Author and prophecy expert Todd Hampson is closely monitoring the events unfolding in the Middle East, noting how some perceive Israel’s preemptive strike on Iran as potentially having prophetic significance.
“I wasn’t surprised that it happened, but … I didn’t know if it was going to happen today or two weeks from now,” Hampson told CBN News. “I was blown away at how they went all in and … you can tell … this is their one shot to eradicate the nuclear program and they’re doing everything they can to do it.”
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The “Prophecy Pros Podcast” host said those who study Bible prophecy know these events could have “huge implications.” Iran has made no secret of its quest to see Israel wiped off the map, and Israel seems intent on using its operation Rising Lion to stop the Islamic Republic’s growing nuclear program.
When asked what motivates Iran’s hatred for Israel, Hampson said he believes “it’s all spiritual.”
“It’s all demonically led at the root,” he said, noting how Scripture also prophecies Israel will one day come back into the land, something he and many other prophecy experts believe happened in 1948 when Israel was re-established.
Hampson continued, “I believe it’s demonically led. From a human perspective, it’s an ideological thing. They’re radical Islamic [adherents]. They have a clock that is counting down to the destruction of Israel, that’s in their capital city. I mean, who does that?”
The author said that anytime a group seeks to “destroy all the Jewish people,” the Israeli people believe they must be taken at their word, citing the Holocaust and other such moments throughout history.
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On the prophecy front, there’s no doubt some people are looking at Ezekiel 38-39 and pondering whether the events prophesied in those chapters could somehow be tied to what’s happening in the Middle East right now, particularly the portion of the text that warns of an Iranian-led invasion.
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