IRAN, RUSSIA, NUCLEAR REACTOR & PSALM 83
By Paul McGuire
The Prophet Daniel, the Apostle John and the Lord Jesus Christ established that the nation of Israel is God's prophetic time clock and the key to understanding Bible prophecy in the last days. David in Psalm 83 outlines how God would defend Israel against a future attack.
This week was a historic week which could dramatically affect the balance of power in the Middle East the world. The Obama administration and Netanyahu government down played the start-up of Iran's first nuclear reactor at Bushehr. This nuclear reactor is heavily backed by Russian financial, technological and military interests.Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war "by the Jews against Iran," the Sunni group's second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said in an audio message this month, according to the Daily Beast.
The mostly Shi'ite nation of Iran is an enemy to Al-Qaida, and al-Shehri predicted that after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear installations, Iran would blame Saudi Arabia - which reports say may let Israel fly through its airspace to attack Iran - and use the opportunity to seize the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.
The world pretended not to look as Russian technicians began loading 162 rods of 82 tons of fuel into Iran's nuclear reactor.
The State Department claimed that Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant has "no proliferation threat,' which is utter nonsense! The reality is that the Kremlin and the State Department have a secret deal where Russia votes for UN Security Council sanctions against Iran in exchange for the U.S. saying nothing about Russia's activation of the Iranian nuclear reactor at Bushehr.
Israel and the U.S. appear to have been fooled by the Russian chess game of pretending that there was no imminent threat.
Apparently, ignoring the news of the Bushehr reactor, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that Israel's security would be a major part of the deal with the Palestinians. One would assume that Israel or the U.S. will strike Bushehr before next spring. In a deal Netanyahu demanded the demilitarization of territory handed to the Palestinians - only side arms for police; Israel would retain control of the Jordan Rift Valley bordering the Kingdom of Jordan and the mountain ridges forming the spine of the West Bank, they are key to defending Jerusalem and Israel's coastal plain
Prime Minister Netanyahu previously stated, "That a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an existential threat to Israel."
Iran believes preparations for an imminent attack on Iran's nuclear facilities are being made by the U.S. and Israel.' Lawrence Eagleburger, former US Secretary of State, had this to say about the activation of Iran's first reactor at Bushehr Saturday, Aug. 21: "The world's going to war over this. If Iran gets the weapon it's going to use it." He urged an attack on Iran before it obtained a bomb, Benjamin Netanyahu, has just ordered roughly one hundred F-15Es, F-16Is, F-16Cs, and other aircraft of the Israeli air force to fly east toward Iran-possibly by crossing Saudi Arabia, possibly by threading the border between Syria and Turkey.
Not only do we need to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, we must recognize the potential nuclear, biological and chemical threat to the United States and other nations of the world. We must also pray for God's protection over our individual nations!
Bible prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes. It is time to take the Great Commission seriously, teach the Word of faithfully and stand for righteousness by participating in the political process. Our problems can never be solved politically, but in addition to preaching the Gospel, we are called stand for the things of God.
Psalm 83
"Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.