1 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: God is not blind to the terrors that the Iranian 2 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: people have been inflicted upon. 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:10,559 Speaker 2: By the regime. 4 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: God sees it for all theirs, and he's angry. 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 3: What happens when a Jewish believer from Jerusalem speaks directly 6 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 3: to millions of Iranians about Bible prophecy, the future of 7 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:32,199 Speaker 3: Iran and the hope found in Jesus Christ And what 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 3: does the Bible say about Iran's future in the last days? Hi, 9 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 3: and welcome to Inside the Epicenter with Joel and Lynn Rosenberg, 10 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 3: a podcast of the Joshua Fund. In today's special episode, 11 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 3: Joel joins Iranian pastor and ministry leader doctor Hermos Shariat 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 3: for a powerful conversation and a message broadcast to Persian 13 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: speaking audiences around the world. Speaking from Scripture, Joel examines 14 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: Jeremiah forty nine and its prophecies concerning Ilam, the word 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 3: for ancient Persia, and discuss is how current events involving Iran, Israel, 16 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:16,960 Speaker 3: and the Middle East relate to Biblical prophecy. 17 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 2: Welcome, thank you, it's great to be here. 18 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 3: Bless you. 19 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 4: I'm so excited that you're here. I want to share 20 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 4: with the audience how much you Joel has an impact 21 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 4: on our ministry and the people of Youman. They may 22 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:34,679 Speaker 4: not know your face, but we know, we know you 23 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 4: have had impact on my life, on our ministry and 24 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 4: the people of your So first, thank you, it's thank you. 25 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:44,839 Speaker 1: Well, it's an honor to be with you and your team. 26 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: I love the people of Iran. I live in Israel. 27 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm Israeli, I'm Jewish, I believe that Jesus is the Messiah, 28 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 1: the King, and I'm you know, it's very painful what's 29 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 1: been happening between Iran and Israel from years forty seven years, but. 30 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: Especially the last few months. 31 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 1: But what a joy to be with you all, to 32 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: worship Jesus Christ and to share live into Iran. 33 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: It is just a deep honor. 34 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,359 Speaker 4: Before we start, I just want to share with Audius 35 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 4: your heart as a Jewish Christian, your heart for non 36 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 4: Jews and for Muslims, for other nations. Because your ministry, 37 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 4: you're not only serving your injurers, so they're not only 38 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 4: serving the Jews, but all the nations around. 39 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: Yes, well, Jesus was very clear that his disciples should 40 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: go and make disciples of all nations, not just israelis 41 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: not just Jews. Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians, you know, Jordanians, Iraqis 42 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: and Egyptians, all the Arabs of the Gulf and Iran, 43 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: among others. 44 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 2: This is our mandate, this is our mission. Praise the Lord. 45 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 4: We don't want to take time away from your. 46 00:02:59,520 --> 00:02:59,960 Speaker 2: Message. 47 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 4: So we thank God for you, and we're gonna talk 48 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 4: more together as well. Together we can serve Iran right 49 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 4: later today. 50 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Well, what an honor to be with you all here, 51 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,799 Speaker 1: and to be with you live in Iran, and to 52 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: millions of Farsie speakers who aren't in Iran but are 53 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,839 Speaker 1: living outside of Iran in exile, hoping for the day 54 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: that you can go home. 55 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: I flew into the United. 56 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: States just a few days ago from Israel from Jerusalem, 57 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: and I'll be traveling and speaking around the United States. 58 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: But I wanted to come and spend time with doctor 59 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 1: Hormo's shariot and his team because I love you guys 60 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: so much. 61 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: I really just came for some good Persian food, But then. 62 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: Doctor Hormos asked me to speak and to preach to 63 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:56,120 Speaker 1: you this morning. Our two countries, Iran and Israel, have 64 00:03:56,240 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: been locked in a terrible and dark war for forty 65 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: seven years, So with an opportunity to speak directly over 66 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: the heads of the regime and over the heads of 67 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: the mulahs, right to your home, to your heart, there 68 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 1: were some things on my heart that I wanted to 69 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: share with you from the scripture. My wife and I, 70 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: as I say, live in Jerusalem, and we have four sons, 71 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: three of whom have served in the Israeli Army, and 72 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: one of them, the youngest, serves as a commander in 73 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: an Israeli search and rescue unit. For when these missiles 74 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: from Iran come and destroy buildings and neighborhoods, he and 75 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: his team goes to rescue them. Billions of dollars Iran's 76 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: regime has spent to strengthen Rasborah, Hamas, the Hutis and 77 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: others to attack Israel from seven different directions. We were 78 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: in Israel on October seventh, twenty twenty three, when thousands 79 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: of Hamas Terra stormed into our entry to burn people alive, 80 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: to murder them in their beds, in their pajamas. It 81 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: was the most horrible moment in the history of modern Israel. 82 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: Twelve hundred innocent Israelis were butchered on that one day. 83 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 2: Two hundred and. 84 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: Fifty one Israelis and Americans and others were taken hostage, 85 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: dragged into Gaza for more than a year and a half. 86 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: My wife and I have sat with the family members 87 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: of these hostages and with hostages that were eventually released, 88 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: and talked to them about the horrors that they faced 89 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: and prayed for them that God would show them mercy 90 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: and comfort. We have sat with the families of Israeli 91 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: soldiers that died in battle, mourning with them, weeping with them. 92 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: We've also sat with Israel's president and Prime minister and 93 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: foreign minister and others, listening to their but also praying 94 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 1: for them in this dark time. I tell you that 95 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,480 Speaker 1: so that you understand what I mean when I say 96 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: that my wife and family and I love the people 97 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: of Iran. 98 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: We are not angry at the regime. 99 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:20,559 Speaker 1: Yes, at you know, we've seen the Iranian missiles coming 100 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:25,000 Speaker 1: from the east right over our home, intercepted over our home. 101 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,840 Speaker 1: We've witnessed this, and that has reminded us to keep 102 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: praying for the people of Iran and for the regime 103 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: in Iran, that God would do something very very special 104 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 1: and miraculous. Most importantly, the last two and a half 105 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,679 Speaker 1: years have driven us into the scriptures to say, Lord, 106 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: what is the future of Israel? What is the future 107 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: of Iran according to your word, Lord, according to Bible prophecy. 108 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: So I know that you have discussed this, that doctor 109 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: Hormos has taught this, but I want to spend a 110 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: little time today to look at Jeremiah forty nine, the 111 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 1: last verses. 112 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 2: And then put it into context. 113 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: What have we learned about these passages just in the 114 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: last few months. So if you've got a Bible or 115 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: on your phone, or you might not have access to 116 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: the internet, I'm sorry about that, but we'll read it 117 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: to you, okay. So we're reading from the book of 118 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: the Prophet Jeremiah, starting in chapter forty nine, starting in 119 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: verse thirty four, that which came as the word of 120 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: the Lord to Jeremiah, the prophet concerning Ilam. That's an 121 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: ancient name, as you know, of Iran, concerning Ilam at 122 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, 123 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: thus says the Lord of Hosts, Behold, I am going 124 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: to break the bow of Elam or Iran, the finest 125 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,360 Speaker 1: of their might. Now I want to note here that 126 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:03,480 Speaker 1: This prophecy is not necessarly chronological. This is a summary 127 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: of all the things that God is going to do 128 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: in Iran in. 129 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:08,280 Speaker 2: The end of days. 130 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: As we get closer to the return, the physical literal 131 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: return of Jesus Christ to the earth to Jerusalem, it's 132 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: important that you understand that it doesn't go necessarily in 133 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: order of what's going to happen in it, so that 134 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: you understand what has happened already and what still is 135 00:08:25,240 --> 00:08:25,640 Speaker 1: to come. 136 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 2: For example, look at verse thirty six. 137 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: The God of Israel, the God of Glory, the One 138 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 1: True God, says this, I will. 139 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 2: Bring upon Ilam. 140 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to use now the word Iran, just because 141 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 1: that's the modern name. I will bring upon Iran the 142 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: four winds from the four ends of heaven, and will 143 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 1: scatter them to all these winds, and there will be 144 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: no nation. 145 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 2: To which the outcasts of Iran will not go. 146 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,959 Speaker 1: Now, you know that starting in the Revolution of nineteen 147 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 1: seventy nine, there were many millions of Iranians living outside 148 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: of Iran who chose not to come home because of 149 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: fear of what the revolution was doing. Many of these 150 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: were Iranian students studying in the United States or England 151 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:17,000 Speaker 1: or around Europe or the Gulf. Others were in business 152 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: or on sporting events or whatever, but anyway they did 153 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 1: not go home. They felt like now they were in 154 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: exile from their country. Then millions more over time in 155 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:30,840 Speaker 1: the years that would follow, would leave. Everybody in this room, 156 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: in this studio are people that left Iran. Some of 157 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: them not out of fear. They just wanted to study 158 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: or they wanted to see. But over time they realized 159 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: I should not go back. And in the last few 160 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 1: months of this terrible war, we have seen the Iranian 161 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: exiles rise up hundreds of thousands in Los Angeles, in Toronto, 162 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: in Germany and elsewhere, speaking out demanding change in Iran 163 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:02,559 Speaker 1: and bringing end to the regime and hope for the future. 164 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 3: Today's verse comes from Jeremiah, chapter forty nine, Verse thirty nine. 165 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 3: Yet I will restore the fortunes of Ilam in the 166 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 3: days to come, declares the Lord. Will you join us 167 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 3: in prayer for the people of Iran as they face 168 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 3: political uncertainty, economic hardship, and spiritual challenges. Pray that many 169 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 3: would encounter the love and grace and salvation of Jesus Christ. 170 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:38,320 Speaker 3: And pray for Persians for Persian believers both inside and 171 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 3: outside of Iran, to be strengthened in their faith, to 172 00:10:41,640 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: be bold witnesses for the Gospel. Pray for peace and 173 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 3: security in Israel and throughout the Middle East. Ask the 174 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 3: Lord to comfort all those who have been affected by war, 175 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: violence and loss, and to guide leaders according to his purposes. 176 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: Now, you have to understand this prophecy was written hundreds 177 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: of years before Jesus Christ came to the world, So 178 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: this is more than twenty five hundred years ago this 179 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,120 Speaker 1: prophecy was written. 180 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 2: Now, Persians love Persia. 181 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 1: Over thousands of years, they've traveled to trade spices, or 182 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 1: do business or meet with other people, but they didn't 183 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 1: live outside of Persia. They had an empire, and they 184 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: loved being Persians inside the empire. 185 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: They didn't want to live outside. 186 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: The last forty seven years has been the first time 187 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: in human history where so many Persians lived. 188 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 2: Outside of Persia. 189 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: So this tells me that this part of the prophecy 190 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,680 Speaker 1: verse thirty six has already come true over these last 191 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:46,959 Speaker 1: forty seven years. 192 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:48,559 Speaker 2: Now, look at verse thirty seven. 193 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 1: God is speaking the one True God, the God of 194 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: the Bible, not the God of the Qoran. The God 195 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,520 Speaker 1: and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 196 00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 2: And in verse thirty. 197 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: Seven, God says this, So I will shatter Iran before 198 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: their enemies and before those who seek their lives, and 199 00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: I will bring calamity upon them, even my fierce anger, 200 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:18,320 Speaker 1: declares the Lord, and I will send the sword after 201 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 1: them until I have consumed them. I want you to 202 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: see this that the God of the Bible is saying, 203 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: how angry he will be at the regime of the 204 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: Iranian leadership in the last days of history. Verse thirty 205 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:38,080 Speaker 1: nine tells us, but it will come about in the 206 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 1: last days. And the one of the ways we know 207 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: we're in the last days is in other scriptures, God 208 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: says he will raise up the nation of Israel again 209 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: to be a sovereign nation in the last days. How 210 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: could the Iyatolahamanai and the regime hate Israel so much 211 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: if it didn't exist. 212 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,120 Speaker 2: They don't want it to exist. 213 00:12:58,400 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: But it does exist because other prophecies say God will 214 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: raise up Israel to be a nation in the last 215 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 1: days of history. That's how we know where we are 216 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: in biblical prophetic time. So let's be clear, God is 217 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: saying in the last days of history when Israel is 218 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,080 Speaker 1: a sovereign country. God will be so angry at the 219 00:13:20,240 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: leadership of Iran. That's something that is really distinctive. It's 220 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 1: important for you. 221 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 2: To know it. God is not blind to the. 222 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: Terrors that the Iranian people have been inflicted upon by 223 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:36,320 Speaker 1: the regime. God sees it, he cares, and he's angry. 224 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,880 Speaker 1: I want to speak for a moment to you who 225 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: are in the Iranian intelligence services and in the regime, 226 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: who are watching this program right now. I need to 227 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 1: speak to you from the word of God, the One 228 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 1: True God says, he is angry at you. The Bible says, 229 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: even my fierce anger. This is very hot anger. He's 230 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 1: been patient for forty seven years, but now he is 231 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: with anger, and God is clear what he's going to do. 232 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 2: In his fears anger, God. 233 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: Says, I will send out the sword after them, after 234 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: the leaders of this regime, until I have consumed or 235 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: destroyed them. God says, I will shatter Iran before its enemies. 236 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: Who are the regime's enemies, Well, we know it because 237 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,400 Speaker 1: they say it every Friday. Death to Israel, death to America. 238 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 1: They also, of course hate the Gulf Arab States because 239 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: they're moderates, and they're trying to make peace with America 240 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: and with Israel. So God says, I'm going to shatter 241 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: this leadership. I'm going to shatter this nation because I'm 242 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: so angry. Verse thirty seven, God says I will bring 243 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:48,600 Speaker 1: calamity or disaster upon them. Now, in verse thirty eight, 244 00:14:48,640 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: we see something very important, and you in the leadership 245 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 1: must hear and understand this. God says, I will destroy 246 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: out of Iran. It's king and it's prince, declares the Lord. 247 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: This is Bible language for regime change. This is not 248 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: about President Trump or Prime Mister net Yahoo. God can 249 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 1: use worldly leaders to accomplish his purposes. But this is 250 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,720 Speaker 1: God's intention. He's angry with you, and he's coming for you. 251 00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:18,880 Speaker 1: Now there's a verse that we miss. I want to 252 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 1: go back to it and put it in his context. 253 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: Verse thirty five, thus says the Lord of hosts, meaning 254 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: the Lord of angel armies. Behold, I am going to 255 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: break the beau of Iran, the finest of their might. 256 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: Now this was written more than twenty five hundred years ago, 257 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: So Jeremiah is using the language he understands to explain 258 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: that God's going to destroy military equipment inside Iran in 259 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: the far future. So God is saying, I'm going to 260 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: break the beau of Iran. 261 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:49,920 Speaker 2: What's the boat? 262 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,880 Speaker 1: The bow is the is the device that you pull 263 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: back and you fire an arrow to travel a long 264 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 1: distance and kill your enemy. So this is ancient language 265 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: for what God's going to do in modern times, which 266 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: is destroy the missile launchers and the missiles that Iran 267 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 1: uses to fire at the United States, Israel and the 268 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: Arab world. Because of God's anger at all the evil 269 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 1: that's being done by the regime. 270 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 2: God says, I'm going. 271 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: To destroy your ability to project military offensive capability to 272 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: attack your neighbors. I'm going to destroy that in the 273 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: last days. But that's not all. God says, I'm going 274 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 1: to destroy the finest of their might, mean their most 275 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: prize special military capabilities. 276 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 2: I'm going to destroy that too. 277 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:44,480 Speaker 1: What's the most prized, special, finest of the might of 278 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: all Iranian history. It's the nuclear weapons program. And all 279 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: of these things have been destroyed starting last June, and 280 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: then over the last few months we've seen one by 281 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: one these prophecies are coming true. The iyahtolah Hamanai, the king, 282 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: He's gone his princes are gone, the missiles are gone, 283 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,760 Speaker 1: the launchers are gone, the nuclear weapons program is gone. Obviously, 284 00:17:11,040 --> 00:17:15,600 Speaker 1: the regime is not completely destroyed, and obviously not all 285 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: of the military might is gone, but has been severely degraded. 286 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: So in Bible prophecy, there's an important principle. Some prophecies 287 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: become fulfilled in your lifetime sometimes and sometimes they only 288 00:17:28,520 --> 00:17:32,240 Speaker 1: get filled, not fulfilled. Oh man, we're not yet at 289 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: the completion of the prophecy, but we're well into it now. 290 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: So very briefly, there's three quick points that we need 291 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: to close on that you want so you understand it. 292 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: In verse thirty eight, the God of the Bible says, 293 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: I will set my throne in Iran in the last days. 294 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 2: That's the first point. God is going to remove. 295 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,680 Speaker 1: The Ayatola and the regime and Jesus is going to 296 00:17:56,760 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: take over. There may be a secular or even a 297 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: moderate even a democratic government at some point in Iran, 298 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: but ultimately the country will be led by Jesus Christ himself, 299 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 1: because he said he would lead it. Point number two, 300 00:18:14,119 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: verse thirty nine, God says I will restore the fortunes 301 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 1: or the prosperity of Iran. 302 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 2: In the last days. 303 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 1: God loves the people of Iran. This prophecy does not 304 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: talk about the complete and utter destruction or extinction of Iran. No, 305 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: there will be days coming of quiet and calm and 306 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: peace and prosperity. Third and last point, I want you 307 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 1: to be careful. Please do not assume that those days 308 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: of peace and prosperity are coming quickly. They might, but 309 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 1: this prophecy is forty seven years in the making. It 310 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 1: started coming to pass in nineteen seventy nine, and it's 311 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: still coming to pass today, but there may be more 312 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 1: years ahead until it's come to its fulfillment. So to 313 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: wrap this up, you have a decision to make. I 314 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 1: know you don't have any power right now to choose 315 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 1: your own government. Many of you are afraid to leave 316 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: your homes. You're scared about the future, and our hearts 317 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: grieve for you. But God cares more about your soul 318 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: than about your safety. God is allowing Satanic forces to 319 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: run Iran up till now to create the conditions for 320 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:30,520 Speaker 1: you to decide. I'm leaving Islam and I'm coming to 321 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:36,000 Speaker 1: full faith in Jesus Christ as God's Savior and redeemer. 322 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: So I would like doctor Hormo's to come and of 323 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:42,879 Speaker 1: course close the service and give you an opportunity to 324 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,560 Speaker 1: make a decision. I'm to make a decision to receive 325 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ and know be on the shadow of doubt. 326 00:19:49,040 --> 00:19:51,200 Speaker 1: You're going to go to heaven no matter what government 327 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,719 Speaker 1: you have, no matter whether you are peace and prosperity. 328 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,520 Speaker 1: Now you want it for eternity. You want to be 329 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: in heaven forever and ever. 330 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 3: Thank you for joining us for this important episode examining 331 00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 3: Bible prophecy, the future of Iran, and God's heart for 332 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 3: the nations of the Middle East. 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