Persia Prophecy Preparation?

Persia Prophecy Preparation? - Terry James - http://www.raptureready.com/category/nearing-midnight/

 

My good friend, Bill Salus, published a book a few years back that continues to hold my fascination. The title is NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN IN IRAN: The Ancient Prophecy of Elam.

 

He presented a thorough treatment of a topic few, if any, writers about Bible prophecy have, to my knowledge, explored in recent times.

 

Today's news headlines are dealing in serious concern with the most volatile area of the world at the moment. It is the same area of Planet Earth that has been the center of war, anger, and bloodshed for millennia. Bill Salus' book, in my view of things that are developing, demonstrates a certain degree of prescience.

 

We have watched for a number of years the coalescing of military powers that look very much like the Gog-Magog force described by Ezekiel the prophet in chapters 38 and 39. We point out incessantly that this gathering to the north of Jerusalem and Israel looks to be a major part of preparation for fulfillment of Bible prophecy. This forming of Russia, Iran, and Turkey into an agglomeration that is an existential threat to the Jewish state, in combination with the convergence of many other prophetic signals, is well worth examination.

 

Ezekiel tells us this region of the Middle East he calls Persia will constitute a primary partner within the Gog-Magog coalition.

 

The news at the moment is particularly pointing the prophetic finger at Iran, ancient Persia. We begin by having a look at the forming alliance between the major players of the Gog-Magog force.

 

Moscow, Turkey and Iran are all sending symbolic messages to Washington that the Americans are out in the cold and the post-ISIS era may well be dictated by regional powers...

 

Turkish, Russian and Iranian diplomats will meet in Antalya on Sunday in the run-up to a major get-together in Sochi on November 22. The meeting is supposed to focus on Syria, but its real purpose is part of a larger effort by Moscow to illustrate its influence in the region...

 

According to Hurried Daily News, the foreign ministers from Moscow, Ankara and Tehran will meet in Antalya, followed a few days later by a meeting in Sochi between Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani that is being billed as a "trilateral summit." (Analysis: Russia-Iran-Turkey meeting is message to US - Middle East -Jerusalem Post Israel News, November 19, 2017)

 

The meetings between the prophesied powers is over the disposition of another prophesied power-Syria. The whole matter has Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exercised considerably regarding the threat to Israel-another nation in prophecy about which you might have heard.

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised on Tuesday that Iran would not gain a foothold in Syria by which to attack Israel. The premier spoke via video to American Jewish leaders just hours after Russia clarified it had no intention of pushing Tehran's military forces out of the country. "Iran is scheming to entrench itself militarily in Syria.

 

"They want to create a permanent air, land and sea military presence, with the declared intent of using Syria as a base from which to destroy Israel. We are not going to agree to that. I have said very clearly that Israel will work to stop this," Netanyahu told the Jewish Federation of North America's General Assembly which is meeting in Los Angeles. "We must all work together to stop Iran's aggression and its pursuit of nuclear weapons. If we stand together we will achieve it. But if we have to we'll stand alone. Iran will not get nuclear weapons. It will not turn Syria into a military base against Israel," the premier asserted. (BEWARE IRAN: PM Netanyahu vows Israel will act alone against Iran to destroy their nuclear capability if given no choice, JEWSNEWS, Nov. 13, 2017)

 

And that brings us to my admiration for Bill Salus' expansive work on what looks to be a fulfillment of Bible prophecy in the making as I write this commentary.

 

Much of the Salus book involves the following prophetic passage. "'But it shall come to pass in the latter days: I will bring back the captives of Elam,' says the LORD" (Jeremiah 49:39).

 

Bill believes this is a prophecy yet future. God will make it possible for Christians to escape from this, one of the most hateful regimes on earth against those who name the Name of Christ.

 

He believes the forewarning is dire for those of Iran (Persia/Elam) who refuse to let God's people go.

 

He describes the land of Elam.

 

The prophet Jeremiah issued an interesting prophecy that could involve Iran's highly controversial nuclear program. The subject of Jeremiah's prophetic utterances is Elam. During the prophet's time, Elam comprised what consists of the central western portions of Iran today. Elam basically hugged much of the northeastern coastline of the Persian Gulf, while Persia encompassed much of today's southern and eastern parts of Iran. It was bounded by Elam to the west and Media to the north. (Bill Salus, NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN IN IRAN: The Ancient Prophecy of Elam, chapter 3)

 

The author believes the prophecy indicates Iran's prime nuclear facilities in Bushehr, a mountainous region, could be struck by Israel's military force. He also thinks it could be struck by a major earthquake, nuclear disaster, or directly by the hand of God in a supernatural cataclysm. In any case, he believes, as I take it, that believers of the region will be freed to go into the world to carry the gospel in a mighty way.

 

Bill sees the prophecy about this region also as proclaiming that Elam's military will suffer destruction. This, he believes, is found in Jeremiah 49:34-39.

 

The prophecy says that Elam's "bow" will be broken. He believes this might mean that the missile launching capabilities might be destroyed. The arrows (missiles) can't fly to their targets, if there is no launch facilities.

 

We have looked before at how the Gog-Magog force comes to destroy Israel, but it seems to be a conventional force, not one that involves nuclear weaponry. Certainly, To today's Israeli prime minister and the Israeli people, this prophecy should be welcome news.

 

It is fascinating-and reassuring-to be a "watchman" while the Persian prophecy is in process of preparing for fulfillment.

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