Operation Rising Lion

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Israel and the Iranian Threat: A Prophetic Perspective​

by: Mike Wingfield Listen to Audio Here

Israel is finally delivering a devastating blow to the nuclear Iranian threat. For decades, Israel has listened to the belligerent calls for their destruction coming from the radical Islamic regime in Iran. During this same time, Iran planted radical terrorist proxy elements along Israel’s northern and southern borders. Hamas and Hezbollah, along with other Islamic groups, were trained and funded by Iran. Their goal was to bring about the annihilation of Israel, and their intentions were made clear during the barbaric Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.

In the early hours of June 13, Israel began “Operation Rising Lion.” The Israeli attacks on Iran are ongoing. This operation was meticulously planned by the Israeli intelligence agencies and military leadership. The precision and success of the initial strikes stunned the world.

Israel has declared that this operation will continue until its objectives are achieved. The IDF has already inflicted major damage on Iran’s military infrastructure. Nuclear facilities have been obliterated, military leaders eliminated, nuclear scientists assassinated, and other key installations destroyed. Iran's military was embedded within the civilian population of Tehran, putting millions at risk.

Despite international pressure, Iran refuses to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The destruction of Iran’s nuclear program is shifting the power balance in the Middle East. For years, Shiite Iran has been a threat to the Sunni nations of the Persian Gulf. Iran’s defeat could prompt more Sunni states to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel. This move brings the region closer to the prophesied false covenant with the Antichrist.

Iran’s allies—Russia, Turkey, and China—have condemned Israel’s actions. This response aligns with the prophetic coalition described in Ezekiel 38, the Gog and Magog war. The stage is being set. Based on the timeline of end-time events, this invasion may occur just before or after the Rapture of the church.

Jeremiah 49:34–39 offers prophetic insight about Iran, known in ancient times as Elam. God declares that He will “break the bow of Elam,” destroy its leaders, and scatter its people among the nations. These verses describe disaster, defeat, and dispersion—likely a result of nuclear contamination. This would trigger international displacement and set the stage for the Ezekiel 38 invasion, as a remnant of evil joins with Russia and Turkey against Israel. Eventually, a godly remnant from Iran will return to serve the Lord in His Millennial Kingdom (Jeremiah 49:38–39).

Friends, what we are witnessing in this war is forming the very coalition of Ezekiel 38. It is establishing the environment for the rise of the Antichrist and his base of operations in the Middle East.

The fireworks leading to the Tribulation are igniting right before our eyes.

Be ready for the shout that will take us out!​

From: ptnews.org

 

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Oh yes, of course! The moment Iran sneezes and Russia nods, suddenly everyone’s shouting, “Gog and Magog! It’s here! It’s now!” Because obviously, Ezekiel was just waiting on CNN’s Middle East headlines to be fulfilled, right?

Let’s get real.

The obsession with newspaper theology has gotten so bad, people are treating Ezekiel like it’s some sort of geopolitical horoscope. But maybe, just maybe, God was talking about something far more serious than oil pipelines, missile deals, or purely hatred of the nation Israel — something like the spiritual invasion of false brethren that the New Testament repeatedly warns us about.

Revelation 8 isn’t describing mushroom clouds over Tel Aviv — it’s divine judgment within the house of God. You want to see Gog and Magog? Try looking inside today’s churches, not across the Iranian border. Those armies are spiritual — wolves in sheep’s clothing, peddlers of half-truths, and prosperity prophets who wouldn’t know the Gospel if it bit them.

And while we’re at it — Ezekiel 38 isn’t a role call for end-times NATO. It’s a symbolic portrayal of the final satanic push against the true people of God, wherever they are. The battlefield? Not somewhere in northern Israel — but the pulpits, the pews, and the hearts of men. Paul didn’t tell the Ephesians to put on armor for a skirmish with Persia and big red Russia — he told them we wrestle “not against flesh and blood” (Eph. 6:12). But never mind that — it’s more fun to map prophecy with Google Earth and act like every Middle East headline is a trumpet blast. Too easy for you, without having spiritual discernment, eh?

The real deception is this: Satan doesn’t need tanks and treaties to pull off Gog and Magog. All he needs is a comfortable, sleepy congregation, unsealed hearts, and a preacher who quotes Fox News more than Scripture.

So keep watching the Middle East if you want. But don’t be surprised when the real invasion comes through the church doors, which I believe is taking place right now, — not through the desert. Selah!

 

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I thought this was a good article and some of you may like it.

Israel and the Iranian Threat: A Prophetic Perspective​

by: Mike Wingfield Listen to Audio Here

Israel is finally delivering a devastating blow to the nuclear Iranian threat. For decades, Israel has listened to the belligerent calls for their destruction coming from the radical Islamic regime in Iran. During this same time, Iran planted radical terrorist proxy elements along Israel’s northern and southern borders. Hamas and Hezbollah, along with other Islamic groups, were trained and funded by Iran. Their goal was to bring about the annihilation of Israel, and their intentions were made clear during the barbaric Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.

In the early hours of June 13, Israel began “Operation Rising Lion.” The Israeli attacks on Iran are ongoing. This operation was meticulously planned by the Israeli intelligence agencies and military leadership. The precision and success of the initial strikes stunned the world.

Israel has declared that this operation will continue until its objectives are achieved. The IDF has already inflicted major damage on Iran’s military infrastructure. Nuclear facilities have been obliterated, military leaders eliminated, nuclear scientists assassinated, and other key installations destroyed. Iran's military was embedded within the civilian population of Tehran, putting millions at risk.

Despite international pressure, Iran refuses to abandon its nuclear ambitions. The destruction of Iran’s nuclear program is shifting the power balance in the Middle East. For years, Shiite Iran has been a threat to the Sunni nations of the Persian Gulf. Iran’s defeat could prompt more Sunni states to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel. This move brings the region closer to the prophesied false covenant with the Antichrist.

Iran’s allies—Russia, Turkey, and China—have condemned Israel’s actions. This response aligns with the prophetic coalition described in Ezekiel 38, the Gog and Magog war. The stage is being set. Based on the timeline of end-time events, this invasion may occur just before or after the Rapture of the church.

Jeremiah 49:34–39 offers prophetic insight about Iran, known in ancient times as Elam. God declares that He will “break the bow of Elam,” destroy its leaders, and scatter its people among the nations. These verses describe disaster, defeat, and dispersion—likely a result of nuclear contamination. This would trigger international displacement and set the stage for the Ezekiel 38 invasion, as a remnant of evil joins with Russia and Turkey against Israel. Eventually, a godly remnant from Iran will return to serve the Lord in His Millennial Kingdom (Jeremiah 49:38–39).

Friends, what we are witnessing in this war is forming the very coalition of Ezekiel 38. It is establishing the environment for the rise of the Antichrist and his base of operations in the Middle East.

The fireworks leading to the Tribulation are igniting right before our eyes.

Be ready for the shout that will take us out!​

From: ptnews.org

All these prophecy experts who do not even know that God's covenant with Israel is, as @Randy Kluth said, confirmed by the sacrifice of Jesus. The only covenant God has with Israel. The New Covenant in His blood.

I suppose the Gog-Magog war that the prophecy experts are always so busy talking about, is a different Gog-Magog war that Ezekiel 38 talks about as coming upon people whom God had brought back from where they had been scattered, AND who for a long time had been dwelling in the land in peace and safety, which Revelation talks about as coming about at the close of the millennium.

I suppose if someone is an Amillennialist he would have to place it at the close of this age.

But as the Rabbis say, "History is prophecy" - meaning that with regard to certain events, there are historical precedents that we Christians call types and antitypes.

What concerns me is that for now Israel's military is mightier than the military of her enemies. But events can make the balance of power shift in favor of Middle Eastern enemy states and Russia / China so suddenly, and so unexpectedly and swiftly. So I hope and believe that the current leaders of Israel and of the USA know that trusting in military strength and in the help of allies is not wise:

"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!" (Isaiah 31:1).

Our God says that the wrath of the Almighty God is upon those who call evil "good" and good "evil"; who put darkness for light and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! He says that their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness. Their feet are swift to shed blood. Destruction and misery are in their ways, and the way of peace have they not known. (They prove that) there is no (real and true) fear of God before their eyes. (Isaiah 5:20 and Romans 3:13-18),

and so many people in the West (even among Christians) are only too eager to join those who hate without real cause and seek to annihilate a certain country (Israel), as though God does not hold those who are complicit equally guilty.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5.

I don't trust in the commentaries of 'prophecy experts' such as in your OP, nor do I trust in the military strength of nations. Nor do I trust in the misplaced trust based on misreading of scripture of those who think they are going to be whisked out of here before the tribulation period which seems to be almost upon us.

 

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All these prophecy experts who do not even know that God's covenant with Israel is, as @Randy Kluth said, confirmed by the sacrifice of Jesus. The only covenant God has with Israel. The New Covenant in His blood.

Jesus Christ is the Israel of God that the prophets spoke of, and in whom God's children will find the peace and safety of Covenant Israel, and in whom alone they will see the true promised land. The church and Israel are not the same, but the church in Israel is the only chosen people of God that will see the promised land. And it's not a plot of dirt located in the Middle East.

I suppose the Gog-Magog war that the prophecy experts are always so busy talking about, is a different Gog-Magog war that Ezekiel 38 talks about as coming upon people whom God had brought back from where they had been scattered, AND who for a long time had been dwelling in the land in peace and safety, which Revelation talks about as coming about at the close of the millennium.

Are they? I agree that it is sometimes used as some sort of basis wherein Dispensationalists "claim" there must be a regathering or restoration of a political nation, but a closer look reveals no such prophecy!

Deuteronomy 30:1-3

• "And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
• And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
• That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee."

Dispensationalists generally see everything as a prophesy pertaining to the nation of Israel, when it is in fact pertaining to a spiritual nation, a spiritual compassion, a spiritual people in captivity who have been set free. Spiritually brought home to be reconciled with God. Moreover, the qualifier is that the prophesy is that when they return, they would obey God's voice according to all that He commanded them and their children, with all their heart and soul." To think that this occurred with God in 1948AD is to dabble in absurdity. Clearly, a necessary condition for the re-gathering of Israel (according to the prophesy) was their returning to the Lord. That has NOT occurred in that physical nation. But it has occurred in the Israel of God because the restoration prophesied as coming from the Messiah, the freeing of the captivity, the building again of the tabernacle, the establishment of the kingdom, the returning unto the Lord, etc., etc., all took place at the time of the cross, not in 1948! And it pertains to the Covenant with Israel wherein Gentiles are also included in that Olive Tree, fulfilling such prophesies--as it is written. And when completed, thus (in this way) all Israel shall be saved.

Acts 15:14-17

• "Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
• And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,
• After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
• That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things."

You think that prophesy of Amos of returning the Captivity pertains to Israel in 1948, but HERE God's word in Acts declares unambiguously that this prophesy of Amos was fulfilled at the time of the cross. And it has been filled with Gentiles (and some Jews) since the Cross! Dispensationalism does this time and time again. Taking prophesies fulfilled and alleging that they pertain to some future event, some future kingdom, some future Messiah's coming, some future "physical" captivity set free by Christ.

Amos 9:9-15

• "For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
• All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
• In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
• That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
• Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
• And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
• And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God."

Like Dispensationalists, the Jewish people would not believe that the evil would overtake or prevent them as a nation, and like Israel, they are wrong, and the prophesy declares it. Even though they would not believe that Israel would be destroyed, according to God, it was. The Kingdom was taken from them, and it wasn't returned in 1948. Clearly, according to Acts, Christ the Messiah only has one Kingdom. And the prophesy pertained to it. So was the prophesy fulfilled at the time of the cross as the text in Acts tells us, or is the return of the captivity in 1948 or even a future return? God or man, the question never changes on who we choose to believe. It's the choice between the sound hermeneutic of receiving God's word as the ultimate authority, or of receiving man's fallible private and personal interpretations.

The truth is, Israel (the nation) wasn't any closer to Christ in 1948 (or today for that matter) than they were in Christ's day when the Kingdom was taken from them!!! So how can we possible conclude that they returned to the Lord fulfilling that prophesy? As I say, it's absurd to think this passage confirms the nation of Israel's restoration to God, when they again became a nation. Only a professing Christian ignorant of the Biblical facts or predisposed and brainwashed into believing that, would even say this "remotely" qualifies.

Indeed, when did the Lord God reconcile or return His people to him? Was it not at the cross? And when did they start to obey His voice according to all that He commands, with all their heart and soul (as per the prophecy)? It was in Christ, through the obedience of faith. Because they were born again from the dead unto it.

1st Peter 1:22-23

• "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
• Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever."

Romans 16:25-26

• "Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
• But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:"

See? The obedience of faith in Christ, and the secret now made manifest or revealed is that the Gentiles also were to be part of the Covenant with Israel. And in Christ would all the Israel (of God) be reconcile or returned to Him. In Christ would they start to obey His voice according to all that He commands with all their heart and soul. It was in Christ, through the obedience of faith. THAT is when the prophesied obedience of Israel took place and when the prophesied "return of the captivity" was fulfilled. As we were in spiritual bondage, in captivity to Satan. And Christ came to set us free! That is when He had the prophesied compassion upon Israel. Not the nation Israel, Covenant Israel! That is when He gathered "His People" from all the nations as His lost sheep returning home. The prophesies have NOTHING to do with 1948 or the physical nation of Israel being repopulated by Jewish people. But as Christ was wont to say, "...if ye will receive it."

Selah!

 

[Zao is life]

The church and Israel are not the same

Now let's get back to the Bible.

Ephesians 2
17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

The citizens of Israel are the living stones (1 Peter 2:5) that make up the house of God, which is the church.

In OLD TESTAMENT times the nation had a temple. In NEW TESTAMENT times the citizens of Israel who believe in Christ are the living stones which make up the temple, and the temple is the church. The church and Israel are the same.

So tired of all the long sermons produced by the know-it-all boastful unbiblical theology dreamed up in the reasoning of the minds of humans.

@Spiritual Israelite agreed with what you said above, without qualification. It's telling.

 

[Spiritual Israelite]

Now let's get back to the Bible.

Ephesians 2
17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near,
18 so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household,
20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone.
21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

The citizens of Israel are the living stones (1 Peter 2:5) that make up the house of God, which is the church.

In OLD TESTAMENT times the nation had a temple. In NEW TESTAMENT times the citizens of Israel who believe in Christ are the living stones which make up the temple, and the temple is the church. The church and Israel are the same.

So tired of all the long sermons produced by the know-it-all boastful unbiblical theology dreamed up in the reasoning of the minds of humans.

@Spiritual Israelite agreed with what you said above, without qualification. It's telling.

What did he say that you disagree with? I don't see anything he said that disagrees with what you said here. Be more specific about what exactly you have a problem with in his post.