What is waiting for Israel in 2025 and Beyond?
Let’s Look into Bible Prophecy and see what is the Future of Israel according to Bible Prophecy,
A Study by Pastor Dirk.
1. The Gog and Magog War!
Just before the 7 Year Peace Agreement the Gog and Magog Battle takes place at the Border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. Gog (Russia) and Magog (Iran) leads this large army with Other Countries that joined in like Turkey, Just to name a few. The Reason: Land Grab, due to the Resolution the UN Passed on the 23 rd of Dec 2016. Trying to push Israel back to the 1967 Borders.
With complements of Obama and his lame duck administration.
What stands out for me in that in this war God will fight this Battle on behalf of Israel, with The Gog and Magog weapons failing and exploding in their own Bunkers.
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This will be a Nuclear War , for Ezekiel sees that the Bodies of the Gog and Magog cannot be accessed for Burial for Months on End, And God dedicated a Piece of Land for the dead of this army.
One more thing that stands out to me is that the Weapons left by the Gog and Magog army will be burned by Israel for a 7 Year Period.
This during the 7 Year Peace Agreement.
Eze 38:1-23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Eze 39:1-29 Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:
And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel.
Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man’s bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land.
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.
So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.
And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;
After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.
When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;
Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. – Ezekiel
2. The Arrival of the Jewish Messiah.
Just after the Gog and Magog war , The New World Order takes over and appoint a Leader that is also introduced as the Jewish Messiah by the False Prophet
Christians Please do Not get Fooled for the Jewish Messiah is not Jesus Christ and This is not the 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ !
Don’t be Fooled Jesus is not the Jewish messiah
3. The Building of the 3rd Jewish Temple.
Israel finally agree to a Two State Solution and Give Palestine the West Bank (Old Judea) as Country. For this Israel gets the Approval to build the 3rd Jewish Temple.
Within 9 Months the Temple is Build and Animal Sacrifices starts.
Rev 11:1-2 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. – John
4. The Birth of the Country of Palestine.
Israel completes the Wall between Israel and the West Bank , and in One day the Country of Palestine is Born , There is Jews that Remain in Judea = Palestine. Under the 7 year Peace Agreement.
Eze 36:17-22 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman.
Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:
And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Isa 66:8-14 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains – Jesus Christ
5. The Abomination of Desolation.
42 Months = 3 and half Year from the 1st Brick of the Temple is Placed , The Jewish Messiah steps into the Temple , Claiming to be God and Stops the Daily Animal Sacrifices , This is Called the Abomination of Desolation.
Dan 12:11-12 And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. – Daniel
Mat 24:15-16 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: – Jesus Christ
6. The Fleeing into the Wilderness.
The Jews in Israel does not accept the Abomination and the Jewish Messiah reveals him as the Antichrist, and Ban the Jews from the Temple, and cancels the Peace agreement, The Jews in Palestine then have to Flee into the Mountains and Wilderness with the Help of USA.
Mat 24:15-20 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: ~ Jesus Christ
Rev 12:12-17 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. – JOHN
After this the 666 is Implemented and The Great Tribulation Starts!
Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. – JESUS CHRIST.
Signs of the Times
The Flip-side of the Coin – 666 vs Seal of God
Understanding the End Time with Pastor Dirk .
The Flip-side of the Coin – 666 vs Seal of God – The Opposite Image , Rev 16 vs Ps 91.
After The 666 – The 7 Plaques takes place called the wrath of God.
The 7 Plaques, That will be Poured out over the Earth after the Antichrist implemented the Mark of the Beast – The 666. 4 and Half Years after the 3rd Jewish Temple was unveiled. One year after the Jewish Messiah aka the Antichrist taken over the 3rd Jewish Temple and implemented the 666 Mark of the Beast
In this Article, we examine the seven Plaques judgments that God pours out on the Earth at the START of the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation period also known as the Great Tribulation. One Year after it started.
Just before Jesus Christ collects His Bride – The Dead and alive in Christ – Judgement will be poured out over the World. 1 Thess 4 and Matt 24 v 29-31
Just before the Wrath of God The 5th Trumpet Sounds – Rev 9
The 5th Trumpet Happens One Year after the Temple was taken over by the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation just before the Wrath of God is Poured Out
Months after the 666 Mark of the Beast was Implemented!
Revelation 16 explains what Happens too the ones that have taken the Mark of the Beast the 666 and Psalm 91 Explains what Happens too the Ones that have NOT taken the Mark of the Beast and received the Seal of God in their forehead.
Rev 9:1-6 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
What Will Happen During the 5th Trumpet?
A Super Volcano will erupt and will affect the Earth for 5 Months. The Result of the Lava and Ash from this Super Volcano will birth insects that will sting, the Bearers of the Mark of the Beast and sores all over their Bodies will appear. Sores with amerce pain and no remedy!
The 1st Plaque of God’s Wrath.
Rev 16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
What tells me this still have to take place and it will happen during the Great Tribulation?
According to Rev 9
Rev 9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.
When does the Marking or sealing of God takes place?
During the 1st Year after the 666 Mark of the Beast was implemented, just before the Wrath of God starts in Rev 16.
Rev 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
The Vial Judgments
They’ll take the vial judgments pretty quickly. There isn’t much to say about each other than what the Bible says God will do. Most of the judgments have parallels to the plagues that God wrought on Egypt to break the hardness of the heart of Pharaoh and set His people free to go into the promised land. Although this symbolism will largely be lost on the people who are the recipients of the plagues, it is a neat thing nonetheless.
This the Wrath of God over everybody bearing the Mark of the Beast.
The Command to Commence
Revelation 16:1:
16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
It should be repeated, for the sake of everyone that thinks that God is Love and would never harm His creation, that the Bible is full of instances when God’s wrath is poured out upon small and great groups of people because they were doing evil in His sight. This is no exception. God’s angels don’t go forth to slay, torment, or plague humanity on their own. They go at His express command. Here, it is once again given.
The First Vial
Revelation 16:2:
16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
It should be noted here that the first vial is expressly limited to those who have taken the mark of the beast and those who have worshiped his image. This may be a significant portion of the Earth’s population or may be more limited depending on whether you think the Antichrist’s kingdom will be worldwide or limited to the area of the old Roman, Grecian, and Persian empires. For those people who claim that all three series of judgments run in parallel (seal, trumpet, and vial), the very wording of this passage would seem to reject this. This vial is poured out strictly on those who had worshiped the image of the beast and received his mark. This would push this to the end of the time period in question.
The Second Vial
Revelation 16:3:
16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
As noted previously, the sea that is referred to here isn’t specified. It could be global, or it could be limited to the Mediterranean Sea which was commonly referred to as the sea in John’s time. Every man or woman in the sea died at this time. Perhaps they died of dehydration – perhaps they died as the direct result of the vial. But they will die.
The Third Vial
Revelation 16:4-7:
16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
With the third vial, all flowing water sources that are above ground, at a minimum, are turned to blood. This includes both rivers and springs. It doesn’t say that lakes are affected, but the runoff from the water sources would soon contaminate them as well. The reasoning as explained is that since the people killed the saints and prophets of God, shedding their blood, God gives them only blood to drink.
The Fourth Vial
Revelation 16:8-9:
16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
If you will remember, the sun had been darkened in an earlier 4th trumpet judgment. Here, the heat of the sun is increased and men are scorched by the great heat. Man still hardens his heart and blasphemes God rather than repenting and giving Him the glory He deserves.
The Fifth Vial
Revelation 16:10-11:
16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Next, the kingdom of the Antichrist is specifically made completely dark. Likewise, they didn’t repent of their deeds, but continued to blaspheme God. It isn’t stated how this will happen, but the Antichrist’s kingdom is specifically made totally dark. It isn’t stated how long the darkness lasts, but it is at least long enough to start tormenting their minds.
SUN BURNT OUT AND DARKNESS ON EARTH – THE WORDS OF JESUS RING IN MY EAR
Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
The Sixth Vial
Revelation 16:12-16:
16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
The Euphrates river is dried up with the sixth vial. This is done so that the way is clear for the armies of the east to be able to quickly march toward Jerusalem at the behest of the Antichrist in order to meet God at the battle of Armageddon. They come at the command or invitation of unclean spirits (the spirits of devils) from the mouth of Satan, the Antichrist, and his false prophet. These unclean spirits will be able to perform miracles in order to lead people astray.
At this Point – The 2nd Coming of Jesus Christ – Collecting His Bride – The Rapture.
The Seventh Vial – Also the 7th Trumpet and the 7th Seal
Revelation 16:17-21:
16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
The final vial has several components. It starts with a great voice from the temple, from the throne, saying
“It is done”
. It reminds me of the last words of Christ on the cross, when he was crucified to be the sacrifice for our sins.
“It is finished” Jn. 19:30.
This is immediately followed by thunder and lightning and the great earthquake which was mentioned in a previous parenthetical segment. The great city that is mentioned here is, of course, Jerusalem (See Rev. 11:8, 13) for a reference to additional prophecy for this. It is split into three pieces (perhaps reminiscent of the three factions that fight over it today – Jews, Christians, and Muslims).
It is not alone in the destruction. Many great cities fall, including Babylon. The islands are covered up (flee away) due to rising water levels, perhaps. The mountains lose much of their grandeur (perhaps those directly around the city of Jerusalem or perhaps more.
Finally, great hail falls from the heavens, each weighing around one talent (between 56 and 114 pounds). Still, men refuse to worship God, but instead blaspheme him for the plague of hail and the hardness of their hearts.
What will happen to the Christians during this Period? at the Sound of the 5th Trumpet
After they received the Seal of God in our Forehead the Holy Spirit will lead us into Angel Protection and cared for the duration of the Wrath of God.
Psa 91:1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall rest under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2 I will say of Jehovah, my refuge and my fortress; my God; in Him I will trust.
Psa 91:3 Surely He will deliver you from the fowler’s trap and from the destroying plague.
Psa 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall trust. His truth shall be your shield, and buckler.
Psa 91:5 You shall not fear the terror by night; nor because of the arrow that flies by day;
Psa 91:6 nor for the plague that walks in darkness, of the destruction laying waste at noonday.
Psa 91:7 A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; it shall not come near you.
Psa 91:8 Only with your eyes you shall look and see the reward of the wicked.
Psa 91:9 Because You, O Jehovah, are My refuge; if You have made the Most High Your dwelling-place,
Psa 91:10 no evil shall befall You, nor shall any plague come near Your dwelling.
Psa 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over You, to keep You in all Your ways.
Psa 91:12 They shall bear You up in their hands, lest You dash your foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13 You shall tread on the lion and adder; the young lion and the jackal You shall trample underfoot.
Psa 91:14 Because He has set His love on Me, therefore I will deliver Him; I will set Him on high, because He has known My name.
Psa 91:15 He shall call on Me, and I will answer Him; I will be with Him in trouble; I will deliver Him, and honor Him.
Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.
Gog and Magog Update
Iranian media: Uranium moved from Fordow pre-strike
If the Iranian claim is true, Mordechai Kedar said, “then that shifts the focus of the coming Israeli operation, and possibly that of the U.S., to the delivery mechanisms: the ballistic launchers.”
Following President Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. Air Force “obliterated” Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday, Tehran’s state-run Mehr news agency reported that the enriched uranium at the Fordow site had been moved elsewhere beforehand.
“Most of the uranium that was previously stored at the Fordow enrichment facility has been moved to another location,” Mehr reported, citing an unnamed Iranian source.
Iran’s nuclear facilities have been “completely and totally obliterated,” Trump said in announcing the airstrikes on Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. He called them a “spectacular military success,” without elaborating on them.
Mordechai Kedar, a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA Center) at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, told JNS he found the Iranian claim credible.
“The strike on the nuclear sites was effective in taking out the centrifuges for the production of enriched uranium. But Iran already has hundreds of kilos of enriched uranium, and it’s entirely likely that they dispersed it,” Kedar said.
If the Iranian claim is true, he added, “then that shifts the focus of the coming Israeli operation, and possibly that of the U.S., to the delivery mechanisms: the ballistic launchers.”
From the onset of the Israeli strikes that began on June 13, “rocket launchers were one of the two main objectives, not only because they’re used to target Israel now, but also as an integral part of the broader objective of neutralizing Iran’s nuclear capabilities,” Kedar said.
In his statement, Trump called on the Iranian regime to make peace, adding that “if they do not, future attacks would be far greater and a lot easier.”
A group of B-2 Spirit stealth bombers took flight from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri early on Saturday morning and headed for Iran carrying GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators (MOPs) “bunker buster” bombs, the U.S. Naval Institute (USNI) wrote about the strikes.
Fox News reported that six MOPs struck Fordow and 30 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles fired from an Ohio-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines hit targets in Isfahan and Natanz.
U.S. Air Force Gen. John “Razin” Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, subsequently said at a news conference that the B-2 bombers dropped 12 of the 30,000-pound MOPs on Fordow, and two on Natanz.
The boat that fired the Tomahawks has not been named, but USS Georgia, which fields more than 150 Tomahawks, entered the region in September, USNI News reported at the time.
Here’s how Iran could retaliate after US strikes its nuclear program
A decision to retaliate against the U.S. and its regional allies would give Iran a far larger target bank and one that is much closer than Israel.
Iran has spent decades building multi-tiered military capabilities at home and across the region that were at least partly aimed at deterring the United States from attacking it.
By joining Israel’s war, the U.S. may have removed the last rationale for holding them in reserve.
That could mean a wave of attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, an attempt to close a key bottleneck for global oil supplies, or a dash to develop a nuclear weapon with what remains of Iran’s program after American strikes on three key sites.
A decision to retaliate against the U.S. and its regional allies would give Iran a far larger target bank and one that is much closer than Israel, allowing it to potentially use its missiles and drones to greater effect.
The U.S. and Israel have far superior capabilities, but those haven’t always proven decisive in America’s recent history of military interventions in the region.
Ever since Israel started the war with a surprise bombardment of Iran’s military and nuclear sites on June 13, Iranian officials from the supreme leader on down have warned the U.S. to stay out, saying it would have dire consequences for the entire region.
It should soon be clear whether those were empty threats or a grim forecast.
Here’s a look at what Iran’s next move might be.
Targeting the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which some 20% of all oil traded globally passes, and at its narrowest point it is just 33 kilometers (21 miles) wide.
Any disruption there could send oil prices soaring worldwide and hit American pocketbooks.
Iran boasts a fleet of fast-attack boats and thousands of naval mines that could potentially make the strait impassable, at least for a time. It could also fire missiles from its long Persian Gulf shore, as its allies, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, have done in the Red Sea.
The U.S., with its 5th Fleet stationed in nearby Bahrain, has long pledged to uphold freedom of navigation in the strait and would respond with far superior forces.
But even a relatively brief firefight could paralyze shipping traffic and spook investors, causing oil prices to spike and generating international pressure for a ceasefire.
Attacking US bases and allies in the region
The U.S. has tens of thousands of troops stationed in the region, including at permanent bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates, Arab Gulf countries just across the Persian Gulf from Iran, and much closer than Israel.
Those bases boast the same kinds of sophisticated air defenses as Israel, but would have much less warning time before waves of missiles or swarms of armed drones.
And even Israel, which is several hundred kilometers (miles) further away, has been unable to stop all incoming fire.
Iran could also choose to attack key oil and gas facilities in those countries with the goal of exacting a higher price for U.S. involvement in the war.
A drone attack on two major oil sites in Saudi Arabia in 2019 — claimed by the Houthis but widely blamed on Iran — briefly cut the kingdom’s oil production in half.
Activating regional allies
Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance — a network of terror groups across the Middle East- is a shadow of what it was before the war ignited by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel out of the Gaza Strip — but it still has some formidable capabilities.
Israel’s 20-month war in Gaza has severely diminished the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups, and Israel mauled Lebanon’s Hezbollah last fall, killing most of its top leadership and devastating much of southern Lebanon, making its involvement unlikely.
But Iran could still call on the Houthis, who had threatened to resume their attacks in the Red Sea if the U.S. entered the war, and allied militias in Iraq. Both have drone and missile capabilities that would allow them to target the United States and its allies.
Iran could also seek to respond through terror attacks further afield, as it is widely accused of doing in the 1990s with an attack on a Jewish community center in Argentina that was blamed on Tehran and Hezbollah.
A sprint toward nuclear arms
It could be days or weeks before the full impact of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites is known.
But experts have long warned that even joint U.S. and Israeli strikes would only delay Iran’s ability to develop a weapon, not eliminate it.
That’s because Iran has dispersed its program across the country to several sites, including hardened, underground facilities.
Iran would likely struggle to repair or reconstitute its nuclear program while Israeli and U.S. warplanes are circling overhead.
But it could still decide to fully end its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and abandon the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
North Korea announced its withdrawal from the treaty in 2003 and tested a nuclear weapon three years later, but it had the freedom to develop its program without punishing airstrikes.
Iran insists its program is peaceful, though it is the only non-nuclear-armed state to enrich uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. U.S. intelligence agencies and the IAEA assess Iran hasn’t had an organized military nuclear program since 2003.
Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East but does not acknowledge having such weapons.
‘We will kill them’ – US, Israel brace for Iranian revenge
The U.S. and Israel are gearing up for retaliatory strikes launched by Iran, after the American military “totally obliterated” key nuclear sites in the country.
Shortly after the strikes, Trump warned against Iranian retribution on his Truth Social platform.
“ANY RETALIATION BY IRAN AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT,” Trump wrote.
Despite the warning, Iranian officials pledged that they would attack U.S. military assets in the region in response to the strikes.
Iran lacks the offensive capabilities to reach the U.S. and could not carry out an attack on American soil, so Tehran is limited to targeting U.S. troops and bases in the Middle East.
“Following America’s attack on the Fordow nuclear installation, it is now our turn,” Hossein Shariatmadari, editor of the regime-controlled Kayhan newspaper and a close confidant of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote on social media platform Telegram.
“Without hesitation or delay, as a first step we must launch missile strikes on the American naval fleet based in Bahrain and simultaneously close the Strait of Hormuz to American, British, German, and French shipping,” he continued.
Shariatmadari concluded his post with a verse from the Quran, reading “Kill them wherever you shall overtake (find) them.”
Iran’s regional proxies, including the Iraq-based Kataib Hezbollah terror group, have pledged to support the Islamic Republic in the event of an American attack.
“Operational plans have been established for that purpose,” Abu Ali al-Askari, a Kataib Hezbollah official, warned on social media Thursday.
“Undoubtedly, American bases throughout the region will become akin to duck-hunting grounds … not to mention the unforeseen surprises that may await its aircraft in the skies,” al-Askari added.
Israel’s Homefront Command tightened existing wartime restrictions on the general public, banning gatherings, closing businesses except those deemed essential, and suspending all educational activities.
Iran’s Leader Khamenei names successors from his bunker, but snubs his own son
Reports have emerged that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, aged 86, has named three senior clerics as potential successors should he be killed in the ongoing conflict with Israel, which began on June 13.
Operating from a secure bunker in Lavizan, northeast Tehran, Khamenei has limited communication to a trusted aide due to assassination threats from Israel, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stating, “Khamenei cannot continue to exist,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinting at targeting him.
Notably, Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, long considered a frontrunner, was excluded from the list, raising questions about Iran’s succession strategy.
The decision, communicated to the Assembly of Experts, the body responsible for selecting Iran’s next Supreme Leader, reflects Khamenei’s intent to ensure regime continuity amidst heightened tensions.
“Khamenei has nominated three clerics as potential successors while hiding in a bunker… Mojtaba is not among them,” according to Iranian officials, signaling a shift from expectations of a dynastic handover.
Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric with deep ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has wielded significant influence behind the scenes, coordinating between his father’s office and state institutions like the IRGC and intelligence agencies.
His exclusion may stem from fears that naming him could make him a target for Israel, which has demonstrated precise intelligence capabilities, as seen in the assassinations of key IRGC figures like Hossein Salami and Amir Ali Hajizadeh.
Iran’s leadership may have learned from Hezbollah’s experience, where Israel swiftly eliminated Hassan Nasrallah’s successor, Hashem Safieddine, prompting the appointment of the less threatening Naim Qassem.
“Mojtaba’s exclusion is a message: no dynasty here,” an analyst noted, suggesting Iran is avoiding a hereditary succession that could be exploited as nepotism.
Mojtaba’s hardline stance, including his belief that controlling Mecca and Jerusalem would hasten the Mahdi’s arrival, aligns with his father’s ideology but could escalate tensions if he assumes power.