It certainly would, and biblical prophecy indicates that it most definitely will. Geopolitical analysts are watching Iran closely every day and trying to predict where its efforts will lead. But incredibly, there is a source even older than Iran itself that forecasts what it will do in the 21st century! The Bible actually contains specific, detailed foresights of what modern nations will do. Included in these forecasts is 21st-century Iran.
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over” (Daniel 11:40).
According to this verse, at the time of the end this “king of the south” is going to push at the king of the north. Since 1994, Gerald Flurry has forecast that Iran would grow to become the dominant power in the Middle East, heading up a powerful alliance of radical Islamic nations known as the king of the south. The king of the north in this prophecy is a united Europe led by Germany. While the world is mostly blind to it, some in Europe are waking up to Iran’s plan to capture the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. The Europeans see that this strategy and Iran’s overall strategy of aggressiveness and terror is a definite push. And Europe will eventually push back.
On February 3, in a letter to supporters of the Trumpet and other Philadelphia Church of God projects, Mr. Flurry wrote that the aggressive king of the south is about to push the world into an all-out world war. The increasingly violent actions by Iran and its proxies in the Red Sea are one part of that push; a push that will ultimately succumb to a violent and forceful counterstrike by a superior force from the north.
However, while that will be a time of worldwide suffering, it also announces the beginning of the very last world war that will engulf this planet. After Daniel 11:40 are verses that announce that all the armies of this world will finally be put down by the most superior force of all—that of Almighty God (Daniel 12:1-3; Matthew 24:29-31).
Continue to watch for Iran to strengthen its presence inside Yemen, as well as in the waters around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Here lies the very beginning of the prophesied push that leads into a global conflict.
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