Iranians 'beg Trump to resume war and finish what he started'
Iranians pleading for renewed US military action against their own regime echoes the biblical pattern of oppressed peoples calling for deliverance through war, a sign of the wars and rumors of wars that precede the end.
Psalm 2:1-3
Direct Principle“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, 'Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.'”
Why this passage
Psalm 2 is a royal psalm describing the rebellion of earthly rulers against God's anointed king. The 'nations raging' and 'peoples plotting' refers to the futile conspiracy of human governments to throw off divine authority.
This is a timeless principle: all earthly power that sets itself against God's order will ultimately be broken.
This principle applies directly to the Iranian regime, which has long raged against God's people and God's order, and now faces internal rebellion as its own citizens cry out for foreign intervention against it.
Behold, the cry of the oppressed rises even from within the enemy's camp. As Iranians beg for war against their own rulers, we hear the groaning of creation for deliverance from tyranny.
Yet take heed: Scripture warns that 'nation shall rise against nation' (Matthew 24:7), and such pleas for war, however justified, are part of the birth pains that precede the end. Pray not for more war, but for the Prince of Peace to hasten His return.
Today's Prayer
Pray that the Lord would bring true peace to Iran through the gospel, not merely through the sword of man, and that His people there would be strengthened in the midst of turmoil.
Further Scripture
Additional passages that illuminate this event, each grounded in a distinct interpretive lens.
“And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.”
Why this passage
Isaiah 19 is an oracle against Egypt, describing a time when God would bring civil strife upon the nation: 'Egyptians against Egyptians.' The original context was judgment on Egypt for its idolatry and oppression. The pattern is clear: when a nation rebels against God, He can turn its own people against its rulers.
This pattern parallels the situation in Iran, where the people are turning against their own government and calling for foreign military intervention to overthrow it.
How it applies
Just as God stirred up civil conflict within Egypt as judgment, the internal division in Iran — with citizens begging for war against their own regime — reflects the same divine principle. The regime that has persecuted Christians and raged against the West now faces the sword from within its own house, a sign of the wars that Scripture says will multiply in the last days.
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Source: Jada Bas— we link to the original for full context.