FORTY YEARS FROM WATCHING IRAN’s REHEARSALS OF ATTACKING ISRAEL, WE SEE ISRAEL DEFENDING ITSELF BY DIRECT ATTACKS UPON IRAN.
Biblically, number “40” is particularly pervasive and connected to the fulfilment of God’s promises, not all of which are positive; often associated with judgement, testing and trials; of which many are listed within Biblical Viewpoint website.
In my Bio Info’s sub-head ‘Grabbed By An Invisible Hand’ I recount a life -changing event of about forty years ago (mid 1980s) when I was not yet born-again as part-time editor/publisher and trustee of a New Age group in London. My immediate predecessor and who operated a mail-order book business said, “As you’re interested in prophecy, you may like this!” and gave me The Invisible Hand by Victor Dunstan (published by his Megiddo Press, 1984).

This gift claims the Bible holds coded and plain-text details of prophecies relating to the 20th Century British Mandate in Palestine, and gives historical details of the Mandate.
Now it just so happened (my first ‘God-incidence’) that whilst watching a documentary about the then current Iraq-Iran war, I casually flicked through the book and noticed references to the significance of Jerusalem.
So you can imagine my absolute amazement upon hearing the narrator on TV describing the footage being shown of “Elite units from opposing forces rehearsing an attack upon Jerusalem”
Despite being at war, they’d united to practise storming and ‘liberating’ the holy city of Jerusalem!!
So I watched what claimed to be a video of such an attack – my jaw dropped! Wouldn’t yours?
This book must be taken seriously; so it immediately grabbed and got my attention! Also, it introduced me to Jewish and Muslim history as a background to Church history, and devoid of theology and jargon.
Consequently, I became more alert to Middle-Eastern and globally related events, which suggest things may not be as they seem at first glance – or as reported in the media, and definitely not the BBC!
I was amazed to learn many modern events are of Biblical significance. Utterly bemused, therefore, I began to watch as events unfolded – occasionally and slowly at first, but rapidly and accelerating after the new Millennium, or ‘3rd Day’ since Christ, got under way.
Dunstan estimated all the prophecies would come to a climax in 1992 with Russia being the lead villain against Israel. However, he didn’t foresee the collapse of communism in 1989! Yet that year proved pertinent because the ‘Middle East Peace Process’ had just got under way in October 1991 and led to the Oslo Accords of 1993.
Furthermore, Victor accurately foresaw the resurgence of Islam as a militant force:
‘We are about to witness a mighty and almost unbelievable upsurge in Islam. Though we see the first signs of an Islamic-revival (it) has a long way to to go but it’s going to go that ‘long way’ very quickly.’ [‘The Invisible Hand’, page 198.]
Consequently, his seminal book has received a number of mentions during the course of my writing and which may be found under Invisbl_Hand tag.
NOTIFYING FRIENDS OF THE DANGERS
Not long after hearing “This is ALL about to be fulfilled!” upon opening my Bible in 2008 I began emailing friends on the ‘Endgame’ having begun and on ‘Not Many People Know’, and in May 2009 those two-part posts rammed home with Today’s Importance in History, wherein I write (copy email):
‘...Altho’ our gaze as believers is toward heavenly Jerusalem, it’s right not to overlook our God of Israel’s heart for actual Jerusalem and His covenant people. His intention and warning to the nations given through Zechariah (ch 12) still apply – and Ezekiel 38 opposition is moving into alliances. Hence, the world’s continual concern with Jerusalem and Israel.
Today, that storm comes to a climax as Prime Minister Netanyahu meets President Obama to discuss the latter’s 2-state solution for the Middle-East.
You may know that this involved attempts to turn the Arab world and Europe against Israel, and to appease Iran – even to ‘blackmailing’ Israel over its nuclear defence! (It’s reported Obama wanted to be able to use Iran’s territory for supplying US troops in Afghanistan and Pakistan.)
Also, there’s been dismay in Cairo and Riyadh over his courting the terrorist mentors in Teheran. No wonder Egypt and S.Arabia – both kept militarily informed by Israel – and five Gulf emirates turned a deaf ear to Pres. Obama’s secret (and 3rd) delegation seeking hundreds of billions dollars investment in US and global economic stimulus plans! It’s reported, however, that over the weekend a political furore gripped Washington and frayed Obama’s key policies.
The Bush and Obama administrations’ misguided intentions are to establish a terrorist-run nation within the ancient home-land of Judea/Israel. The consequences for USA in betraying its ally Israel could be severe, as when Bush wanted to trade land for peace (as collated by William Koenig, the Christian accredited White House correspondent). The Lord gave detailed warnings of judgement in Nov ’99 which included not only last year’s collapse of stocks but also the betrayal of Israel by Western allies!’
Over a dozen private emails on Iran were to follow before I was impelled to launch this blog three weeks after asking Is Netanyahu Signalling a Pre-emptive Strike? My aim was to alert the wider public – with now over 220 more items.
One of the earliest posts gives a clear warning of the global danger off the Iranian regime:
Iranian leader’s End-Times declaration
Also, we kept an eye on the geopolitical aspects of the Gog-Magog alliance of which the ‘101’ posting precedes this present post and is part of the ‘wheels-within-wheels’ series, Richards Watch Goes Full-circle: 5 – Iran’s Anti-Israel Ambition
SO let’s close Part 1 with what prophet Jeremiah heard, as in the 49th (7×7!) chapter of his book on the ancient name of that nation in the location of Persia, or modern Iran:
34 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 35 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
‘Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,
The foremost of their might.
36 Against Elam I will bring the four winds
From the four quarters of heaven,
And scatter them toward all those winds;
There shall be no nations where the outcasts of Elam will not go.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies
And before those who seek their life.
I will bring disaster upon them,
My fierce anger,’ says the Lord;
‘And I will send the sword after them
Until I have consumed them.
38 I will set My throne in Elam,
And will destroy from there the king and the princes,’ says the Lord.
39 ‘But it shall come to pass in the latter days:
I will bring back the captives of Elam,’ says the Lord.”