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Even as I predicted in my last blog, Israel, the United States and Iran entered into war on the Shabbat before the feast of Purim. I have marveled at the precision in which God acts on His calendar, both past and present, but my heart sorrowed over the pictures of Israeli children trying to celebrate the feast in their bomb shelters.
I know there are many people watching the events of this war in the Middle East and scratching their heads, wondering what it is really all about. Today I just feel led to write this blog in the hope of answering that question biblically. I hope you will share this blog with the many who do not really understand. This war against Iran is a SPIRITUAL BATTLE. The Prince of Persia (see Daniel 10:13) is a demonic, spiritual principality over the region of Persia (Iran), led by Satan in direct opposition to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of Israel. So, what are Israel and the U.S. really fighting for? What is the real objective of this war? Who will win this ancient battle to reign from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem? Who will one day control the whole world and all its people as King of kings and Lord of lords? This great battle of the nations in the Middle East is all about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where Lucifer still intends to "raise his throne above the stars of God." In Isaiah 14:12-14 we hear the words of the God of Israel speaking to Lucifer (Satan): "How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations. You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the Mount of Assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zion. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.'" In essence, this explains why those following the ideology of Islam do not negotiate, and do not care if you kill them. They believe that their Mahdi (Messiah) will come when the world is in tremendous chaos, and their mission in life is to throw the nations into chaos and kill every Jew (and it follows, every Christian). Satan is the author of chaos and he is manifested as their false God Allah. So, whoever is victorious over these end-time battles will sit enthroned on the Mount of Assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zion. On October 7, 2023, Israel's enemies were stirred into a vicious, blood-thirsty frenzy over the news that Israel has the red heifers required for the service of the priests at the Temple. It was this event that precipitated what the Islamic world dubbed the "Al Aqsa Flood." The Al Aqsa Mosque sits atop the Temple Mount. Thus, this rampage of kidnapping, murdering, raping, and beheading Jewish men, women and children was really a demonstration of fervor and jealousy over the control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. And I took note that Satan's fury against the Jews and Christians is so often referred to in Scripture as a "flood." Some examples of this: Revelation 12:15: Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a flood, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. (Note: the "woman" refers to Israel). Daniel 9:26: The people of the ruler who will come [Antichrist] will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed. Daniel 11:40: At the time of the end the king of the South will engage him in battle, and the king of the North [Antichrist] will storm out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood. I am not trying to suggest or infer timelines for any of this, friends. That is never my purpose. I am just attempting to open our eyes to the bigger picture of what this war is really all about. Even as we read all these references to Satan/Prince of Persia/Ayatollah of Iran, we must keep our eyes fixed on this: the Temple Mount has a cornerstone. And the God of Israel says: See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone for a sure foundation; the one who trusts in Him will never be dismayed! (Isaiah 28:16) Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the Chief Cornerstone. In Him the whole building is being joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. (Ephesians 2:20-21) From Judah will come the Cornerstone, from Him the tent peg, from Him the battle bow, from Him every ruler. Together they will be like warriors in battle, trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame. I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them. (Zechariah 10:4-6) Then know this, you and all the people of Israel: it is by the name of Yeshua haMashiach (Jesus Christ) of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. He is the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to man by which we must be saved! (Acts 4:11-12) So, fling your arrows, and lob your missiles, O Iranian enemies of the Most High God! The Temple will never be yours. The Temple belongs to Yeshua, the Cornerstone, the Eternal King, the Son of God, who will reign there forever and ever, amen! For here is what our God has prepared for YOU: "The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you - all those who were leaders in the world: it makes them rise from their thrones - all those who were kings over the nations. They will all respond. They will say to you, "you also have become weak as we are; you have become like us. All your pomp has been brought down to the grave along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread beneath you and worms cover you." (Isaiah 14:9-11)
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Truly one of the greatest joys of my last twenty years has been following and keeping the feasts of the LORD. Once again I stand amazed at how He is moving according to HIS calendar, to fulfill His Word! We are now in the Hebrew month of Adar, the month written about in the book of Esther. Many know this thrilling biblical account of a wicked "royal official," named Haman, who is also called "the enemy of the Jews" (Esther 3:10). Haman devises an evil plot to annihilate all the Jews who live in the land of Persia (modern-day Iran). Esther 3:13: "Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and and annihilate all the Jews - young and old, women and little children - on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would BE READY FOR THAT DAY."
My friends, THAT DAY will begin this Monday. At Sundown on March 2, it will be the 13th day of Adar on the Hebrew calendar. This is when the Jewish people celebrate the feast of Purim in remembrance of this great story of the deliverance of the Jewish people in ancient Persia (which is modern-day Iran). I hope you will take time to read this small book of the Bible if you haven't. Esther's courage has long been a great source of faith and inspiration to me! At the risk of her own life, she went before the king and convinced him to "put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews" (Esther 7:3). The biblical account continues into the 14th day of Adar: "So the king commanded that Haman's ten sons be hanged on gallows. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman. The Jews in Susa came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder. Meanwhile the remainder of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder. This happened on the 13th day of Adar and on the 14th day they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy" (Esther 9:14-17). I feel like we are staring straight into a moment in time when God again fulfills His Word to save His people! Israelis have just been told to be ready at any moment to run into their bomb shelters and "Persia" (Iran) is surrounded by thousands of soldiers and weapons, in order to protect the Jewish people. And if the timing of all this were not amazing enough, there will be a blood red moon on this time period of 13/14 Adar (March 2/3). Most of you know that lunar eclipses are warning signs to Israel. Interestingly, there were blood moon eclipses on the LAST TWO Purim feasts as well! GOD IS SPEAKING TO HIS PEOPLE DIRECTLY ON HIS APPOINTED TIMES! Like everyone else, I am waiting and watching and feeling extremely certain that we are headed into a major war with Iran. Even the "waiting time," the delays and deadlines that President Trump has given Iran have been very interesting to me, because I feel that we are once again waiting, like Daniel did, for Michael to finish battling with the Prince of Persia. In Daniel 10:12-14 Daniel is visited by an angel who says to him, "Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. But the PRINCE OF THE PERSIAN KINGDOM RESISTED ME TWENTY-ONE DAYS. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, because I was detained there with the king of Persia. Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the future, for the vision concerns a time yet to come." Does this set off little explosions in anyone else's spirit as you read those words? There truly is a demonic entity known as "the prince of the Persian Kingdom" and this evil spirit is so unspeakably wicked and forceful, that even this warring angel had to get help from the Chief Angel Michael to overcome it, after twenty-one days of battle. I asked myself, "Has it been twenty-one days (three weeks) of negotiations and talks between the U.S. envoys and the Iranian official? Is that a picture of the intense spiritual warfare saber-rattling in the heavens, just prior to a major victory at Purim?" It all appears to be ancient, biblical history playing out again, perhaps just as the angel foretold when he spoke to Daniel. "The vision concerns a time yet to come." This is the time. Keep watch, my friends! And above all, stay in prayer. That is how we help to fight the battle against this serpent, this violent spirit of hatred against the Jews and against US, the believers in Yeshua/Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, that is still today over the kingdom of Persia. ...and spreading far and wide. |
AuthorKelly Ferrari Mills 
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