Israel-Hamas War: The fate of Iran (Part III). With Slight Editions by Brit-Am.
22 January 2024, 12 Shevat, 5784.
Iran (otherwise known as Persia) is identical with the Ancient nation of Elam. It was prophesied (Jeremiah 49) that Iran-Elam would be destroyed and its people scattered. Will that happen in our time. Alexander Zephyr in the article below thinks it will and he tells us why and how.
After the 1979 Revolution, the Islamic Republic of Iran has become the world's largest state sponsoring terrorism. The fanatical mullahs under the leadership of a Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, overthrew the pro-Western foreign policy authoritarian monarchy of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. They then established an Islamic theocratic society governed by Sharia Law. From its conception, the brutal Islamic regime has shown disregard for basic human rights and viciously fought against any dissent. The regime's greatest victims are the Iranian people, who are basically pro-Western and openly long for freedom and democracy but are met with brutal and violent suppression any time they rise up. All popular uprisings have been violently suppressed by the Islamic government. Many thousands of people have been killed and countless tortured and imprisoned. Iran plays a significant role in international politics as a rogue state ruled by an authoritarian regime of radical Islamists who defy international rules and laws, abuse the human rights of its people, seek to proliferate weapons of mass destruction, and actively sponsor terrorism.
* Even before coming to power, in the middle of the Revolution, on 19 August 1978 Islamic Terrorists set on fire the Cinema Rex in Abadan (southwwest Iran) killing more than 420 people. They blamed this tragedy on the Regime of the Shah. At the time this generated great popular anger and contributed to the overthrow of the Shaw.
* On November 4, 1979 Iranian radical students, influenced by the Islamic zealots, seized the US embassy in Tehran holding 52 embassy employees hostage for 444 days.
* Just in the first five years approximately 8,000 political opponents were executed by the order of Ayatollah Khomeini. This massacre has been called "Iran's greatest crime against humanity."
* Since the 1979 revolution, Iran's regime has conducted numerous terrorist attacks and assassinations in various countries.
* In April 1983 Hezbollah terrorists organization, created and totally sponsored by Iran, coordinated devastating suicide attacks on the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people, including 17 Americans.
* In October 1983 Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 soldiers.
* Under the direction of Iran, in March 1992, Hezbollah bombed the Israeli embassy in Argentina, killing 29.
* In July 1994 Iran-Hizballah attacked the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, killing 86.
* In Saudi Arabia in 1996 pro-Iranian Shia terrorists attacked the U.S. military facility of Khobar Towers (eastern Saudia) , killing 17 Americans troops.
* In the USA the 9/11 attack destroyed the two Towers, killing almost 3000 people and causing at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage.
* Iran has been heavily involved in undermining American and Western interests in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea. In accordance with its official policy of wiping Israel from the map, the Iranian Government continuously supports all kinds of terrorism against Israel. By Iranian command Hezbollah targets Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Thailand, Nigeria and other countries.
The list of Iranian involvement in bombing, kidnapping, hijacking, and assassinating people has no end. Iranian state-sponsored terrorism has become more boldly and destructive. The world knows that existing terrorist organizations such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi in Yemen plus the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PLO, Quds Force, Shia militia in Iraq and Syria. All of them are under the supervision of Iran who provides for them financing, training, weapons and safe havens. All of these proxies Iran violently uses against the USA (Big Satan) and Israel (Small Satan) in the Middle East and also targets Western interests around the world. It is well known that Iranian IRGC trained and equipped about 500 terrorists from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other militant groups and masterminded the October 7 Hamas barbaric attack in Southern Israel with the sole purpose to bleed and ultimately destroy the Jewish people.
Iran directs Hezbollah's military activities on Israel's northern border plus more than 100 well coordinated attacks on the US forces in Syria and Iraq by its radical Shia militant groups, trained and financed proxies of Iran. The Islamic Republic needs Hezbollah as a major deterrence against any possible Israeli and US plans to attack Iran. Hezbollah has been stepping up its attacks day by day from the Lebanese border, causing some IDF forces to withdraw from Gaza to the northern front in order to intensify a broader retaliation.
Another Iranian proxy is the Houthi, an armed group of Shia Muslims in Yemen., They have declared solidarity with the Iranian-led "axis of resistance" against Israel, the USA and the West. They were directed by Iran to disrupt commercial sea shipping of goods in the Red Sea. They attack commercial vessels with drones, missiles and speed boats, jeopardizing trade and threatening freedom of global navigation. Major shipping companies have stopped using the Red Sea and are using a much longer route around Africa's Cape of Good Hope instead, which is expected to cost up to $1 million extra in fuel for every ship.
While Iranian Ayatollahs have kept Israel, the USA and its ally forces preoccupied with the military activities of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, and the various Shia terrorists groups inside Israel and around the region, Iran is using this unique historical opportunity for acquiring nuclear weapons through manufacture or purchase from Russia or North Korea. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Iran is tripling its nuclear output. In pursuit of a nuclear weapon, it has accelerated its enrichment of uranium by reaching 60% purity, with 90% the standard for weapons-grade use. Many political analysts are of the opinion that Iran is very close to achieving its long cherished dream - to have a nuclear arsenal. We have seen the arrogance and savagery of this Islamic Sstate-sponsored terrorist regime that has become more intensive and deadly than ever. Imagine how their behavior will change, when they possess nuclear bombs? If Israel, the USA, and the NATO nations will not act now to prevent existential cataclysmic threat and not strike Iran hard to cut off "the head of the snake" and "the tentacles of the octopus" and wipe Ayatollahs off the face of the earth, Tomorrow it may be too late. Nuclear terrorism is the gravest danger the world faces. Radical suicidal Islamic terrorists would not hesitate to use the most powerful WMD and take with them as many millions of human beings as possible, because they do not value life but glorify death. A nuclear-armed Iran is a mortal risk for Israel and moderate Arab states such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, and Bahrain and would greatly destabilize this region of the Middle East.
And now we finally come to the culmination of this story: What does the Bible say about the fate of Iran? Iran was ormerly known as "Persia." It may be identified with the Ancient People of Elam. The Elamites dwelt in the southern portion of Persia and comprised the majority population. The Elamite Language was an offical tongue and the most commonly used language.).
Here is what God's prophet Jeremiah 49:34-39 wrote:
Jeremiah (NKJV) 49:
34 THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME TO JEREMIAH THE PROPHET AGAINST ELAM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH, SAYING, 35 "THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS: BEHOLD, I WILL BREAK THE BOW OF ELAM,
THE FOREMOST OF THEIR MIGHT.
36 AGAINST ELAM I WILL BRING THE FOUR WINDS
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF HEAVEN,
AND SCATTER THEM TOWARD ALL THOSE WINDS;
THERE SHALL BE NO NATIONS WHERE THE OUTCASTS OF ELAM WILL NOT GO.
37 FOR I WILL CAUSE ELAM TO BE DISMAYED BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES
AND BEFORE THOSE WHO SEEK THEIR LIFE.
I WILL BRING DISASTER UPON THEM,
MY FIERCE ANGER," SAYS THE LORD;
"AND I WILL SEND THE SWORD AFTER THEM
UNTIL I HAVE CONSUMED THEM.
38 I WILL SET MY THRONE IN ELAM,
AND WILL DESTROY FROM THERE THE KING AND THE PRINCES, SAYS THE LORD.39 BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LATTER DAYS:
I WILL BRING BACK THE CAPTIVES OF ELAM," SAYS THE LORD.
Let us try to understand the meaning of this prophecy. First of all, who is Elam? Elam, according to Josephus Flavius (Antiquities of the Jews, chapter VI: 4), is the Persian people:
For Elam left behind him the Elamites, the ancestors of the Persians.
Jeremiah informs us that "the bow of Elam" -Persians was the foremost of their might. The Elamites were excellent archers. It was their strength and the power of their bowmen (Isaiah 22:6). This instrument of war brought them many victories on the battlefield, providing them with security and confidence. It was the "chief of their might," the source of their great strength. But this prophecy does not speak of the past. It aims for the future. In this case it speaks of Persia-Iran and its modern long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles and its delivery system. It is the time when Iran is on the verge of fulfilling its long-term ambitions to become nuclear power. It is amazing that 2600 years ago, the Prophet Jeremiah accurately predicted Elam-Iran's possession of a dangerous weapon (referred to as a bow), which is the "chief source of their might." God will break "the bow of Elam", meaning all modern missile and rocket launches on land, air or water will be destroyed and become useless. The judgment against Elam is very specific and the language used cannot be found anywhere else in Scripture.
"AGAINST ELAM I WILL BRING THE FOUR WINDS FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF HEAVEN," means that Iran will be attacked from the four geographical sides: Israel from the west; the USA from the northwest; Germany, France, Great Britain (NATO) from the northeastern direction, and Australia from the south.
These combined forces will air strike all nuclear facilities of Iran and destroy them. Iran will be completely incapacitated at the time. A disaster of epic biblical proportions will finally arrive in the Middle East. The past nuclear disasters of Chernobyl and Fukushima will not even be comparable. The bombing of the Bushehr nuclear reactor and other nuclear targets will cause a nuclear holocaust and humanitarian crisis of unseen proportions.
THERE SHALL BE NO NATIONS WHERE THE OUTCASTS OF ELAM WILL NOT GO, said the prophet. The territory of Iran will be badly polluted, and the Arabian Gulf will become a cesspool of radioactive contamination and whoever is saved from the Iranian people will be scattered into the nations of the world. This is exactly what the prophecy says. God's judgment of Elam has not occurred in recorded history but will be fulfilled in the near future!
Note: One more question remains unanswered: If Elam-Iran was defeated and scattered all over the world in Jeremiah 49:36-p37, then why is Iran again mentioned under the name of Persia as an ally in a future war of Gog in Ezekiel 38:5? The answer is not complicated and can be found in these words of the prophet: "BUT IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THE LATTER DAYS I WILL BRING BACK THE CAPTIVES OF ELAM," SAYS THE LORD. " (Jeremiah 49:39).
This verse conveys two meanings.
First, the events described in Jeremiah 49 concerning the judgment of Elam will happen much earlier and precede the Gog and Magog war.
Second, the war of Ezekiel 38 and 39 will occur in the distant future, as indicated in the prophecy; IN THE LATTER DAYS God will return the Persians to their own land. It will take a long period of time for the Iranian people to recover from the nuclear disaster, cleansethe land and water from radioactive pollution, regain independence, and acquire the economic and military strength to join the forces of Gog in their final attack against Israel. It seems that the powerful lessons of the past will not prevail over the perpetual fanatical hatred toward Israel and its God. By its own design, Iran will meet the God of judgment and find its graves on the mountains of Israel, aqlong with the other cohorts of Gog and Magog as the prophecy clearly attests (Ezekiel 39:4, 11).
Thanks 1/24/2024
See Also: Persia in Prophecy.