The Middle East is falling apart rapidly, right before our eyes, which could ultimately lead to a global conflict of biblical proportions. Literally. We might actually be living in the last days before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. If we look deeply at what that actually entails, as it is contained in the pages of Scripture, wars and rumors of wars are forecast to be rampant when human history is on the cusp of a massive curtain call.
Looking at the events unfolding right now, the Assad administration being overthrown in Syria could potentially open a door of opportunity for radical Islamists in the Iranian government to rush the development of nuclear weapons which could have deadly consequences for Israel, our strongest ally in this part of the world. If that kind of weapon is used in Israel, you can guarantee we’re going to war. And that will pull in every other major power and create modern Axis and Allies. Scary stuff, right?
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However, due to the current situation in Syria and the break-up of its lengthy land bridge, which connected the Mediterranean Sea to Tehran, and afforded it access to an unparalleled weapons delivery highway – and has left it somewhat isolated – there are fears it will accelerate its drive for the bomb. One element of the increased stockpile of the weapons-grade uranium, which many missed, but the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, or FDD, did not, is how it is tied to the Islamic Republic’s space program.
Indeed, the FDD noted last week how “Iran claimed its space program successfully launched its heaviest payload yet into space on Dec. 6, including a device capable of repositioning other satellites. The launch utilized the domestically produced, two-stage, liquid-fueled Simorgh rocket carrying the payload into orbit with a high point of 255 miles above Earth.” The importance of this, which a U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence also noted with alarm, “would shorten the timeline to produce an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) because of the shared technologies within space launch and ballistic missile capabilities.”
If Assad’s fall was a shock to Western intelligence officials – including Israel and U.S. – it must also have come as a surprise to his Iranian backers. Indeed, on Dec. 1, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was filmed having a fast-food dinner in Damascus, having just met with the now-deposed Syrian leader. He was also due to speak at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Sunday, but left early because of the pace of events in Syria.
“The Axis of Resistance as we knew it no longer exists,” he goes on to say. “With the Israeli operation in Lebanon, Hezbollah is no more. Its capacity for action has been significantly diminished, in any case. Now, Assad’s Syria no longer exists, either. The main pillars of the Axis of Resistance have disappeared. What is left? The Houthis [in Yemen], but they have their own agenda and are far from Tehran. And the Iraqi militias, which have refused to intervene in recent days on Syrian soil to come to the aid of Bashar al-Assad.”
The dismantling of the Axis of Resistance has come about as a result of the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023 and the offensive that the Jewish state launched as a response, according to David Rigoulet-Roze, who serves as an associate research fellow and Middle East expert at the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs.
“The first riposte was the war in Gaza against Hamas in immediate response to the tragedy of October 7. This was undoubtedly the first salvo in a larger game plan,” Rigoulet-Roze goes on to explain. “The second was the war of attrition against Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which became the first Iranian proxy to intervene by firing rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas starting on October 8.”
“The fall of Bashar al-Assad could be seen as the third stage, triggered by the two previous ones,” he added.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel, might have actually been hoping for this very outcome, says Rigoulet-Roze, who then pointed out that Netanyahu started to talk of a large scale redrawing of the region close to the beginning of the conflict.
“What Hamas will experience will be difficult and terrible … we are going to change the Middle East,” Netanyahu remarked back on October 9, just two days after the deadly assault on his country.
Iran being in a weakened state helped usher in the fall of Assad, which itself is the product of the taking down of his proxies such as Hezbollah which has been experiencing the wrath of Israel in recent weeks and months.
“It is usually Hezbollah that fights to defend Iranian interests by protecting Bashar al-Assad,” says Rigoulet-Roze. “But Hezbollah had to repatriate many of its troops to Lebanon for its battle with Israel. So Assad found himself a bit like a ‘naked king’, especially since Russia was no longer able to save the Syrian regime because of its involvement in Ukraine.”
Trump clearly has unfinished business with Iran, the highly credible reports of the Islamic Republic’s attempts – or wishes at best – to suborn his assassination not being the least of them. Trump could point – with the backing of significant evidence – that his maximum pressure campaign was reaping dividends, in the way the Iranian economy was struggling and therefore left Tehran with less room to maneuver with regard to its destabilizing influence in the region. One can draw a direct causal link from the Biden-Harris administration releasing billions of dollars of cash, and the precipitous uptick in Iran’s meddling.
Israel has pledged to never allow nuclear weapons to be possessed by Iran. If the Muslim majority nation attempts to put warp drives — figuratively speaking — on the development of such weapons, it could lead to massive escalation.
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