03/06/2026
Why is this Middle East War Different?
The current Iran conflict is different from previous Middle East conflicts for a couple of reasons. For one, the United States is directly involved allied with Israel. For another, this war is a part of a war that started 07 October, 2023. A third reason is the general attitude exhibited by Israel and the United States. Fourth, it is assumed by many Bible scholars that this is the Ezekiel 38 war.
Pertinent verses:
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. –Psalm 83:3, 4.
And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, to take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. –Ezekiel 38:11, 12.
A short general description of the previous battles is necessary.
Several Israeli wars have been existential wars. Another, the 1956 Suez War was, in cooperation with Britain and France, an attempt to take back control of the Suez Canal and drive the Egyptians back across the canal for security. Other conflicts have been reactions to a constant barrage of missiles and terror attacks against the Jews.
In every case the west, usually the US, has supported Israel’s right to exist and supplied weapons including tanks such as the British Centurion and fighters such as the French Mirage. In contrast, the USSR, later Russia, and France and Britain supplied massive amounts of every type of weapon to Israel’s enemies. In every case the West has held the Israelis back out of the fear that OPEC would turn off the oil as in 1973 or that other powers such as the USSR would escalate the conflicts into world war. Iran, with a few others, sponsored many of the antagonists that are directly on Israel’s borders such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
While the US and Israel has several common enemies in the Middle East, they have only occasionally joined forces to attack. Iraq, Iran, and Syria have all experienced the joint effects. Iraq was about regime change; Iran in a limited way because of attacks made by them or their proxies; and Syria during their civil war when Israel and the US took sides against a dictator who used weapons of mass destruction against his own citizens. This conflict is different. The US and Israel have joined forces with the goal of eliminating Iran, not as a country, but as an active hostile terrorist nation. Iran is a nation that is determined to have a nuclear weapon; it is a nation that possesses the means to deliver them to most of the western world. Israel and the US decided enough is enough and joined forces.
It is a mistake to assume this battle started on 28 February, 2026. For Israel, it began with a Holocaust on 07 October, 2023 on home soil. For the US, the violence began that day on US soil with demonstrations, anti-Semitic attacks, and attacks against anyone who protests against the protesters. Israel immediately attacked the Iranian sponsored terrorists in Gaza with more reprisal attacks against Iranian sponsored terrorists in the West Bank. Hezbollah suffers from reprisals after launching terror attacks against northern Israel. Israel has been fighting on all sides against enemies that scream, “From the river to the sea…” meaning that Israel will exist no more. Meanwhile, America’s left wing is screaming the same thing backed by violence against synagogues and any that support Israel. This war did not begin 28 February; it began with the October Holocaust.
The October terrorists were too successful for their own good yet their success failed in a crucial way. It is probable the Gazan attack was meant to be coordinated with other attacks all around Israel. This supposition is supported by the subsequent attacks within days of 07 October and previous attacks on Israel that were well coordinated by countries. Whether this coordination failed because of a lack of discipline, bad communication, or malfeasance will only be known later. The result is that Israel mobilized in time to thwart (mostly) the other October attacks.
For Israel, the Holocaust attack eliminated any doubt that they are in a permanent existential war that can only end if they remove all of the enemies at their gates. The Muslim success changed Israel forever; no longer will they restrict their attacks to retaliation, self-defence, or strategic defensive moves. They have removed many enemies on their borders and in Iran with the pager exploit. The joint attacks on the nuclear sites reduced the chances of a nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran. The elimination of the Iranian leadership provides the Iranian people a chance at a new beginning. It also reduces the sponsorship of the terror groups around the world.
For the USA, President Donald J. Trump and his cabinet followed the cries of the left that said, “We need to listen to them and find out what they want!” They have listened and the US leadership has taken the Iranian rhetoric seriously.
“We will have nuclear weapons!”
“We have missiles that can hit Europe and the United States!”
“Death to America!”
“Israel will be wiped of the face of the earth!”
President Trump listened. He found out what they want. They want Big Satan and Little Satan destroyed. He takes them at their word. There are reports of sleeper cells throughout the US and thanks to Obama and Biden there is little doubt there are terrorists that entered the US. He gave the Iranians warnings complete with timelines. He sent a message by arresting Maduro. Israel and the US struck the nuclear sites. The Iranian leadership allegedly murdered 30, 000 Iranian protesters. They continued to posture and threaten.
Already allies, the US and Israel decided to attack in a combined attack. The difference from before is the will of the leadership and the support of the majority of the people. It was decided that Iran must be changed, the Iranian protesters must be saved, and the threat removed. The change is intestinal fortitude now versus equivocation before.
This will not be an endless quagmire similar to Iraq and Afghanistan. President Trump does not want it; Israel cannot afford it; the American people will not stand for it. The Iranian people want regime change. You can tell that by how fast the burkas disappeared. The Iranians will handle it.
This war is NOT the Ezekiel war for a few reasons. The list of countries does not match Ezekiel except for Iran. The ethnic groups do match Psalm 83 and Obadiah. The stated goal of wiping Israel from history matches Psalm 83. The Russians are not yet attacking Israel and are not likely to as long as they are involved in Ukraine. Iran is not physically attacking Israel with the allies listed in Ezekiel. There is no possibility that Israel is a land of unwalled villages. How many of you are within a few minutes of a bomb shelter? How many of you know where your gas mask is? How many of you walk the streets with an army rifle? How many of you live with daily rocket attacks? Israelis do all of these every day. This is not a land of unwalled villages.
But it will be. God foretold it. In October He either allowed Satan to cause his minions to alter Israel’s leadership or He intervened with the Israeli leadership. We know He used Obama and Biden coupled with a stolen election (alleged) to place the leaders the world needed today instead of leaders too weak to remove the bad actors in the Middle East. They would be Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump.
Prophecy is fulfilled before our eyes and will be fulfilled every time we wake up from now until the New Heaven and Earth arrive.
God’s got it.
Be in agreement with God.
The Rapture is upon us.
