WHY PENNY WONG AND ANTHONY ALBANESE GOT IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT SO WRONG

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It is almost impossible to grasp the true nature of the Iran-Israel conflict if you do not understand religion.

While analysts pontificate about geopolitics, military strategy, and nuclear ambitions, the conflict is not really about any of those things.

At the heart of what’s going on lies a deeply religious and ideological struggle – particularly from the Iranian side.

It’s important to understand that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not merely a nation-state. It is a theocratic regime founded on the belief that politics must serve a divine mission.

Return of the Mahdi and Annihilation of Israel

Central to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s mission is the Shia concept of wilayat al-faqih – clerical rule until the return of the Mahdi, also known as the twelfth Imam.

Iranian leaders believe that global injustice, including the existence of Israel, delays the Mahdi’s return.

When you understand that, you understand how the Iranians view Israel. Israel is not just a political enemy – it is a theological offence.

The Jewish state’s presence in what Iran considers Islamic lands is viewed as a religious desecration that must be dealt with before the Mahdi can be revealed.

If you’re thinking this makes Penny Wong’s calls for “dialogue” rather childish, you’d be spot on.

Negotiation is exceptionally difficult, bordering on impossible, since the conflict is not merely over borders, but over prophecy, purity, and divine destiny.

If you are ignorant, wilfully or otherwise, of the religious dimension to this conflict, then it is easy to misread Iran’s motivations as irrational or purely strategic.

But within its own religious worldview, Iran’s posture toward Israel is not just logical – it is sacred.

Without understanding that, any diplomatic approach is hopelessly naive.

In fact, without understanding religion, it is almost impossible to understand messages the Iranian and Israeli leadership are sending to each other.

Benjamin Netanyahu Refers to Cyrus the Great

Let’s start with the Israeli PM’s reference yesterday to the Persian King Cyrus the Great.

Benjamin Netanyahu made a speech broadcast to the Iranian population in which he said…

“Cyrus freed the Jews, and today the Jewish state might free the Persians. Not in the sense that we’re doing it for them. In the end, they have to rise up themselves, but we are creating the conditions. And that’s why it could be consequential.”

King Cyrus is renowned for liberating the Jews from Babylonian captivity in 539 BC.

Unlike previous rulers, Cyrus allowed conquered peoples to return to their homelands and practice their religions freely. He issued a decree permitting the Jews to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple.

This act earned him lasting praise in Jewish tradition; he is even referred to as the “anointed one” in the book of Isaiah.

The Lord says this to Cyrus, his anointed,
whose right hand I have grasped
to subdue nations before him
and disarm kings… (Isaiah 45:1)

So in June 2025, Israel’s PM is reminding Iranians of what one of their great leaders did more than 2500 years ago, and saying he is now returning the favour.

Netanyahu sees himself as a historic figure, repaying the kindness of a Persian lionised in the Bible.

He will precipitate the liberation of Iranians held in captivity by the Ayatollah, even as Cyrus precipitated the liberation of Jews held in captivity by the Babylonians.

Ayatollah of Iran Refers to Ali ibn Abi Talib

Meanwhile, the Ayatollah also released a statement yesterday.

On Twitter, he wrote, “the battle begins” and posted a picture showing a man walking into a fortress as streaks of fire light the sky.

The caption read: “All returns to Kybhar”

The statement is a reference to the first imam of Shia Islam who lived 600 years after Christ.

Ali ibn Abi Talib, a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad (work that one out) was supposedly miraculously healed of blindness so that he could fight the Jews in hand-to-hand combat.

He killed Jews and made those who remained subject to heavy taxes.

The Ayatollah claims to be the modern day equivalent.

The contrast, then, between Netanyahu and the Ayatollah is stark. One claims to be the modern day liberator. The other boasts of being a modern day killer and oppressor. Both use religious history to illustrate their intentions.

I say again, if you’re unfamiliar with religion, you’ll miss so much of what is really going on in this conflict.

And that, of course, explains the Albanese Government’s position.

Article by James Macpherson, 20th June 2025, Substack

ANOTHER PROPHESIED BIBLICAL END TIMES SIGN: IRAN AND ISRAEL AT WAR

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Shortly before 2 am in Israel on Saturday, October 26th, airmen and women wearing bomber jackets bearing the Star of David climbed into the cockpits of about 100 jet fighters, spy planes, and refueling aircraft at an Israeli military base. They were following commands from an underground bunker known as the pit.

Israel’s wartime leaders, who were gathered in the bowels of the military headquarters in Tel Aviv, had just given the green light for the largest attack against Iran in Israel’s history — and its most politically perilous. They called the operation “Days of Repentance”. The assault was calibrated to punish Iran for an attack on Israel but aimed to avoid setting off a full-scale war between the two foes involving American forces and other countries in the region. The attack steered clear of the oil and nuclear facilities that Iran had warned would prompt retaliation, and appeared to heed the caution urged by US officials.

The attack, however, marked a dangerous new phase of confrontation between Israel and Iran, which began striking each other directly earlier this year. It left Iran even more exposed to further air attacks, with Israel destroying several of the country’s Russian-made S-300 radar defence batteries, according to an Israeli official.

An Israeli official said, “The message is that we don’t want an escalation but if Iran decides to escalate and attack Israel again, this means that we have increased our range of freedom of movement in the Iranian skies,”

Iran “knew that Israel was coming, and still, they couldn’t prevent anything,” said Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general.

This attack fulfills Biblical end-times prophecies of Israel being the centre of the world’s attention, antisemitism rampant, and all of its surrounding nations intent on its destruction. Prior to 1948 Israel as a nation did not exist. Its miraculous rebirth was the first and most significant of end times prophecies that would signal Jesus return to rescue God’s nation from destruction. We need to be watchful as we may have entered the last seven years (see post my Oct 17th, Where is Iran in Biblical Prophecy) before that happens.

WHERE IS IRAN IN BIBLICAL PROPHECY?

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The video below by the evangelist, Tim Shuttlesworth is worth watching. He knows where we are in Biblical history and the importance of Biblical end-times prophecies to prepare us for the coming tribulation. As we continue to watch the retaliations in the Israel-Iran war, the disinformation presented on social media, biased news outlets, antisemitic narratives on college campuses, and sadly the uneducated dialogue of many Christians falls short of a proper Biblical view. All students of the Bible need to be able to understand this war against Israel through the tense of Bible Prophecy. Tim does a worthwhile job of addressing the ongoing developments and provides a prophetic map that reveals exactly where we are headed. He covers three questions:

1. What is the timeline of the current war we are watching in the Middle East?

2. Where is Iran in Bible Prophecy?

3. What is Iran’s role in Final Bible Prophecy? Key Scriptures for today’s teaching: Ezekiel 39:1-7 Other Scriptures in this study: Ezekiel 38 & 39, Deuteronomy 33:29, Psalm 121:4-5 & 7, Isaiah 46:6b, Zechariah 9:16

I do not agree with Tim’s timing of the Rapture. He believes that the rapture happens before the start of tribulation which begins with the opening of the first seal, at year one of the final seven years of this era.

God does not say He will keep us from persecution/tribulation but He does say He will keep us from the time when He pours out His wrath upon the earth. The wrath of God is poured out with the Trumpet and Bowl judgements which commence at the blowing of the trumpet at the opening of the seventh seal at the end of the sixth year. At the sixth seal, we get the following Scripture announcing that the great day of God’s wrath has come.

“Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” Revelation 6:16