The Coming War with Iran, What does it Mean?

I am arranging certain historical and Scriptural facts in a way that seem reasonable to me.  I assume these facts to be true, and the interpretation I offer is my own:  “Every man assumes his assumptions are correct.”

Assumption Number 1
Sinners are still sinning.  People are still paining and dying.  I therefore conclude that God’s mission to rescue sinful, hurting mankind is flawed, failed or unfinished.  I choose to believe God’s Plan of Salvation is unfinished.

It seems obvious to me that something necessary must yet be accomplished before sinners are forever freeed.  What is yet to be accomplished in God’s Plan of Salvation?

Assumption Number 2
Whatever is yet to be accomplished is Scripturally connected with “the time of the end” and “the end of this present, evil world.”

Perhaps some vital message must be preached to “the whole world,” before the end can come.  If so, what is that message? Jesus, addressing “the time of the end” and “the last days upon earth” was emphatic:

“This gospel (good news) of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.”  Matthew 24:14.
Many Christians believe that all the world must hear “the good news of Jesus Christ” and that God has promised supernatural Spirit power, “in the latter days,” (Joel 2: Acts 2) to accomplish this Work.  Sound familiar?  Have you ever wondered why God has not provided this Promised Supernatural Spirit Aid before this? Think of the millions, nay billions of souls, who have gone to Christ-less graves because God did not fulfill His Promise for them.  If the only way human beings can receive Salvation is to know of Jesus Christ and confess His Name, then billions are lost!

Assumption Number 3 should be obvious: The end, the Kingdom and King Jesus have not yet come because Jesus is not yet King and has not yet received His Kingdom — a million sermons to the contrary ….

Reasonably and prophetically, I believe Jesus will, in the future (near), receive His Crown and His Kingdom (1) in the Judgment Hall of Heaven, and (2) by a universal vote of earth’s citizens!  Almost immediately thereafter He will return to Earth as a Warrior King to claim, defend and deliver His chosen subjects.  Prophetically, this will be Zero Hour — The END of Rebellion and the BEGINNING of Eternal Peace!

This seems to me to be the heart of Assumption Number 4:
On a certain occasion atop the Mount of Olives, Jesus conversed privately with His Disciples.  Their vantage overlooked Jerusalem and the Jews’ CherishedTemple.  As His Disciples proudly called attention to the beauty and majesty of their CherishedTemple, Jesus startled them with these words:

“There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down.”

Matthew 24: 2.

With amazement His Disciples responded,

“Tell us, when shall these things be?  And what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?”   Verse 3.
The fact that several hundred of those very same Temple stones remain standing atop one another, gives evidence that Jesus’ prophecy is not yet fulfilled and “the end of the world” has not yet come!

“Tell us, when shall these things be,” was their question?  How did Jesus answer their question? With precursory signs! He described a series of events that would trouble nature, nations and people.  These troubles -- “famines, pestilences, earthquakes, wars, etc.,” Jesus said, “would not be confined to one locale — they would occur globally, “in divers(e) places.”   “All these signs,” Jesus said, “are the beginning of sorrows.”  Matthew 24: 4-8.

Assumption Number 5
In the context of “the time of the end,” Jesus specifically referred to “Daniel the Prophet,” quoted verbatim from Daniel’s book and admonished, “whoso readeth, let him understand.”!!

Therefore, I shamelessly seek for some understanding of “the end times” by immersing myself in the Book of Daniel with its New Testament counterpart, the Book of Revelation.  I am not alone in recognizing the apocalyptic intent and harmony that exists between these two writings.  Indeed, John in the Book of Revelation, refers to, repeats and enlarges upon Daniel’s visions!

Assumption Number 6
Having immersed myself in these two prophetic writings for more than 40 years, it is my conclusion and conviction that the Books of Daniel and Revelation are specifically addressed to “the last generation.” I conclude these visions describe and define the final act(s) in the great drama of Rebellion, Salvation and Restoration — “the time of the end,” and “the staging for the Great Judgment Day in Heaven and a final “King election” upon Earth!   Ultimately, these writings predict an end of Rebellion, Satan and Sinners at the close of a Millennial Sabbath.”

If my assumptions and interpretations are even remotely correct, these are the current and near-term events I see and anticipate:

Daniel’s first vision, Daniel chapter 7, is comprehensive, revealing the entire scope of “the time of the end,” — from the “ing” to the “ed!”

His first, comprehensive vision provides staging or precursory signs to alert “the wise,” (Daniel 11: 33; 12: 3; 12: 10) to “the time of the end,” — the same precursory signs of the end-times Jesus outlined: “global or universal unrest — ‘four winds blowing upon the great sea’ (earth’s masses) — troubles upon nature, nations and people.”

Here is my first visual:       Daniel’s comprehensive, first Vision, Chapter 7

“the time of the end”
D. 7: 1-6                                         D. 7: 26-28
“ing“          reaching  to the             “ed”
The remainder of  Daniel’s visions (chapters 8-12) with his historical narratives (chapters 1-6) enlarge “key events” and “the role of  key powers” on Earth and in Heaven at “the time of the end.”

My Interpretation
Daniel’s second vision, chapter 8, is an enlargement of his first vision, revealing a  Coming War with Iran, consequentially” stripping the Lion of his Eagle wings and Lion heart.”

· This War will mark a prophetic “tipping point,” a Zero hour for our Planet!  It will mark the beginning of the prophetic “time of the end!”

· This war will immediately collapse the U.S. dollar, U.S. financial markets and threaten the entire global economic order!

· This sudden, earth-shaking humiliation of the #1 King, The Super wealthy, Super powerful United States (Daniel 8: 8, 21), will set the prophetic stage for the rise and empowerment of “the Terrible Beast” (4th beast of Daniel chapter 7; 1st beast of Revelation chapter 13 – The New World Order!).

· Prophetically, Iran, the “second, higher horn” of the Ram, will, with her allies “push against The West,” likely attacking Israel, the U.S. and probably Great Britain in a third “Pearl Harbor — 9-11″ event! In such case there could be considerable loss of life on American soil, among American and British troops in Iran, and substantial casualties in Israel.

· The whole world might reasonably fear a “nuclear exchange” and many religionists could believe “prophetic Armageddon” has arrived.

· Such a surprise attack upon Israel and the West, in prophetic terms, might reasonably occur on a Jewish holy day such as Passover, etc. . .
Zero hour Part V will offer more visuals and more assumptions / interpretations.