America's Doom

From a logistical standpoint, the imminent nuclear deal between the United States and Iran is a catastrophe. And from a spiritual standpoint, this deal will become the curse that ultimately brings America down for good.

Logistically, the deal opens the cash register for Iran to acquire over $100 billion that will be used to fund international terrorism. Though the deal technically calls for inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities, the Iranians will control the inspections and decide what sites get inspected and when. The deal is so awful it would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

Why was this deal made? While the uber-mendacious Obama administration claims that it was made to prevent the Persian nation from acquiring nuclear weapons, only a fool believes that. Unfortunately, America has a significant population of fools who vote. That was evidenced in 2008 and again in 2012 when American voters chose a corrupt, dishonest, unqualified and incompetent man in Barack Obama to be their president.

In Israel, the Jews are preparing for the worst once the deal becomes official. Arlene Kushner, an American-Israeli blogger, wrote this concerning the Senate Democrats who sold out their constituencies to bow down to Obama: There was a time when there was a tradition of Scoop Jackson Democrats, of JFK Democrats, of Joe Lieberman Democrats, of Democrats who were willing to defend national security.  Sadly, that is becoming rarer and rarer in today's Congress. So to every Democratic senator, they are facing a choice: do you value the safety and security of the United States of America; do you value standing with our friend and ally, the nation of Israel; do you value the lives of millions of Americans; or do you value more party loyalty to the Obama White House? (From Israel: You Cannot Wash Your Hands of That Blood)

Certainly, that's a rhetorical question. Then Kushner really got down to business: To every Democratic senator who's said he or she will support this deal, I ask you to consider: how will you look in the eyes of the mothers and fathers of our soldiers, the hundreds of soldiers, American soldiers, who were murdered in Iraq with Iranian IEDs that came from General Soleimani. This deal lifts sanctions on General Soleimani. Tell me, if you're a Democratic senator, how you look a mom in the eye and say, "I voted to lift sanctions on the man who murdered your son when he was defending this nation."

Did the Obama administration truly negotiate this deal in order to prevent the Islamic theocracy from building nuclear weapons? Of course not. Then why did they do this deal? For one reason and one reason only: To enhance Obama's phony legacy as a great statesman of peace and a uniter of the nations. That will work with the cretins who are too lazy or stupid--or both--to find out the truth, but it won't work with those who know better.

To illustrate just how bad this deal is, Secretary of State John Kerry has promised that America will offer Israel weapons so the Jewish state can beef up its security. Against what? If the deal is supposed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, then why is the Obama administration offering Israel weapons?

And why is the Obama administration allowing a rogue nation to acquire the funds and obtain the nuclear technology that it has admitted it seeks in order to destroy the United States? That's like handing your enemy a loaded gun and then buying one for yourself in case he decides to shoot you.

From an editorial in the Iranian newspaper, the Kayhan: Let us have faith that America is incapable of any misstep [against Iran], and that it cannot even attack Iranian facilities without the White House being destroyed in under 10 minutes.  Let us have faith that the old ‘village leader’ [i.e. the US] has fallen onto his deathbed, and that even in his youth, he never made the mistake [of daring to attack Iran], and that he, like Israel, remains mired in quicksand. 

This deal brings us closer to the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy recorded by Daniel 2,600 years ago. (Daniel 8) The prophet revealed that a Middle-Eastern power he identified as Media-Persia would terrorize the world in the end times until it was destroyed by a powerful western nation. Who is Media-Persia? That's modern Iran.

Though Daniel identified the western nation as Greece, that name is a metaphor for a western power that's the United States. And Daniel revealed that once Persia (Iran) is destroyed, "Greece" (the United States) will "be cut off." What does that mean? The United States is no longer going to be a superpower.

We're truly living in prophetic times. Many of the signs that Jesus Christ revealed concerning the days preceding His return are now taking place. (Matthew 24) We're seeing an increase in earthquakes and famines; wars and rumors of wars, escalating violence and evil, and the increasing persecution of Christians all over the world.

Christ said this: "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it (Christ's return) is near, right at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." (Matthew 24:32-35)

America, Iran and The End Times

The growing trouble that Iran is causing in the world today isn't an aberration. It was foretold nearly 2,600 years ago by the Hebrew prophet Daniel while he was in exile with the Israelites in ancient Babylon.

The Israelites were taken into exile in about 586 B.C. by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar who was used by God to administer judgment against the Jewish nation for her chronic rebellion against Him and her antipathy to His laws. The Persians later succeeded the Babylonians and continued to hold the Jews captive until about 445 B.C. when Darius II issued a decree to allow them to return home.

While the Jews were still being held in Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar's son, King Belshazzar, Daniel received an allegorical vision from God concerning a distant future time when Persia would become a powerful nation that would threaten the entire world. In the vision, Daniel saw a powerful two-horned ram take on and defeat all of its challengers until a shaggy, one-horned goat arrived from a distant land to destroy it.

Here's what Daniel saw and described: "In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great." (Daniel 8:2-5)

The Ulai Canal was located in the ancient Persian city of Susa. Daniel recognized the geography, but he was puzzled by the symbolism of the two-horned ram.

Then, the vision continued: "As I was thinking about this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between its eyes came from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground. It came toward the two-horned ram I had seen standing beside the canal and charged at it in great rage. I saw it attack the ram furiously, striking the ram and shattering its two horns. The ram was powerless to stand against it; the goat knocked it to the ground and trampled on it, and none could rescue the ram from its power. The goat became very great, but at the height of its power the large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven." (Daniel 8:5-8)

After the goat's horn was broken off, Daniel saw a small horn sprout up among the four horns that replaced the prominent horn on the goat. Here's how Daniel described it: "Out of one of them came another horn, which started small but grew in power to the south and to the east and toward the Beautiful Land. It grew until it reached the host of the heavens, and it threw some of the starry host down to the earth and trampled on them. It set itself up to be as great as the commander of the army of the Lord; it took away the daily sacrifice from the Lord, and his sanctuary was thrown down. Because of rebellion, the Lord's people and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground." (Daniel 8:9-12)

Daniel was puzzled by the vision until the archangel Gabriel appeared and explained it to him: "I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power." (Daniel 8:19-22)

The fact that Gabriel appeared and interpreted the vision to Daniel means the prophecy had special significance. Gabriel is one of the Lord's most powerful angels who stands in His presence. And he brings extremely important messages from the Lord concerning major events that will take place on the earth. It was Gabriel who appeared to Mary to announce that she would give birth to the Messiah Jesus Christ. (Luke 1:26) Thus, Gabriel's visit to Daniel tells us that the vision the prophet received was vital and necessary to be recorded for future generations to study and understand.

Gabriel then finished interpreting the vision with these words: "In the latter part of their reign, when rebels have become completely wicked, a fierce-looking king, a master of intrigue, will arise. He will become very strong, but not by his own power. He will cause astounding devastation and will succeed in whatever he does. He will destroy those who are mighty, the holy people. He will cause deceit to prosper, and he will consider himself superior. When they feel secure, he will destroy many and take his stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be destroyed, but not by human power." (Daniel 8:23-25)

What relevance does Daniel's vision have for today? It has extreme relevance because the vision is being fulfilled in our time. Gabriel revealed that the two-horned ram represented the kings of Media and Persia. Those two ancient kingdoms were located in what is now Iraq and Iran. The ram also represents Islam while its two horns represent Shia and Sunni Islam. But who does the one-horned goat represent?

Here's where the prophecy gets interesting. The goat represents a coalition of gentile nations, with the prominent horn, according to Gabriel, representing "the king of Greece." We know the modern identities of Media and Persia. But Greece? Isn't modern Greece militarily weak and financially insolvent? How could that nation possibly fulfill the prophecy? It can't. The prophecy is so baffling that many biblical scholars believe that it was fulfilled in 331 B.C. when Alexander the Great invaded and conquered Persia.

But that event couldn't have fulfilled the prophecy because it wasn't the time of the end. When Alexander invaded Persia, Christ's appearance on earth was still over three centuries away. How then can we explain the prophecy? Was it flawed, or was it false? It was neither.

In order to interpret the prophecy, we have to understand that Greece was the most prominent gentile nation on earth in the ancient times. The gentiles were often referred to as Greeks and vice versa. In fact, the apostle Paul occasionally interchanged the two in his epistles. Here's an example: "There is neither Jew nor Greek (gentile), slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)

Another relevant factor is the proximity of literal Greece to Iran. Literal Greece exists to the northwest of Iran while the nation identified as Greece by Gabriel in Daniel's vision comes from the far west to confront Media and Persia. Furthermore, Daniel witnessed the metaphorical goat come from a distant land without touching the earth. (Daniel 8:5) This indicates that Iran will be attacked either by fighter jets and or long range missiles.

But who is this nation? That nation is the United States that still possesses the most potent military and nuclear arsenal on earth. And some U.S. military officials have admitted in recent years that the only way to stop Iran from threatening the world is via a military invasion. And Iran recently became a much bigger threat to the world with the terrible deal the U.S. negotiated with the Islamic regime.
The deal lifted economic sanctions and arms embargoes against Iran, and allowed the regime to dictate the terms of inspections of its nuclear facilities.

It was a horrible deal that strengthened Iran and brought us closer to the fulfillment of Daniel's vision. Certainly, under the Obama administration, the U.S. will never launch an attack against Iran because the Obama administration loathes war. But another president in the future--perhaps the next one--will be forced to confront and destroy Iran before the Islamic regime begins launching missiles against Israel, Europe and the United States.

It's important to understand that Daniel's vision also reveals that the "king of Greece" will be "broken off" after its successful invasion of Iran. That means the U.S. is going to fall as a world superpower and be replaced by four nations. (Daniel 8:22) What nations could those be? They will likely be Russia, China, India and either France, Germany or Italy.

It's also important to understand that the Antichrist will eventually come from one of these four nations. (Daniel 8:9-12) The nation that this wicked ruler is likely to come from is Russia that's identified by both Daniel (Daniel 11) and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 38-39) as the major source of trouble for Israel and the world in the last days.

It's no secret that under President Vladimir Putin, Russia is upgrading its military and nuclear arsenal. Putin has predicted that Russia is going to become the most potent military force on earth. Despite Russia's sagging economy, Putin's administration has committed to spending $700 billion to renovate and upgrade Russia's military, nuclear arsenal, fleet of nuclear subs and ICBM technology by 2020.

But don't the Russians and the Iranians have close economic and political ties? They do. Then why would Russia sit back and allow the U.S. to invade Iran? Because Russia's relationship with Iran is mainly an economic one. The Russians need money and they sell military hardware and nuclear technology to Iran for economic purposes. The Russians will only allow the U.S. to take out the current Iranian regime if Russia is allowed to rebuild Iran and select its new government that would be controlled by Moscow.

What role will Israel play in these events? The Jewish nation is going to survive because the Islamic regime in Iran is going away. That's God's purpose in raising up the U.S. to destroy Iran. And after the U.S. falls from power, Israel will likely seek a new powerful political partner in Russia. Remember that the Antichrist will eventually defile the rebuilt Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. (Daniel 9:27, Matthew 24:15, 2 Thessalonians 2:4)

So Israel is going to play a significant role in end time world affairs leading up to the return of Jesus Christ.

But before that happens, the United States and Iran have a date with destiny, as foretold by the prophet Daniel nearly 2,600 years ago.

The Prophetic Last Days

Daniel's prophetic vision

Nearly 2,600 years ago, the ancient Hebrew prophet Daniel received an allegorical vision from God concerning the last days. In the vision, Daniel witnessed a one-horned goat travel from a distant land to confront and ultimately destroy a powerful two-horned ram.

When Daniel received his vision in the 6th century B.C., the Jews were living in captivity in Persia. Their captivity began in 586 B.C. when Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar invaded Jerusalem, and it finally ended in 445 B.C. when Persian ruler Darius II allowed them to return to Israel.

Here's what Daniel saw and recorded: "In my vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa in the province of Elam; in the vision I was beside the Ulai Canal. I looked up, and there before me was a ram with two horns, standing beside the canal, and the horns were long. One of the horns was longer than the other but grew up later. I watched the ram as it charged toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against it, and none could rescue from its power. It did as it pleased and became great." (Daniel 8:2-4)

Daniel's vision was metaphorical. The animals represent two powerful nations that will confront each other in the end times before the goat finally destroys the ram. What nations do the goat and the ram represent? An angel appeared and interpreted the vision for the prophet: "I am going to tell you what will happen later in the time of wrath, because the vision concerns the appointed time of the end. The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia. The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power." (Daniel 8:19-22)

Many biblical scholars believe that Daniel's vision was fulfilled in 331 B.C. when Alexander the Great invaded and conquered Persia. But the prophecy couldn't have been fulfilled then because that wasn't the time of the end. In fact, Jesus Christ hadn't even appeared on earth and wouldn't do so for another three centuries.

If the prophecy concerns the end times, then it raises some serious questions. We know who Greece is. But Media and Persia? Those ancient kingdoms vanished long ago. Who was the prophet referring to? Ancient Media is now part of modern Iraq and Iran. Ancient Persia was located in what is now Iran. We know how dangerous Iran has become in recent decades.

But Greece? Modern Greece is bankrupt. Its military couldn't conquer the island of Fiji, let alone Iran. And so, how can we interpret Daniel's prophecy? Is it true? Is it a revelation from God concerning the end times on earth? Or, is it a fraud? Indeed it's a revelation from God.

Then how do we explain Greece? Very easily. Greece was the most predominant gentile nation on earth in the ancient times. In fact, the ancient Greeks were synonymous with gentiles, and the apostle Paul frequently equated Greeks with gentiles in his epistles. For example: "There is neither Jew nor Greek (Gentile), neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)

Therefore, the kingdom of Greece mentioned in Daniel's prophecy isn't the literal nation of Greece, but rather is a metaphor for a powerful gentile nation. What nation could that be? Daniel revealed that the goat traveled "from the west, crossing the whole earth without touching the ground." (Daniel 8:5) That can't be the literal nation Greece that exists just to the northwest of Iran. It has to be another nation that comes from the distant west. Note that Daniel saw this allegorical goat travel a vast distance without touching the ground. That sounds like a metaphor for a military invasion of fighter jets and possibly ICBMs.

Who then is Daniel's Greece? I believe it's the United States that still possesses the most powerful military and nuclear arsenal on earth. And I believe that America's recent nuclear agreement with Iran, a horrible deal brokered by the uber-mendacious and arch-corrupt Obama administration, brings us closer to the fulfillment of Daniel's ancient prophecy.

There's no need to recap the deal. Suffice to say, it was an agreement drawn up in hell that will fast-track Iran to a nuclear power. That's bad for Israel, the Middle East, Europe, the United States and the entire world. Iran is a Shiite nation that possesses an apocalyptic vision for the end. The Iranian Mullahs believe that the Imam Mahdi (Islamic messiah) cannot appear until Israel is destroyed; all the Jews have been removed from the earth and all the infidel nations have been conquered by Islam.

However, God isn't going to allow Iran to succeed. He's going to intervene by using the U.S. to destroy the Islamic regime before the Iranians begin launching nukes all over the planet. The U.S. certainly won't stop the Iranians on Obama's watch. That task will be fulfilled by someone else--perhaps the next president, unless America's next president is Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden or (God help us) Bernie Sanders.

Oh yes. There's more to Daniel's prophecy. After the allegorical goat destroys the ram, its "large horn was broken off, and in its place four prominent horns grew up toward the four winds of heaven." (Daniel 8:8) The large horn represents the U.S. The United States will fall from its status as a superpower after the nation destroys Iran. Why? Because of America's multiplied sins from abortion to same-sex marriage to her betrayal of Israel.

God has given America time to repent. And she refuses. And so, judgment has come upon her. Indeed, we're living in the prophetic last days.

Bibi and Bobo

Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is scheduled to deliver a critical speech this week (March 3) before a joint session of Congress. He'll use his speech to outline the threat that a nuclear Iran poses not only to his nation, but to the entire world.

It's no secret that the Obama Administration doesn't want Bibi to deliver that speech. The administration has been sharply critical of Netanyahu ever since he had the audacity to accept an invitation from House Speaker John Boehner to speak to Congress without first getting Obama's approval.

Of course, Obama would never have approved Bibi's appearance. He doesn't want the leader of the only democratic nation in the Middle East to tell the Congress and the world that the Iranian mullahs have absolutely no intention of honoring a recent agreement they made with the P5+1 nations (The U.S., China, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and Germany) concerning their nuclear program.

The agreement is a terrible one that requires the Islamic nation to limit its nuclear centrifuges (6,500) for a period of 10 years before it can go full throttle and produce as many as it wants. According to the agreement, the limitations placed upon Iran's nuclear program will supposedly prevent the nation from building nuclear weapons.

Netanyahu doesn't believe the Iranians have any intention of honoring the agreement. And neither does anyone else with a functioning brain. The Iranians practice something called "al Taqiyya" that's often used in the Islamic world to deceive non-Muslims. What's al Taqiyya? It's means the lie and Muslims believe that Allah encourages them to use it against their enemies to deceive and defeat them. 

The Israeli PM is very familiar with al Taqiyya, and after he read the terms of the recent agreement, he said this: "The leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)  of this country that is depicted by some as moderate, the Islamic State of Iran, has said in the last 48 hours: 1) that he calls for the annihilation of Israel — his words, not mine; 2) he gives nine ways and reasons of how and why Israel should be annihilated — his words, not mine...He's publicly calling for the annihilation of Israel as he is negotiating a nuclear deal with the P5+1 countries, This terrorist regime in Iran must not be allowed to become a nuclear threshold power.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-warns-p51

Netanyahu certainly isn't the only one who recognizes the extreme danger that a nuclear Iran poses to the world. Saudi Arabia also recognizes it and the Saudis, who've given up on Obama, are making plans to purchase nukes from Pakistan in anticipation of a nuclear Iran. 

Does Obama truly understand what he's dealing with concerning Iran? He surely does. But he doesn't care. He's all about himself and expanding his phony legacy. He wants his legacy to portray him as a great man of peace who ended wars and brought the world together as one. Remember that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 even though he did absolutely nothing to deserve it.

This may sound harsh, but so be it. Barack Obama is a clown who's undeserving of the dignity of the most powerful office in the world. He's the poster-boy for a narcissistic culture that gorges on self-accolades like a starving man consumes food. And his true legacy will define him as absolutely the worst president in the history of the republic. I can't even begin to imagine anyone worse than him.

The leader of the world's greatest superpower has a responsibility to protect Israel and all the nations on earth from murderous regimes rather than to imperil their safety for the sake of his own delusional fantasies. 

In his own mind, Barack Obama thinks he's a great man. And he has an army of throne sniffers to feed his ravenous ego. But he's just another puffed up politician who's setting himself up for a big fall. As Jesus Christ once said: "For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." (Matthew 23:12)

God will protect Israel, even if Obama refuses to. And woe to those who imperil Israel's safety. As the Lord said to Abraham a long time ago concerning his offspring: "I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you." (Genesis 12:3)