This Month in Prophecy – Iran in Prophecy
· Persia in the Bible. Cyrus and Haman – the good and the bad in the relationship between ancient Persia and Israel.
· The current situation – Regime change and potential outcomes.
· War spreading to Israel and the Arab countries.
· Strait of Hormuz is closed. Global economic crisis and fuel shortages.
· Prophetic implications – Daniel 8 and 10 – Who is the Prince of Persia?
· Ezekiel 38-39. Persia in the War of Gog and Magog.
· Jeremiah 49.34-39 and the judgement on Elam (Persia / Iran).
· From the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24.7) to the four horsemen of the apocalypse (Revelation 6).
#iran #iran #GogMagogWar #iranballisticmissiles #IranHumanRights #irannuclearpower #Israel #prophecy #Trump #usa
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/video/this-month-in-prophecy-march-1-2026/
· Persia in the Bible. Cyrus and Haman – the good and the bad in the relationship between ancient Persia and Israel.
· The current situation – Regime change and potential outcomes.
· War spreading to Israel and the Arab countries.
· Strait of Hormuz is closed. Global economic crisis and fuel shortages.
· Prophetic implications – Daniel 8 and 10 – Who is the Prince of Persia?
· Ezekiel 38-39. Persia in the War of Gog and Magog.
· Jeremiah 49.34-39 and the judgement on Elam (Persia / Iran).
· From the beginning of sorrows (Matthew 24.7) to the four horsemen of the apocalypse (Revelation 6).
#iran #iran #GogMagogWar #iranballisticmissiles #IranHumanRights #irannuclearpower #Israel #prophecy #Trump #usa
https://lightforthelastdays.co.uk/video/this-month-in-prophecy-march-1-2026/
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00:00:10I decided just to speak about the situation in the Middle East with Iran.
00:00:13I've got a lot of stuff about what's happening in this country,
00:00:16but we'll look at that next time.
00:00:18So tonight it will be on Persia in prophecy
00:00:23and also how it relates to Israel and the prophets.
00:00:27So let's just have a word of prayer.
00:00:29Lord, we thank you that we can come to you in the name of Jesus.
00:00:31We thank you that you do have your word.
00:00:32We thank you that your word is truth.
00:00:34Pray you help me to speak
00:00:36and that your word will go out and accomplish your purposes.
00:00:39In Jesus' name, amen.
00:00:45Okay, the Bible is a remarkable book because it's full of prophecies.
00:00:49No other book has the same prophecies as the Bible does.
00:00:52It has prophecies about situations, towns and cities in the Middle East,
00:00:57Israel, many of which have been fulfilled,
00:01:01some of which are in the process of being fulfilled,
00:01:02some of which will be fulfilled.
00:01:04It has prophecies about the Messiah,
00:01:07many of which have been fulfilled in Yeshua's first coming
00:01:10and will be fulfilled at his second coming.
00:01:12And it has prophecies about the end of days.
00:01:16And they're all coming together at the present time
00:01:18as we look at what's happening.
00:01:19And we're going to look tonight at particularly the subject of Persia,
00:01:23Iran in prophecy.
00:01:26And there's a little map to show you where the place is.
00:01:30Iran, a large country there in the Middle East.
00:01:34Afghanistan on the east, Iraq on the south,
00:01:37on the west, sorry.
00:01:39You go north, you get to Russia.
00:01:41And you go south, you have to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf area.
00:01:46One of the main preoccupations of the present Iranian government
00:01:49is a little country over here called Israel,
00:01:52which, as you can see, is nowhere near Iran.
00:01:55It's about 1,000 miles from Jerusalem to Tehran.
00:01:57It has no border.
00:01:59It really has no particular political or geographical significance
00:02:04why Iran should be at war with Israel.
00:02:07Iranians are not Arabs.
00:02:10And because of their Islamic fundamentalism,
00:02:13they've decided that Israel has to go,
00:02:15which is why you have so much of the trouble
00:02:18which this Iranian government has caused.
00:02:21The other significant fact, of course,
00:02:23is that this area here, the Persian Gulf,
00:02:25is the area where about 50% of the world's oil reserves
00:02:29and gas reserves are found.
00:02:31So it's a pretty strategic area.
00:02:33And a lot of it's in Iran, also in Iraq,
00:02:36in Kuwait, in Saudi Arabia.
00:02:38And in the Gulf states here, Qatar and Bahrain and so on.
00:02:44One of the most significant things at the present time
00:02:47is that all of the oil which comes by ship
00:02:52has to come through the Persian Gulf
00:02:54and through this place here called the Strait of Hormuz.
00:02:57It's about 20 miles wide.
00:03:00And in that area, you have shipping lanes
00:03:04which are less than 20 miles wide
00:03:07and which carry, I think, 21% of the world's oil.
00:03:12So if you shut that down,
00:03:14it means that a whole lot of the oil
00:03:16which naturally flies into the world
00:03:18is going to be shut down.
00:03:20Present time, it's being shut down.
00:03:23And there are tankers building up on both sides of it,
00:03:25unable to go through the Strait of Hormuz.
00:03:27If that continues, then you're going to have a situation
00:03:30which will knock on,
00:03:31not just on the supply of oil and gas to the world,
00:03:34but also the economics of the world.
00:03:36And therefore, what's happening right now
00:03:38is not just relating to Persia,
00:03:40to Israel,
00:03:42but even to the whole world.
00:03:46A little bit about the background of Persia, Iran.
00:03:50This isn't working.
00:03:58Persia is a very ancient civilization.
00:04:02Built up, had literature, culture, law.
00:04:06Time when London was a marsh.
00:04:08They had an advanced civilization there in Persia.
00:04:12Iran, today.
00:04:14Got the Persian borders of the Persian Empire,
00:04:18which goes all the way here from India
00:04:21right through the Middle East,
00:04:22goes down through what's now Israel,
00:04:25even down to Egypt,
00:04:27and through what is now Turkey,
00:04:29even right up to Greece.
00:04:32And you may have heard that there were some wars
00:04:34between the Greeks and the Persians
00:04:36way back in time,
00:04:38which set off the Greeks
00:04:40being a little bit upset with the Persians,
00:04:41which led to a man called Alexander the Great
00:04:43in around 330,
00:04:45leading a war
00:04:48which would come out of Greece
00:04:49into Persia
00:04:50and would eventually take over
00:04:51the Persian Empire.
00:04:54Interesting, all of that is
00:04:55described in the book of Daniel
00:04:57prophetically before it happened.
00:04:59You have very specific prophecies
00:05:01about the Persian Empire
00:05:02and about the Greek Empire
00:05:03in the book of Daniel,
00:05:05all of which were fulfilled.
00:05:07And very detailed prophecies,
00:05:08so detailed that the skeptics say
00:05:10they must have been written after the event.
00:05:12But because we believe the Bible,
00:05:14we believe they were written before the event
00:05:15and therefore are genuine prophecies
00:05:18speaking about future events
00:05:19from Daniel's point of view,
00:05:21past events from our point of view.
00:05:23When you compare the future events
00:05:25which Daniel predicted
00:05:26with the past events
00:05:27which we know have happened,
00:05:29they all add up 100%,
00:05:30which shows you the Bible is true
00:05:31and the Bible has prophetic words
00:05:33which are absolutely true
00:05:36to what is revealed in the Scriptures.
00:05:41One of the most interesting prophecies
00:05:42you'll find in the Old Testament
00:05:44actually relates to the man called Cyrus
00:05:47who was the greatest king of Persia.
00:05:50His name was Karosh in Persian.
00:05:54He came about 500 BC, 550 BC.
00:06:00He set up the Persian Empire
00:06:02and he conquered the Babylonians
00:06:06in around 530 BC
00:06:10and he did it exactly as it says here in the Bible.
00:06:12I won't read all this scripture
00:06:13but it tells you about the time of Cyrus.
00:06:16It says that the Lord had raised him up.
00:06:19He says that he's going to say to Jerusalem,
00:06:23you shall be inhabited,
00:06:24to the cities of Judah,
00:06:25you shall be built,
00:06:26raise up a waste places.
00:06:28It says to the deep,
00:06:29keep me dry or dry up your rivers.
00:06:31He says to Cyrus,
00:06:32he is my shepherd,
00:06:33he shall perform all my pleasure,
00:06:34saying to Jerusalem,
00:06:35you shall be built
00:06:36and to the temple,
00:06:37your foundation shall be laid.
00:06:40Now according to biblical scholarship,
00:06:43those words were written by Isaiah
00:06:44some 150 years before Cyrus appeared on the scene.
00:06:49So it must have been a miracle
00:06:50by which God revealed these things to Isaiah
00:06:53concerning this man Cyrus
00:06:55who was going to come
00:06:56and dry up the riverbed of Babylon
00:06:58and marches troops
00:07:00through the dried up riverbed of Babylon
00:07:02into Babylon
00:07:03and take Babylon
00:07:04in the days of Belshazzar,
00:07:07king of Babylon,
00:07:08which you read about
00:07:09in the fifth chapter
00:07:10of the book of Daniel.
00:07:12Exactly what happened
00:07:14as Isaiah prophesied it.
00:07:17It also says,
00:07:19thus says the Lord,
00:07:19his anointed to Cyrus.
00:07:22Anointed in the Hebrew
00:07:23is the word Mashiach.
00:07:24So it says here that
00:07:25Cyrus is treated as one
00:07:27who is anointed,
00:07:28who's given a special role by God.
00:07:31So he is a person
00:07:32who's going to perform something
00:07:33which God had ordained for him to do
00:07:35and have to do something
00:07:36which had to do
00:07:37with the eventual Messiah
00:07:39who was going to come
00:07:40in the person of Yeshua.
00:07:41Because if you know your history,
00:07:43you know that this time
00:07:43when Cyrus took over Babylon,
00:07:45the Jews were captive in Babylon,
00:07:47Jerusalem had been destroyed
00:07:49and they were out of the land.
00:07:51God's purpose is to be fulfilled
00:07:53with the coming of the Messiah.
00:07:54They had to go back to the land
00:07:56and they had to rebuild the temple
00:07:57and established a Jewish community
00:07:59in the land of Israel
00:08:01until the coming of the Messiah.
00:08:04Also something which is prophesied
00:08:06in the book of Daniel chapter 9.
00:08:08But here you have Isaiah
00:08:12calling Cyrus Mashiach, Messiah.
00:08:14Doesn't mean that he is the Messiah,
00:08:16but he's saying you're going to have
00:08:17some kind of anointed role
00:08:18under God's purposes
00:08:20which would have a purpose
00:08:21in bringing the Jewish people
00:08:22back to the land of Israel
00:08:23in connection with the Messiah.
00:08:26And it goes on to say at the end here,
00:08:28I've raised him up in righteousness.
00:08:29I direct all his ways.
00:08:31He shall build my city
00:08:32and let my exiles go free,
00:08:34not for price nor reward,
00:08:36says the Lord of hosts.
00:08:37And if you look in chapter 1 of Ezra,
00:08:43you'll find that Cyrus gave that order
00:08:47for the Jews to go back to Jerusalem.
00:08:50And so Cyrus is actually one of the heroes,
00:08:53if you like, of the Old Testament.
00:08:54In fact, I think there is no other Gentile
00:08:56who is given such honor
00:08:57in the prophetic writings as Cyrus the king.
00:09:01We know also that Cyrus produced this,
00:09:05this is known as the Cyrus Cylinder.
00:09:08You can actually see it in the British Museum,
00:09:11the genuine article,
00:09:12which was recovered from Babylon,
00:09:15in which Cyrus writes down
00:09:19the things which he is going to do.
00:09:21And it actually gives you
00:09:23kind of the first human rights record in history.
00:09:27You're going to free the slaves,
00:09:28you're going to let people go back
00:09:29to their own country
00:09:30and worship their gods as they want to.
00:09:33So it was a kind of charter of human rights.
00:09:36So way back in the 6th century BC,
00:09:39you have this man who has been given this role
00:09:43to order the restoration of the Jews to Jerusalem
00:09:45after the Babylonian captivity.
00:09:48And you can read about it in the book of Ezra.
00:09:52Okay, so Cyrus, if you like,
00:09:54is the good influence from Persia.
00:09:59Then you've got the other one,
00:10:00the wicked Haman.
00:10:04I think tomorrow it's beginning of Purim
00:10:06when the Jewish people remember
00:10:08the story of Haman
00:10:11and the story of Esther more importantly
00:10:12than the story of Haman.
00:10:13Esther who brought deliverance
00:10:17for the Jewish people from Haman.
00:10:20Haman, one of the worst figures
00:10:21in the Old Testament,
00:10:23called for the slaughter of the Jews,
00:10:25sought to destroy the Jewish people,
00:10:29made a law to the king.
00:10:35It says here,
00:10:35Haman sought to destroy all the Jews
00:10:37who were throughout the whole kingdom
00:10:38of Ahasuerus,
00:10:39the people of Mordecai.
00:10:41That is, was sent by the couriers
00:10:43into all the king's provinces
00:10:44to destroy, to kill,
00:10:46and to annihilate all the Jews,
00:10:47both young and old,
00:10:49little children and women,
00:10:50in one day on the thirteenth day
00:10:52of the twelfth month,
00:10:53which is the month of Adar,
00:10:54and to plunder their possessions.
00:10:57So, Haman made this order
00:11:00and the king signed it.
00:11:01Notice that this says here
00:11:03that after these things,
00:11:04King Ahasuerus promoted Haman,
00:11:07the son of Hamatea the Agagite.
00:11:10That tells you also something interesting
00:11:12about this man Haman.
00:11:14He was not a Persian.
00:11:15He was an Agagite.
00:11:17The Agagites were descendants of Amalek.
00:11:20Amalek was the cursed tribe,
00:11:22if you like,
00:11:22that wanted to destroy the Jews.
00:11:24And so, he was bringing something
00:11:26into the Persian Empire,
00:11:28which was actually foreign to Persia,
00:11:30which was introducing some idea,
00:11:32which was to kill and to destroy
00:11:34the Jewish people.
00:11:36It's interesting,
00:11:37if you look at some of the things
00:11:39that are being said
00:11:39about the present Islamic regime.
00:11:43Anybody seen the programs
00:11:45by Mayor Tusi?
00:11:46He's an Iranian
00:11:47who's much for,
00:11:49against the regime.
00:11:50And he describes the regime
00:11:51actually as something
00:11:52which is foreign,
00:11:53which has been imposed
00:11:54upon the Persian people
00:11:55come from outside.
00:11:56Not part of their culture,
00:11:58not part of their past
00:12:00to act in this terrible way
00:12:02which this Islamic regime is doing.
00:12:04And it occurs to me
00:12:05that they're doing this
00:12:05because of the spirit of Haman,
00:12:07which has come in from outside.
00:12:09And interestingly,
00:12:10of course,
00:12:11when it comes to the crunch,
00:12:12God raises up Esther,
00:12:14and Esther, the queen,
00:12:16causes the deliverance
00:12:17for the Jewish people.
00:12:19And we read how she says
00:12:21to the king,
00:12:22we've been sold,
00:12:22my people and I
00:12:24to be destroyed,
00:12:24to be killed,
00:12:25and to be annihilated.
00:12:27So Esther,
00:12:28Jewish lady who becomes
00:12:29the king's wife,
00:12:31therefore the queen,
00:12:32and she is going to be destroyed
00:12:34with the rest of the Jewish people.
00:12:36The king says,
00:12:36who is he,
00:12:37and where is he
00:12:37who would dare to presume
00:12:38in his heart
00:12:39to do such a thing?
00:12:40And Esther said,
00:12:41the adversary and enemy
00:12:42is this wicked Haman.
00:12:45And so Haman,
00:12:46having tried to destroy the Jews,
00:12:47has then destroyed himself,
00:12:49and he's,
00:12:50as they say,
00:12:50hoisted on his own petard,
00:12:52and he's executed
00:12:53on the gallows,
00:12:54which he'd put up
00:12:55for Mordecai.
00:12:58The interesting point
00:12:59is that
00:13:00one of the things
00:13:01which Haman's law was
00:13:02that the Jews
00:13:03should be annihilated,
00:13:04they should be killed,
00:13:06they should not be able
00:13:07to defend themselves.
00:13:09When the king came in
00:13:10he reversed that law
00:13:11because he couldn't reverse
00:13:12the actual first law,
00:13:14so he had to,
00:13:15because it was the law
00:13:16of the Medes and the Persians
00:13:16which can't be changed,
00:13:18so he had to give them
00:13:19a right to defend themselves,
00:13:21and you read in the book of Esther
00:13:22how the Jews defended themselves
00:13:23and they weren't annihilated.
00:13:26One of the interesting things
00:13:26about the present situation
00:13:27with Israel and the Arab world
00:13:30is you find that
00:13:31in the Islamic view,
00:13:33Israel should be
00:13:34what they call
00:13:34a dimmy people,
00:13:35the Jews should be
00:13:36a dimmy people,
00:13:37subject to the Muslims.
00:13:39One of the things
00:13:40about dimmy peoples
00:13:40is they should not be able
00:13:41to defend themselves.
00:13:43They should be under
00:13:43the protection
00:13:44of the Islamic rule
00:13:46but not able
00:13:47to defend themselves.
00:13:49When you look at
00:13:50some of the things
00:13:51which, for example,
00:13:52the original charter
00:13:53of the PLO,
00:13:54the Palestine Liberation Organization,
00:13:56it said that
00:13:57warfare against Israel
00:13:58is legal,
00:14:00Israel's self-defense
00:14:01is illegal.
00:14:03In other words,
00:14:03we should be able
00:14:04to attack and kill
00:14:05the Jews
00:14:05but they shouldn't
00:14:05be allowed
00:14:06to defend themselves.
00:14:08And in some of the,
00:14:09a lot of the anti-Israel
00:14:10stuff you've got today,
00:14:11what are they saying?
00:14:13They're saying
00:14:13kill, kill the IDF.
00:14:15What's the IDF?
00:14:16The IDF is
00:14:16the defense of Israel.
00:14:18They're saying
00:14:18that Israel shouldn't
00:14:19be able to defend itself,
00:14:20that they should
00:14:21take attacks
00:14:22like October the 7th
00:14:23and they shouldn't
00:14:24hit back,
00:14:24they shouldn't take
00:14:25any kind of role
00:14:27to defend themselves.
00:14:29So you've got
00:14:29this same sort of spirit
00:14:30and it occurs to me
00:14:31that the anti-Israel
00:14:32spirit today
00:14:34is following exactly
00:14:36on the program
00:14:37of Haman.
00:14:38Now they might
00:14:39always think that,
00:14:40some of them
00:14:40might think
00:14:40their nice liberal
00:14:41love is sort of
00:14:42trying to help
00:14:43the Palestinians.
00:14:44When you look
00:14:44behind the scenes
00:14:45what they're actually
00:14:45trying to do
00:14:46is not help
00:14:47the Palestinians,
00:14:47they're trying
00:14:48to destroy the Jews
00:14:48and to destroy Israel.
00:14:50It's the spirit
00:14:51of Haman
00:14:51now being manifested
00:14:53and the key country
00:14:54which is behind this
00:14:55is modern Iran.
00:14:57So you have
00:14:58these two people
00:14:59from the Old Testament,
00:15:00Cyrus who did good
00:15:01to the Jews
00:15:01was helpful to them
00:15:03and Haman
00:15:05the man who did
00:15:06evil to them
00:15:09all coming to pass.
00:15:12One other point
00:15:13that you've got
00:15:13from the Old Testament
00:15:14is this passage
00:15:15in the book of Daniel.
00:15:19In Daniel chapter 8
00:15:20you have one of the
00:15:21rather mysterious
00:15:22passages of the scripture
00:15:24where in verse 13
00:15:25it says
00:15:26the prince of the
00:15:26kingdom of Persia
00:15:27withstood me 21 days
00:15:29and behold Michael
00:15:30one of the chief princes
00:15:31came to help me
00:15:32for I've been left
00:15:33alone there
00:15:33with the kings of Persia.
00:15:35Now I've come
00:15:36to make you understand
00:15:37what will happen
00:15:37to your people
00:15:38in the latter days
00:15:39for the vision
00:15:40refers to many days
00:15:41yet to come.
00:15:43And in verse 21
00:15:44it says
00:15:44now I must return
00:15:45to fight
00:15:46with the prince of Persia
00:15:47when I've gone forth
00:15:48indeed the prince of Greece
00:15:49will come
00:15:50I'll tell you
00:15:50what is noted
00:15:51in the scripture of truth
00:15:52no one upholds me
00:15:53against these
00:15:54except Michael your prince.
00:15:57One of the
00:15:58mysterious passages
00:15:59in the scriptures
00:16:00but what it's really doing
00:16:01is revealing
00:16:02that behind the
00:16:03historical events
00:16:04which are taking place
00:16:06there are principalities
00:16:07and powers
00:16:08of demonic spirits
00:16:10and also
00:16:11angelic spirits
00:16:13and in this passage
00:16:14in Daniel
00:16:14he's saying
00:16:15that there is
00:16:15a spiritual warfare
00:16:17going on
00:16:17over the land of Persia
00:16:19and he speaks here
00:16:21about some revelation
00:16:22of the prince of Persia
00:16:24and Michael
00:16:24coming to fight
00:16:25against the prince
00:16:26of Persia
00:16:26so Michael
00:16:27is the chief archangel
00:16:28so you have to believe
00:16:29that this prince
00:16:30of Persia
00:16:30is an evil spirit
00:16:32which is now
00:16:33coming in
00:16:33to rule over
00:16:34the land of Persia
00:16:35so what this passage
00:16:36in Daniel
00:16:37is saying
00:16:37is it's going to be
00:16:38some kind of
00:16:39spiritual power
00:16:40which will take
00:16:41control of Persia
00:16:42and it's going to
00:16:43be fought against
00:16:44by the powers
00:16:46of the Lord
00:16:47I'm going to come back
00:16:48to that one
00:16:48a little bit later
00:16:50but just hold
00:16:51that in your mind
00:16:53prophecy also
00:16:54does refer
00:16:54directly to
00:16:55the battle
00:16:56which is going
00:16:56to take place
00:16:57between Greece
00:16:58and Persia
00:16:59and another
00:17:00interesting thing
00:17:01about Greece
00:17:01and Persia
00:17:02is that you have
00:17:02Greece
00:17:03which is a
00:17:03European power
00:17:05coming into
00:17:06Asia
00:17:07and to the
00:17:07Middle East
00:17:08powers
00:17:10right now
00:17:10it just occurs
00:17:11to me
00:17:11that we have
00:17:12power led
00:17:13by the United
00:17:14States
00:17:14which is coming
00:17:15into Persia
00:17:17United States
00:17:17which comes out
00:17:18of Europe
00:17:18which is a
00:17:19western power
00:17:19coming into
00:17:20the Middle East
00:17:21there's some
00:17:22kind of spiritual
00:17:22battle relating
00:17:23to this
00:17:24not sure exactly
00:17:25how that works
00:17:26out
00:17:26but Daniel
00:17:27reveals that
00:17:28there is this
00:17:29battle between
00:17:29Michael and
00:17:30the prince of
00:17:31Persia
00:17:31and he says
00:17:33also this is
00:17:33going to have
00:17:33something to do
00:17:34with the latter
00:17:34days
00:17:35it's not just
00:17:35about Alexander
00:17:36and the Persian
00:17:37Empire
00:17:37it's going to
00:17:38have something
00:17:38to do with
00:17:38the latter
00:17:39days
00:17:39and as we'll
00:17:40see in the
00:17:40we look at it
00:17:41a little bit
00:17:42later
00:17:43this spirit
00:17:44does actually
00:17:45merge with the
00:17:45coming of the
00:17:46Antichrist
00:17:47and of the
00:17:48last days
00:17:48battle
00:17:50okay so
00:17:50that's a little
00:17:51bit of an
00:17:51introduction
00:17:52if you like
00:17:53we'll move on
00:17:54to look at
00:17:54the little bit
00:17:56more about
00:17:56the history
00:17:57of Persia
00:17:59and the
00:18:00present
00:18:00situation
00:18:01so as far
00:18:02as historical
00:18:03things are
00:18:03concerned
00:18:03Persia
00:18:05Iran
00:18:05we see
00:18:06today as
00:18:07being an
00:18:07Islamic
00:18:07country
00:18:09it was not
00:18:09always Islamic
00:18:10the early
00:18:11religion was
00:18:11something called
00:18:12Zoroastrianism
00:18:13but Christianity
00:18:14did come to
00:18:15Iran or to
00:18:16Persia quite
00:18:16early first
00:18:18century we
00:18:18had the
00:18:19Nestorian
00:18:20church which
00:18:21spread into
00:18:23that part of
00:18:23the world
00:18:24and was quite
00:18:27powerful there
00:18:28in the first
00:18:28and second
00:18:29century
00:18:30they even
00:18:30went as far
00:18:31as moving
00:18:32into Central
00:18:32Asia and
00:18:34eventually got
00:18:34to China
00:18:35in fact there's
00:18:35records of a
00:18:36Persian ministry
00:18:37getting to
00:18:38China in
00:18:38about 635
00:18:39and bringing
00:18:40some kind
00:18:40of gospel
00:18:41message to
00:18:42that part
00:18:42of the
00:18:42world
00:18:43so there
00:18:44was a
00:18:44Christian
00:18:45church
00:18:46there
00:18:46which also
00:18:47reached out
00:18:48into Central
00:18:48Asia
00:18:52then the
00:18:52Muslims
00:18:53came on
00:18:53and you
00:18:54had all
00:18:54the issues
00:18:55which came
00:18:56as a result
00:18:56of Islam
00:18:57coming into
00:18:57that part
00:18:58of the
00:18:58world
00:18:58which ended
00:18:59up with
00:18:59Christians
00:19:00living as
00:19:00demi or
00:19:01second class
00:19:01citizens
00:19:02under
00:19:02Islam
00:19:04and by
00:19:04the 19th
00:19:05century
00:19:06Christianity
00:19:07was very
00:19:07much a
00:19:08minority
00:19:09mainly with
00:19:09groups like
00:19:10the Armenians
00:19:11but not
00:19:11a strong
00:19:12local
00:19:13indigenous
00:19:13church
00:19:16European
00:19:17missionaries
00:19:17began to
00:19:18go in
00:19:18there
00:19:18and this
00:19:19man here
00:19:19is one
00:19:19of the
00:19:20heroes
00:19:20of the
00:19:21faith
00:19:21name is
00:19:22Henry
00:19:22Martin
00:19:23Henry
00:19:24Martin
00:19:24went at
00:19:25the beginning
00:19:25of the
00:19:2519th
00:19:25century
00:19:26into
00:19:26that part
00:19:27of the
00:19:27world
00:19:27he was
00:19:28a genius
00:19:30one has
00:19:30to say
00:19:30that
00:19:31he was
00:19:32a brilliant
00:19:33linguist
00:19:34he was
00:19:34familiar
00:19:35with
00:19:35Hebrew
00:19:35Greek
00:19:37originals
00:19:37of the
00:19:38Bible
00:19:38and he
00:19:39translated
00:19:39the Bible
00:19:40into
00:19:40Urdu
00:19:41Persian
00:19:41and Arabic
00:19:43all by
00:19:44the time
00:19:44he was
00:19:4431 years
00:19:45old
00:19:45when he
00:19:46died
00:19:47he was
00:19:48an extraordinary
00:19:48man
00:19:49and he
00:19:50really
00:19:51focused
00:19:52actually
00:19:52on Persia
00:19:53on Iran
00:19:53and he
00:19:54had theological
00:19:56debates
00:19:56with Muslim
00:19:57scholars
00:19:57in Persia
00:19:58and his
00:19:59work was
00:19:59seen as
00:20:00being
00:20:00instrumental
00:20:00in making
00:20:01the Bible
00:20:01accessible
00:20:02to that
00:20:03part of
00:20:03the world
00:20:03so his
00:20:04translation
00:20:04is even
00:20:05still used
00:20:05in many
00:20:06ways
00:20:06for the
00:20:07Persian
00:20:08translation
00:20:09of the
00:20:09Bible
00:20:10remarkable
00:20:13and so
00:20:14you had
00:20:14the
00:20:14development
00:20:15of
00:20:16one has
00:20:17to say
00:20:17very small
00:20:18numbers
00:20:18of
00:20:19believing
00:20:20Christians
00:20:20in Iran
00:20:21up until
00:20:22the modern
00:20:22time
00:20:23now let's
00:20:23come on
00:20:23to the
00:20:24modern
00:20:24times
00:20:24we come
00:20:24into the
00:20:25present
00:20:25time
00:20:25the year
00:20:26of the
00:20:26Shah
00:20:26so we
00:20:27go on
00:20:27to perhaps
00:20:28the modern
00:20:29times
00:20:30by the time
00:20:30you get
00:20:31to 1960s
00:20:32and 70s
00:20:33Iran
00:20:34had become
00:20:34a western
00:20:35looking
00:20:36nation
00:20:37so you
00:20:38had
00:20:38ladies
00:20:39looking
00:20:40like
00:20:40this
00:20:41and
00:20:41very
00:20:42free
00:20:43quite a
00:20:43liberal
00:20:44country
00:20:45once the
00:20:45revolution
00:20:46came
00:20:46they began
00:20:47looking like
00:20:47this
00:20:49and
00:20:50if you talk
00:20:51to Iranian
00:20:51ladies
00:20:51they would
00:20:52much rather
00:20:52look like
00:20:53this
00:20:53than this
00:20:55and probably
00:20:56men would
00:20:57rather they
00:20:57look like
00:20:57that as
00:20:58well
00:20:58but we
00:20:58won't get
00:20:59into that
00:20:59one
00:21:01but as
00:21:02this
00:21:02happened
00:21:03Iran
00:21:03became
00:21:04a wealthy
00:21:04nation
00:21:05in fact
00:21:06according
00:21:06to the
00:21:07report
00:21:07I have
00:21:08here
00:21:08Iran
00:21:08experienced
00:21:09one of
00:21:09the fastest
00:21:09growing
00:21:10rates
00:21:10in the
00:21:11world
00:21:11between
00:21:121963
00:21:13and
00:21:131977
00:21:13with
00:21:15rapid
00:21:15industrialization
00:21:16infrastructure
00:21:17expansion
00:21:18major increase
00:21:19in literacy
00:21:19and education
00:21:20socially
00:21:22liberal
00:21:22western
00:21:23looking
00:21:23and
00:21:25religiously
00:21:26secular
00:21:26tolerant
00:21:27of minorities
00:21:29minorities
00:21:29such as
00:21:30Christians
00:21:30Jews
00:21:30and Zoroastrians
00:21:31were officially
00:21:32recognized
00:21:34Jews
00:21:34actually
00:21:35had a
00:21:35good time
00:21:36then
00:21:36it was
00:21:36a sort
00:21:36of
00:21:36golden age
00:21:37for Jewish
00:21:37people
00:21:38there was
00:21:38a Jewish
00:21:39population
00:21:39of about
00:21:40100,000
00:21:41and the
00:21:42Shah was
00:21:42also
00:21:43sympathetic
00:21:44to Israel
00:21:44and in
00:21:45fact
00:21:45at this
00:21:46time
00:21:46Persia
00:21:47actually
00:21:47supplied
00:21:48oil
00:21:49to Israel
00:21:50the Arabs
00:21:50wouldn't do
00:21:51it
00:21:51but the
00:21:51Persians
00:21:52did
00:21:52so they
00:21:53actually
00:21:53played a
00:21:53big role
00:21:54in the
00:21:54development
00:21:55of Israel
00:21:56in the
00:21:56early days
00:21:58so you
00:21:59had this
00:22:01prosperous
00:22:03western
00:22:03looking
00:22:03country
00:22:05which
00:22:06actually
00:22:07had its
00:22:07opponents
00:22:07as well
00:22:08from within
00:22:09and you
00:22:10had the
00:22:11revolution
00:22:11which
00:22:11led up
00:22:12which
00:22:12happened
00:22:12in
00:22:131979
00:22:15there were
00:22:16mainly two
00:22:16groups which
00:22:17were actually
00:22:17instrumental in
00:22:18the revolution
00:22:18one was
00:22:20the Muslims
00:22:21the Ayatollah
00:22:21and all his
00:22:22gang who
00:22:23came and
00:22:24actually took
00:22:25over
00:22:25the other
00:22:26was the
00:22:26communists
00:22:27and leftist
00:22:27groups
00:22:29communists
00:22:29were
00:22:30marginalised
00:22:30then after
00:22:31the revolution
00:22:31and they
00:22:33the Islamists
00:22:35took over
00:22:36which is a
00:22:36good lesson
00:22:37for the
00:22:37red-green
00:22:37alliance
00:22:38which we
00:22:38have today
00:22:39they
00:22:39worked
00:22:40together
00:22:40against
00:22:41the west
00:22:41and against
00:22:42Christianity
00:22:42and against
00:22:43Islam
00:22:43because on
00:22:44the
00:22:45kind of
00:22:46Arabic
00:22:47proverb
00:22:48my enemy's
00:22:48enemy is
00:22:49my friend
00:22:51it's alright
00:22:52until you
00:22:52while you're
00:22:53still fighting
00:22:53the enemy
00:22:54but once
00:22:54you take
00:22:55over
00:22:55one takes
00:22:55over
00:22:56then one's
00:22:56going to
00:22:56be crushed
00:22:57underneath
00:22:59and as
00:22:59soon as
00:22:59the Muslims
00:23:00take over
00:23:02the leftists
00:23:03were crushed
00:23:03and put
00:23:05out
00:23:05which is a
00:23:06lesson I think
00:23:07for the
00:23:07pro-Palestine
00:23:08movement today
00:23:10okay so the
00:23:11revolution happened
00:23:12and the
00:23:12Ayatollah came
00:23:13to power
00:23:141979
00:23:15I remember
00:23:16the event
00:23:16I was involved
00:23:18in some ways
00:23:18with evangelism
00:23:19and we had
00:23:20actually met
00:23:20a lot of
00:23:21Persian people
00:23:21including actually
00:23:22a lot of
00:23:22Persian leftists
00:23:23who I was
00:23:24talking to
00:23:24before the
00:23:25revolution
00:23:26came
00:23:26who were
00:23:27actually
00:23:27studying at
00:23:28London
00:23:28University
00:23:29but the
00:23:30revolution
00:23:30came and
00:23:31the Ayatollah
00:23:31took over
00:23:32and I remember
00:23:32that at the
00:23:33time I had
00:23:33this feeling
00:23:34of some
00:23:34intensely
00:23:35evil
00:23:35taking over
00:23:36a really
00:23:37evil spirit
00:23:37was coming
00:23:38and I thought
00:23:39about this
00:23:40about the
00:23:40prince of
00:23:41Persia
00:23:41coming in
00:23:42some evil
00:23:43spirit was
00:23:43coming to
00:23:44take over
00:23:44that country
00:23:45and to
00:23:46change it
00:23:46from what
00:23:46was
00:23:49really quite
00:23:49a decent
00:23:50place to
00:23:51live in
00:23:51into becoming
00:23:52the awful
00:23:52Islamic
00:23:53dictatorship
00:23:54which we
00:23:54have
00:23:55today
00:24:01and under
00:24:03this
00:24:03revolution
00:24:03they had
00:24:04all power
00:24:06was with
00:24:06the supreme
00:24:07leader
00:24:07first one
00:24:08was Ayatollah
00:24:09Khomeini
00:24:10and followed
00:24:11by Ayatollah
00:24:12Khomeini
00:24:13and there's
00:24:14Khomeini
00:24:14and there's
00:24:16the president
00:24:17that's
00:24:17Pazeshkian
00:24:18not quite sure
00:24:19who these
00:24:19bods are
00:24:20they're all
00:24:20reading some
00:24:21Islamic prayer
00:24:21book here
00:24:22packing up
00:24:23their power
00:24:23with Islam
00:24:26present situation
00:24:27under the
00:24:28regime is that
00:24:29they have an
00:24:29elected parliament
00:24:30and a prime
00:24:30minister
00:24:31but only
00:24:32candidates who
00:24:33are approved
00:24:33by the supreme
00:24:34leader are able
00:24:35to stand
00:24:36which means
00:24:37it's not a
00:24:38free election
00:24:38so if you
00:24:39oppose the
00:24:39system you
00:24:40won't get a
00:24:40chance to
00:24:41stand in
00:24:41the election
00:24:43and really
00:24:44power and
00:24:44decision making
00:24:45is with the
00:24:46supreme leader
00:24:46backed by
00:24:47what they
00:24:48call the
00:24:49Islamic
00:24:49Revolutionary
00:24:50Guards
00:24:50Council
00:24:52the IRGC
00:24:53and the
00:24:54Revolutionary
00:24:55Guards
00:24:55are more
00:24:56than just
00:24:57a
00:24:58kind of
00:25:01military
00:25:02or
00:25:02organisation
00:25:03they
00:25:03actually
00:25:04control
00:25:04more or
00:25:04less
00:25:04everything
00:25:05described
00:25:06here as
00:25:07being an
00:25:07empire
00:25:07within
00:25:07an
00:25:08empire
00:25:08wielding
00:25:09near
00:25:10monopolistic
00:25:11control
00:25:11over
00:25:11major
00:25:12economic
00:25:12sectors
00:25:13structure
00:25:14and
00:25:14infrastructure
00:25:15with the
00:25:16security
00:25:17apparatus
00:25:17they report
00:25:19directly to
00:25:19the supreme
00:25:20leader
00:25:20the IRGC
00:25:21commands its
00:25:22own ground
00:25:23navy
00:25:23and air
00:25:24forces
00:25:25manages
00:25:26the besieged
00:25:26paramilitary
00:25:28for internal
00:25:30repression
00:25:30and dominates
00:25:31industries
00:25:31like oil
00:25:32construction
00:25:33and telecommunications
00:25:34controlling
00:25:35two thirds
00:25:35of the
00:25:36nation's
00:25:36GDP
00:25:37so they
00:25:38are more
00:25:38than just
00:25:39a paramilitary
00:25:39organisation
00:25:40they control
00:25:41the economics
00:25:41which is why
00:25:43actually getting
00:25:43rid of them
00:25:43is very difficult
00:25:44because they're
00:25:45embedded in
00:25:45every area
00:25:46of society
00:25:46and they've
00:25:47exploited it
00:25:48for their
00:25:48own goods
00:25:49many of them
00:25:49become rich
00:25:50and exploiting
00:25:51the people
00:25:53their ideology
00:25:54is backed
00:25:55by an extreme
00:25:55imposition
00:25:56of Shiite
00:25:56Islam
00:25:58which aims
00:25:59at total
00:25:59control
00:26:00of the
00:26:00population
00:26:01also have
00:26:02similarities
00:26:03to the
00:26:03Sunni
00:26:04Muslim
00:26:04Brotherhood
00:26:04ideology
00:26:05which is
00:26:05very anti-Israel
00:26:07wants to destroy
00:26:07Israel
00:26:08sees Israel
00:26:09and the west
00:26:10as their enemy
00:26:11and has the
00:26:12idea of
00:26:13exporting their
00:26:13revolution
00:26:14with the goal
00:26:15of having
00:26:15a global
00:26:16victory to
00:26:17Islam
00:26:17which would
00:26:19involve the
00:26:19suppression of
00:26:20Christianity
00:26:20and of
00:26:20Judaism
00:26:22they also
00:26:23have a weird
00:26:23doctrine
00:26:24about the
00:26:2412th
00:26:25imam
00:26:26and the
00:26:27coming of
00:26:27the Mahdi
00:26:28I don't
00:26:28know if
00:26:28you heard
00:26:29this one
00:26:30it's very
00:26:31strange
00:26:31but the
00:26:32idea was
00:26:33that this
00:26:33man called
00:26:33the 12th
00:26:34imam
00:26:34who's some
00:26:35kind of
00:26:35descendant
00:26:35from Hamid
00:26:36who in
00:26:37about
00:26:37I think
00:26:37in about
00:26:38900
00:26:39he kind
00:26:39of
00:26:39disappeared
00:26:40from view
00:26:40he went
00:26:41in what
00:26:41they called
00:26:41occultation
00:26:43and he
00:26:44disappeared
00:26:44but he's
00:26:44still alive
00:26:45apparently
00:26:45living in
00:26:46some
00:26:47underground
00:26:48place
00:26:48which is
00:26:49actually in
00:26:49Iraq
00:26:49not in
00:26:50Iran
00:26:51and he's
00:26:51going to
00:26:51appear at
00:26:52the end
00:26:52of days
00:26:53and lead
00:26:53the last
00:26:54battle
00:26:55against the
00:26:56infidel
00:26:56west
00:26:57and against
00:26:57the
00:26:57Christians
00:26:58against the
00:26:59Jews
00:26:59in company
00:27:00with
00:27:01Issa
00:27:01who is
00:27:02the
00:27:03Muslim
00:27:03Jesus
00:27:03who's not
00:27:04Jesus
00:27:04at all
00:27:05but he's
00:27:05there
00:27:05Jesus
00:27:06and he
00:27:07can then
00:27:07impose
00:27:09Islam
00:27:10upon the
00:27:10rest of
00:27:11the world
00:27:12it's a
00:27:12very weird
00:27:13doctrine
00:27:13if you look
00:27:14at it
00:27:14it's crazy
00:27:14it doesn't
00:27:14make sense
00:27:15but it's
00:27:15a kind
00:27:16of
00:27:18perverse
00:27:19version
00:27:19really of
00:27:20Christian
00:27:20apocalypse
00:27:21under
00:27:22Islam
00:27:24and the
00:27:24regime
00:27:24really
00:27:25believes
00:27:25it
00:27:25they had
00:27:25a
00:27:26president
00:27:26once
00:27:26called
00:27:27Abididijad
00:27:28who spoke
00:27:29of it
00:27:29at the
00:27:29UN
00:27:29and said
00:27:30that this
00:27:30is what's
00:27:31going to
00:27:31happen
00:27:31and gave
00:27:31an actual
00:27:32speech
00:27:32to the
00:27:33UN
00:27:33declaring
00:27:33this
00:27:34as
00:27:34something
00:27:34which is
00:27:35going
00:27:35to happen
00:27:36because of
00:27:36this view
00:27:37they believe
00:27:37that they
00:27:37have
00:27:38are on
00:27:38the
00:27:38side
00:27:39of
00:27:39Allah
00:27:40who's
00:27:40going
00:27:40to bring
00:27:41them
00:27:41their
00:27:41last
00:27:41victory
00:27:42and they're going to begin by destroying Israel
00:27:45then from Israel they will destroy the rest of the world
00:27:48and that's why they're saying death to America, death to Israel.
00:27:53Under this influence they're spending vast amounts of money
00:27:55on weapons of destruction, arms, missiles, nuclear program
00:28:03arming proxy groups in the Arab world with the aim of destroying Israel.
00:28:07They also want to dominate the Arab countries
00:28:09with their Islamic revolutionary views
00:28:12and they're going to foothold in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza,
00:28:17Palestinian territories and they're trying to take over other places as well, Iraq as well.
00:28:24So that's a little bit of the background of what they believe.
00:28:26They experienced some kind of defeat last year with the war with Israel
00:28:30and their nuclear facilities were hit
00:28:35and they're heavily sanctioned by the US due to the nuclear program
00:28:38which is what their big argument is about at the present time.
00:28:43Now at the present time this regime is in big trouble.
00:28:47At the beginning of this year
00:28:50they were talking about having to move the whole city of Tehran
00:28:54from where it is now because they've run out of water
00:28:58and there is a desperate situation of the infrastructure in the country.
00:29:03The water has run out because they've mismanaged it.
00:29:06The IRGC, the Revolutionary Guards, have actually totally mismanaged it.
00:29:10They've been called the water mafia.
00:29:13As a result of their actions, the aquifers have broken down
00:29:17which supplied the water.
00:29:19There's really a huge chronic situation
00:29:22which is facing the whole country of water shortages.
00:29:25And actually whoever wins the war, whoever ends up in government
00:29:28will have to deal with this problem
00:29:29and really there's very little solution to it.
00:29:33Pazeshki and the Prime Minister said
00:29:34we're going to have to evacuate Tehran unless we get the water.
00:29:38They had a little bit of water now
00:29:39but it won't be enough to last them through the summer
00:29:41especially if there's a drought.
00:29:43So they're going to face the same problem later on this year.
00:29:47Now if you've got to evacuate Tehran
00:29:48that's a city of 13 million people.
00:29:50Where are you going to put them?
00:29:51That's the big question.
00:29:52And it's the same in other places in Isfahan,
00:29:54other parts of the country.
00:29:56You can see dried up rivers.
00:29:58You can see lack of water.
00:30:00As a result there's a lack of electricity.
00:30:02The economy is in Baaz dire straits.
00:30:04The agriculture is in dire straits.
00:30:06The whole country is in a desperate situation.
00:30:11The currency is worthless.
00:30:12It's now gone to 1.4 million rials.
00:30:15That's the unit of the currency to the dollar.
00:30:18So there is a huge social problem
00:30:20which is going to be there
00:30:21whoever wins in the present situation.
00:30:24Which caused part of the revolution
00:30:30which is taking place.
00:30:31This is what caused the riots
00:30:34which began in January.
00:30:36Now the regime is deeply unpopular
00:30:38especially amongst the youth.
00:30:40There's been a mass desertion of the mosques
00:30:44which are pretty largely empty.
00:30:47Many of the youth are either secular.
00:30:49There's a big drug problem
00:30:51or turning to Christianity.
00:30:53It's estimated that about a million people
00:30:55have turned to Christianity
00:30:56in recent times in the land of Iran.
00:31:00So there's a kind of movement away from Islam
00:31:03especially amongst the youth.
00:31:07We had these anti-protests
00:31:10and from one point it looked like
00:31:11they were taking over control of cities and towns
00:31:14and the regime was facing the possibility of overthrow.
00:31:18But within two days in January
00:31:20they moved in
00:31:21and estimated 30,000 or plus were killed
00:31:24by the regime on the streets.
00:31:2630,000 people at least.
00:31:29Terrible events.
00:31:31Extreme brutality by the besieged militias
00:31:34and the IRGC.
00:31:37Even they were taking people out of hospital
00:31:39who had been wounded
00:31:41and seeing if they had been involved in the riots.
00:31:43If so, they were executed.
00:31:45So you have the most brutal and terrible repression
00:31:48which has taken place.
00:31:51And then Trump moves in
00:31:53and he encourages the demonstrators
00:31:55and says that help's on its way.
00:31:58And that America's going to come in
00:32:00and help them.
00:32:03And that's what America's been doing.
00:32:06So now we have this vast array of
00:32:10troops which have moved into the place.
00:32:12US warships have gathered around Iran.
00:32:15On February the 19th Trump gave Iran a deadline
00:32:19of 10 to 15 days to reach a deal.
00:32:24If you work out 10 days from February the 19th
00:32:27is February the 29th which is risen
00:32:30so it's 1st of March so it's today.
00:32:33So actually Trump sort of went one day ahead of his deadline.
00:32:38His conditions were that they should end nuclear enrichment
00:32:42end missile production
00:32:44end arming their proxies
00:32:46and stop killing the demonstrators.
00:32:50The regime said they may make some concessions
00:32:53on the nuclear program
00:32:54but they're not going to do
00:32:55they're not going to stop
00:32:56missile production
00:32:58or arming their proxies
00:33:00or using force against protesters.
00:33:04And so
00:33:04the war started
00:33:06yesterday
00:33:07with attacks on the
00:33:09targets inside Iran
00:33:11and Trump declaring that
00:33:13his aim is to change
00:33:14the regime.
00:33:18It's a dangerous situation.
00:33:22Actually no government
00:33:23has ever been changed
00:33:24just by air power alone.
00:33:26They have to have troops on the ground.
00:33:28And now that they've
00:33:29removed the ayatollah
00:33:31said they're going to take revenge
00:33:33upon whoever's perpetrated it.
00:33:36And the revenge is going to come
00:33:37they say upon Israel.
00:33:39This is a map
00:33:40in the center of Tehran
00:33:44the
00:33:45Palestine Square
00:33:46they call it.
00:33:47There's a map of Israel
00:33:48and there's a button
00:33:50firing the button
00:33:52and if you look closely
00:33:53all these are targets
00:33:54which they have
00:33:55put for attack
00:33:57upon Israel.
00:33:59So
00:34:03amongst the targets are
00:34:04Israel's Ben-Gurion airport
00:34:06IDF headquarters
00:34:07in Tel Aviv
00:34:08IDF intelligence base
00:34:10and the message says
00:34:11you start it
00:34:12we will finish it.
00:34:14We're ready for war
00:34:15so no one dares
00:34:16to fight us.
00:34:18So that means
00:34:19it's by no means over
00:34:20because they've hit
00:34:21the ayatollah.
00:34:22They are aiming
00:34:23to strike back
00:34:25and they're aiming
00:34:25to send missiles
00:34:26into Israel.
00:34:28Already done so
00:34:28there was an attack
00:34:29on a place called
00:34:29Beth Shemesh
00:34:31today
00:34:32which I think
00:34:32about nine people
00:34:33were killed in
00:34:34and there's a danger
00:34:35that they're going to
00:34:36send some more missiles in.
00:34:39Another thing is
00:34:39that they have been
00:34:41the nuclear question
00:34:42is really not
00:34:42the most serious one.
00:34:43The most serious one
00:34:44is the development
00:34:45of these advanced missiles
00:34:46including hypersonic missiles.
00:34:48They have one called
00:34:49the Koram Shah 4
00:34:50ballistic missile
00:34:51which is able to
00:34:52travel at speeds
00:34:55of Mach 16
00:34:57which is very fast.
00:34:58I don't know exactly
00:34:59how fast that is.
00:35:00They can go outside
00:35:02the atmosphere
00:35:02and then come in
00:35:03and they're very difficult
00:35:04to locate
00:35:05and to fight against.
00:35:07And the danger
00:35:07is if one of these missiles
00:35:09hits Tel Aviv,
00:35:10Haifa
00:35:11or any major
00:35:12centre in Israel
00:35:13they can do
00:35:14an extraordinary
00:35:14amount of damage.
00:35:16And although Israel
00:35:17has a very advanced
00:35:17anti-missile system
00:35:20these ones
00:35:20are still very dangerous.
00:35:21And that's why
00:35:22Israel has gone in
00:35:22to try and knock
00:35:23these out
00:35:24and to prevent them
00:35:25from attacking Israel.
00:35:28They've also been
00:35:29rebuilding their
00:35:29nuclear sites.
00:35:31That's the one
00:35:31as it was destroyed.
00:35:33You can see here
00:35:34they're rebuilding it.
00:35:36They've also been
00:35:37working on
00:35:38a new site
00:35:40near Natanz
00:35:42in a place called
00:35:42the Pickaxe Mountain
00:35:43which is designed
00:35:45to protect
00:35:46centrifuges
00:35:47and uranium enrichment
00:35:48from bunker
00:35:49busting bombs.
00:35:51Part of the reason
00:35:52why the US
00:35:52has refused
00:35:54to believe
00:35:54that they're
00:35:54actually going
00:35:55against stopping it.
00:35:56They say
00:35:57look we can see
00:35:58that you're
00:35:58rebuilding this place
00:36:00not far from
00:36:01the tents
00:36:01where they built
00:36:01it before
00:36:02and you're going
00:36:03right down
00:36:03so that it'd be
00:36:04so deep
00:36:05that we can't
00:36:05hit it with
00:36:05bunker busting bombs.
00:36:08So they're
00:36:08going to go in
00:36:09now and knock it out.
00:36:12They've got
00:36:12significant amounts
00:36:13of uranium
00:36:14enriched to 60%
00:36:16and get up to 90%
00:36:17they can build
00:36:18multiple bombs.
00:36:20And there's
00:36:20a suggested time
00:36:21they could have
00:36:22enough missiles
00:36:24fissile material
00:36:25to make a weapon
00:36:26in as short
00:36:27as a few weeks
00:36:28time.
00:36:29And of course
00:36:30they're still
00:36:30building these
00:36:31missiles
00:36:32targeting Israel
00:36:33and targeting
00:36:34US bases.
00:36:37I already mentioned
00:36:38the Straits of Hormuz
00:36:40that shows you
00:36:40where it is
00:36:41as I said
00:36:42if they can
00:36:43stop
00:36:43oil transport
00:36:46through that
00:36:47area
00:36:47they can stop
00:36:48the transport
00:36:49of 21%
00:36:50of the world's
00:36:51oil going out
00:36:52which they're
00:36:53already doing
00:36:53actually.
00:36:55So if you see
00:36:55the petrol prices
00:36:56going up next week
00:36:57don't be surprised.
00:36:58It's already
00:36:59happening.
00:37:00This is a
00:37:01potential threat
00:37:02not just to
00:37:04Israel,
00:37:05the Arab countries
00:37:05and to Iran
00:37:06it's a threat
00:37:06to the whole world.
00:37:14So where's it
00:37:15going?
00:37:15What can happen?
00:37:18What can happen?
00:37:20Let's have a look
00:37:21at some of the
00:37:21prophecies in the
00:37:22Bible.
00:37:24These things
00:37:24I believe
00:37:25are heading up
00:37:26towards the
00:37:27end time
00:37:27scenario.
00:37:29We don't know
00:37:29how long it's
00:37:30going to take
00:37:30but maybe
00:37:31not so long
00:37:32it may be
00:37:32we're on
00:37:32quite a short
00:37:33curve now
00:37:34towards the
00:37:34fulfillment of
00:37:35these things
00:37:35taking place.
00:37:37Israel
00:37:38together with
00:37:39Netanyahu
00:37:41and Trump
00:37:42have got
00:37:43together
00:37:44they've got
00:37:44their plan
00:37:45to work
00:37:46together
00:37:47to stop
00:37:47this
00:37:48but are
00:37:49they going
00:37:49to succeed?
00:37:51Is there
00:37:51going to be
00:37:52a reaction
00:37:53especially if
00:37:53it fails
00:37:54then you
00:37:54can see
00:37:55the world
00:37:55is going
00:37:55to turn
00:37:55even more
00:37:56against Israel
00:37:58and against
00:37:59Trump
00:37:59and against
00:38:00America
00:38:00so these
00:38:01are dangerous
00:38:02times we're
00:38:03living in
00:38:06and Israel
00:38:06and the US
00:38:07could very well
00:38:08end up being
00:38:08blamed for the
00:38:09crisis
00:38:09or really are
00:38:10probably
00:38:11countries come
00:38:12together then
00:38:12and try to
00:38:13remove Israel
00:38:15to face it
00:38:16there's also
00:38:16crisis brewing
00:38:17in Syria
00:38:19there's also
00:38:19Russia's getting
00:38:20involved on
00:38:22Iran's side
00:38:23Turkey
00:38:24which is
00:38:25basically part
00:38:26of NATO
00:38:26is shifting
00:38:27towards being
00:38:28moving out
00:38:29of NATO
00:38:30towards the
00:38:31west
00:38:31towards the
00:38:33Islamic
00:38:34Federation
00:38:36and you've
00:38:37got a whole
00:38:37set of things
00:38:38which could
00:38:39move into
00:38:39the last
00:38:39days scenario
00:38:40quite quickly
00:38:43a few
00:38:43pieces from
00:38:44the Bible
00:38:44we know
00:38:45this scripture
00:38:46Matthew 24
00:38:48you will hear
00:38:49of wars
00:38:49and rumors
00:38:50of wars
00:38:50see that
00:38:50you're not
00:38:51of trouble
00:38:51for all
00:38:52these things
00:38:52which come
00:38:52to pass
00:38:53but the
00:38:53end is
00:38:53not yet
00:38:54nation
00:38:55will rise
00:38:55against
00:38:55nation
00:38:56kingdom
00:38:56against
00:38:56kingdom
00:38:57there'll be
00:38:57famines
00:38:57pestilences
00:38:58and earthquakes
00:38:58in various
00:38:59places
00:39:00all these
00:39:01are the
00:39:01beginning
00:39:01of sorrows
00:39:04I believe
00:39:04we're in
00:39:05the beginning
00:39:05of sorrows
00:39:05period now
00:39:07it's happening
00:39:07now
00:39:07these are
00:39:08the things
00:39:08which are
00:39:08happening
00:39:09around the
00:39:09world
00:39:10and the
00:39:10Bible
00:39:11speaks about
00:39:11a period
00:39:11called
00:39:12the beginning
00:39:12of sorrows
00:39:13or the
00:39:13birth
00:39:13pangs
00:39:14which is
00:39:15the first
00:39:15stage
00:39:15if you like
00:39:16of the
00:39:16last days
00:39:17scenario
00:39:18at some
00:39:19point
00:39:19the beginning
00:39:19of sorrows
00:39:20period
00:39:20turns into
00:39:21the great
00:39:21tribulation
00:39:22period
00:39:23and I would
00:39:24say that
00:39:24right now
00:39:24we are
00:39:26moving from
00:39:27the beginning
00:39:27of sorrows
00:39:28into the
00:39:28great
00:39:28tribulation
00:39:29again I
00:39:30don't know
00:39:30how long
00:39:30we have
00:39:30before that
00:39:31happens
00:39:31but we
00:39:32can see
00:39:32that right
00:39:33now
00:39:33these things
00:39:34are happening
00:39:35and it
00:39:36won't be
00:39:36long before
00:39:36this happens
00:39:38this is
00:39:39revelation
00:39:396
00:39:40the
00:39:41four
00:39:41horsemen
00:39:42of the
00:39:42apocalypse
00:39:43and we
00:39:44see the
00:39:45signs
00:39:45of what
00:39:47could happen
00:39:48in the
00:39:48four horsemen
00:39:49of the
00:39:49apocalypse
00:39:49first the
00:39:50white horse
00:39:51riding up
00:39:52which could
00:39:53keep some
00:39:54kind of
00:39:54conquering
00:39:55power
00:39:55coming perhaps
00:39:56in the
00:39:57name of
00:39:57peace
00:39:57but actually
00:39:58bringing war
00:39:59and trouble
00:39:59the second
00:39:59horse is the
00:40:00red horse
00:40:00which comes
00:40:01out
00:40:01taking peace
00:40:02from the
00:40:02earth
00:40:03and causing
00:40:04people to
00:40:04kill one
00:40:05another
00:40:05the third
00:40:06horse
00:40:10comes with
00:40:11the scales
00:40:14in his hand
00:40:15and saying
00:40:16a quart of
00:40:17wheat for
00:40:17a denarius
00:40:18three quarts
00:40:18of barley
00:40:19for a
00:40:19denarius
00:40:20do not
00:40:20harm the
00:40:21oil and
00:40:22the wheat
00:40:23a denarius
00:40:24was about
00:40:24a day's
00:40:25wages
00:40:25so what
00:40:26it's saying
00:40:26here is
00:40:26there's going
00:40:26to come
00:40:27a situation
00:40:27when as a
00:40:28result of
00:40:28these wars
00:40:29and troubles
00:40:30there's going
00:40:30to be a
00:40:31shortage of
00:40:32basic needs
00:40:33of basic
00:40:33foodstuffs
00:40:34so for a
00:40:35day's wages
00:40:36you get a
00:40:36very small
00:40:37amount of
00:40:37food to
00:40:38feed yourself
00:40:39with
00:40:39so it's
00:40:40speaking about
00:40:40scarcity
00:40:41and famine
00:40:42coming
00:40:43as a result
00:40:44of that
00:40:44you'll see
00:40:44a situation
00:40:46in which
00:40:47mass death
00:40:47comes
00:40:48power is
00:40:48given to
00:40:49them over
00:40:49a fourth
00:40:49of the
00:40:50earth
00:40:50to kill
00:40:51with the
00:40:51sword
00:40:51with hunger
00:40:51with death
00:40:52and by
00:40:52the beasts
00:40:53of the
00:40:53earth
00:40:54so somehow
00:40:55out of this
00:40:55sequence of
00:40:55events you're
00:40:56going to have
00:40:56a time
00:40:57which will
00:40:58lead into
00:40:58what we call
00:40:59the great
00:40:59tribulation
00:41:00period
00:41:01are we
00:41:02there yet
00:41:02no
00:41:03are we on
00:41:04the way
00:41:04there
00:41:04I think
00:41:05all the
00:41:05signs are
00:41:06that we
00:41:06are
00:41:08will the
00:41:08rapture
00:41:08come first
00:41:09I hope
00:41:10so
00:41:11if not
00:41:11we'll go
00:41:12through the
00:41:12tribulation
00:41:13period
00:41:13but
00:41:14there is a
00:41:14time coming
00:41:15when Jesus
00:41:15is going to
00:41:16come and
00:41:16take the
00:41:16people who
00:41:17believe in
00:41:17him out
00:41:17of this
00:41:18world
00:41:18to be
00:41:18with
00:41:19himself
00:41:20either way
00:41:20you need
00:41:21to be
00:41:21ready for
00:41:21that
00:41:21event
00:41:23but we
00:41:23are living
00:41:24in times
00:41:24when these
00:41:25things are
00:41:25taking
00:41:25place
00:41:28there's
00:41:29one other
00:41:31slightly
00:41:31different
00:41:32picture
00:41:32which I
00:41:33won't go
00:41:33into in
00:41:33detail
00:41:34but I
00:41:34have
00:41:34mentioned
00:41:34this
00:41:35before
00:41:36which is
00:41:36that at
00:41:36some time
00:41:37there's
00:41:37going to
00:41:37be a
00:41:39seven year
00:41:39peace
00:41:40covenant
00:41:41now if
00:41:42the situation
00:41:42in Iran
00:41:43goes badly
00:41:45then we're
00:41:45definitely not
00:41:46going to go
00:41:46towards the
00:41:46peace
00:41:47covenant
00:41:48if Trump
00:41:48actually is
00:41:49successful
00:41:49and manages
00:41:50to defeat
00:41:51the Iranian
00:41:53government
00:41:53falls or is
00:41:54weakened to
00:41:55such a point
00:41:55that it's no
00:41:56longer a threat
00:41:57to anybody
00:41:57they can't
00:41:58continue their
00:41:59bad actions
00:42:00they can't
00:42:00continue with
00:42:01their things
00:42:01then it could
00:42:02well be that
00:42:02Israel will
00:42:03then be pushed
00:42:04into accepting
00:42:04some kind of
00:42:05a peace
00:42:06covenant
00:42:06which would
00:42:07line up
00:42:08with Daniel
00:42:089 27
00:42:11Daniel
00:42:129 27
00:42:12speaks about
00:42:14a covenant
00:42:14being made
00:42:15with many
00:42:15for one
00:42:16week
00:42:17in the
00:42:17middle of
00:42:18the week
00:42:18he should
00:42:18bring to
00:42:19an end
00:42:19the sacrifice
00:42:20and offering
00:42:20on the
00:42:21wing of
00:42:21abomination
00:42:22shall be
00:42:22he who
00:42:23makes
00:42:23one who
00:42:23makes
00:42:24desolate
00:42:24even
00:42:25until the
00:42:25consummation
00:42:26which is
00:42:26determined
00:42:27is poured
00:42:27out on
00:42:28the desolate
00:42:29complicated
00:42:30prophecy
00:42:30I won't
00:42:30go into
00:42:31in detail
00:42:31but it
00:42:31speaks about
00:42:32a peace
00:42:32covenant
00:42:33which will
00:42:33last for
00:42:33seven years
00:42:34be broken
00:42:35halfway
00:42:35through
00:42:35and will
00:42:36lead to
00:42:36the final
00:42:36consummation
00:42:37at the
00:42:38end of
00:42:38this
00:42:38seven
00:42:39year
00:42:39period
00:42:40it's
00:42:41possible
00:42:42I'm not
00:42:42saying that
00:42:43it's going
00:42:43to happen
00:42:43but it's
00:42:44possible
00:42:44that if
00:42:46you have
00:42:46a reasonably
00:42:47good outcome
00:42:47from this
00:42:48present war
00:42:49then there
00:42:49could be
00:42:50pressure
00:42:50for this
00:42:51peace
00:42:51covenant
00:42:51to come
00:42:52in
00:42:54not
00:42:54necessarily
00:42:55but it's
00:42:55possible
00:42:56but I can't
00:42:56see any
00:42:57other way
00:42:57that this
00:42:57actually
00:42:58could come
00:42:58in
00:42:58unless there
00:42:59is something
00:42:59which happens
00:43:00first of all
00:43:00to remove
00:43:01the threat
00:43:01against Israel
00:43:02at the
00:43:03present time
00:43:04maybe that's
00:43:05going to
00:43:05happen
00:43:06that would
00:43:07be one
00:43:07good outcome
00:43:07but it won't
00:43:08be good
00:43:08in the end
00:43:09because it
00:43:09will lead
00:43:09to a
00:43:09false
00:43:10peace
00:43:10which will
00:43:10lead to
00:43:11the
00:43:12breakdown
00:43:12into the
00:43:12second
00:43:13coming
00:43:13of Jesus
00:43:15the other
00:43:16thing has
00:43:16to do
00:43:16with this
00:43:16prince of
00:43:17Persia
00:43:17business
00:43:18now I
00:43:19was thinking
00:43:19about this
00:43:20prince of
00:43:20Persia
00:43:20and I
00:43:21only just
00:43:22started
00:43:22really looking
00:43:22into this
00:43:23but a few
00:43:24things really
00:43:24occurred to
00:43:24me
00:43:25I just want
00:43:26to read
00:43:26to you
00:43:27if you want
00:43:27to turn
00:43:27in the
00:43:28bible
00:43:28read to
00:43:28chapter 8
00:43:29of Daniel
00:43:32look in
00:43:32chapter 8
00:43:33of Daniel
00:43:33and he
00:43:34has a
00:43:34prophecy
00:43:34concerning
00:43:36things to
00:43:37come
00:43:38begins
00:43:39in verse
00:43:401
00:43:40in the
00:43:40third year
00:43:41of the
00:43:41reign of
00:43:41king
00:43:42Belshazzar
00:43:42a vision
00:43:43appeared to
00:43:43me
00:43:44to Daniel
00:43:44after the
00:43:45one that
00:43:45appeared to
00:43:46me the
00:43:46first time
00:43:47king
00:43:48Belshazzar
00:43:48was of
00:43:49course the
00:43:49last king
00:43:49of Babylon
00:43:50you read
00:43:50about him
00:43:51in Daniel
00:43:515
00:43:51the
00:43:53Belshazzar's
00:43:53feast and
00:43:54that before
00:43:55the Babylonians
00:43:55came in
00:43:56and destroyed
00:43:59the Persians
00:43:59came in
00:44:00and destroyed
00:44:00ancient
00:44:00Babylon
00:44:02he has a
00:44:03vision and
00:44:03he sees in
00:44:04verse 3
00:44:05I lifted my
00:44:06eyes and
00:44:06saw there
00:44:07standing beside
00:44:07the river
00:44:08a ram
00:44:08which had
00:44:09two horns
00:44:09two horns
00:44:10which were
00:44:10high
00:44:11one was
00:44:11higher than
00:44:12the other
00:44:12and the
00:44:13higher one
00:44:13came up
00:44:13last
00:44:14I saw
00:44:14the ram
00:44:14pushing
00:44:15westward
00:44:15northward
00:44:16and southward
00:44:16so that
00:44:17no animal
00:44:18could withstand
00:44:18him
00:44:19nor was
00:44:19there
00:44:20anything
00:44:20that could
00:44:21rediver him
00:44:21from his
00:44:21hand
00:44:22but he did
00:44:23according to
00:44:23his will
00:44:23and became
00:44:24great
00:44:25that's a prophecy
00:44:26of the expansion
00:44:27of the Persian
00:44:28empire
00:44:28okay
00:44:30then verse 5
00:44:31by considering
00:44:32suddenly a male
00:44:33goat came
00:44:33from the west
00:44:34across the
00:44:34surface of
00:44:35the whole
00:44:35earth
00:44:35without touching
00:44:36the ground
00:44:37and the goat
00:44:37had a notable
00:44:38horn between
00:44:39his eyes
00:44:40he comes
00:44:41against the
00:44:41ram with
00:44:41furious power
00:44:42he attacks
00:44:43the ram
00:44:44and then in
00:44:45verse 8
00:44:46the male goat
00:44:46grew very
00:44:47great
00:44:48and when he
00:44:48became strong
00:44:49the large horn
00:44:50was broken
00:44:51and in its
00:44:51place four
00:44:52notable ones
00:44:53came up
00:44:53towards the
00:44:54four winds
00:44:54of heaven
00:44:55okay
00:44:56and that's
00:44:56an extraordinary
00:44:56prophecy
00:44:57because it
00:44:57tells you
00:44:58that the
00:44:59ram
00:44:59which represents
00:45:00Persia
00:45:00is going
00:45:00to go
00:45:01become
00:45:01great
00:45:01and it's
00:45:02going to
00:45:02be
00:45:03it's going
00:45:03to expand
00:45:03north
00:45:04south
00:45:04east
00:45:04and west
00:45:05what I showed
00:45:06you in the
00:45:06map earlier
00:45:07and then the
00:45:08ram
00:45:08is going to be
00:45:09attacked by
00:45:09the goat
00:45:10which is
00:45:10Alexander the
00:45:11Great
00:45:11and the
00:45:12Greeks
00:45:12he's going
00:45:13to destroy
00:45:13the Persian
00:45:14empire
00:45:14going to
00:45:15take it
00:45:15over himself
00:45:16and then his
00:45:16empire is going
00:45:17to be divided
00:45:17into four
00:45:19if you know
00:45:19history that's
00:45:20exactly what
00:45:20happened
00:45:21that's why
00:45:22some people say
00:45:22this must have
00:45:23been written
00:45:23after the
00:45:24event
00:45:24but if you
00:45:25believe that
00:45:25God knows
00:45:26the end
00:45:26from the
00:45:26beginning
00:45:26he described
00:45:28this before
00:45:28it happened
00:45:29okay so
00:45:30you've got
00:45:31Alexander
00:45:33then he speaks
00:45:34about this
00:45:35horn going
00:45:36to the
00:45:36glorious land
00:45:37which is
00:45:37the land
00:45:38of Israel
00:45:40and following
00:45:41the division
00:45:42of Alexander's
00:45:42kingdom
00:45:43one called
00:45:43Antiochus
00:45:44arises
00:45:46Antiochus
00:45:46is the man
00:45:47who appears
00:45:47in the
00:45:47Hanukkah
00:45:48story
00:45:48and oppresses
00:45:49the Jews
00:45:50and brings
00:45:50in the
00:45:51abomination
00:45:51of desolation
00:45:52which stands
00:45:53in the
00:45:53holy place
00:45:54which is
00:45:55what Jesus
00:45:55refers to
00:45:56as coming
00:45:57in the
00:45:58end times
00:45:58relating to
00:45:59the coming
00:45:59of the
00:46:00Antichrist
00:46:01so I'll just
00:46:02give you that
00:46:02a bit of
00:46:03history
00:46:03because it
00:46:03says that
00:46:04there's going
00:46:04to be a
00:46:04connection
00:46:05between things
00:46:05which happened
00:46:06in the
00:46:06past
00:46:06things are
00:46:07going to
00:46:07happen
00:46:07in the
00:46:08future
00:46:09so you've
00:46:10got a
00:46:10war over
00:46:11between
00:46:12Greece
00:46:12coming against
00:46:13Persia
00:46:15Greece wins
00:46:16and then
00:46:17something comes
00:46:18out of that
00:46:19which is
00:46:21Antiochus
00:46:21brings in
00:46:22an abomination
00:46:22of desolation
00:46:24here we see
00:46:25a war coming
00:46:26from against
00:46:27Persia
00:46:28from the
00:46:28west
00:46:30someone comes
00:46:31out of it
00:46:31brings in
00:46:32an abomination
00:46:32of desolation
00:46:33in the holy
00:46:34place
00:46:34and that's
00:46:35what it
00:46:35speaks about
00:46:35later on
00:46:36it speaks
00:46:36about
00:46:36this one
00:46:37who come
00:46:38and says
00:46:39that this
00:46:39is going
00:46:40to come
00:46:40at the
00:46:40end of
00:46:40days
00:46:41if you go
00:46:42to verse
00:46:4223
00:46:43it says
00:46:43in the
00:47:24so he's
00:47:24now moved
00:47:25from talking
00:47:25about
00:47:25Alexander
00:47:26and the
00:47:26Greeks
00:47:26he's
00:47:26talking
00:47:27about
00:47:27something
00:47:27which is
00:47:27many days
00:47:28in the
00:47:28future
00:47:28in other
00:47:29words
00:47:29to do
00:47:29with
00:47:29the
00:47:29end
00:47:29of
00:47:30days
00:47:31and if
00:47:31you
00:47:31follow
00:47:31this
00:47:32through
00:47:32and you
00:47:32look at
00:47:32the
00:47:33book
00:47:33of
00:47:33Revelation
00:47:33you see
00:47:34he's
00:47:34describing
00:47:34here
00:47:35the
00:47:35coming
00:47:35of
00:47:35the
00:47:36Antichrist
00:47:36the
00:47:37man
00:47:37of
00:47:37sin
00:47:37one
00:47:38who
00:47:38understands
00:47:38sinister
00:47:39schemes
00:47:39one
00:47:40who's
00:47:40going
00:47:40to
00:47:40take
00:47:40up
00:47:40his
00:47:41rule
00:47:41against
00:47:41the
00:47:41king
00:47:41of
00:47:41kings
00:47:42and
00:47:42Lord
00:47:42against
00:47:42Jesus
00:47:44and
00:47:44he's
00:47:44going
00:47:44to
00:47:45prosper
00:47:45and
00:47:46he's
00:47:46going
00:47:46to
00:47:46be
00:47:46broken
00:47:46without
00:47:47human
00:47:47means
00:47:48in other
00:47:48words
00:47:48God's
00:47:49going to
00:47:49do
00:47:49something
00:47:49to break
00:47:50his
00:47:50power
00:47:50without
00:47:51any
00:47:51human
00:47:51means
00:47:52so
00:47:52what
00:47:53is
00:47:53interesting
00:47:53is that
00:47:54out of
00:47:54this
00:47:56conflict
00:47:56which he's
00:47:57describing
00:47:57here over
00:47:58Persia
00:47:58is going
00:47:59to come
00:47:59someone
00:48:00who's
00:48:00going
00:48:00to be
00:48:01revealed
00:48:01as the
00:48:02Antichrist
00:48:03now I'm
00:48:04not saying
00:48:04that out
00:48:04of this
00:48:05conflict
00:48:05is going
00:48:05to come
00:48:05the
00:48:06Antichrist
00:48:06but look
00:48:07at this
00:48:07situation
00:48:08you see
00:48:08it speaks
00:48:08about
00:48:08the
00:48:08prince
00:48:09of
00:48:09Persia
00:48:09a kind
00:48:10of war
00:48:10and then
00:48:11one who
00:48:12comes
00:48:12who is
00:48:12revealed
00:48:13as the
00:48:13final
00:48:14man of
00:48:14sin
00:48:15the beast
00:48:16or the
00:48:16Antichrist
00:48:19and if
00:48:19you go
00:48:19to chapter
00:48:2010
00:48:24you have
00:48:25a vision
00:48:26given to
00:48:27Daniel
00:48:27in the
00:48:27third year
00:48:28of Cyrus
00:48:29so that's
00:48:30after the
00:48:30Babylonian
00:48:31kingdom
00:48:31was fallen
00:48:32and gone
00:48:32to the
00:48:33Persians
00:48:34and an
00:48:34angel
00:48:35comes and
00:48:35gives
00:48:35revelation
00:48:36to Daniel
00:48:37revelation
00:48:38in chapter
00:48:3812
00:48:39speaks about
00:48:39the
00:48:42verse 13
00:48:43sorry
00:48:43chapter 10
00:48:44verse 13
00:48:44it says
00:48:45the prince
00:48:45of the
00:48:45kingdom
00:48:45of Persia
00:48:46withstood me
00:48:4621 days
00:48:47behold
00:48:48Michael
00:48:48one of
00:48:48the chief
00:48:49princes
00:48:49came to
00:48:50help me
00:48:51I have
00:48:51been left
00:48:52alone
00:48:52there
00:48:52with the
00:48:52kings
00:48:53of
00:48:53Persia
00:48:54now I have
00:48:54come to
00:48:55make you
00:48:55understand
00:48:56what will
00:48:56happen to
00:48:56your people
00:48:57in the
00:48:57latter days
00:48:58the vision
00:48:59refers to
00:48:59many days
00:49:00yet to
00:49:00come
00:49:02so you've
00:49:02got something
00:49:02about the
00:49:03prince of
00:49:03Persia
00:49:04you've got
00:49:05something about
00:49:05Michael
00:49:05coming who
00:49:06is the
00:49:06chief prince
00:49:07of God's
00:49:08angels
00:49:09and something
00:49:10about what's
00:49:10going to
00:49:10happen to
00:49:11your people
00:49:11in the
00:49:11latter days
00:49:12something
00:49:12referring to
00:49:13the days
00:49:13to come
00:49:15and he
00:49:16goes on
00:49:16to speak
00:49:17about in
00:49:17verse 20
00:49:18I'm going
00:49:19to fight
00:49:19against the
00:49:20prince of
00:49:20Persia
00:49:20when I've
00:49:21gone forth
00:49:22indeed the
00:49:22prince of
00:49:22Greece will
00:49:23come
00:49:23tell you what
00:49:24will be
00:49:24noted in
00:49:25the
00:49:25scripture of
00:49:25truth
00:49:27so
00:49:28these
00:49:29prophecies
00:49:29are
00:49:29mysterious
00:49:30they're
00:49:30difficult
00:49:31to
00:49:31understand
00:49:31but
00:49:31you've
00:49:32got
00:49:32something
00:49:32about
00:49:32the
00:49:32prince
00:49:33of
00:49:33Greece
00:49:33and
00:49:33the
00:49:33prince
00:49:34of
00:49:34Persia
00:49:34and
00:49:35out of
00:49:35this
00:49:35comes
00:49:36some
00:49:36evil
00:49:37which is
00:49:37Antiochus
00:49:38Epiphanes
00:49:39in the
00:49:39first case
00:49:40then the
00:49:41Antichrist
00:49:41in the
00:49:41latter case
00:49:45interestingly
00:49:45also the
00:49:46bit about
00:49:47Michael
00:49:47the
00:49:48archangel
00:49:49and many
00:49:50days to
00:49:50come
00:49:51if you
00:49:51go to
00:49:51chapter 12
00:49:52of Daniel
00:49:53it says
00:49:54at the
00:49:54time of
00:49:55the end
00:49:55Michael
00:49:55should stand
00:49:56up
00:49:57the
00:49:57time of
00:49:59trouble
00:50:00such as
00:50:00never
00:50:00was
00:50:01since
00:50:01there
00:50:01was
00:50:01a
00:50:01nation
00:50:02even
00:50:02to
00:50:02that
00:50:02time
00:50:03your
00:50:04people
00:50:04will
00:50:04be
00:50:04delivered
00:50:05everyone
00:50:05is
00:50:06found
00:50:06written
00:50:06in
00:50:06the
00:50:06book
00:50:08so
00:50:08in
00:50:08chapter
00:50:0812
00:50:09he
00:50:09goes
00:50:09on
00:50:09to
00:50:09speak
00:50:10about
00:50:10the
00:50:10period
00:50:10which
00:50:10is
00:50:10definitely
00:50:11speaking
00:50:11of
00:50:11the
00:50:12great
00:50:12tribulation
00:50:12period
00:50:13has
00:50:13another
00:50:14bit
00:50:14about
00:50:14Michael
00:50:14fighting
00:50:15and
00:50:15against
00:50:16your
00:50:16people
00:50:16are
00:50:17involved
00:50:17in
00:50:17this
00:50:17battle
00:50:18so
00:50:19you've
00:50:19got
00:50:19some
00:50:19kind
00:50:19of
00:50:19a
00:50:19connection
00:50:21now
00:50:21I'm
00:50:22just
00:50:22putting
00:50:23out
00:50:23a
00:50:23few
00:50:23ideas
00:50:23to
00:50:23you
00:50:24here
00:50:24I'm
00:50:25not
00:50:25even
00:50:25sure
00:50:25myself
00:50:26where
00:50:26it's
00:50:26going
00:50:27to
00:50:27but
00:50:28you've
00:50:28got
00:50:28this
00:50:29spiritual
00:50:29battle
00:50:30taking
00:50:30place
00:50:30which
00:50:30has
00:50:31something
00:50:31to do
00:50:31with
00:50:31Persia
00:50:32an
00:50:32evil
00:50:32spirit
00:50:33taking
00:50:33over
00:50:33Persia
00:50:34and
00:50:35another
00:50:36power
00:50:36coming
00:50:37against
00:50:37it
00:50:37and
00:50:38out
00:50:38of
00:50:38this
00:50:38comes
00:50:39one
00:50:39who
00:50:39is
00:50:39revealed
00:50:40to be
00:50:40the
00:50:40Antichrist
00:50:41and
00:50:41the
00:50:41end
00:50:41of
00:50:41days
00:50:43go
00:50:43to
00:50:43Revelation
00:50:4412
00:50:44you
00:50:44also
00:50:44have
00:50:45Michael
00:50:46fighting
00:50:47on
00:50:47behalf
00:50:48of
00:50:48Israel
00:50:48and
00:50:50delivering
00:50:51his
00:50:51people
00:50:51but
00:50:52then
00:50:52that's
00:50:53followed
00:50:53by
00:50:53chapter
00:50:5313
00:50:53which
00:50:54is
00:50:54the
00:50:54revelation
00:50:54passage
00:50:55about
00:50:55the
00:50:56coming
00:50:56of
00:50:56the
00:50:56beast
00:50:56or
00:50:57the
00:50:57Antichrist
00:51:00so
00:51:00what does
00:51:01it have
00:51:02to say
00:51:02to us
00:51:03Greece
00:51:04and Persia
00:51:04Greece
00:51:05the European
00:51:05power
00:51:06into
00:51:06Persia
00:51:08currently
00:51:08you have
00:51:09US
00:51:09Western
00:51:10Christian
00:51:10power
00:51:11against
00:51:11Persia
00:51:11Islam
00:51:13Daniel
00:51:14telling us
00:51:14that there
00:51:14is a
00:51:15spiritual
00:51:15battle
00:51:15going
00:51:15on
00:51:17and
00:51:17it
00:51:17has
00:51:17something
00:51:18to do
00:51:18with
00:51:18what's
00:51:18going to
00:51:18happen
00:51:19to
00:51:19Israel
00:51:19in the
00:51:19latter
00:51:20days
00:51:21going to
00:51:22lead to
00:51:22a time
00:51:22of
00:51:22trouble
00:51:22unlike
00:51:23any
00:51:23that
00:51:23has
00:51:23been
00:51:24before
00:51:24or
00:51:24ever
00:51:24will
00:51:24be
00:51:26and
00:51:27Michael
00:51:27the
00:51:27archangel
00:51:28is
00:51:28going to
00:51:28intervene
00:51:29on the
00:51:30side
00:51:30of
00:51:30Israel
00:51:30and
00:51:31deliver
00:51:31his
00:51:31people
00:51:31at
00:51:32the
00:51:32time
00:51:32of
00:51:32the
00:51:32end
00:51:35okay
00:51:35so
00:51:36those
00:51:36are
00:51:36just
00:51:36a few
00:51:36ideas
00:51:37to leave
00:51:37out
00:51:37with
00:51:41prophecy
00:51:42which
00:51:42everyone
00:51:42knows
00:51:42about
00:51:43which
00:51:44does
00:51:44speak
00:51:44about
00:51:44Persia
00:51:46war
00:51:46of
00:51:46Gog
00:51:47and
00:51:47Magog
00:51:49haven't
00:51:49time
00:51:49to go
00:51:50into
00:51:50this
00:51:50in
00:51:50detail
00:51:50but
00:51:51the
00:51:51war
00:51:51of
00:51:51Gog
00:51:51and
00:51:52Magog
00:51:52speaks
00:51:52about
00:51:53the
00:51:54battle
00:51:54which
00:51:54is
00:51:54going to
00:51:55take
00:51:55place
00:51:55in
00:51:55the
00:51:55last
00:51:55days
00:51:57specifically
00:51:58it
00:51:58says
00:51:58it
00:51:58will
00:51:58happen
00:51:58after
00:51:59Israel
00:51:59has
00:51:59been
00:51:59regathered
00:52:00and
00:52:01is
00:52:01living
00:52:01in
00:52:01the
00:52:01land
00:52:02it
00:52:02is
00:52:03going to
00:52:03speak
00:52:03about
00:52:03something
00:52:03that
00:52:03is
00:52:03going
00:52:03to
00:52:03happen
00:52:04on
00:52:12and
00:52:13we
00:52:13look
00:52:13at
00:52:13chapter
00:52:1438
00:52:14it
00:52:16says
00:52:16the
00:52:16word
00:52:16of
00:52:16the
00:52:16Lord
00:52:16came
00:52:17to
00:52:17me
00:52:17saying
00:52:17son
00:52:17of
00:52:18man
00:52:18set
00:52:18your
00:52:18face
00:52:18against
00:52:19Gog
00:52:19of
00:52:19the
00:52:19land
00:52:19of
00:52:19Magog
00:52:20the
00:52:20prince
00:52:20of
00:52:20Rosh
00:52:21Meshech
00:52:21and
00:52:21Tubal
00:52:22and
00:52:22prophesy
00:52:23against
00:52:23him
00:52:23and
00:52:23say
00:52:24thus
00:52:24says
00:52:24the
00:52:24Lord
00:52:24God
00:52:25behold
00:52:26I
00:52:26am
00:52:26against
00:52:26you
00:52:26O
00:52:27Gog
00:52:27the
00:52:27prince
00:52:27of
00:52:28Rosh
00:52:28Meshech
00:52:28and
00:52:28Tubal
00:52:29I
00:52:30will
00:52:30turn
00:52:30you
00:52:30around
00:52:30put
00:52:31hooks
00:52:31in
00:52:31your
00:52:31jaws
00:52:31and
00:52:32lead
00:52:32you
00:52:32out
00:52:32with
00:52:32all
00:52:32your
00:52:33army
00:52:33horses
00:52:34and
00:52:34horsemen
00:52:34all
00:52:35splendidly
00:52:35clothed
00:52:36with
00:52:36a
00:52:36great
00:52:36company
00:52:36with
00:52:37bucklers
00:52:37and
00:52:38shields
00:52:38all
00:52:38of
00:52:38them
00:52:39handing
00:52:39swords
00:52:40Persia
00:52:41Ethiopia
00:52:41and
00:52:41Libya
00:52:42are
00:52:42with
00:52:42them
00:52:42all
00:52:43of
00:52:43them
00:52:43with
00:52:44shield
00:52:44and
00:52:44helmet
00:52:44Goma
00:52:45and
00:52:45all
00:52:45its
00:52:46troops
00:52:46the
00:52:47house
00:52:47of
00:52:47Tagama
00:52:47from
00:52:48the
00:52:48far
00:52:48north
00:52:48with
00:52:48all
00:52:48its
00:52:49troops
00:52:49many
00:52:49people
00:52:50are
00:52:50with
00:52:50you
00:52:50prepare
00:52:51yourself
00:52:51and
00:52:52be
00:52:52ready
00:52:52you
00:52:52and
00:52:53all
00:52:53your
00:52:53companies
00:52:53that
00:52:53are
00:52:54gathered
00:52:54about
00:52:54you
00:52:54and
00:52:55be
00:52:55a
00:52:55guard
00:52:55for
00:52:56them
00:52:56after
00:52:57many
00:52:57days
00:52:57you'll
00:52:58be
00:52:58visited
00:52:58in
00:52:58the
00:52:58latter
00:52:58years
00:52:59you
00:52:59will
00:52:59come
00:52:59back
00:53:00into
00:53:00the
00:53:00land
00:53:00of
00:53:01those
00:53:01brought
00:53:01back
00:53:02from
00:53:02the
00:53:02sword
00:53:02and
00:53:03gathered
00:53:03from
00:53:03many
00:53:03people
00:53:04on
00:53:04the
00:53:04mountains
00:53:05of
00:53:05Israel
00:53:05which
00:53:06had
00:53:06long
00:53:06been
00:53:06desolate
00:53:07they
00:53:07were
00:53:07brought
00:53:08out
00:53:08of
00:53:08the
00:53:08nations
00:53:09and
00:53:09now
00:53:09all
00:53:09of
00:53:10them
00:53:10dwell
00:53:11safely
00:53:13goes
00:53:14on
00:53:14to
00:53:14say
00:53:14about
00:53:14how
00:53:14this
00:53:15army
00:53:15is
00:53:15going
00:53:15to
00:53:15come
00:53:15down
00:53:16against
00:53:16Israel
00:53:16there
00:53:16are
00:53:16going
00:53:17to
00:53:17oppose
00:53:17it
00:53:18it
00:53:19appears
00:53:19that
00:53:19the
00:53:19people
00:53:20who
00:53:20oppose
00:53:20it
00:53:20will
00:53:20be
00:53:20the
00:53:21western
00:53:21powers
00:53:21and
00:53:21also
00:53:22some
00:53:22powers
00:53:22in
00:53:23the
00:53:23Arab
00:53:23countries
00:53:24but
00:53:24it
00:53:24will
00:53:24come
00:53:25from
00:53:25the
00:53:25north
00:53:25be
00:53:26led
00:53:26by
00:53:26power
00:53:26to
00:53:26the
00:53:26uttermost
00:53:27parts
00:53:27of
00:53:27the
00:53:27north
00:53:29many
00:53:30people
00:53:30say
00:53:30that's
00:53:30Russia
00:53:32there's
00:53:32also
00:53:32a possibility
00:53:33that
00:53:33it's
00:53:33Turkey
00:53:34because
00:53:35some
00:53:35of
00:53:35the
00:53:35place
00:53:36names
00:53:36actually
00:53:36fit in
00:53:36with
00:53:37what
00:53:37is
00:53:37now
00:53:37the
00:53:37area
00:53:38of
00:53:38Turkey
00:53:39I
00:53:39will
00:53:39have
00:53:40to
00:53:40wait
00:53:40and
00:53:40see
00:53:40on
00:53:40that
00:53:40one
00:53:41currently
00:53:41Russia
00:53:42is
00:53:43a little
00:53:43bit
00:53:43out
00:53:43of
00:53:44the
00:53:44picture
00:53:44because
00:53:44they're
00:53:46doing
00:53:46very badly
00:53:47in
00:53:47Ukraine
00:53:48whether
00:53:48they're
00:53:49in a
00:53:49position
00:53:49now
00:53:49to
00:53:49mount
00:53:50another
00:53:50attack
00:53:50into
00:53:51Middle
00:53:52East
00:53:52is
00:53:52another
00:53:52question
00:53:53but
00:53:53we'll
00:53:53leave
00:53:54that
00:53:54one
00:53:55Turkey
00:53:55is
00:53:56a
00:53:56country
00:53:56which
00:53:57certainly
00:53:57ties
00:53:58in
00:53:58with
00:53:58some
00:53:59of
00:53:59the
00:53:59geographical
00:54:00locations
00:54:01in
00:54:01this
00:54:01passage
00:54:02and
00:54:02Turkey
00:54:03is
00:54:03moving
00:54:03from
00:54:04being
00:54:04part
00:54:05of
00:54:05NATO
00:54:05into
00:54:05the
00:54:06Middle
00:54:07Eastern
00:54:07alliance
00:54:08and
00:54:08is
00:54:09strongly
00:54:09against
00:54:09Israel
00:54:10at
00:54:10this
00:54:10present
00:54:10time
00:54:11so
00:54:12you
00:54:12could
00:54:12see
00:54:12this
00:54:12alliance
00:54:12of
00:54:13people
00:54:13but
00:54:13the
00:54:14one
00:54:14country
00:54:14we
00:54:14can
00:54:14be
00:54:14sure
00:54:15where
00:54:15it
00:54:15is
00:54:15is
00:54:15Persia
00:54:16the
00:54:17one
00:54:17which
00:54:17is
00:54:17mentioned
00:54:17by
00:54:17name
00:54:18which
00:54:18we
00:54:18know
00:54:18today
00:54:18and
00:54:19Persia
00:54:19is
00:54:19going
00:54:19to be
00:54:19part
00:54:20of
00:54:20this
00:54:20alliance
00:54:20coming
00:54:20against
00:54:21Israel
00:54:22if
00:54:23that
00:54:23is
00:54:23the
00:54:23case
00:54:31nation
00:54:31right
00:54:32to
00:54:32the
00:54:32end
00:54:32of
00:54:33this
00:54:33age
00:54:37when
00:54:37does
00:54:37the
00:54:37war
00:54:37of
00:54:38Gog
00:54:38and
00:54:38Gog
00:54:38happen
00:54:39again
00:54:40there's
00:54:40a
00:54:40question
00:54:41between
00:54:41interpreters
00:54:42some
00:54:42say
00:54:42it's
00:54:42the
00:54:43same
00:54:43as
00:54:44Armageddon
00:54:45some
00:54:45say
00:54:45it's
00:54:45going
00:54:45to
00:54:45happen
00:54:46before
00:54:46that
00:54:47some
00:54:48say
00:54:48it's
00:54:48going
00:54:48to
00:54:48happen
00:54:48even
00:54:48before
00:54:49the
00:54:49seven
00:54:50year
00:54:50period
00:54:50even
00:54:51Arnold
00:54:51Fruchtenbaum
00:54:51says
00:54:51it'll
00:54:52happen
00:54:52before
00:54:52the
00:54:52seven
00:54:52years
00:54:53some
00:54:54say
00:54:54it'll
00:54:54happen
00:54:54just
00:54:54after
00:54:55the
00:54:56peace
00:54:56treaty
00:54:56is
00:55:01hard
00:55:01to
00:55:01work
00:55:01it
00:55:02out
00:55:02but
00:55:02it's
00:55:02going
00:55:02to
00:55:02come
00:55:03it's
00:55:03something
00:55:04which
00:55:04has
00:55:04not
00:55:04yet
00:55:04happened
00:55:05and
00:55:05you
00:55:05can
00:55:05see
00:55:06that
00:55:06Persia
00:55:06Iran
00:55:07is
00:55:07part
00:55:07of
00:55:07it
00:55:09so
00:55:09again
00:55:09watch
00:55:10this
00:55:10space
00:55:11really
00:55:12what I'm
00:55:12doing
00:55:12at the
00:55:12moment
00:55:12is
00:55:12just
00:55:13throwing
00:55:13out
00:55:13a few
00:55:13possibilities
00:55:14and
00:55:14we can
00:55:16work
00:55:16out
00:55:17where
00:55:17it's
00:55:17going
00:55:17to
00:55:18the
00:55:19other
00:55:19major
00:55:19prophecy
00:55:20which
00:55:20is
00:55:21actually
00:55:21a
00:55:21minor
00:55:21prophecy
00:55:22very
00:55:22little
00:55:22known
00:55:23but
00:55:23it's
00:55:23a
00:55:23significant
00:55:24prophecy
00:55:24speaks
00:55:25about
00:55:25in
00:55:26Jeremiah
00:55:26we're
00:55:26going
00:55:27to
00:55:27close
00:55:27with
00:55:27this
00:55:27one
00:55:27it
00:55:28speaks
00:55:28about
00:55:29a
00:55:29place
00:55:29called
00:55:29Elam
00:55:31Elam
00:55:31is
00:55:31another
00:55:32name
00:55:32for
00:55:32Persia
00:55:34in fact
00:55:34the
00:55:35present
00:55:36ministry
00:55:36which is
00:55:37ministering
00:55:37to the
00:55:37Persian
00:55:38people
00:55:38is
00:55:38called
00:55:38Elam
00:55:39ministries
00:55:39Christian
00:55:39ministry
00:55:40to
00:55:40reach
00:55:41out
00:55:41to
00:55:41the
00:55:41Persians
00:55:42one
00:55:42of
00:55:42the
00:55:43ancient
00:55:43names
00:55:43for
00:55:43Persia
00:55:46and
00:55:46in
00:55:46this
00:55:46prophecy
00:55:47of
00:55:47Jeremiah
00:55:48chapter
00:55:4949
00:55:52we
00:55:52have
00:55:52this
00:55:53word
00:55:53which is
00:55:53given
00:55:53to
00:55:54Elam
00:55:55let's
00:55:55have a
00:55:55look
00:55:55at it
00:55:56read
00:55:56the
00:55:56whole
00:55:57thing
00:55:57from
00:55:58verse
00:55:5834
00:55:58through
00:55:58to
00:55:5939
00:55:59of
00:55:59Jeremiah
00:56:0049
00:56:03verse
00:56:0434
00:56:04the
00:56:04word
00:56:04of
00:56:04the
00:56:04Lord
00:56:05came
00:56:05that
00:56:05came
00:56:05to
00:56:05Jeremiah
00:56:06the
00:56:06prophet
00:56:06against
00:56:07Elam
00:56:07in the
00:56:08beginning
00:56:08of the
00:56:08reign
00:56:08of
00:56:08Zedekiah
00:56:09king
00:56:09of
00:56:09Judah
00:56:10saying
00:56:10thus
00:56:11says
00:56:11the
00:56:11Lord
00:56:11of
00:56:11hosts
00:56:11behold
00:56:12I
00:56:12will
00:56:12break
00:56:12the
00:56:12bow
00:56:12of
00:56:13Elam
00:56:13the
00:56:14foremost
00:56:14of
00:56:14their
00:56:14might
00:56:14against
00:56:15Elam
00:56:15I
00:56:15will
00:56:15bring
00:56:16the
00:56:16four
00:56:16winds
00:56:16from
00:56:17the
00:56:17four
00:56:17quarters
00:56:17of
00:56:18heaven
00:56:18and
00:56:18scatter
00:56:19them
00:56:19towards
00:56:19all
00:56:19those
00:56:20winds
00:56:20there
00:56:21will
00:56:21be
00:56:21no
00:56:21nations
00:56:22where
00:56:22the
00:56:22outcasts
00:56:22of
00:56:23Elam
00:56:23will
00:56:23not
00:56:23go
00:56:23I
00:56:24will
00:56:24cause
00:56:25Elam
00:56:25to
00:56:25be
00:56:25dismayed
00:56:26before
00:56:26their
00:56:26enemies
00:56:26before
00:56:27those
00:56:27who
00:56:27seek
00:56:28their
00:56:28life
00:56:28I
00:56:29bring
00:56:29disaster
00:56:29upon
00:56:30them
00:56:30my
00:56:31fierce
00:56:31anger
00:56:31says
00:56:31the
00:56:32Lord
00:56:32I
00:56:32will
00:56:32send
00:56:32the
00:56:32sword
00:56:33after
00:56:33them
00:56:33until
00:56:34I
00:56:34have
00:56:34consumed
00:56:35them
00:56:35I
00:56:36will
00:56:36set
00:56:36my
00:56:36throne
00:56:36in
00:56:37Elam
00:56:37and
00:56:37I
00:56:37will
00:56:37destroy
00:56:38from
00:56:38there
00:56:38the
00:56:38king
00:56:38and
00:56:39the
00:56:39princes
00:56:39says
00:56:39the
00:56:40Lord
00:56:40but
00:56:41it
00:56:41will
00:56:41come
00:56:41to
00:56:41pass
00:56:41in
00:56:42the
00:56:42latter
00:56:42days
00:56:42I
00:56:42will
00:56:42bring
00:56:42back
00:56:43the
00:56:43captives
00:56:43of
00:56:43Elam
00:56:44says
00:56:44the
00:56:45Lord
00:56:46okay
00:56:46so
00:56:46I
00:56:47have
00:56:47a
00:56:47prophecy
00:56:47there
00:56:47about
00:56:48Elam
00:56:50begins
00:56:50by saying
00:56:51you're
00:56:51going to
00:56:51break
00:56:51their
00:56:51bow
00:56:53a bow
00:56:54in
00:56:54scripture
00:56:54speaks
00:56:55about
00:56:55military
00:56:55power
00:56:56military
00:56:56might
00:56:57so
00:56:58God
00:56:58is
00:56:58saying
00:56:58here
00:56:58I
00:56:58am
00:56:58going to
00:56:58do
00:56:58something
00:57:07flying
00:57:08now
00:57:08obviously
00:57:08the
00:57:09prophets
00:57:09didn't
00:57:09know
00:57:09much
00:57:09about
00:57:10missiles
00:57:10or
00:57:10tanks
00:57:11so
00:57:11they
00:57:12couldn't
00:57:12describe
00:57:12them
00:57:12but
00:57:13they
00:57:13could
00:57:13talk
00:57:13about
00:57:14weapons
00:57:14which
00:57:15if we
00:57:16think
00:57:16about
00:57:16them
00:57:17sort of
00:57:17creatively
00:57:18you could
00:57:18say
00:57:18they
00:57:18could
00:57:19apply
00:57:19to
00:57:19modern
00:57:20weapons
00:57:21so
00:57:21the
00:57:21bow
00:57:21could
00:57:22mean
00:57:22that
00:57:22actually
00:57:22God
00:57:22is
00:57:22going
00:57:22to
00:57:23do
00:57:23something
00:57:23to
00:57:23break
00:57:23the
00:57:23power
00:57:24of
00:57:24the
00:57:24missiles
00:57:25of
00:57:25Iran
00:57:26which
00:57:26is
00:57:27what
00:57:27America
00:57:27is
00:57:27trying
00:57:27to
00:57:27do
00:57:27now
00:57:30and
00:57:31Israel
00:57:31is
00:57:32successful
00:57:32because
00:57:32if
00:57:33they
00:57:33can
00:57:33destroy
00:57:33those
00:57:33missiles
00:57:34and
00:57:35destroy
00:57:35Iran's
00:57:36ability
00:57:36to
00:57:36produce
00:57:37those
00:57:37missiles
00:57:37it would
00:57:38be a
00:57:38great
00:57:38thing
00:57:39for
00:57:40Israel
00:57:40and
00:57:41for
00:57:41the
00:57:41area
00:57:42of
00:57:42the
00:57:42Middle
00:57:42East
00:57:43because
00:57:43right
00:57:43now
00:57:43they're
00:57:44using
00:57:44those
00:57:44missiles
00:57:44to
00:57:45attack
00:57:45not
00:57:46just
00:57:46Israel
00:57:46but
00:57:46also
00:57:47Arab
00:57:47countries
00:57:47including
00:57:48I think
00:57:49it's
00:57:52Bahrain
00:57:52no not
00:57:53Bahrain
00:57:54any one
00:57:55of the Arab
00:57:55countries
00:57:55they've been
00:57:56hitting
00:57:56quite
00:57:57strongly
00:57:57Dubai
00:57:58that's
00:57:59it
00:57:59they're
00:57:59hitting
00:57:59Dubai
00:58:00yep
00:58:00they've
00:58:01closed
00:58:01down
00:58:01Dubai
00:58:02airport
00:58:03so
00:58:04breaking
00:58:04the
00:58:04bow
00:58:05would
00:58:05be
00:58:05a
00:58:05good
00:58:05thing
00:58:06and
00:58:07that
00:58:07may
00:58:07happen
00:58:08maybe
00:58:08that's
00:58:08the
00:58:09positive
00:58:09thing
00:58:09we can
00:58:09hope
00:58:10to come
00:58:10out
00:58:10of this
00:58:10present
00:58:10war
00:58:12in
00:58:13Ezekiel
00:58:1339
00:58:13it also
00:58:14speaks
00:58:14about
00:58:14the
00:58:14bow
00:58:15being
00:58:15knocked
00:58:15out
00:58:15of
00:58:15your
00:58:15hand
00:58:16so
00:58:17it
00:58:17could
00:58:17mean
00:58:17about
00:58:17this
00:58:18weapons
00:58:19being
00:58:19destroyed
00:58:21the
00:58:22ability
00:58:22to fire
00:58:22weapons
00:58:23being
00:58:23scattered
00:58:23gone
00:58:25goes
00:58:26on to
00:58:26speak
00:58:26about
00:58:26Elam
00:58:27being
00:58:27scattered
00:58:29towards
00:58:29those
00:58:30winds
00:58:30there'll
00:58:31be no
00:58:31nations
00:58:31where
00:58:31the
00:58:32outcastes
00:58:32of
00:58:32Elam
00:58:33will
00:58:33not
00:58:33go
00:58:35in
00:58:35present
00:58:36time
00:58:36you have
00:58:36refugees
00:58:37from
00:58:37the
00:58:37Islamic
00:58:38regime
00:58:38here in
00:58:39this part
00:58:40of
00:58:40North
00:58:41London
00:58:41that
00:58:42we have
00:58:42a large
00:58:43Persian
00:58:44population
00:58:44in
00:58:45Finchley
00:58:46Gold
00:58:46is
00:58:46green
00:58:47all
00:58:47around
00:58:48here
00:58:49so
00:58:50you've
00:58:50got
00:58:50Persian
00:58:51people
00:58:51here
00:58:52and
00:58:56if
00:58:56the
00:58:58things
00:58:59go really
00:58:59badly
00:58:59you could
00:59:00see
00:59:00that
00:59:00there'll
00:59:00be
00:59:00more
00:59:01of
00:59:01an
00:59:01exodus
00:59:02from
00:59:02the
00:59:03land
00:59:03even
00:59:04what
00:59:04I was
00:59:04talking
00:59:05about
00:59:05the
00:59:05water
00:59:05situation
00:59:06the man
00:59:06was
00:59:07talking
00:59:07about
00:59:08evacuating
00:59:09Tehran
00:59:09in other
00:59:10words
00:59:10taking
00:59:10people
00:59:11out
00:59:11of
00:59:11Tehran
00:59:11where
00:59:12they're
00:59:12going
00:59:12to
00:59:12go
00:59:12to
00:59:13some
00:59:13other
00:59:13country
00:59:14even
00:59:15right
00:59:16now
00:59:16actually
00:59:16Turkey
00:59:17which
00:59:17has
00:59:17a
00:59:17border
00:59:17with
00:59:18Iran
00:59:18is
00:59:19sealing
00:59:19their
00:59:19border
00:59:19to
00:59:20stop
00:59:20refugees
00:59:21coming
00:59:21over
00:59:22you can
00:59:22see
00:59:23that
00:59:23there
00:59:23could
00:59:23be
00:59:23a
00:59:23huge
00:59:24refugee
00:59:24crisis
00:59:26you could
00:59:26have
00:59:26people
00:59:27trying
00:59:27to
00:59:27get
00:59:27out
00:59:27of
00:59:27Iran
00:59:29even
00:59:29trying
00:59:29to
00:59:29cross
00:59:30into
00:59:30the
00:59:30Arab
00:59:30countries
00:59:31in
00:59:31Saudi
00:59:31and
00:59:32across
00:59:33the
00:59:33Gulf
00:59:33area
00:59:34so
00:59:35you
00:59:39out
00:59:40of
00:59:40what's
00:59:40happening
00:59:42goes
00:59:42on
00:59:42to
00:59:42speak
00:59:42about
00:59:43Elam
00:59:44being
00:59:44dismayed
00:59:45before
00:59:45their
00:59:45enemies
00:59:45I'll
00:59:46bring
00:59:46disaster
00:59:47upon
00:59:47them
00:59:47my
00:59:47fierce
00:59:48anger
00:59:48says
00:59:48the
00:59:48Lord
00:59:49I will
00:59:49send
00:59:49the
00:59:50sword
00:59:50after
00:59:50them
00:59:50till
00:59:50I
00:59:50have
00:59:51consumed
00:59:51them
00:59:52again
00:59:52if
00:59:52that's
00:59:53talking
00:59:53about
00:59:53the
00:59:53present
00:59:53situation
00:59:54it
00:59:54does
00:59:54mean
00:59:54that
00:59:54it's
00:59:55going
00:59:55to
00:59:55go
00:59:55very
00:59:55badly
00:59:55for
00:59:56Iran
00:59:57and
00:59:57Trump
00:59:57is
00:59:58threatening
00:59:58to
00:59:58bring
00:59:59great
00:59:59disaster
00:59:59upon
01:00:00the
01:00:00nation
01:00:00unless
01:00:01they
01:00:01do
01:00:01what
01:00:01he
01:00:01says
01:00:03says
01:00:04also
01:00:04I
01:00:04will
01:00:05set
01:00:05my
01:00:05throne
01:00:05in
01:00:06Elam
01:00:06and
01:00:07destroy
01:00:07from
01:00:08their
01:00:08kings
01:00:09and
01:00:09their
01:00:09princes
01:00:09says
01:00:10the
01:00:10Lord
01:00:12so
01:00:13God
01:00:13is
01:00:13speaking
01:00:13here
01:00:13about
01:00:14something
01:00:15happening
01:00:15to
01:00:15Elam
01:00:16which
01:00:16will
01:00:16cause
01:00:16a
01:00:16destruction
01:00:17in
01:00:17the
01:00:17country
01:00:17and
01:00:18which
01:00:18will
01:00:18remove
01:00:18the
01:00:19ones
01:00:19who
01:00:20empower
01:00:20my
01:00:20fierce
01:00:21anger
01:00:21says
01:00:22the
01:00:22Lord
01:00:23are
01:00:24there
01:00:24reasons
01:00:24why
01:00:24God
01:00:24will
01:00:24be
01:00:25angry
01:00:25with
01:00:25the
01:00:25regime
01:00:26in
01:00:26Iran
01:00:26I
01:00:27think
01:00:27so
01:00:28Bible
01:00:29says
01:00:29I
01:00:29will
01:00:29bless
01:00:29those
01:00:29who
01:00:30bless
01:00:30you
01:00:30and
01:00:30curse
01:00:30those
01:00:31who
01:00:31curse
01:00:31you
01:00:31no
01:00:32country
01:00:33has
01:00:33done
01:00:33more
01:00:33to
01:00:34curse
01:00:34Israel
01:00:34than
01:00:35the
01:00:35present
01:00:35regime
01:00:36in
01:00:36Iran
01:00:37not
01:00:37just
01:00:38to
01:00:38curse
01:00:38Israel
01:00:38but
01:00:38also
01:00:39to
01:00:39attack
01:00:39and
01:00:40to
01:00:40persecute
01:00:41those
01:00:41who
01:00:41come
01:00:41to
01:00:41believe
01:00:42in
01:00:42Jesus
01:00:42the
01:00:43Messiah
01:00:44so
01:00:44we
01:00:44have
01:00:45a
01:00:45double
01:00:45reason
01:00:45why
01:00:45God
01:00:45is
01:00:46going
01:00:46to
01:00:46bring
01:00:46judgment
01:00:47upon
01:00:47the
01:00:47land
01:00:47of
01:00:48Iran
01:00:49not
01:00:50to
01:00:50say
01:00:50that
01:00:50we
01:00:50are
01:00:50against
01:00:51the
01:00:51people
01:00:51of
01:00:51Iran
01:00:52but
01:00:52God
01:00:52loves
01:00:52them
01:00:53many
01:00:53of
01:00:53them
01:00:53are
01:00:54against
01:00:54the
01:00:54regime
01:00:54but
01:00:55the
01:00:55regime
01:00:56itself
01:00:56is
01:00:56evil
01:00:56in
01:00:57the
01:00:57sight
01:00:57of
01:00:57the
01:00:57Lord
01:00:57and
01:00:58God
01:00:58says
01:00:59here
01:00:59about
01:00:59bringing
01:01:00down
01:01:00the
01:01:01rulers
01:01:01and
01:01:01the
01:01:02king
01:01:02and
01:01:02the
01:01:02princes
01:01:06would
01:01:07be a
01:01:07great
01:01:07thing
01:01:07if
01:01:08the
01:01:09rule
01:01:09of
01:01:09the
01:01:09ayatollah
01:01:10the
01:01:11mullahs
01:01:11and
01:01:12the
01:01:12revolutionary
01:01:12guards
01:01:12is
01:01:13broken
01:01:13in
01:01:14the
01:01:14land
01:01:14of
01:01:14Iran
01:01:14and
01:01:15we
01:01:15should
01:01:15pray
01:01:15for
01:01:16that
01:01:17it
01:01:21does
01:01:22that
01:01:22speak
01:01:22about
01:01:22saved
01:01:23Iranians
01:01:23going
01:01:23back
01:01:24to
01:01:24the
01:01:24land
01:01:24maybe
01:01:25it
01:01:25does
01:01:26and
01:01:26maybe
01:01:27we
01:01:27see
01:01:27the
01:01:27possibility
01:01:28of
01:01:28some
01:01:28kind
01:01:29of
01:01:29massive
01:01:29turning
01:01:30to
01:01:30the
01:01:30Lord
01:01:31could
01:01:31also
01:01:31refer
01:01:32to
01:01:32the
01:01:32millennial
01:01:33kingdom
01:01:33time
01:01:33when
01:01:34nations
01:01:34will
01:01:35go
01:01:35back
01:01:35to
01:01:35the
01:01:35places
01:01:35where
01:01:36they
01:01:36come
01:01:36from
01:01:36and
01:01:37inhabit
01:01:37them
01:01:37and
01:01:38bring
01:01:39peace
01:01:39and
01:01:39justice
01:01:40to
01:01:40the
01:01:40world
01:01:41whatever
01:01:42it is
01:01:42there
01:01:42is
01:01:42a
01:01:42positive
01:01:43message
01:01:43here
01:01:43and
01:01:44a
01:01:44message
01:01:44of
01:01:45hope
01:01:51and
01:01:51God
01:01:52has
01:01:52that
01:01:52message
01:01:52to
01:01:52all
01:01:52of
01:01:53us
01:01:54because
01:01:54just
01:01:55to
01:01:55conclude
01:01:55generally
01:01:55the
01:01:56time
01:01:56we're
01:01:56living
01:01:56in
01:01:56is
01:01:56a
01:01:57time
01:01:58highly
01:01:58charged
01:01:58with
01:01:59possibilities
01:01:59of
01:02:00judgment
01:02:00coming
01:02:00upon
01:02:02nations
01:02:02of
01:02:02the
01:02:02earth
01:02:03including
01:02:03our
01:02:03own
01:02:03nation
01:02:05haven't
01:02:05time to
01:02:05go
01:02:05into
01:02:06all
01:02:06the
01:02:06things
01:02:06which
01:02:06are
01:02:06happening
01:02:07in
01:02:07this
01:02:07country
01:02:07but
01:02:08there
01:02:08are
01:02:08abundant
01:02:08things
01:02:08which
01:02:09you
01:02:09could
01:02:09see
01:02:09happening
01:02:10even
01:02:11last
01:02:11week
01:02:11with
01:02:11this
01:02:11by
01:02:11election
01:02:12which
01:02:12are
01:02:13pushing
01:02:13this
01:02:13nation
01:02:21the
01:02:21nations
01:02:21of
01:02:21the
01:02:22world
01:02:22and
01:02:23the
01:02:23reason
01:02:23they're
01:02:23coming
01:02:24upon
01:02:24the
01:02:24nations
01:02:24of
01:02:24the
01:02:24world
01:02:25is
01:02:25because
01:02:25they've
01:02:25rejected
01:02:25God
01:02:27rejected
01:02:28the
01:02:28true
01:02:28God
01:02:28and
01:02:29chosen
01:02:29for the
01:02:30most
01:02:30part
01:02:30false
01:02:30gods
01:02:32and
01:02:32as we
01:02:33live in
01:02:33the
01:02:33last
01:02:34days
01:02:34we're
01:02:34going
01:02:34to
01:02:34see
01:02:36this
01:02:36battle
01:02:37between
01:02:38the
01:02:38prince
01:02:39of the
01:02:39power
01:02:39of the
01:02:40air
01:02:40who
01:02:40is
01:02:41Satan
01:02:42who
01:02:42we
01:02:43see
01:02:43behind
01:02:44the
01:02:44prince
01:02:44of
01:02:44Persia
01:02:45prince
01:02:45of
01:02:46darkness
01:02:47and
01:02:48the
01:02:48forces
01:02:48of
01:02:48good
01:02:49through
01:02:51Messiah
01:02:52as we
01:02:52look at
01:02:53the
01:02:53world
01:02:53today
01:02:53we see
01:02:53this
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