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“One move and we’ll blow you up” … such is Iran’s stand against the world threatening to strike, and even annihilate, any who would threaten Iran’s Nuclear Facilities (See the News Article below).
Will the world really come to this?
Is Nuclear War really prophesied in the Bible?
Consider the below Scriptures:
Zechariah 14 –
12 This is the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. 13 On that day men will be stricken by the Lord with great panic.
Psalm 97 –
3Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side. 4His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles. 5The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.
Micah 1 —
3Look! The Lord is coming from his dwelling place; he comes down and treads the high places of the earth. 4The mountains melt beneath him and the valleys split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope. 5All this is because of Jacob’s transgression, because of the sins of the house of Israel. {Note: This is yet another Scripture showing the WRATH of God comes upon ISRAEL / because of Israel, not the Church}
2 Peter –
3First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. 4They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 7By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. …
10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.a 11Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.b That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.
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As we read the Current Events of the World today, reading what seems to be Scriptural Prophecy unfolding before our very eyes, the Church must remember the words of 2 Peter 3:
11 Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives 12as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming
There is no need for the Born Again, Blood Cleansed Christian to be afraid of the Wrath of God, for Paul taught us:
1 Thessalonians 5:9 — For God did not appoint us to suffer WRATH but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ
and
Romans 5:9 — Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved FROM God’s wrath through him!
and finally
1 Thessalonians 1:10 — and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us FROM the coming wrath.
However, we must keep our “heads up” Church. Keep your eyes upward looking for Jesus our Salvation … and keep yourself PURE {1 Tim 5:22, NIV} or keep yourself FREE FROM SIN {1 Tim 5:22, NAS} or SPOTLESS and BLAMELESS {2 Peter 3:14, NASB}. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Iran’s Al-Alam TV has been showing footage of military exercises
Iran has begun five days of large-scale war games to simulate attacks on its nuclear sites, officials said, warning it will retaliate if provoked.
The head of Iran’s air defence said the aim of the exercises was to thwart aerial reconnaissance and air attacks.
Another official warned Tehran would retaliate with a missile strike on Tel Aviv, if it was attacked by Israel.
Iran is under intense pressure over its nuclear programme, which critics say is intended to produce nuclear weapons.
The US and Israel have not ruled out the prospect of a military attack to prevent Iran developing nuclear bombs. Tehran insists its programme is peaceful.
Annihilation warning
The head of Iran’s air defence, Brig Gen Ahmad Mighani, told state media the aim of the war games, which will cover an area of 600,000 sq km (230,000 sq miles), was “to display Iran’s combat readiness and military potentials.
“Due to the threats against our nuclear facilities it is our duty to defend our nation’s vital facilities,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mojhtaba Zolnoor, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned Iran would respond to any Israeli attack.
“If the enemy attacks Iran, our missiles will strike Tel Aviv,” he was quoted as saying by the official Irna news agency.
The commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards’ air force wing said Iran’s air defence forces would “annihilate” Israeli warplanes if they attacked.
“Their [Israeli] F-15 and F-16 fighters will be trapped by our air defence forces and will be annihilated,” Amir Ali Hajizadeh told Iran’s Fars news agency.
“Even if their planes escape and land at the bases from which they took off, their bases will be struck by our destructive surface-to-surface missiles.”
Deal in doubt
The exercises come as the UN Security Council’s permanent members – Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States – plus Germany, urge Tehran to reconsider its rejection of a proposal that would see some of its nuclear material being enriched outside Iran and returned as fuel rods.
The deal – brokered by the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency – envisages Iran sending about 70% of its low-enriched uranium to Russia and France, where it would be processed into fuel rods for a research reactor in Tehran.
Such a process would prevent Iran enriching uranium to the degree necessary to make a bomb, the UN says.
But Iran has rejected a key part of the deal, seeking further guarantees.
The UN Security Council has called on Iran to stop uranium enrichment and has approved three rounds of sanctions – covering trade in nuclear material, as well as financial and travel restrictions.
Read News Original Article HERE
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