Early in the morning on Friday, June 13, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, striking dozens of Iranian nuclear and missile facilities—including the Natanz enrichment site—using around 200 jets, explosive-laden drones, and Mossad sabotage teams.
Their goal: to halt Iran’s uranium weaponization program. Several key facilities were destroyed, and reports suggest IRGC commanders and nuclear scientists were killed.
Iran, a longtime sponsor of terror through proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, has repeatedly targeted both Israelis and Americans. The October 7 massacre was the most horrific: over 1,200 innocent men, women, and children were brutally murdered, and many others taken hostage. In 2024 alone, Iran launched large-scale missile and drone attacks, culminating in this most recent escalation.
In response to Israel’s strikes, Iran retaliated with approximately 100 drones aimed at Israeli territory.
If you recall, it was a little over a year ago, in April 2024, that Iran made an unprecedented attack on Israel, firing over 300 drones and missiles toward israel. Fortunately, at that time, Israel, aided by other nations including the United States, shot down over 99 percent of those projectiles.
How does this new phase in the conflict align with Israel and Iran in Bible prophecy? Is this moment the fulfillment of specific end times prophecy?
Yes and no. The Bible clearly foretold that Israel would be scattered and regathered—fulfilled on May 14, 1948. And you might say it was then that the prophetic time clock began to tick. That was not just a sign, that was a super sign.
Scripture also predicts that in the last days, a great coalition from the north—including Persia (modern-day Iran)—will rise up against Israel (see Ezekiel 38–39). While what we are seeing today is not the full fulfillment of that prophecy, it is certainly a foreshadowing.
But the Bible had more to say. Not only will the Jews be regathered together in their homeland, but they will be increasingly isolated. That’s happening. The Bible also predicted the rise of anti-Semitism in the end times. That is happening. The Bible also predicts a large nation to the north of Israel, identified in Ezekiel as Magog, will attack her. That has not yet happened. Many scholars believe that Magog is a reference to modern-day Russia. I concur with that view, but no one can say with absolute certainty.
We see both Israel and Iran in Bible prophecy. One of the allies of Russia will be Persia. Persia was the name of Iran. They only changed their name in 1935.
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