A number of news items are showing that events in the Middle East continue to march us to the Second Signpost. Iran Nuclear Deal US president Trump is threatening to boycott or end the Iran nuclear deal, on May 12…. Read More ›
Signpost #2: Iran
Saudi Crown Prince Sees the Second Signpost
The heir apparent to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, gets it. He called Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei “the new Hitler” back in November. Admittedly, I didn’t read the story; after all, of course the Ayatollah is like Hitler… Read More ›
How a TOTAL Solar Eclipse is Like Prophecy Fulfillment
Many prophecy teachers have written articles about solar (and lunar) eclipses and how they are the omens showing that some prophecy event is about to be fulfilled. This article is not one of those. This article, rather, is meant to… Read More ›
America’s March to Triggering the Second Signpost?
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 ›
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 ›