We are now in our eighth year of presenting a Prophecy Update. This is #387 in that series.
The Bible is almost 30% prophecy, and most of the Bible’s over 2500 prophecies have been fulfilled to the letter. We therefore expect the remaining prophecies of the Last Days to be literally fulfilled.
If you didn’t watch or listen to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress this week, you should. In it he outlined the threat the nation of Iran poses to not just Israel, but the world.
Iran is the modern name of Persia – a nation very much mentioned in the prophecies of the last days.
A few things about Iran broke as news items this week. breitbart.com reported,
Iran’s Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, sat down with NBC News this week for an exclusive interview. NBC’s headline and story are: “Iran Foreign Minister: We Believe We Are ‘Very Close’ to Nuke Deal.” But the Times of Israel noted a buried quote from Zarif: The Netanyahu regime “should be annihilated.”
http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/03/05/iran-renews-vow-to-annihilate-israel-nbc-buries-lede/
yahoonews.com reported, “Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday said Israel creates the “greatest danger” in the region, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned against a nuclear Iran.”
The Jerusalem Post reported, “Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has claimed that heightened anti-Israel sentiments across the globe serve as a sign of “divine help” in the Islamic Republic’s fight against its arch enemy.
“Increasing global hatred of #Israel is a sign of divine help,” he wrote late Monday on Twitter.
Meanwhile “Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is currently hospitalized in serious condition at a hospital in Tehran, according to unofficial reports.
Khamenei is suffering from prostate cancer that has reportedly spread to the rest of his body.”
Doctors estimate he has less than two years to live.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Speculation-over-successor-after-doctors-reportedly-say-Irans-Khamenei-has-two-years-left-to-live-393007
Without a doubt, however, the most disturbing story of the week was summarized by Canada Free Press when they wrote,
President Obama said he would shoot down Israeli jets if they launched an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities regarding an operation planned by Netanyahu back in 2014. It is being reported that after Obama verbalized the threat to commit an act of war against Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to abort the planned Iran attack.
The source being used in this story is a Kuwaiti paper, and according to that source the threat came after Israel revealed the plans of their attack on Iran’s nuclear program after discovering that the United States and Iran had been involved in secret talks over Iran’s nuclear program and were about to sign an agreement in that regard behind Israel’s back.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/70137
Modern Israel is a miracle, and a literal, exact fulfillment of Bible prophecy. God said He would regather Israel, to their land; He said they would be the center of controversy for the nations of the world; He said they would, ultimately, stand alone.
You’re seeing all this played-out.
I’m not sure how much more we will see. I know that Jesus promised to return, to resurrect and rapture His church, at any moment – but certainly before the Tribulation begins.
Are you ready for the rapture? If not, get ready, stay ready, and keep looking up. Ready or not, Jesus is coming!