Note: This is the first of a two-part series.
What kinds of signs of the end times should we be on the lookout for?
In a brand-new prophetic mystery video, New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Cahn opened up the signs of the end times that have recently come to pass with the passing of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi.
- Raisi’s name is related to the Israeli people.
Raisi’s first name, ‘Ebrahim,’ comes from Abraham, the we see in Genesis who God decided to make a covenant with, and through His descendants, the nation of Israel was born.
“He was named after the father of the Jewish people and yet, he was an enemy of the Jewish people,” Cahn says. “If you bless Israel, if you bless the Jewish people [and] you will be blessed. But if you curse Israel, if you curse the Jewish people, you will be cursed.”
- The Iranian president cursed the Israeli people in the middle of the war and found himself being cursed.
“The president of Iran cursed Israel in the midst of the war. It happened after Iran attacked Israel with the missiles,” Cahn says.
“The Abrahamic covenant says what you do will come back,” Cahn continued. “Raisi threatened to end Israel. One month later, it was the end of Raisi.”
- Raisi matches up with the description of Haman in the Old Testament.
Cahn says the similarities between Raisi and Haman are uncanny, Raisi being much like a modern-day Haman.
“Haman raged against the Jewish people. He threatened and planned their destruction but the hand of God turned everything around,” Cahn says.
“Haman was a Persian or Iranian official who rose to power and raged against the Jews. Haman threatened the destruction of the people of Israel. Raisi threatened the destruction of the people of Israel. Haman was the number two official in Persia, second in command to the king. Raisi happened to be also the number two official in Persia, the second in command to the Supreme Leader.”
- The prophecy of Ezekiel 38-39 is connected to the Hamas attacks that took place on Oct. 7.
“It was Iran’s support and funding and training of Hamas that brought Israel’s worst day since the Holocaust,” Cahn said.
However, the enemy of Israel, Raisi, died in the mountains. This, Cahn points out, is foretold by the prophet Ezekiel.
“So Raisi fell on the mountains; his helicopter fell on the mountains,” Cahn says.
- The building of the temple will connect with what both Daniel and Revelation have to say about the Antichrist. During this time, the demonic “sar paras” entity will seek to keep these things from happening.
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“In the last days, you’ve got an anti-Israel demonic entity,” Cahn says. “It happens to be linked to one specific nation: Persia…the ‘sar paras’ can be translated as the ruler of Iran, a demonic spirit ruling, leading Iran.”
- The Iranian General is directly connected with being the “sar paras.”
“The word ‘sar’ as in ‘sar paras’ is also translated in the Bible as general,” Cahn says. “That’s why when they struck him down Iran went crazy and launched over 300 missiles into Israel.”
These end times mysteries surrounding Iran and Israel show that what is playing out in front of our eyes is the fulfillment of biblical prophecy told thousands of years ago.
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