The story has been rather consistent. Israel’s attack on what has been described as an ‘Iranian embassy’ in Damascus, provided a justifiable excuse for Iran to go after Israel proper. The storyline was Israel went after an embassy building, which by international law, is Iranian sovereign territory. Therefore, Iran was fully in its’ rights to defend its’ territory by striking Israel. The narrative, which has been widely picked up by the press, misses one important fact. The building was being used for a planning session to launch more terror attacks on Israel. Iranian General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps in Syria was the main target of the Israeli airstrike. The Israelis had good reason. Here is a post from MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute) posted on April 9th.
Despite earlier official denials from the Ayatollah Khamenei himself, they reported that “an Iranian organization whose director is closely affiliated with Khamenei has acknowledged that Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was killed in the April 1, 2024 airstrike in Damascus along with six other top Iranian IRGC Qods Force officials, had ‘a strategic role’ in ‘the planning and execution of Al-Aqsa Flood’ – Iran’s and Hamas’s term for the October 7 attack.” An official Iranian announcement stated: “The strategic role of the martyr Zahedi in consolidating and strengthening the resistance front, and in the planning and execution of Al-Aqsa Flood, are part of the great pride that will transform the quiet efforts of this great commander into the eternal history of the struggle against the occupation by the Zionist regime.”[i] Iran has a long and admitted history of funding, training and equipping the Hamas terror organization. While in Arabic, ‘hamas’ means ‘zeal,’ in Hebrew it can be translated as ‘violence,’ ‘cruelty’ or ‘injustice.’[ii]
END TIMES SIGNIFICANCE
The Iranian attack was not the fulfillment or the beginning of the fulfillment of the End Times prophecy of Ezekiel. The Iranian attack on Israel, however, was prophetically significant. This was the first time that Iran, whose ancient name is Persia, directly struck Israel. Until now, they had been using proxies to do their bidding. And surprisingly to many, Iran had actually been friends with the Jewish state when it came into its’ modern form in 1948. They had actually worked on a missile project together. After the Yom Kippur War of 1973, Iran became their chief supplier of oil. That all changed in 1979 when the Shah of Iran was overthrown by an Islamic Revolution and the Ayatollah Khomeini was installed as the nation’s leader. Iran then became Israel’s committed enemy, just as Ezekiel prophesied.
In Daniel 10, we read of the spiritual warfare being waged connected with Kingdom of Persia or modern-day Iran. Daniel had been praying, fasting and seeking the Lord. An angel, likely Gabriel came to Daniel with the Lord’s message. The angel told Daniel, “Do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard; and I have come because of your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision refers to many days yet to come.” (Daniel 10:12-14) The Prince of Persia is a powerful Fallen Angel assigned to that nation just as Michael is assigned to Israel.
We know from Ezekiel’s prophecy that Iran/Persia will be part of the Gog/Magog coalition that will invade Israel in the Last Days. That Prince of Persia is at work today. He is part of the demonic work that targets Israel at every turn. Jonathan Cahn points out that Israel’s return to the Land has activated a reaction against the Jewish State. The Muslims and the demonic principalities are desperate to stop the rebuilding of the Temple because they know that that will signal the end of Islam. It will also serve as the harbinger of the rise of Antichrist. We can already see his spirit in the world. Jonathan Cahn: “What happened to the Iranian government is demonic. They are known for sponsoring terrorism.” It was Iran behind the Hamas attack on October 7th. “When dealing with Iran we are dealing with demons. They are under demonic control.”[iii] And what we are witnessing now is the formation of the Magog Confederacy. Welcome to biblical times!
[i] Special Dispatch No. 11264, MEMRI, April 9, 2024
[ii] Hamas’ is a curious word with significant meanings, Jewish Chronicle, March 31, 2008
[iii] Jonathan Cahn, The Persian Mystery: Israel, Iran, & The End Times!, April 23, 2024
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