By Stephen J. Spykerman
Some might even say that you haven’t got a chance of surviving the Nuclear Holocaust that is being planned against you. This is especially so as Iran has formally confirmed that it can now manufacture a nuclear weapon. This statement was made by Kamal Kharrazi, the Head of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations, in an interview with Al Jazeera T.V. on July 17th, 2022. In this announcement, Kharrazi contradicted Iran’s longstanding claim that her nuclear program is purely for peaceful purposes.
Amir Tsarfati, the well-known Jewish Christian Broadcaster, a former Colonel in the IDF with close links to Mossad, stated in his recent broadcast of July 17th that it is understood that Iran is already in possession of five nuclear bombs!
In the meantime, President Joe Biden and some of the major European powers are still pursuing the mirage of restoring the previous status quo of the Obama-era nuclear deal. This is a deal that Iran never signed and has consistently breached its conditions ever since then.
Nikki Haley, Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., said that President Joe Biden was set to give more than $100 Billion to Iran in cash windfalls in the event of a revamped Nuclear Deal being signed.
Iran: The Middle East Super Power
According to Commander of U.S. Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie, Iran has more than 3,000 Ballistic Missiles. Iran’s build-up of ballistic missiles specifically poses a threat to Israel and the U.S personnel in the Middle East. More concerning is this: Iran’s nuclear break-out time HAS SHRUNK TO MERE WEEKS!
Iran has also invested heavily in Kamikaze Drone Technology by developing at least four models, the most fearsome being the Shahed – 136 Suicide Drone. According to the Alma Research Centre, Iran has trafficked her drone systems to Iraq, Yemen, Hezbollah & Gaza terrorists. They claim that Hezbollah alone may have some 2,000 drones. If these enemies were to combine their drone offensives, it would present major problems in any future conflict with Israel. Drone swarms are a new technology whereby hundreds of drones are used to strike at targets. This can overwhelm air defenses and wreak utter havoc. Iran has even supplied Ukraine with some of its drones, which have proved highly effective. When these drone swarms are used against enemy forces, they make a similar sound to a swarm of locusts.
“The sound of their wings was like chariots with many horses running into battle.” Revelation 9:9b
Perhaps the Apostle John, while on the Isle of Patmos, saw a vision of these same ‘locusts’……
“Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” Revelation 9:3
The threat level to Israel is increasing all the time.
The New "Axis of Evil" 2022?
President Vladimir Putin’s trip to Iran has met with complete success! By contrast, Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and Saudi Arabia has been a total flop! At the combined press conference, he made it clear to P.M. Yair Lapid that he favored ‘negotiations’ rather than confrontation with Iran. The American President thus confirmed that Israel would have to face the Iranian threat alone! After his subsequent visit to Saudi Arabia, he went home with absolutely nothing to show for his efforts.
In sharp contrast, President Putin could sign and seal a $40 Billion energy contract with Iran. In addition, Iran has agreed to supply the Russian Federation with its highly effective Drone technology. Iran has signed an agreement to provide training for the Russian army. Iran has formally backed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the two parties and Turkey have effectively created a new power axis in West Asia.
The alliance between Russia, Iran, and Turkey has surprised the world and bodes gravely ill for Israel. This development is bound to have profound implications for Israel. The freedom for IAF to continue to make defensive sorties over Syrian airspace with Russian consent to impede Iran’s attempts to build offensive bases and weapon stores near Israel’s borders may now be severely constricted.
As a case in point, Syria blamed Israel for missile strikes on Thursday, July 21st. Syria’s state-controlled SANA news agency reported three soldiers were killed with seven injured. Opposition news sites reported that a warehouse belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and ‘a drone factory’ were among the sites targeted.
Likely, Russia will soon withdraw her consent for the IAF to enter Syrian airspace, leaving Iran and her proxies free to build up their offensive capabilities close to Israel’s borders. It already seems that the world is witnessing a major hardening of Russia’s attitude towards Israel, as the Russian Justice Ministry has officially requested the closing down of the Jewish Agency for Israel.
A source familiar with the case told the Jerusalem Post that the “issue was not legal but rather political and that the situation will only change if the Israeli political & diplomatic leadership get their act together.” The Post noted that Moscow’s crackdown on the Agency began when Yair Lapid, who has been vocal in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, became Prime Minister.
If there is no change, this means that the option of Aliyah for some 165,000 Jews living in Russian Federation territory is about to be closed by order of the Kremlin. Lapid’s reaction was to “Warn Russia: THE JEWISH AGENCY CLOSURE WOULD BE A ‘GRAVE EVENT’ WITH IMPACT OF TIES. I am sure Mr. Putin will be really concerned!
HEZBOLLAH’S TOTAL ROCKET ARSENAL RANGES FROM 100,000 TO AS MANY AS 190,000.
They boast they can reach every part of Israel with their rockets and missiles. It has the strength of a medium-sized army and is generally considered the most powerful non-state actor in the world.
One could go on to mention all of the other hateful enemies of the State of Israel and their evil plans for the destruction and ‘eradication’ of the Jewish nation. However, I believe the point that Israel faces a dire threat to its continuing existence is well established.
Question No. 1: WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE ISRAELI NATION TODAY?
Honest answer: CATASTROPHIC DISUNITY!
The short-lived coalition government of Naftali Bennett collapsed only last month. This means that ‘in this most dangerous of times,’ the sorely divided nation is forced to have yet another election on November 1, 2022. To her shame, Israel’s short-lived and most fragile coalition government has thus set the stage for the 5th election in three years, with the possible prospect of the return of the country’s longest-serving Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel’s four previous elections between 2019 and 2021 were plebiscites on whether Netanyahu would rule while facing a corruption trial. Netanyahu, who was first indicted in November 2019, has consistently denied all charges. Since former P.M. Naftali Bennett has stepped down, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, leader of the liberal centrist Yesh Atid Party, has become interim Prime Minister until a new coalition government is formed. It defies imagination that this same man, now the temporary head of the Israeli government, recently confessed that he supports the Oslo Accords and the Two State Solution. In short, this man would sacrifice Israeli land for the sake of an illusionary peace deal with Israel’s murderous modern-day “Philistine” archenemies.
Israeli coalition governments can comprise 8 to 12 parties, both left and right-wing, and secular and religious groups. For the first time, an Arab Party entered the coalition under the banner of the United Arab List or Ra’am. Most parties had very little in common. What united them was the desire to remove Benjamin Netanyahu from power. From Day 1, critics and commentators predicted that this impulse would not be enough to hold the extraordinary broad alliance together.
Let us hope that lessons will be learned from this debacle, “as with major war now imminent,” sober minds are required by all parties to establish the next coalition government. This is the time for the parties and the MKs who support them to put self-interest aside, as the nation’s very survival is at stake! Maybe this is the time for a UNITY Government to arise from the shameful shambles of the last few years!
Question No. 2: WHAT IS THE MORAL STATE OF THE NATION?
Honest Answer: “ABOMINABLE!”
Tel Aviv is the foremost LGBTQ+ capital of the world. In 2022, it celebrated its 2022 Gay Pride Parade with over 170,000 Israelis waving their rainbow flags in an exuberant mood.
In Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022, around 7,000 people attended ‘Jerusalem Pride’ in a defiant display of LGBTQ+ solidarity. It was the 20th anniversary of the event, and hotel rooms were in high demand with surging prices.
Putting all of this together, it is probably fair to assume that a Divine correction/judgment is on the way. We can take comfort from the fact that Israel has been in this same situation many times before. However, this time, she has to face the terrifying onslaught of nuclear weapons being launched at her cities, including Tel Aviv and Haifa. Israel also faces attacks by thousands of lethal drones and tens of thousands of rockets & missiles, spreading death and destruction throughout the nation.
There was a time just over three thousand years ago when Israel, much like today, wanted to be just like the other nations, and the people asked for a king to rule over them. At the time, the country was under the yoke of the Philistines who had taken control of all the blacksmiths to prevent the Israelite population from carrying weapons.
“Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make swords of spears.” 1 Samuel 13:19
The whole nation had been disarmed, and the people could not even sharpen their agricultural implements, as they had to go to the Philistine-controlled blacksmiths, where, for a fee they could have their plowshares and sickles sharpened (see 1 Samuel 13:20-21 ). They were in a must humiliating situation without any means to defend themselves.
At least today, the State of Israel is an independent and prosperous nation with its formidable Armed forces, Navy and Air Force. Israel can even apply the ‘Sampson Option’ by unleashing her nuclear arsenal!
This makes the comparison with those days when the nation was utterly defenseless against the wrath of their Philistine overlords. King Saul was duly anointed by the Prophet Samuel.
“Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, Saul chose three thousand men of Israel for himself. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And Jonathan attacked the garrison of the Philistines in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!” 1 Samuel 13: 1-3
THE REACTION OF THE PHILISTINES WAS AWESOME – TALK ABOUT THE NUCLEAR OPTION
“Then the Philistines gathered together to fight with Israel, THIRTY THOUSAND CHARIOTS, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and encamped in Michmash, east of Beth Aven. When the men of Israel saw that they were in danger [for the people were distressed], the people hid in caves, thickets, rocks, holes, and pits. Some Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.” 1 Samuel 13:5-7.
Can you imagine? The Philistines had disarmed the population of Israel. Yet, at this moment, there is a small rebellion, and they come out with an unbelievably large force of thirty thousand chariots– the equivalent of our modern-day tanks! Then they also bring out a cavalry force of 6,000 horse riders, plus who knows how many foot soldiers, all armed to the teeth. They intended to annihilate every single Hebrew on Israel’s Promised Land utterly.
Iran’s demonic leaders and their fiendish terrorist allies in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza have the same mindset. They hate God’s people because they are the people of the 7th Day Sabbath, as the Sabbath is the SIGN between Me and the children of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh, He rested and was refreshed. Exodus 31:17.
Just as King Saul proved himself unworthy of his appointment by the God of Israel, so it is today that the leaders of the Israeli Knesset have also manifested the same failure.
The same goes for the degenerate moral state of the nation.
Yet, despite all of this. We know that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will step in to rescue and deliver His people. He did it in the days of those wretched Philistines some 3,000 years ago. He has done it scores of times since, and in His mercy, He will do it in our day as well. Although there will be many casualties and destruction this time, I fear more than all the combined casualties of Israel’s wars since her independence in 1948.
Prayer Targets
Pray into Ephesians 5:13-14: But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake o sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.
Dear Abba, we pray that you wake up your Jewish people in Israel and beyond to help them to realize what terrible danger they are facing.
Pray into Psalm 133:1-3: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, Aaron’s beard, and on the edge of his garments.
Please, Abba, we plead with you for greater soberness, unity, and willingness to compromise among the parties to form the next Knesset after the election on Nov 1.
Pray into Joshua 1:9: “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid or dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
We respectfully ask you; where are the Joshuas and Calebs of old? Father, your people need a leader who can galvanize the nation. We also pray that the composition of the next government will be done with exceptional speed.
Pray into Proverbs 9:10: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
We pray for exceptional wisdom & protection to be given to the officers leading the IDF, IAF, and the Naval Forces of Israel. Help them, Father, to make the right decisions in combat situations.
Pray into Psalm 34:7: The Angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him and delivers them.
We pray, Father, that you station your Warrior Angels around all the strategic points in your nation.
Pray into Isaiah 30:15: This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.
We also pray, Father, that the coming conflict may lead to widespread repentance among your people in Israel and throughout the nations.
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Absolutely! It is past time for all Christians to wake up and take ownership of our history. As we repent to the Jewish people and to God, we will see a furtherance of the unity with the Jewish people that our Father in heaven desires.
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