Garrick Augustus, April 9, 2026
Shortly past daybreak on Sabbath, February 28, 2026, as the Iranian people finished their breakfast and began their weekend chores, the Nation’s Leaders hunkered down in one large palatial sprawl to plan their next moves against the “Big Satan,” (America), and the “little Satan,” (Israel), when suddenly, the airways came alive with ear-splitting explosions from several quarters across the nation. The first bombs struck at the seat of the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader’s residential palace and underground hideout. Within the first 30 seconds of that air raid, and after the dust had settled, news reports began to stream forth that the Islamic Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “’likely dead” from the decapitation assault on his palace grounds! What remained of the Iranian leadership was a short campaign of cover-up, suggesting that the Supreme Leader was alive and well, but hours later, early reports, such as the Express, began to publish news that jolted the nation and world, with fears of World War III on the lips of many:
“Channel 12 reported that unnamed Israeli sources were pointing to “growing indications” that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, may have been killed in the morning’s airstrikes, or at the very least seriously injured. The same sources said earlier that the operation had inflicted “very significant harm” on Iran’s senior leadership and top military commanders, though no official confirmation has been issued by either side.[1]
This news is highly significant, for in the Bible there is a prophecy concerning Iran (Elam) that has never been fulfilled, even partially, and must be fulfilled before the end of the age, for Jesus has promised “that all things which are written may be fulfilled.”[2] The New American Standard Bible replaces the passive phrase “may be fulfilled” with the stronger and more active form, “will be fulfilled.” In the same passage, Christ has further warned that “Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.”[3] Again, He taught that “one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.”[4]
With this cloud of witnesses before us, we can safely conclude that God’s Word must stand for He is the “God, that cannot lie.”[5] Therefore, the prophecies concerning Iran in the latter days cannot be glossed over, as though they were never written, but must be fulfilled in their time, before the heavens and earth pass away.
As the day wore on, the news became more ominous, and the conclusions confirmed running rumors that the equivalent of an Islamic Pope was killed by joint US-Israeli assassination plot against the life of the Iranian government! “Iranian state media have confirmed that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed at his office in the Israeli-US attacks on Iran, following earlier reports of his killing by US and Israeli officials… Netanyahu said in his address that many “senior figures” had been “eliminated” in the wave of attacks targeting senior leaders, as Trump called for the government to be toppled.”[6]
A strong battle plan many may say, but is there anything here that suggests movements of Biblical proportions? The answer is yes! Let’s look at a quaint prophecy, written over 2,500 years ago: Reading it for the first time may not seem to have any significance to real world nations, peoples, and events, but once we have decoded the name of this Biblical land, the prophecy begins to read like the breaking headline news of February 28, 2026. To begin with, the name “Elam” is representative of a Shemitic (Semitic) people who lived in ancient Iran, in the city of Shushan (Susa). Shushan/ Susa was the center of Palace Life for the Persian Empire during the days of Queen Esther and Daniel, and it was from here that Queen Esther invited the Persian king Ahasuereus with Hayman, the Jews’ arch enemy, to a banquet, in order to expose his evil deed of seeking to exterminate all of Mordecai’s people—the Jews, from the Empire, with the king’s unconscious consent! The Bible further tells us that the Elamites are the immediate descendants of Noah’s son Shem: “The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.”[7]
“Elam, ancient country in southwestern Iran approximately equivalent to the modern region of Khūzestān. Four prominent geographic names within Elam are mentioned in ancient sources: Awan, Anshan, Simash, and Susa. Susa [Shushan]was Elam’s capital, and in classical sources the name of the country is sometimes Susiana.”[8]
With this foundation knowledge, we are now better prepared to appreciate the ancient book of Jeremiah in light of our present world affairs.
Iran in the Bible
Among the several nations mentioned in the Bible, Iran has been singled out among the table of nations and peoples, and that nation has not lost its identity given the passage of time from the plains of Shinar till now. This makes a compelling case that its role in history and prophecy has not yet ended. Whereas many ancient nations have lost their identity due to assimilation and attrition by war, Iran stands apart from these and retains a rich Biblical heritage spanning over 3,000 years. While much has been said of it during Bible times, little is known of it in the latter days, from a prophetic perspective, and so we turn our attention to Jeremiah’s prophecy to a prediction that extends down to “the latter days.”
“35Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam [Iran], the chief of their might. 36And upon Elam [Iran] will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam [Iran] shall not come. 37For I will cause Elam [Iran] to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them [Iran], even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them [Iran], till I have consumed them: 38And I will set my throne in Elam[Iran], and will destroy from thencethe king and the princes, saith the LORD. 39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring againthe captivity of Elam[Iran], saith the LORD.”[9]
In verse 35, the expression to “break the bow” of Iran means to break its military strength—its offensive and defensive “might” and capabilities against its advancing enemies. Verse 36 speaks of “the four winds from the four quarters of heaven,” to illustrate a multinational force from around the world will be involved in this operation. Verse 37 teaches that the Iranian Leadership shall “be dismayed before their enemies,” who are intent on destroying “their life,” or decapitating their government. In the same verse God has promised to “send the sword after them.” The “sword” is a symbol of warfare and bloodshed; hence a war will be brought upon the people of Elam [Iran] that God has purposed against them in His “my fierce anger” towards their defeat! Upon thus removing their military strength, which has been a barrier against liberty, in verse 38, YHWH has promised to “set My throne in Elam.” Clearly, this indicates that though now a hostile power to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Iran will become a center of true worship to the Creator of heaven and earth, and this is the principal reason for God to “send the sword after them,” to consume them!
Among the most moving parts of this prophecy are the contents of verses 38 and 39, for they read like the events in the first two weeks of Operations Epic Fury and Rising Lion, the USA’s and Israel’s code names for their joint February 28th war. Whereas in v. 38, the KJV says YHWH, “will destroy from thence the king and the princes,” the NASB and other modern translations use expression “eliminate from there the king and officials.” The king of any nation being its Supreme Leader, and their “officials” or “princes” being those who serve at his pleasure, the language is clear that God would arrange for the decapitation of the nation’s Leadership, including the removal of its Supreme Leader by dealing death upon them all! This prophecy has never been fulfilled and must, before the consummation of the ages.
An Introduction to the Pre-Advent Kingdom of Christ On Earth
In its Bible Commentary Series on Jeremiah’s prophecy, our Seventh-day Adventist theologians have tried to make sense of this prophecy in chapter 49 and left this testimony on record: “There is insufficient information to trace historically the fulfillment of all the details of this prediction. As with Edom (see on Obadiah 15, 17), certain features may have been related to the future glory of Israel, and hence to that extent conditional.”[10]
Although the Bible and History are clear that such an account of circumstances have never been fulfilled, our theologians suggested that there is “insufficient information to trace” the historical fulfillment of this prophecy! The reason why there is “insufficient information,” is because there is no record of its fulfillment, for it is timed for “the latter days.”
In orthodox Seventh-day Adventist theology, if a biblical prophecy is classified as “conditional,” it means it will not be fulfilled as originally stated in the Bible and can only have some partial futuristic application in the New Earth. This doctrinal stance was developed by Church “scholars” in an attempt to erase from notice, all teachings in the Bible concerning God’s promise to “restore again the kingdom to Israel.”[11] This truth was known to the Apostles of Christ, just prior to Pentecost, and when they asked Him about it, He did not denounce them as “fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken,”[12] but confirmed to them that it is an event yet future, though not their present truth message for that day! He further instructed them accordingly: “It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.”[13]
The phrase, “It is not for you to know” carries the definite thought that this truth would not be the burden of the early disciples’ ministry, though it was not suggesting that it was of insignificant worth in the Father’s eyes. Concerning His Second Coming and the end of the world, Christ has famously said, “of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.”[14] Therefore, though at that time, neither Christ nor the angels knew of that day and hour, yet it does not extend that this event will never occur in the future and that the Father will never reveal it! Rather, it signifies that what the Father reserves within His own prerogatives will be fulfilled and disclosed to the Church at an appropriate time, through His specifically appointed representatives.
Though not the theme of her message anymore that it was of the early disciples, yet Sister White has, from time to time, made passing statements concerning this restored kingdom, in a way that challenges denominational theology. For example, when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, He said, pray after this manner: “9 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”[15] Clearly, Jesus knew that God’s kingdom must first come on earth as verily “as it is in heaven,” and that this earthly phase must exist during probationary time, and populated with perfectly sinless citizens “as it is in heaven.” In her commentary on this prayer, Ellen White wrote:
“The disciples of Christ were looking for the immediate coming of the kingdom of His glory, but in giving them this prayer Jesus taught that the kingdom was not then to be established. They were to pray for its coming as an event yet future…While they were not to behold the coming of the kingdom in their day, the fact that Jesus bade them pray for it is evidence that in God’s own time it will surely come.”[16]
To suggest that she was speaking solely of the Second Coming phase of this Kingdom without any regard for its pre-Advent nature, is to speak out of turn, for this is not the only instance in which she has addressed this topic. I shall provide two additional ones below:
- “The ten tribes of the northern kingdom were soon to be scattered among the nations, and their cities left desolate; the destroying armies of hostile nations were to sweep over their land again and again; even Jerusalem was finally to fall, and Judah was to be carried away captive; yet the Promised Land was not to remainwholly forsaken forever. The assurance of the heavenly visitant to Isaiah was: ‘In it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof.’ Verse 13. This assurance of the final fulfillment of God’s purpose brought courage to the heart of Isaiah.”[17]
- “Your work, my work, will not cease with this life. For a little while we may rest in the grave; but when the call comes, we shall take up our work in the kingdom of God to advance the glory of Christ. This holy work must be begun upon earth. We are not to study our own pleasure or convenience. Our question must be, What can I do to lead others to Christ? How can I make known to men the love of God which passeth knowledge?” [18]
From the above two citations it is clear that (1) God has not wholly forsaken “the Promised Land”— Canaan (Palestine) “forever,” and that in “the final fulfillment of God’s purpose” for His Church on earth, it will be accomplished when “the holy seed” shall “return” and become “the substance” therein, and (2) the kingdom will come after the special resurrection of (Daniel 12:2), during which time the resurrected saints will turn many to righteousness! It would be impossible for this Scripture to be fulfilled in Heaven or in the New Earth, especially when we consider the questions being asked: “What can I do to lead others to Christ? How can I make known to men the love of God which passeth knowledge?” These questions would be rendered “foolish” by Christ, in the face of His clear words, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”[19]
It is noteworthy that merely four months before her death, God allowed Sister White to revisit this subject and correct an earlier misrepresentation of a statement of she had made (Early Writings, pp. 75, 76). This statement has been weaponized by Church leaders over the past 176 years since 1848, to suggest that God will never again establish the promised Kingdom to earthly Jerusalem for the antitypical twelve tribes of Israel, as “spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”[20] Knowing the power that that statement has had is shuttering the eyes of our people, God has bidden His chosen servant to make this point unambiguously clear, prior to closing her earthly ministry for a season.
By the introduction of this erroneous “conditionality” teaching, our Adventist theologians have simply discarded approximately 21% of the Bible. From Isaiah through Malachi, save for the book of Daniel, these prophecies have been relegated to the realm of “conditional” or unfulfillable predictions of God! If left unchallenged, this erroneous conditionality doctrine will ultimately overthrow faith in the authority of the Bible, as it relates to the true account of the pre-Advent Kingdom. This kingdom is not the current political State of Israel, celebrated by Evangelicals and Christian Zionists alike, rather, it is the purified kingdom-Church of God—a body of sinless believers who will proclaim the last gospel herald during “the Loud Cry” of the Third Angel’s Message to a lost and dying world. During that time, the Mark of the Beast system will be fully operational, Christ’s faithful remnant cannot buy or sell, nor will they be able to plant their own crops for food in the countrysides, as we currently do! This demonic worship culture and will create a universal persecution and death decree[21] against all who “keep the commandments of God, and [keep] the faith of Jesus.”[22]
To protect His end-time Remnant Church from Satan’s destructive wrath, God has preordained the restoration of the kingdom in these end times: “18 And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places. 19 When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place [leveled to the ground].”[23]
Amongst the easiest of these end-times prophecies, is the one announced by God through Daniel: “And in [during, not after] the days [reign] of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”[24]
This prophecy has long been confused with the Second Coning of Jesus Christ, without regard for what the Bible clearly states. This passage firmly establishes the truth that the “kingdom” here envisioned, will be “set up,” not by man but by “the God of heaven,” and the Bible further testifies that it will occur “in the latter days.”[25] There should be no hesitation or confusion as to the real purpose of God in this matter.
The Gospel Opens Up To Iran and Whole of Islam
Digging deeper in the prophecies concerning Iran, we will see a pattern that God has established, for it is not His will that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance towards God and Faith in Jesus Christ (Y’shuah) our Lord. To this end, Iran has a population of above 93 million souls, all trapped in the clutches of a conscience-dominating clerical institution which rejects free thought, and enforces Islamic Sharia law (Iran’s strict religious codes) from the muzzle of a gun in the hands of the Basij morality police. If Iran’s militant Islamic government is stopped, this will open the doors of the greater Islamic world to trade with the West, and in so doing, a corridor of grace will be opened for the everlasting Gospel to be freely spread to the seed of Ishmael, a majority of whom know no greater light than the teachings of Islam. That religion does not have a Saviour, a kins-man Redeemer, therefore their works alone are considered meritorious for salvation! This stands in sharp contrast to the loving Saviour and redeemer we find in Jesus Christ (Y’shuah the Messiah).
In country of Iran, a convert to the Christian faith is viewed as a traitor to their family and the State, and is dealt the severest of punishments, up to and including death! This reign of terror has been heaped upon the Persian peoples of Iran for the past 47 years, and they have cried day and night for deliverance. But for over four decades, the outside world simply looking on and complained of “human rights abuses,” yet they were too afraid to enter another nation’s internal affairs, especially a nation whose borders extend into the narrow passageway called “the strait of Hormuz,” in the Persian Gulf. That status quo remained the case over the course of seven US Presidents until the rise of the 47th US President in the person of the indomitable Donald J. Trump! Are the numbers 47 coincidental? We don’t think so.
Days after the first Iranian leadership had been summarily destroyed, a second tier of leadership gathered to count ballots in the election of the new Supreme Leader, and while they were counting, another bombing raid occurred, and the news of their survival has been reported by outlets: “49 people were taken out in the first hit. And I guess there was another hit today on a new leadership and it looks like that was pretty substantial also,” US President Donald Trump told reporters.”[26] Why is this important? Because the Bible says the Gospel will be proclaimed from Elam [Iran] “in the latter days,” and as long as a clerical government is in in charge of that Country, it will never allow its citizens free access to “the everlasting gospel” of Jesus Christ.
Iran’s End-Time Role in Shaping World Events and the New Middle East
While the Bible identifies the USA as “a beast” having “two horns like a lamb”[27] yet speaking as “the dragon,” it is secondarily represented by Nineveh/Assyria in the Old Testament prophecies, and lacking this knowledge, many Bible Students have glossed over these very prominent end-time prophecies for today without regard for their impactful fulfillment that are occurring on a daily basis.
We pause to note that Elam is a descendant of Shem, and so too was Abraham. “Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born.” [28] Following is the Biblical genealogy of Shem’s family tree with its extension into Abraham’s.
“16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:.. 19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters… 21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters… 23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters… 25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. 26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.”[29]
From this genealogical record, God has preserved the truth that both Elam and Abraham are from the same Shemitic (Semitic) root, and so are relatives! Hence, the Elamites (Iranians) are as Shemitic as are the Hebrews—they’re one people. Why is this important? Because in the prophesy of Elam, the Bible says, “39But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.”[30]
Elam, as we now see from Shem’s family tree, is a symbol of Abraham’s inheritance, and in clear language God is saying He “will bring again the captivity of Elam”—Abraham’s genealogy in the restored pre-Advent kingdom, and that this should occur “in the latter days.” Note with care that the term “latter days”has no relevance to the New Earth for it exists in eternity, which by definition is time without end, whereas “latter days” illustrates “time with an end.”
Of this gathering, the Bible is not silent, for Isaiah also prophesied, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam [Iran], and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.”[31]
In preparation for this gathering the Bible tells us more:
“13 ¶ The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim[dwellers in Dedan or “Dedanites”]. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Tema [Teman] brought water [of Salvation] to him that was thirsty, they prevented [set before] with their bread him that fled. 15 For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.”[32]
The King James construction sometimes confuses modern readers, so we have included in square brackets explanations of these names, all of which are members from Abraham’s family tree. For example “Dedanim” (Dedan) is one of Abraham’s children with his concubine Keturah (Gen. 25: 3), while Tema (Teman) is one of Ishmael’s twelve sons. Both groups went East of Jerusalem, and dwelt in Transjordan, Arabia, and beyond. That the divine “burden” is for Arabia, speaks volumes regarding God’s love and His longsuffering to save. From the above passage, it is clear that the Temanites are Arabs who have accepted Jesus Christ as Saviour and are presenting Him as the “bread of life” to the Dedanites—those Muslims who are running from the “drawn sword”—war, persecution, and bloodshed—yet, are “thirsting” for the waters of salvation, which is freely served by those disciples from Teaman (Arabia)!
We pause to note that in his early years, Ishmael’s life was spared because he drank water from the well: “14 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs… 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”[33]
In this passage we see that Ishmael was at his dying moment when he cried out and God “heard” his voice, and provided him “water” from “a well.” It is sufficient to know that in the Bible, the water-filled “well” is a symbol of God’s Words and “everlasting life.”[34] Significantly, Hagar did not know of this “well” until God “opened her eyes,” for this is how we experience salvation— when “the eyes of [our] understanding” [35] are enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
America’s End-Time Role in Shaping World Events and the New Middle East
Iran aside, God has a clear prophetic work for the United States of America, in the Middle East and beyond, prior to the deliverance of the Saints when Michael stands up. As far as Seventh-day Adventists are concerned, the USA is only identified in Revelation 13, but in this segment the reader will discover that God has spoken about the rise and fall of this great nation through many of the Prophets, under the end-time prophetic names “the king of the north,” Nineveh, and the leader of Assyria. As ancient Nineveh was the Capital city of the sprawling Assyrian Empire, so today the USA is the Capital, and “the Leader of the free world,”[36] among Western allied nations. This Leadership role they received because of the West’s effort to contain the spread of communism and protect free people from political oppression, and no nation was more equipped to deal with the Soviets and the Chinese communists than was the USA, the beacon of Liberty!
Antitypical Nineveh
In the Bible, when nations have completed their roles in history and prophecy, their significance and names go into oblivion. This has been true of peoples like the Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, and Hittites, to mention a few. These nations and people groups simply melted into the sea of humanity and have lost their distinctiveness as a people. But though some nations would fall from the pages of history, they are still mentioned in the end-times prophecies. This is because the original lost nations serve as a type for their latter-day counterparts, or their antitypes. Let’s take a look at antitypical Nineveh, and see if we can identify her in our world today.
“1 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! 2She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. 4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. 5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.”[37]
We have underscored some significant points of difference between the ancient Nineveh and its counterpart in the antitype. Bear in mind too, that Nineveh was only the Capital of Assyria, so what was true of the ancient Assyrian capital will be measured against its counterpart. Let’s list some of these distinguishing features in juxtaposition below:
| Ancient Nineveh/ Assyria | Modern Antitypical Nineveh/Assyria |
| Obeyed the voice of God through Jonah’s preaching. | She obeyed not the voice of God. |
| Received correction from YHWH, even the King repented. | She received not Divine correction. |
| She trusted in YHWH, and her king commanded that man and both “man beast” to fast. | She trusted not in the LORD. |
| She drew near to YHWH and His wrath was stayed. | She drew not near to her God. |
| She had no prophets before Jonah’s preaching. | “Her prophets”—she has many false prophets in her midst. |
| The “Sanctuary” was not in her midst. | They “polluted the sanctuary”—the sanctuary (the True Church) is in her midst. |
| She obeyed the Law (Torah) of YHWH after Jonah’s sermon. | “They have done violence to the law” of God. |
| YHWH was not in her midst before Jonah’s sermon. | “The just LORD is in the midst thereof.” |
The worship life of the ancient Ninevites was one of pagan idolatrous rituals, which had no resemblance of the true worship of YHWH—the Creator. History recounts that, “Nineveh was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area… by 3000 BC, had become an important religious center for worship of the Assyrian goddess Ishtar.”[38] Ishtar’s counterpart is Ashtoreth, worship practice the Bible is greatly condemned! By contrast to a pagan sanctuary, only God’s holy sanctuary can be polluted, for the heathen sanctuary is by definition and existence, a polluted place. “Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.”[39]
Of the antitypical Nineveh #8 above shows that the Just Lord (YHWH) is in her midst by virtue of presence of His “sanctuary”—Church, and “the law (Torah),” both of which emblematize His divine presence. The nation, therefore, which is here represented, does exalt the principles and precepts of the Creator and exports the “Judeo-Christian” values on which it was founded. The answer is clear, only one nation on earth answers to these specifications, and it is unmistakably the United States of America! It is the Constitution of the United States of America and it alone, which makes this resounding declaration: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”[40]
In verse 3 we are told of Nineveh that “her judges are evening wolves.” Evening wolves are “hunters,” and so God is giving us a greater depth of knowledge into the true identity of this nation whose Justices are Hunters!
The AI Summary of this Order is an follows: “The International Order of St. Hubertus (IOSH) was founded in 1695 by Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Bohemia, under the auspices of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, to unite noble hunters from Austria, Bohemia, and surrounding regions. Named after Saint Hubertus, the patron saint of hunters and fishermen.”[41]
That there is a direct link between the Order of Hubertus, the Hunters, and the Bohemian Grove, cannot be denied, and the AI summary of this is clear, “The Bohemian Grove and the Order of St. Hubertus are connected through a chain of esoteric and fraternal societies that trace back to the Order of the Bavarian Illuminati (founded 1776). The Bohemian Grove, established in 1878 as a retreat for the Bohemian Club, has long been associated with secretive gatherings and symbolic traditions, including the veneration of St. John of Nepomuk as its patron saint.”[42]
This Order is a magnate for the global Ruling Class, including US Supreme Court male Justices. Its counterpart the Belizean Grove or later origins was established for the women of power including those seated on the nation’s Supreme Court. This “secret knowledge” of the Nation’s leaders became public after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, as covered by the Washington Post on February 24, 2016: “When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died 12 days ago at a West Texas ranch, he was among high-ranking members of an exclusive fraternity for hunters called the International Order of St. Hubertus, an Austrian society that dates back to the 1600s.”[43]
As to the Belizian Grove, the New York Times provided a detailed review in their News Report entitled, “A Club for the Women Atop the Ladder.”[44] The Huffington Post in a release dated July 6, 2009, further described this Club with a detailed focus on the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice, Sotomayor: “Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor last year accepted an invitation the Belizean Grove, an elite but little-known women’s-only group. Founded nearly 10 years ago as the female answer to the Bohemian Grove—a secretive all-male club whose members have included former U.S. presidents and top business leaders—the Belizean Grove has about 125 members, including Army generals, Wall Street executives and former ambassadors.”[45]
We can all now say that the Bible stands, for it is the inspired Word of God, shining like a light in a dark place, “and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”[46]
We will further establish this this antitypical Nineveh accordingly: “This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.”[47]
This nation can be spotted amongst all the nations of the world, for she is a superpower nation who boasts for being the only one of her type, thus, “Across economic, military, geopolitical, and cultural domains, the United States consistently demonstrates its unparalleled influence and dominance.”[48] And Time Magazine also confirmed that “In the key categories of power, the U.S. will remain dominant for the foreseeable future. These facts show why America is still the world’s only superpower, and why that won’t change anytime soon.”[49] The phrase which says, “I am, and there is none beside me,” is a direct statement that this nation will boast of being the only remaining Superpower nation in the world.
Antitypical Assyria
Now that antitypical Nineveh is firmly established from Scripture and history, it is relatively easy to identify Assyria, the greater expanse of Nineveh’s sphere of influence. Let’s appreciate this topic from the Bible before we appeal to history.
“5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. 6I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 8For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?”[50]
This passage teaches that the ancient Assyrian Empire was God’s “rod” or big stick to punish the rebellious and ungodly nations even dealing out punishment upon his ancient kingdom-Church, Israel, the ten northern tribes. Though a heathen-worshipping nation, the God of Israel used the Assyrian for His rod of correction, with the intention of later punishing and Assyrians for their transgression, if they refused His invitations of mercy to repent.
During the days of Sanballat and Tobiah, men who stood in fierce opposition to the building of the Second Temple, house of God at Jerusalem, in the days of Nehemiah, that YHWH employed the Assyrians to be the protectors of His Church, the “feeble Jews”[51] against these traitors and enemies, the factitious Jews. When the strength of the church was at its feeblest, God sent help!
“7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place… 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.” [52]
We can see that God has been near to the Assyrian kingdom, and they’ve been near to the Church of God. But having received divine blessing against their opponents, earning success after success, rather than acknowledging YHWH as the Supreme Creator and obeying His laws, Assyria trusted in its military might, its idols, and strong economy, propped up from the spoils of her many wars. Yes, the God of heaven purposed a day of final reckoning with this empire, that it should fall! Some years after Nineveh’s repentance a Jonah’s preaching, the nation fell back in her idolatrous ways, and God employed Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian monarch as His servant to defeat and destroy the great Assyrian empire when she was in the height of her glory.
But the ancient Assyrian Empire, like its Capital Nineveh, stood as a type of an end-time counterpart, of which the Bible speaks: “12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. 13For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: 14And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.”[53]
This prophecy teaches us that at the time the Lord performs “His whole work upon Zion and Jerusalem,” then shall the Assyrian be punished. This “work” that God will do is the finishing of the everlasting gospel in all the world, during the days of the “mark of the beast” system. Then shall come to pass these words, “for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”[54] At that time, the true Church will not be able to buy or sell and can no longer live under the current political economies of the world. For this reason, God will allow the circumstance of war to empty the Promised Land of its inhabitants so He can replace them with His “remnant” church.
Then will be fulfilled the prophecy, “2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. 3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”[55]
As this work is reserved for the “last days,” it becomes profoundly evident that the Assyria of these verses is the antitypical counterpart of the ancient kingdom, bearing similar characteristics to that empire. In this prophecy, we can see that the antitypical nation is pride-filled, having “a stout heart.” She is a powerful economic and military force to contend with and exults in “the strength of [her] hand.” She is an intellectual giant among the nations of earth, extolling her “wisdom” and prudence—she has the greatest number of Colleges and Universities on earth, even sending humans to the moon and back! Because she is an economic behemoth, robing the nations of “their treasures” through instruments such as tariffs, IMF Lending, interest rate controls, and US Treasury Securities, etc., she compels her surrogates to purchase her commodities at significant gain to her global standing. Like her ancient counterpart, the modern Assyria goes about “like a valiant man” decapitating nations of their rulers while she collects their wealth, with none to militarily oppose her—”there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped” against her. All these characteristics among others, describe the NATO alliance with the USA as their leader. Thus, while Nineveh is typified by the USA, Assyria’s counterpart is the greater EU—the NATO Alliance of nations.
Isaiah 2, along with a multitude of kindred prophecies from all the prophets since Moses, assures us that there is an end-time role that God has ordained for earthly Zion and Jerusalem. Jesus Christ also confirms this in a solemn dual-purposed prophecy: “20And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh… 24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.”[56]
The initial fulfillment of this prophecy occurred in 70 AD, with the destruction of Jerusalem under the Roman General, Titus. There is also an end-time component of this prophecy that will be fulfilled just prior to us seeing “the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.”[57] In these last days, we should see earthly Jerusalem embroiled in a multi-pronged war that will bring her and her protectors to their knees.
The powers that are currently in charge of Jerusalem (Israel and principally America) will suffer a strategic military defeat, and at that time, the current “Gentile rule” of Jerusalem (the Zionist State) shall come to its end, and the Kingdom will be the Lord’s. They will fall, not because they were outgunned, but because the hand of God shall work to their destruction. This aspect of the prophecy is presented in far greater detail in Zechariah 14. It is important to note, in Jesus’ prediction above, the word “until,” for it presents a time function or a conditionality context, meaning, the “times of the Gentiles’” ruling the Holy Land will expire before the Second Coming of Christ. It also asserts that the current occupants of Jerusalem are Gentiles, even though the they are called “Jews.” These are descendants from Japheth’s grandson Askenaz, and Japheth himself being the father of “the Gentiles,”[58] and not of the Hebrews.
The Hebrews, a small portion of whom are the Jews, are descendants from Shem, the great grandfather of Abraham. The Ashkenazis, on the other hand, are Europeans (Gentiles) who traded with the Jews of the Middle East and were greatly transformed by their religion, and made a wholesale conversion into Judaism, retaining all its rites and ceremonies, as the original stock. They are internationally known for having preserved the public face of Judaism over the past 14 Centuries, but history and genetics have conclusively demonstrated that they are not the original stock from Abraham, nor are they from those who lived in Israel during the days of Christ and beyond. The Sephardic Jews, are authentically and genetically traceable to Abraham. Every archeological and genetical record attests that Ashkenazis are proselytes who’ve held steadfastly to the Jewish Roots.
Though today, Ashkenazis are classified among “the Jews,” yet in Luke 21: 24, Christ classifies them among “the Gentiles,” in harmony with Moses, in Genesis 10: 3-5. In the Bible, the Apostle, Paul, is known as “the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,” and his missionary journeys took him deep into Europe and nowhere near Africa, to serve as an historic reminder that the people of Africa were not the Gentiles, not the ones to whom Paul was sent. To this end, the Europeans have largely been the ones to start the Reformation, and preserve the light of the Gospel down to our modern age. Most interestingly, one of the identifying marks of the Philistines in the Bible is that they are “uncircumcised”.[59] And even today, the Europeans are known to be the least among the circumcised peoples of earth: Russian have an 11.8% rate while the rest of Europe shows less than 20%[60], and these numbers are largely driven by the Jewish and Muslim communities in these nations. In 2019, LiveScience published a DNA research report titled, Philistines, Biblical Enemies of the Israelites, Were European, DNA Reveals, in which they documented, “this enigmatic group descended from a group of seafaring Europeans, a new study of ancient DNA finds… an international team of researchers found that the Philistines descended from people in Greece, Sardinia or even Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal).” [61] With this discovery we can now associate the reticence of Europeans (Gentiles) towards Circumcision with their historic counterparts, the Philistines, as the Bible clearly teaches, again showing they are one people.
Regarding the Ashkenazis, “In March 2016…Dr. Elhaik and his associates used a computer modeling system to convert Ashkenazi DNA into geographical information which revealed that Ashkenazis descended from the Greeks, Iranians and others who colonized northern Anatolia (now northern Turkey) more than 2000 years ago, before converting to Judaism.”[62]
“The 2013 study co-author Martin Richards, an archaeogeneticist at the University of Huddersfield in England, said that while Ashkenazi Jews have lived in Europe for many centuries, the results of the study using DNA samples show that most European Jews descend from local people who converted to Judaism, not individuals who left Israel and the Middle East around 2,000 years ago.”[63]
Now that we’ve settled the question of the government of Jerusalem in 1948 as overwhelmingly as Gentiles, we can truly appreciate in a new way the impact of the Bible in a correct understanding of the political world in which we live.
The Rulers of Jerusalem Will Fall When God’s Church Rises
It is a little-known fact that WWII has not yet been settled, and that both Russia and Japan are still in a state of war. So, although most people are looking towards WWIII, in a real sense it is the direct extension of WWII. Small point, but nevertheless necessary. As a foundation for analysis, let’s address the goals and objectives of these three global wars.
- WWI: its aim was to secure a legal bond with Great Britain and later the League of Nations to secure Palestine as the international home for the Jewish people—the Zionists of Europe.
- WWII: Extended the land of Palestine to the Jews as promised after WWI under the Balfour Accords. This was made most compelling after the atrocities against that people by Germany during the Holocaust!
- WWIII: will be to take back the Holy Land from the Jews, and return it to the Palestinians, in harmony with the popular slogan and Islamist hatred, “from the river to the sea, Palestine must be free!”
Therefore, from a purely behind-the-scenes look at these three global wars, their focus, in one way or another, is centered on Jerusalem. Why, though, is Jerusalem so important, yet so controversial to the peoples of earth? The answer is simple: Jerusalem is the city where the God of Heaven, YHWH promises to place His throne, and in this very place Satan seeks to extend his foothold for as long as he can, in a vain effort of forestalling God’s closing work for the world. But he will only be successful “until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.” And “at that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.”[64]
It is from Jerusalem that the final gospel herald will be proclaimed, during the time of “the mark of the beast,” when God’s true children can no longer live under the economies of this earth, on account of the sweeping conscience-dominating laws demanding conformance with human decrees (Sunday sacredness) in violation of God’s holy Law.
“12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. 1But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. 2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.”[65]
Evidence of this fulfilled prophecy has been etched in Roman coins and preserved in literature of Rome’s subjugating the Jews and denying them access to the Holy City thereafter, for nearly two millennia. Most recently, in his new book, Jodi Magness wrote, “The first coins, minted under Hadrian, show the emperor ploughing a furrow with an ox and cow—an ancient Roman ceremony representing the establishment of a city by marking its boundary(pomerium).”[66]
Thus, we see that the words of Christ through the prophets were fulfilled to the letter that Jerusalem would be ploughed, and in 70 A.D. it was fulfilled. Since the first part was fulfilled nearly 40 years after Christ’s crucifixion and the stoning of Stephin, we must expect the fulfillment of Chapter 4, not in the OT times but later, during the NT era, in “the latter days,”[67] as Isaiah faithfully proclaims. Clearly, the restoration of Jerusalem here predicted by Micah, must be fulfilled during probationary time, for “many nations” will flock to the Church of God, then headquartered in Jerusalem, where they will learn “His ways,” and “walk in his paths,” as the Law of God is preached to a lost and dying world, when the Christian world declares it null and void.
“The premillenium Advent, has been the belief of the Church in its purest and best ages: This is denied by none…The personal coming of Christ to set up his kingdom on the earth has been the cherished hope and expectation of some of the most eminent saints of all ages since the Apostolical, the dark ages being alone excepted.”[68]
Amazingly, this was the view of the primitive Adventists prior to 1844 that Christ would set up His kingdom “on the earth” as a premillennial phenomenon! This fundamental truth has been held by Christ and the Church since Apostolic times, yet, Seventh-day Adventists today have been taught to deny Scripture and pivot to “conditional prophecies” notions into believing that this is a Jesuitical doctrine invented by Satan “to deceive us.”
In the final analysis, though, the pre-Advent kingdom will be used as the staging ground, or holding place of the saved, in the last days of earth’s history. For this reason God’s children are called out of Babylon, a place vulnerable to the seven last plagues and the pollution of sins to a place invulnerable to the plagues and free from sin.—a glorious righteous church free from the defects of sin, which Christ will receive unto Himself at his Second Coming.
Lastly, the message in the constellations speaks to this very issue, that God will have a holding place (sheepfold) for the thousands and the multitude. In the constellation Cancer are two decans called Ursa Minor and Ursa Major; the names of these two constellations are prophetic. Ursa Minor (little Bear): Sheepfold—possession or holding place of the thousands. Ursa Major (great Bear): Sheepfold—holding place of the multitude (singular). [69]
The crab is a mistaken symbol from Greek mythology to obfuscate the truth in the Constellations, but the names of the star demonstrate that it is one sheepfold with two intersecting stalls: the little and the Big. The opening to this sheepfold (little pasture) is represented by the spacing between the crab’s claws, while the opening to the larger pasture by the spacing between the crab’s eyes (big pasture). Thanks to AI for assisting with outlining the crab as a pasture filled with sheep in abundance to represent the two groups of living saints at the end of the world! When Jesus said, “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd,”[70] He was speaking of a great reality whose truths are written in the stars. Just as God has fixed His Calendar in the skies, He has done the same with the Plan of Salvation.
These two decans have one thing in common; they are both Ursa or Bears, one being small and the other Great. They represent two gatherings of saints in these last days, one comprised of “thousands” and the other “a multitude.” Amazingly, when we look in the Bible, we these two classes of living saints who will endure the Mark of the Beast and the Seven Last Plagues. They are the “one hundred and forty-four thousand”[71] Israelites, and the “great Multitude.”[72] Comparatively speaking, the 144,000 is “small” in contrast to the great innumerable multitude, just as “the stone”[73] in Daniel is small in comparison to the “great mountain,”[74] into which it grew!
The peoples of Islam and other world religions must come to faith in Christ and hear the everlasting gospel, and having repented will be included with the saved of this end-time generation. Therefore, let us strive with all the power that God has given us to be sealed and numbered among this body of faithful saints in these last days, who’ve made the Righteousness of Christ their own.
[1] Israeli media reports Khamenei ‘likely dead’ as Iranian dictator vanishes | World | News | Express.co.uk; italics added
[2] Luke 21: 22
[3] Luke 21: 33
[4] Matt. 5: 18
[5] Titus 1: 2
[6] Iran confirms Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei dead after US-Israeli attacks | News | Al Jazeera; italics and bold emphasis added
[7] Genesis 10:22
[8] Elam | Iran, Map, & History | Britannica; [italics and bold emphasis added]
[9] Jeremiah 49: 35-39, [Iran], added.
[10] Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Vol. 4, p. 516; italics added
[11] Acts 1: 6
[12] Luke 24: 25
[13] Acts 1: 7
[14] Mark 13: 32
[15] Matthew 6: 9, 10
[16] E.G. White, 1896, Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 107.3; italics and bold emphasis added
[17] E.G. White, The Review and Herald, March 11, 1915, par. 10, 11; italics and bold emphasis added
[18] E.G. White, Signs of the Times, December 27, 1899, par. 5; italics and bold emphasis added
[19] Revelation 22:11
[20] Acts 3: 21
[21] Revelation 13: 15
[22] Revelation 14: 12, [ ] added
[23] Isaiah 32: 18, 19 [ ] added
[24] Daniel 2: 44, [ ] added
[25] Daniel 2: 28
[26] Trump says Iran’s new leadership hit in latest airstrikes | Iran International
[27] Revelation 13: 11
[28] Genesis 10:21
[29] Genesis 11: 16-26
[30] Jeremiah 49: 39, [Iran], added.
[31] Isaiah 11: 11, [Iran], added.
[32] Isaiah 21: 13-15 [ ], added
[33] Genesis 21: 14-19
[34] Read Isaiah 12: 3, Psalms 36:9, Jeremiah 2:13, John 4: 14 , John 7: 37, 38, and Revelation 22: 17
[35] Ephesians 1: 18
[36] The leader of the free world – Exceptionalism
[37] Zephaniah 3: 1-5
[38] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh; italics added
[39] 2 Chronicles 36: 14
[40] Declaration of Independence: A Transcription | National Archives; italics added
[41] International Order of St. Hubertus – Wikipedia; italics added
[42] Bohemian Club | Famous Members, Bohemian Grove, Cultish Rituals, & History | Britannica; Scalia’s Death Linked to Bohemian Grove, Illuminati; Bohemian Grove Truth / Order of Saint Hubertus “Alex Jones” Whitewash; italics added
[43] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security; italics added
[44] Belizean Grove, a Mighty Women’s Club, Keeps a Low Profile – The New York Times; italics added
[45] Belizean Grove: Sotomayor Joined Elite Women’s-Only Club | HuffPost Latest News; italics and bold emphasis added
[46] Hebrews 4: 12
[47] Zephaniah 2: 15
[48] American Hegemony: Why the US Remains the Global Superpower; italics added
[49] Forget China—the U.S. Is Still the Global Superpower | TIME; italics’ added
[50] Isaiah 10: 5-8
[51] Nehemiah 4: 2
[52] Ezra 6: 7, 22
[53] Isaiah 10: 12-14
[54] Isaiah 2: 2
[55] Isaiah 2: 2, 3
[56] Luke 21: 20, 24
[57] Luke 21: 27
[58] Genesis 10: 5
[59] 1 Samuel 17: 26
[61] Philistines, Biblical Enemies of the Israelites, Were European, DNA Reveals | Live Science; italics and bold emphasis added
[62] Are Ashkenazis Really Jews? – Judaica Revisited; Italics added
[63] Where are Ashkenazi Jews from? Their Origins May Surprise You | Ancient Origins; Italics added
[64] Jeremiah 3:17
[65] Micah 3: 12 – 4: 2
[66] Jodi Magness 2024, Jerusalem through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades, Oxford University Press, p. 186; all bold and italics added
[67] Isaiah 2: 2, ESV
[68] J.V. Himes, October 11, 1843, Signs of the Times and Expositor of Prophecy, p. 61.2; italics added
[69] For more on the constellations go here: The Message in the Stars – Cancer – Berean Insights
[70] John 10: 16
[71] Revelation 7: 4
[72] Revelation 7: 9
[73] Daniel 2: 34
[74] Daniel 2: 35
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