukes have somehow been taken out of the picture, so far as is
known in that attack itself. Neither are Israel’s nukes apparently available to
retaliate as given in Ezekiel’s description of the assault. However, God Himself
uses, it seems, some sort of Heavenly Nukes!
It is interesting that “fires on the coastlands” is part of the description of
that tremendous prophetic scene. Are these nuclear in nature? Could be, but I
rather am of the opinion that the fire that’s sent on the coastlands is a
Supernatural Judgment sent by the Lord upon those in the region, other than the
Gog-Magog attackers—the Anti-Semitic forces– who perpetrate evil against His
chosen people. Perhaps it is like the sulfur and brimstone Judgment that fell
upon Sodom and Gomorrah.
God has Dealt very recently with Israel’s enemies in observable ways for those
who hold to Bible Truth and Watch for prophetic signals of these troubled times.
It will be, as Daniel the Prophet foretold, for those of us who name the Name of
Jesus Christ to Watch and Discern these times that are almost certainly
stage-setting for the coming Tribulation era (Daniel’s seventieth week).
“And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the
end of these things? And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed
up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall be purified, and made white,
and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall
understand; but the wise shall understand” (Daniel 12: 8-10).
Those who obey the Lord Jesus Christ’s Command are the “wise” at this moment
about whom Daniel prophesied.
“And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch” (Mark 13:37).
For those who know Christ for Salvation, there is the Promise of being kept out
of that terrible time of Tribulation that will come upon the whole world
(Revelation 3: 10).
Jesus said the following about that Promise:
“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
This Promise by the Lord Himself was for believers of both the Church Age (our
current Age of Grace) and for believers who come to Know Christ as Savior during
the Tribulation.
For us today, this is the Rapture, of which Jesus Spoke.
He will call all believers to Himself in the Clouds of Glory before the terrible
7 years of Hell on Earth begins.
You want to be part of the Rapture. You can then “Watch” as developments in
stage-setting move daily toward the Tribulation. You can do so with the absolute
confidence that Christ will call you to Himself before the world reaches that
time of God’s Judgment and Wrath.
One of the most observable signals of that movement toward the Tribulation is
Israel’s dealing with Iran’s (ancient Persia’s) nuclear weapons facilities.
Actually, it is God’s Dealing with Israel’s enemies you can “Watch” with
Spiritual Eyes Attuned to Holy Spirit-infused Wisdom, as Daniel was given to
tell us about by the Angel (Daniel 12: 8-10).
Here again is how to become a believer in Jesus Christ, thus a Member of God’s
Family Forever.
“That if you will confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and will believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made
unto salvation” (Romans 10:9-10).
–Terry
*** Important Notice! ***
God The Holy Spirit is turning on the Light of God’s Truth in Pakistan and other
areas of the Spiritually darkened world.
Again, I’m appealing to you, who understand through Holy Spirit Enlightenment
just how late is the prophetic hour, to help us print and distribute the little
book Prophecy Power: Strength From God To Face Your Future to the people of
Pakistan.
Pastor Anil Jasper worked diligently to translate the Sunday school quarterly
sized book into his native language. The results have been powerful in helping
turn on that Light of understanding about Jesus and His soul-saving Sacrifice.
Anil reports that the book distribution is reaping great rewards in terms of his
people accepting Christ –something that might not have happened if not for the
presentation in our little book.
Please consider again supporting this effort, as time looks to be short,
according to all prophetic stage-setting signals in the world today. We want to
one day hear the words from our Lord: “Well done, good, faithful servant.”
Please go to the following to read more and contribute.
https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2024/10/04/please-help-in-our-pakistan-missionary-effort/
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Unsustainable
The nearness of another presidential election in America has accentuated the
depth of lawlessness that exists in our nation. I have long hoped that the Lord
would come before I had to endure another time of voting when deception and open
gaslighting runs so deep and those who seek to destroy our nation receive vast
amounts of votes and, in many cases, prevail.
I’m weary of waiting for the Lord’s appearing to take me home, but I’m also
reminded that God’s judgment is surely coming to the earth. Many centuries
before the birth of Christ, the Lord spoke these words to Asaph concerning the
very day in which we live:
At the set time that I appoint
I will judge with equity.
When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants,
it is I who keep steady its pillars. Selah (Psalm 75:2-3)
These words assure me that God will intervene in our world.
I believe it will be soon because what we now see is not sustainable for any
extended length of time. I say this because:
America’s economy lies on the brink of utter disaster. The U.S. national debt
stands at thirty-five trillion dollars and, according to some reports, is
increasing by one trillion dollars every one hundred days. We are rapidly
approaching the point when all the income tax monies collected from individuals
will go to just pay the interest on our debt. Our economy should’ve completely
collapsed long ago.
Don’t be deceived by the record-setting numbers on Wall Street; they are a
façade intended to influence the upcoming election. At the time appointed by the
Lord, the U.S. economy will collapse and likely play a significant role in the
worldwide economic horrors described in Revelation 6:5-6.
The violence against children will surely bring destruction to our land. The
violence against children in America is beyond horrific. God’s patience will
soon run out, and judgment will fall. The murder of the unborn continues despite
the overturning of Roe versus Wade. The sex trafficking of children has become a
multi-billion-dollar industry in America largely because of its protection by
those in power. The Democratic Party openly promotes the mutilation of children
via sex change operations.
It’s not possible for such atrocities to continue apart from the Lord saying
“enough” and then bringing the full force of His wrath upon our country. It’s
closer than most can imagine.
The start of World War III is rapidly approaching. With each passing day, the
world moves closer to a nuclear war among the superpowers, which will result in
an unfathomable number of deaths. Each of these hot spots becomes more volatile
by the day and has the potential to lead to a much greater war.
NATO continues to zoom past the red lines the Russian president sets for a
nuclear response. How much longer will Vladimir Putin warn of a nuclear attack
before doing so?
China appears to be on the verge of invading Taiwan.
The war in the Middle East could rapidly expand to include a conflict between
the U.S. and Russia, particularly as the warfare between Israel and Iran heats
up in the coming days.
North Korea is threatening both South Korea and the U.S. They have destroyed
roads connecting the two countries and warned of an upcoming war.
It’s not sustainable for such saber-rattling to continue without the onset of
the devastating wars such as we read about in Revelation, which will happen
after the Rapture. If it were just one threat, perhaps we could see a cessation
of hostilities.
The violence that America imports into our cities via illegal immigration will
bring catastrophe to our land. During the past four years, the number of
immigrants following through our southern border has soared to record numbers.
The violence they have already brought to the U.S. will surely explode to
greater depths in the future. It’s not possible by any stretch of the
imagination to allow so many villains and Chinese men of military age into our
land without disastrous results.
The billions spent to support those unlawfully in our land is one of the reasons
for the crippling inflation that’s making it nearly impossible for most families
to put food on the table. The thousands of dollars that the illegals receive
each month increase the demand for the same amount of goods, which will keep
prices at the grocery store rising unless there’s a drastic change in policy.
The deep political and ethnic divides in America jeopardize our future
well-being. The upcoming presidential election increases the danger of violence
in America. We have already seen at least two attempts to assassinate former
President Trump. Should he win the election, civil unrest will most certainly
erupt across our land.
President Biden is on record stating that he doesn’t believe a peaceful
transition of power is possible. Is he assuming a Trump victory? Is he not
already increasing the likelihood of such violence?
It’s only because of God’s patience and His restraining hand that the world has
not yet felt the full force of His wrath.
However, because we don’t know the timing of these things, it’s absolutely
essential that we, as believers, vote in the upcoming election. Please don’t
stay home on November 5, 2024.
Donald Trump is most definitely not an ideal candidate, but he represents
freedom versus the tyranny that will surely come should Harris step into the
Oval Office. Her policies will surely advance the Marxist policies of the
globalists and hurt a great many people.
Let me be clear: one cannot have a biblical worldview and, at the same time,
support the Harris/Walz ticket. Those who vote for them will cast their ballots
in favor of all the things that the Lord hates. The platform of the Democratic
party is fully anti-God and anti-Scripture. How is it possible for a believer to
support such a vile agenda?
Please know that my hope for the future lies solely in Jesus and in His imminent
appearing to take us home to Heaven. I believe it’s too late to turn the tide of
the threats that lie on the horizon for the U.S. and the world. I say that
because most, if not all, of the perils listed above are not only unsustainable
for the future, but they are also irreversible.
All these things point to the nearness of the Tribulation period, which, of
necessity, tells us that the Rapture is ever so close.