The war between the United States, Israel and Iran, which raged for about 40 days from February 28th, 2026 before a ceasefire came into effect in the second week of April, has generated some of the most attention-grabbing headlines across the world since the war began, with different countries’ media framing the conflict the way it suits their agenda.
Headlines such as “U.S., Israel launch attack on Iran”, “Iran launches barrage of missiles on Israel and neighbouring Gulf countries”, “Iran Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei killed”, “Iran shuts Strait of Hormuz”, and “Global oil prices spike on closure of Strait of Hormuz” among others, sent shock waves in markets and dominated discussions in places both far and near. The war pushed other happenings, upheavals and dire human conditions in other parts of the world to the background.
They triggered fears of global economic recession, disruptions in geopolitical alignments and heightened internal political tensions in some of the major country actors in the conflict. This latest crisis in the Middle East once again demonstrates that regardless of where people are in the world and whether neutral or not, any disturbance in this region would impact us all.
More importantly, it has also brought home to all inhabitants of the earth, especially for the spiritually discerning, the biblical warnings contained in prophecies that point to the fact that the earth is racing towards the culmination of all things — the collapse of the present world system.
To put this in perspective, it is important to look back in history and track the time lines of the events that were captured in prophecies to understand better what time it is in the world today, and how close we are to that apocalypse, whether people believe it or not.
Israel As World’s Time Piece
Anyone who seriously desires to know what time it is in the world must closely watch the nation of Israel and its prophetic calendar. It is the only nation in history, among all nations of the world, whose history from its beginning to end, was foretold in prophecy, as can be found in the only book that reveals what awaits humanity on the earth at the end of time – the Bible.
The only nation in human history whose founding was foretold hundreds of years earlier was ancient Israel. Prior to that time, there was no nation known as Israel, until God called Abram and instructed him to leave his ancestral land in Ur, Mesopotamia, to a land He would show him, the land of Canaan, which his descendants would ultimately take possession of.
A total of at least 16 prophecies make up this calendar, spanning the enslavement of Israel in Egypt and their eventual deliverance, their possession of the land of Canaan, establishment of Jerusalem as a centre of worship, turning away from the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to idol worship in Canaan, Northern Israel carried into exile in Assyria, Southern Israel captured and exiled in Babylon and the destruction of the first Temple (built by Solomon).
The others are: the return of the exiles from Babylon, the destruction of the second Temple (rebuilt by Hehemiah) by the Romans; scattering of Israel among the nations of the earth; persecution and oppression of Israelites by the Gentile nations; regathering of the people of Israel from many nations of the world back to their ancestral land.
All of these prophecies have been fulfilled to the letter (the regathering is still being fulfilled though) – biblically and empirically verified. Only three of them are yet to be fulfilled; they are the gathering of nations in war against Jerusalem, an action that will nearly result in the wiping out of Israel from history but which will be averted only by the supernatural intervention of the Lord, Jesus Christ — another prophecy awaiting fulfilment. And following that will be the physical return of Christ to set up His Kingdom on the Earth.
Close To The Final Conflict
The U.S.-Israel versus Iran War is only a foretaste of the final battle, which will see the Anti-Christ, the Man of Sin, mobilise the nations of the earth with the intention of wiping out Israel. It will be the war that will end all wars, and ultimately the world as we know it today.
Whether the current ceasefire leads to the end of this war or gives way to the resumption of hostilities, analysts believe that the officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran who will eventually take over power in that country after the war, could be more hardline and prove more dangerous to the world than the previous group of political and military leaders, led by the late Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei. Only a complete regime change in Iran can avert this scenario.
It is on this basis that many think the attack on Iran by Israel and the U.S. may have the negative consequence of producing a new generation of more radical Islamic militants, driven by their apocalyptic jihadist agenda, in anticipation of their famed 12th Mahdi or Imam. It is this belief — the quest to take over the world by force — that fuels their passion for martyrdom.
This is also what makes it improbable that the Islamic Republic of Iran would ever reach any agreement with the West to abandon their quest for a nuclear weapon. Therefore, so long as the current regime remains in power in Iran, the history that is unfolding before our eyes in the Middle East today will someday repeat itself, perhaps on a scale never seen before. And Iran may not be alone next time.
“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 (Zech. 12:3). Indeed, the days of greater confusion and turmoil lie ahead.
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