This NY Times editorial appeared recently. Its worthy of reading for it shows the push within the Trump administration to do to Iran, what the Bush administration did to Iraq. History may repeat itself. Lawrence Wilkerson, chief-of-staff to Colin Powell… Read More ›
Signpost #2: Iran
What Will the Current Protests Accomplish? Nothing.
The current protests in Iran as reported by this NBC story seem to be generating hope in people that this time, unlike the Green Movement protests of 2009, regime change might actually occur. Most people don’t know about the Four… Read More ›
The Second Signpost Cannot Tarry Too Long
We may forget another factor that will affect the timing of the Second Signpost, and that is the fact that three-fourths of the Iranian population hates the current regime. I mentioned this in Daniel Revisited. This story from American Thinker reminded me… Read More ›
A Prince Moves Us Towards the Second Signpost
In January 2016 a high-ranking Shia cleric was executed, and an embassy was burned down in retribution. In November 2017 a missile is launched from Yemen towards Riyadh, the Saudi capital. The Lebanese Prime Minister, a Sunni Muslim, finds safety… Read More ›
Good Summary on the IRGC, the Second Horn
In covering the news about US president Trump threatening to call the IRGC a terror group, The Guardian has asked the question, Is Iran’s revolutionary guard a terror group? The article does a nice job of summarizing the growth of… Read More ›
Second Signpost Rhetoric Continues at the UN
Last week was the annual meeting of nations at the UN in New York where leaders from around the world make their speeches. This is the venue at which former Iranian president Ahmadinejad would annually speak about the coming al-Mahdi,… Read More ›
The Coming Attack on the US Dollar
We’ve all seen the hurricanes – Harvey and Irma most recently – and their devastation on Houston and Florida. But there is a major economic storm about to hit the United States that will be far more devastating. It will… Read More ›
A Photo Op: Horn of the Ram Meets Horn of the Goat
One of the news sites I watch is the Iranian state-run news site Tasnim. Much of what they report is done for propaganda purposes and so much must be taken with a grain of salt, but they also report matter-of-fact… Read More ›
North Korea and the Second Signpost
North Korea? The Second Signpost? What would that rogue nation in the Far East have anything to do with Iran’s great invasion? Daniel 8:4 says, “No animal could stand against him, and none could rescue from his power. He did… Read More ›
Kissinger is Right On Both Counts
For those who aren’t familiar with Henry Kissinger, he was the secretary of state during the late Nixon and Ford years, 1973-1977. He is considered by many to be the greatest secretary of state, in terms of statesmanship, of the… Read More ›