WHAT GOD IS DOING IN IRAN PART 3

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Here’s what a typical spiritual journey looks like for an Iranian convert, pieced together from real testimonies collected by ministries such as Elam Alive, Heart4Iran, and GCM (names changed for privacy but the pattern is genuine):


Elam Alive Ministries is a Christian evangelical-Protestant institution that is committed to partnering with all Iranian and non-Iranian Christian churches and organizations that are called to serve Persian-speaking communities.

1. The Awakening

It often begins with an inner restlessness. Many describe feeling disillusioned with religious control or hypocrisy, or sensing emptiness despite outward obedience.

  • Some experience a dream of a man in white, radiant but gentle, calling them by name or saying simply, “Follow Me.”
  • Others encounter Jesus through a satellite broadcast or an online Bible teacher speaking in Farsi.

One man from Shiraz said, “In my dream, I saw a light that filled the room. The next morning I searched every channel until I found the same name — Isa Masih, Jesus Christ.”

2. The Search for Truth

After such an experience, the person quietly begins searching — often anonymously online or through trusted contacts abroad.

  • They might download a Farsi Bible (often from a VPN-protected link).
  • They begin to read the Gospels, sometimes secretly at night. Many say John’s Gospel touches them most deeply. Why? Perhaps because it presents the most powerful case in all the Bible for the deity of the incarnate son of God.
  • Often, they encounter a mentor through a secure messaging discipleship group or through satellite counselors who answer Farsi emails with Scripture.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” John 1:1-4

“but these (signs and miracles) are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” John 20:31

3. The Conversion Moment

There’s usually a decisive moment of surrender — a simple, heartfelt prayer:

“Jesus, I believe You are alive. I belong to You now.”
The new believer often describes immediate peace and freedom from fear, yet knows danger will follow. Baptisms usually happen later—quietly, in a safe house or secluded stream—sometimes with just two witnesses.

4. Early Discipleship under Pressure

They are soon invited into a house fellowship, where they learn to:

  • memorize verses,
  • pray aloud, and
  • share faith naturally through relationships.

The cost is real. Many face rejection by family or lose jobs. Yet house churches provide community, helping each other with food, legal aid, or emotional care.

A convert named Farah put it this way:

“I walked into that small living room and found myself at home. I lost my family, but gained a bigger one.”

5. Multiplication & Leadership

Disciples quickly become disciplers. Within months, new believers are encouraged to tell their story to one or two trusted friends.
Their courage is contagious. One leader said: “Every Iranian believer is a missionary. We can’t help it — we found freedom, and we must tell someone.”

Even imprisonment often becomes ministry. Testimonies tell of believers sharing Christ with guards or cellmates who also turn to faith.

6. Perseverance & Hope

Over time, their faith matures into deep resilience. The vision of a restored Elam — not political, but spiritual — keeps them steady.
Many say, “God is doing something new in Iran, even if the world doesn’t see it.”

They pray not for safety, but for boldness, echoing the early apostles.

So yes — in a very real sense, what Jeremiah foresaw seems to be unfolding among today’s Iranians: a quiet but profound restoration of hearts to the rule of God.

Here are two true accounts drawn from well-documented testimony collections used by Farsi-speaking ministries (Elam Ministries, Heart4Iran, and satellite networks like SAT‑7 Pars). The details have been adjusted slightly to protect identities, but the narratives themselves are real.

1. Nasrin – The Dream That Wouldn’t Fade

Nasrin grew up devout and serious about religion in Mashhad, a city known for its shrines. During her final year at university she began feeling that something was missing.

One night she dreamed of a man in dazzling white standing beside a spring. He looked at her with compassion and said only, “I chose you.” She woke shaken—but with deep peace.

Weeks later, while flipping TV channels late at night, she found a Farsi satellite program where the speaker said almost the same words Jesus speaks in John 15 — that He chose us. She wrote down the address on the screen, emailed the producers, and received a digital New Testament.

She read in secret for months. When she reached the story of the woman caught in adultery, she said,

“I felt He was forgiving me personally. I knelt on my carpet and told Jesus He could have my life.”

Through encrypted chat she met another believer who trained her privately in Scripture memory and prayer. Today Nasrin quietly disciples three women in her city. Her family still doesn’t know.

2. Reza – The Prison Pastor

Reza was a police trainee from a conservative background near Shiraz. He first encountered the name “Isa Masih” while listening to shortwave radio to practice English. The preacher’s description of unconditional love intrigued him; he began emailing questions under a false name.

Months later, authorities arrested him on unrelated charges. In prison he met a man serving time for “house-church activity.” The prisoner had such calm confidence that Reza asked him his secret.

The man replied, “Because Jesus is here, even in this cell.”

Reza remembered those broadcasts, prayed to know that peace, and says his heart changed that night. When eventually released, he contacted the underground network and asked for baptism. Within a year he began leading prayer meetings for former inmates.

He later said:

“They took away my gun, but gave me the sword of the Spirit.”

Both testimonies mirror hundreds of others circulating inside and outside Iran—different people, same pattern: a personal encounter with Christ, quiet discipleship amid danger, and transformation that multiplies.

CHRISTIANS TARGETED IN AFRICA

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Media and global elites ‘allow new Islamist Caliphate’ in Africa as Christians are wiped out. The media and the Nigerian government are engaged in a ‘fake news cover up’ over denials there is a systematic slaughter of Christians in the country, according to Dave Miers. As the death toll mounts and displacement reaches 16 million people, the Pastor has contacts on the ground who are routinely victim to Islamist attacks he believes are part of a determined effort to form an Africa-wide Islamic caliphate.

The Islamists are aiming for Africa to be the next Islamic Caliphate. With Shia Muslim control of Iran collapsing, God’s Word tells us that the Goat (Turkey, Sunni Muslim) of Daniel 8 will be next Middle East nation to attempt to re-establish a Neo Ottoman Empire.

The spread of Islam in Nigeria was marked by the establishment of the Sokoto Caliphate in the 18th century, led by Usman dan Fodio who introduced Sunni Islam to the region. This historical context highlights the shared roots of Islam in both Turkey and Nigeria, as well as the impact of Islamic movements on the socio-political landscape of the two countries.

This fits with Biblical end times prophecies that are playing out in our day. We are fast approaching the time of Jesus prophesied second coming to rescue God’s nation Israel and set up His Millennial Kingdom. This is next on God’s agenda for planet earth. It is a necessary transition period so that God fulfils the promises (Abrahamic covenant) He made to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and David for Israel’s Messiah (Jesus) to rule the nations of the world from a magnificent new Jerusalem. Satan had 6000 years rule and Jesus will have 1000 years, total 7000 years. This earth’s time is then complete and God will create a new heaven and new earth where only the righteous dwell as given in Revelation 21.

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.” Revelation 21:1-3

Go to http://www.millennialkingdom.net for more on what is next for planet earth so you can be prepared.

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