God's Ancient Promise For Iran And The Ezekiel War

As I mentioned in my previous post : "Iranians Are Persians, Not Arabs," Persia  has ancient historic

ties to the Jewish people and their God. And even though few people may realize it, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob specifically mentioned the people of modern day Iran and proclaimed both future judgement and restoration for the Iranian people.


One of the ancient regions that the Persian empire arose from, now in modern day Iran, is Elam. God proclaimed through the prophet Jeremiah that because of some treacherous dealings this land will be judged one day, the monarchy will cease, and the Iranian people will be scattered around the world, very much like it happened to the Jewish people, but that eventually they will be restored to their country and that God will establish His throne there.


Now this could be confusing even to the most seasoned Bible student, because as we all know God said many times that He will be ruling  one day out of Jerusalem, so how will He establish His throne in Iran out of all places?


This seems like a contradiction until we  read it in the context of the entire Scripture. We will find out from Psalm 22: 3 that God establishes His throne upon the praises of His people, so if Iranians as a country turn to God, His throne will be established there upon their praises.


Now let us look at the prophetic Scripture passage that I mentioned above : "That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:
      “Thus says the LORD of hosts,
            ‘Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam,
            The finest of their might.      ‘I will bring upon Elam the four winds
            From the four ends of heaven,
            And will scatter them to all these winds;
            And there will be no nation
            To which the outcasts of Elam will not go.      ‘So I will shatter Elam before their enemies
            And before those who seek their lives;
            And I will bring calamity upon them,
            Even My fierce anger,’ declares the LORD,
            ‘And I will send out the sword after them
            Until I have consumed them.      ‘Then I will set My throne in Elam
            And destroy out of it king and princes,’
            Declares the LORD.     ‘But it will come about in the last days
            That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,’”
            Declares the LORD. ( Jeremiah 49: 36-39)


Judgement has come upon Elam who later became Persia, then Iran because its rulers became hostile to the Jewish people, especially during the Second World War when the Iranian Shah sided for a time with Nazi Germany and renamed Persia, Iran, "The Land of Aryans." His descendants became proud and arrogant, so the Islamic Revolution became its judgement. The monarchy was destroyed as prophesied and many Iranians for the first time in their history were scattered among the nations of the world, but it also drew many Iranians to God. Thousands of them every year both in Iran and abroad became accepting Jesus as their Messiah even at the risk of death. So, it follows that God will fulfill the promise contained in the last verse of this prophecy and restore them.


My Biblically educated guess is that it will happen during the War of Gog and Magog described in the book of Ezekiel chapters 38-39. It is said there that Persia will be one of the nations that will be part of the alliance along with other Islamic nations such as Turkey and possibly even Russia, and join the attack against Israel where their armies will be destroyed.


The destruction of their army will allow the people of Iran to take back their country and to overthrow  the Islamic Republic themselves without any foreign intervention, so the fanatic zeal and hatred of this government against Israel will bring its ultimate destruction. It is just like God to do something like that.

Prophetic Warning To 70 Nations Who Will Gather Against Israel At The Paris Summit Later This Month

All ancient Jewish prophets predicted that in the last days or in what we call today the end times, God will begin to bring back His people from among the nations back to the land of Israel. They said that He will do it not because they are better than other peoples, but because of the covenant that He has made with them even though they broke it in the past by their disobedience to Him.

We are living now in these very times, the times of restoration for Israel. This is the will of God as expressed in the Scriptures that they should come back and rebuild the ruined cities. Before the beginning of the 20th Century most of what was then called Palestine was  in ruins. There were very few people of mixed ethnical backgrounds living there leading mostly nomadic lifestyle, but it began to come to life when the Jews began to return despite of the hostility and continual attacks they faced from the Arabs living there even though their lifestyle became better as the result of the knowledge and innovations the Jewish people brought with them from around the world.

The prophets did accurately predict that the people around them would be hostile to that process of restoration, and that Jerusalem would become "the cup of trembling for all nations." Despite of so many wars and atrocities that are happening around the world, the United Nations and most world leaders are obsessed with Israeli-Palestinian peace process for the failure of which they blame Israel even though it is the Palestinians who are continually instigating violence through their terrorist attacks against Israeli solders and civilians alike.

Now, 70 nations and international organizations such as European Union and the United Nations who represent nearly all nations, decided to gather in Paris on the 15th day of this month in order to deliberate on the fate of Jerusalem without Israelis nor Palestinians present, but it is predictable that whatever they decide on will meet all the Palestinian demands, including giving the East Jerusalem ( the real Jerusalem) as a capital of a future Palestinian state. They might even go as far as to declare the creation of that state.

If this is really what they will do, then those countries and organizations will be in a great danger. Jerusalem is the only city on earth to which God of this Universe laid a personal claim and He warned through the Prophets that whoever will want to divide it or take it away from His people will come under severe judgement.

"The oracle of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus declares the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him: “Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup of staggering to all the surrounding peoples. The siege of Jerusalem will also be against Judah. On that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples. All who lift it will surely hurt themselves. And all the nations of the earth will gather against it." ( Zechariah 12:1-3)

Also it is not an accident that it will be around 70 nations who will participate in this summit. Seventy is the number of Israel.  We must pray for God's protection over all innocent and godly people in those nations because His protection from those nations will be removed, and they will experience the very things that Israel is experiencing with their enemies. There will be an increase in terrorist attacks in those nations and an increase in natural disaster as the nature itself revolts against their disobedience to their Creator. There will be political upheavals and revolts, some of those nations and organizations may be literally divided just as they divided Israel. Whatever they do to Israel will be done to them.

But this conspiracy against Israel will not work. In the end Israel will win and those nations will lose, and there will be a blessing poured out on individuals and nations who did not support  the dividing of Israel. Perhaps this the very thing that the Blood moons and other signs were signaling? This might even lead to the Ezekiel war. We will see. These are  very prophetic times in which we are living.

Iran Deal And The Coming Ezekiel 38 War Against Israel

While President Obama tried to make this nuclear deal with Iran to prevent war, he simply paved the road for another one. But there is nothing anyone could do about it. The Bible is clear that this war will take place and therefore cannot be prevented, though it could have been delayed if Obama and his European partners have not chose the way of appeasement towards Iran.

But again perhaps they were blinded because it is supposed to happen at this juncture of world history? Either way, Iran got everything it wanted and some, but never changed its goals. Ayatollah Khamenei as well as President Rouhani saw this as a triumph of Islamic Republic over the West and told "brothers in Palestine and Lebanon" to rejoice. Now, why would Palestinians rejoice over this deal?

It is simply because it brought Iran this much closer to gaining nuclear weapon, so it could "liberate" Palestine by wiping Israel off the world's map. And they will do what they say that they will do and Israel for one knows this very well. That is why Israelis will try to stop Iran from getting the nukes on their own, if they have to.

This in turn will draw the military response not only from Iran, but also from its allies. Russia already declared that a strike on Iran is the same to them as a strike on Russia itself. Turkey under its current leadership also would join any coordinated attack against Israel and those three nations just happen to be listed in the Ezekiel 38 prophecy as part of the alliance of nations who in the last days will go to war against restored Israel.

It is very possible that we will see it unfolding very soon. Perhaps this is the war that the blood moons and the Jubilee cycle point to? I would not be surprised. If it is so, then we already know the end even before the beginning because the Scriptures clearly declare that this alliance will be supernaturally defeated by God Himself who will fight for His people like He did in the days of old.

There will be a mega earthquake and perhaps a volcanic eruption as well that will rain fiery hailstones on this army destroying it completely. The Al-Aqsa Masque will be destroyed too. God of the Bible will prove Allah a false god, thus destroying the problem of Islamic terrorism that plagues the world today and the Iranian people will take back their country that was hijacked by Islamic fanatics back in 1979.

We are living in truly amazing days!