Destroying Iran?
I just read an interesting article about the possibilities if USA attempts to destroy Iran. It would prevent Persia from acting her role in Gog and Magog for a generation, taking us beyond THIS generation that shall not pass before the Second Coming.
Q. I just read an interesting article about the possibilities if USA attempts to destroy Iran. It would prevent Persia from acting her role in Gog and Magog for a generation, taking us beyond THIS generation that shall not pass before the Second Coming. If Bush tries this, we may see America judged by fire in one hour as the destruction of Babylon, according to the author. Thus, the tribulation must be close, as no nation will foil God’s prophetic word. Do you see America as either Mystery Babylon, or Babylon the Great ? Surely, USA will not be successful in destroying Iran.
A. A lot of people think that the US is one of the most important countries in history and therefore should be in the Bible. They also believe that we should be severely judged, and so they conclude that we must be the Babylon of Rev. 18.
The US has only been important in the world for about 60 years out of the world’s 6000 year history, and while I agree that we need to be judged, I don’t think we’re important enough to have our judgment mentioned in the Bible. I believe that the Babylon of Rev. 18 is literally Babylon in Iraq.
I also don’t think we’ll be able to stop Iran even though we might very well try. Iran is one of history’s most important countries and is clearly mentioned in the Bible as being an end times player. And if God’s perfect time has come, as many of us believe, then no nation on Earth can stop Iran from fulfilling its prophetic destiny.
But we should always keep in mind that the only certain method for interpreting prophecy is after the fact. If the US or any other country is able to pre-emptively disable Iran before Ezekiel 38 can take place, then we’ll know that we’ve gotten it wrong and we’re not as close as we thought.
Such a thing happened in the early 80’s when Israel accidentally discovered a huge cache of Russian weapons in Lebanese storage caves accessible only by submarine. Russia was prepared to destroy Israel using the PLO, and came within a whisker of doing it. But God wasn’t ready yet and so it didn’t come off. It took 500 trucks to transfer the captured weapons and ammo to Israel.
