Is President Trump going to bomb Iran? Will Israel attack Iran? Will Iran attack American Middle East assets or Israel? These questions have been dominating the headlines for months.
...Missiles fly across the Middle East. Israel strikes Iranian targets. Iran threatens retaliation. Nuclear facilities, ballistic missiles, proxy armies, the Strait of Hormuz, and the future security of Israel have been dominating international headlines.
Ancient Persia, Modern Iran, and a War the Prophet Ezekiel Saw Coming
...For students of Bible prophecy, the question is unavoidable: is the Israel-Iran conflict connected to Bible prophecy? The answer requires both conviction and caution. We should not make the mistake of turning every missile launch into a fulfillment of prophecy. Yet neither should we ignore the extraordinary fact that approximately 2,500 years ago, the prophet Ezekiel, (in Ezekiel 38), specifically identified Persia as part of a future military coalition that would come against Israel. Persia is modern-day Iran. That alone should cause every serious student of prophecy to pay attention. (Read More)
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Senior
Researcher Brad Myers Comments,
As we know, many Christians are asking this exact question: Could the war taking place IN Iran fulfill one of the end-times prophecies in the Bible?
The author chose not to address this possibility in his article. Why is that? Why would he focus on Ezekiel 38's prophecy regarding Israel instead of the war that has been unfolding IN Iran?
Did you know that several prominent Bible scholars believe one of the end-time prophecies describes a future war in Iran?
Dr. Arnold
Fruchtenbaum, Dr. Arno Gaebelein, Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost, Dr. Charles Dyer,
and Dr. John Walvoord all believed that Jeremiah 49:35–38 describes a future
war set in modern-day Iran. For example, in his well-known book Every Prophecy
of the Bible, Dr. Walvoord writes the following regarding Elam’s destruction in
verses 34–38:
As can clearly be seen, Dr. Walvoord believes the complete destruction of Elam within the region of Iran does not appear to have been fulfilled in history.
In his article
"Has the Prophecy of Elam in Jeremiah 49:34–39 Been Historically
Fulfilled?", Dr. Bill Salus explains in detail why the prophecy in
Jeremiah 49:35–38 could not have been fully fulfilled in history. Below are a
few key quotes from the article:
"some prophecy teachers believe that the prophecy of Elam in Jeremiah 49:34-39 has been fulfilled historically. The number #1 argument is that it happened during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century.
...The following source documents some of the history of Nebuchadnezzar II in one of the historiographical texts from ancient Babylonia in the time frame of about 597. This historical information was discovered in the Babylonian Chronicles. It documents Nebuchadnezzar’s encounter with the king of Elam.
“The Chronicle Concerning the Early
Years of Nebuchadnezzar II (ABC 5) is one of the historiographical texts from
ancient Babylonia … in 597 BCE…”
Here is a little of what has been found
in the Babylonian Chronicle between Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon and
Elam.
This historical account in the Babylonian Chronicles seems to give credence to the idea that there may not have been an actual battle. In the historical account in the Babylonian Chronicles there was no mention of a destruction of Elam and Nebuchadnezzar’s armies did not kill the king of Elam as the biblical text requires in Jeremiah49.
...Is it possible that Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Dr. Arno Gaebelein, Dr. J. Dwight Pentecost, Dr. Charles Dyer and Dr. John Walvoord most likely looked at the historical evidence in the sixth century about Nebuchadnezzar II concerning Elam in Jeremiah 49 and concluded without looking at newspaper headlines in their days that the complete destruction of Elam does not seem to have been fulfilled in history?
If the complete destruction of Elam does not seem to have been fulfilled in history, wouldn’t this logically mean that the prophecies of Elam in Jeremiah 49:34-38 are going to take place sometime in the future? Who could God be so fiercely angry at in modern-day Iran in our day? Could it be the rogue Islamic regime that wants to wipe Israel off of the map?"
