End-time events of huge import. How slow we are to believe all that the prophets have spoken! A huge swathe of Western Christians is tragically failing to recognise the time of God’s coming among his chosen.
We are surely witnessing end-time events of huge import. As I write, there is a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but back in June, it seemed that the world was hurtling down the runway towards possible Armageddon, with Russia hinting at nuclear support for Iran.
The 12-day Israel-Iran war in June prompted many Christians to wonder if this could be foreshadowing the time prophesied by Ezekiel. Famously, he wrote of an alliance of Israel’s enemies descending from the north, including ‘Gog and Magog’, bent on launching a devastating attack on Israel. It would be the Lord himself who stopped them in their tracks on the plain of Megiddo. However, though this scenario may well be not far off, such an attack cannot be immediately imminent as Israel is not living in peace and safety (see Ezekiel 38:8).
Jeremiah, in a message about Elam, the area of modern Iran where the nuclear sites are reportedly based, says the Lord Almighty “will break the bow of Elam” (their missile launch pads, perhaps?) and send her inhabitants into worldwide exile. The Lord will even set his throne in Elam and restore their fortunes, possibly with the help of the brave army of Christians waiting in the wings there (see Jeremiah 49:34-39).
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