Iranian TV Special - The Mahdi Could Return This Spring - Iran Preparing For Apocalyptic War With The U.S.

The New Year may not be so happy if Iranian leaders have their way. The Islamic Messiah known as the "Twelfth Imam" or the "Mahdi" may come to earth in 2007 and could be revealed to the world as early as the Spring Equinox, reports an official Iranian government news website. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website says the world is now in its "last days." It claims that the Mahdi will first appear in Mecca, and then Medina. He will conquer all of Arabia, Syria, Iraq, destroy Israel, and then set up a "global government" based in Iraq, interestingly enough, not Iran. Such Islamic eschatology (end times theology) is driving the Iranian regime and helps explains why Iran has no interest in helping the U.S. and E.U. create peace in Iraq or the region, much less in ending its bid for nuclear weapons, the Iraq Study Group Report notwithstanding.

Anticipation of the imminent arrival or "illumination" of the Islamic Messiah has been steadily intensifying inside Iran since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad emerged as president of the country in June of 2005. A television series on IRIB called "The World Towards Illumination" has been running since last November to help answer the many questions Iranians have about the end of the world as we know it. The series explains the signs of the last days and what to expect when the Islamic Messiah arrives. The program also says that Jesus is coming back to earth soon as a Shiite Muslim leader and it denounces "born again Christians" for supporting "the illegal Zionist state of Israel." An Israeli news site was the first to pick up the story and its significance to Israeli national security, noting that the Mahdi will soon "form an army to defeat Islam's enemies in a series of apocalyptic battles" and "will overcome his archvillain in Jerusalem."

Some intelligence analysts are growing concerned by Ahmadinejad's announced plans "to hold the big celebration of Iran's full nuclearization in the current year." Iran's calendar year ends on March 20, which is the usual date of the Spring Equinox. Is Ahmadinejad signaling that Iran will have nuclear weapons by then? Is he suggesting that an apocalyptic war to annihilate Jews and Christians in Israel and the U.S. and could come in 2007, perhaps as early as this spring or summer? It is not yet clear, though Ahmadinejad today vowed to "humiliate" the U.S. and continues to vow that Israel to "vanish" soon.

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Personal Note: Is this it? I pray for Jesus to come quickly. Iran won't be able to annihilate the Jews or Americans. It will be annihilated instead. Refer Ezek 38. The Mahdi could be the Antichrist and the false Jesus could be the false prophet. But all this could take place only early in the tribulation when all the Christians are raptured already. So are you prepared? If you are a Christian, are you still loving the world like sinners? If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Come back to God. God loves you. Are you a non-believer? There isn't much time left. Come to God thru Jesus. There is no money to pay or sacrifice to make to believe in Jesus, just repent of your sins. Salvation is free by God's grace. I pray God's grace will come to you. Why hold on to this world that is temporal when there is a better world to come which is eternal? It won't be the end of this world but the beginning of a new much better one where everyone will live in peace. Jesus loves you and that's why He died for you. No matter who you are or what you have done, He still loves you, just don't reject Him. There isn't much time before the rapture. Even if there is no rapture, are you ready for the tribulation? Think. God bless!