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Islam, Iran, and the Coming Invasion of Israel

In my previous article I pointed out the prophecy of Ezekiel 38:5. Ancient Persia, modern day Iran, would invade Israel in the last days. That prophecy, humanly speaking, was most unlikely to be fulfilled. Persia and the Jews were either friends or at least cordial to each other for thousands of years. Furthermore, from the time of their final expulsion from their land at the hands of Rome in A.D. 135 they did not even have a homeland to be invaded. Things would have to change drastically for the prophecy to be fulfilled.

In A.D. 636, something did. Persia had a little run in that year with a man named Muhammad and Muhammad won.

Zoroastrianism, the old religion of Persia that was not hostile to the Jews, was replaced by Islam. But even then the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 was not even on the radar. Israel was not yet a re-established in their land, and even under Islam, Persia was not yet active in its persecution against Jews.

But the seeds of the coming invasion were sown early in the Koran itself, which says “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and Christians for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he among you that turns to them for friendship is of them.” (surah 5:51)

Fast forward 1,200 years. The discovery of oil in Iran in the early 1900s intensified the rivalry between Great Britain and Russia for control over the Iranian plateau region and helped to make Iran a major factor in the world geo-political scheme. The British-Russian rivalry continued right through to World War I. Iran found itself in a bit of a mess.

Russia was looking at Iran and drooling, needing her oil very badly. Russia didn’t produce her own oil back then. So who was Iran going to look to as a protector from Russia? Back then, the only nation in a position to help her was Great Britain.

In 1921, Reza Khan, an Iranian army officer, led a coup and established a military dictatorship. In 1925 he was elected hereditary Shah, thus ending the Qajar dynasty and founding the new Pahlevi dynasty of Iran and establishing the Shah as Prime Minister of Persia. Because Iran was by necessity tight with Britain, he implemented policies to create a westernized parliament in Iran, which by extension made them friendly with America as well. So right up into the twentieth century the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 still seemed impossible.

In 1954, Iran allowed an international consortium of British, American, French, and Dutch oil companies to operate its oil facilities, with profits shared equally between Iran and the consortium. Iran established closer relations with the West, creating the Baghdad Pact and began receiving large amounts of military and economic aid from the United States until the late 1960s.

Everything was still great! And if you have been paying attention to the dates I have been giving you, you must realize by now that we are talking about the years after 1948, after Israel miraculously became a nation again. A lot of Muslim countries came against her, but Iran was not one of them. They were still our friends, and therefore still not actively hostile to the Jews. The Koran tells them not to be friends with the Jews. But they were, and so, the prophecy of Ezekiel 38 still seemed impossible.

How could Persia, Iran, ever march against Israel, when she was so close to us, and so dependant upon us? Iran’s pro-Western policies continued into the 1970s; but opposition to such growing Westernization and secularization was strongly denounced by the Islamic clergy, headed by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who had been exiled from Iran in 1964. The imams were getting more and more vocal, demanding that the government of Iran follow the Koran rather than any secular law.

From his exile in Paris, the Ayatollah used the world media to popularize the Islamic Revolution and openly called for the abdication of the Shah. The Ayatollah finally got so popular worldwide, that the Shah was forced to flee Iran on January 16, 1979. On that day, Persia, Iran, became an Islamic theocratic form of government. On that day the Koran became the official law of the land. On that day, the government of Iran began to pursue the policy of the Koran towards the Jews, “But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them, in every stratagem of war” (surah 9:5).

The Bible never misses. Pray for Israel. But pray for Iran also. Why Iran? Because according to the same prophecy of Ezekiel, when they and their allies invade, they will lose, badly, and will go into eternity to face the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

SOURCE: gaston gazette

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