Interesting article in the Telegraph talking about the future of Iran and the necessity for the West to influence regime change. The fear is that a weakened Iranian administration, due to the fall of Assad in Syria, will now push harder to attain nuclear weapons. Therefore, the West must do everything it can to establish a populist regime. But what does prophecy say?
Let me start with the usual disclaimer, IF we are at the doorstep of the events that usher in the return of Christ THEN Turkey is the Javan of the Old Testament and Iran is the Persia. IF not, then none of this is pertenant.
In Daniel 7 Iran would be associated with the leopard with four heads and four wings and has dominion. Daniel 8 tells us that Iran will rise to dominate its neighbors until Turkey subdues Iran. Daniel 11 further tells that this war between Turkey and Iran happens in the latter-days when the fourth ruler of Iran, an Iran more prosperous than any before it, incites an attack on Turkey.
The events of how this plays out aren’t known. It is more likely that Iran’s fortunes will change as the Ayatollahs change, with the fourth Ayatollah governing an Iran more prosperous than any before (the current Ayatollah is the second since the creation of the Islamic state of Iran). The four wings of the leopard indicate that the heads and dominion are religious in nature. The Ayatollahs are Islamic Clerics and Iran is ruled under Islamic Shia law. Any attempt by the West to establish regime change is likely to fail because this is an Islamic matter. Prophecy indicates the Ayatollahs will remain in power.
Prophetic scripture does not indicate that antizionism and antisemitism will wane so Iran and the rest of Islam will continue their efforts to destroy Israel. What appears will happen is the focus of future Ayatollahs will transition to improving Iran’s economy and achieving its goals through soft power until Iran feels sufficient enough or is compelled to take on Turkey. Turkey is Sunni Islam and Iran is Shia Islam. These two branches of Islam have a history of violence over ideology. The feet of iron mixed with clay of Daniel 2 suggests that a truce over ideology between Sunni and Shia will be fragile and weak.
It is this great conflict between Iran and Turkey that will change the composition of the Middle East and possible Eastern Asia, cause the rise of the fourth beast of Daniel 7, and usher in the Great Tribulation of the book of Revelation.
Rather than looking for regime change we should be looking for the change to the third and fourth Ayatollahs.
Headline:
The West must back regime change in Tehran
Quotes from the article:
With the fall of Syria’s dictator, one of Tehran’s most crucial allies, the overthrow of Iran’s theocratic regime has become more plausible than ever. In response, regime Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is likely to pursue the most perilous course imaginable: equipping the world’s foremost sponsor of terrorism with nuclear weapons.
Recent revelations from the Iranian Resistance indicate that Tehran has accelerated its pursuit of an atomic bomb.
The mullahs now face a perilous dilemma, each option fraught with existential risk. They can either retreat from their decades-long strategy of exporting terrorism, warmongering, and pursuing nuclear weapons, or continue to defy the international community.
All indications suggest that Khamenei perceives the first path as the more immediate threat to his regime’s survival, fearing it would hasten its collapse. For over three decades, the international community’s efforts to deter Tehran from these destabilising behaviours have proven fruitless. Until the regime itself is overthrown, such efforts are likely to continue meeting the same fate.
With the Iranian regime mired in its most profound existential crisis and the Iranian people resolved to chart a new course, the international community must adopt a bold and realistic policy. It must deny the regime any chance of survival and fully recognise the Iranian people’s right to overthrow their oppressors. This policy should include holding the regime accountable for its repression, terrorism, and nuclear ambitions.