I have been watching the news with one eye and my Bible with the other, and I want to share what I am seeing, because at this point I don’t just believe we are living in the pages of Scripture right now. I am positive we are.
This week, the United States and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The agreement extends the ceasefire for 60 days, with Iran gradually reopening the Strait of Hormuz and the US lifting its blockade of Iranian ports. The interim agreement declares an intent to bring about an immediate and permanent termination of military operations in the US-Israeli war with Iran, which began February 28. Both sides will commit to further talks toward a more substantive final deal within 60 days, extendable with mutual consent.
On the surface, it reads like progress. On the surface, it reads like peace. But I want to sit with you in the quiet for a moment and ask the question the mainstream media’s headlines are not asking: where was Israel?
The memorandum included the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon, an end to Iranian restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, a reduction of US military assets from the region, and some relief of sanctions on Iran. Iran called it a victory. Hezbollah called it a great achievement.
In fact, Hezbollah hailed the MOU as Iran’s achievement, declaring there will be no return to the situation before March 2 and warning it will no longer accept any attacks against Lebanon. The nations congratulated themselves and shook hands, and the tiny nation at the center of all of it was largely absent from the table.
This is not new. This is prophecy.
My friend and teacher Ross over at newnewscast.com said something that straightened and strengthened my perspective even more than it has been prior to this week. He titled his update “First Signs of Divine Intervention — Israel Grows a Backbone,” and he was exactly right to use that framing, because while the nations were signing their memorandums and declaring victories, Israel looked at that deal and said no. Israel claimed the entire proposal was a slap in the face and a challenge to their sovereignty, declaring they will not be bound by it.
Israeli officials stated with crystal clarity that Israel is not subordinate to the United States, that they are an independent and sovereign country, and that they are not partners to this agreement, which does not safeguard their security. Ross called that divine intervention, and I believe he is right, because that kind of courage in the face of international pressure does not come from political calculation. It comes from the God who promised He would never leave nor forsake the nation He has chosen.
Zechariah 12:2-3 tells us that in the last days, God will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about, a burdensome stone for all people, and every nation that burdens itself with it shall be cut in pieces. We have to understand that this is not because Israel is a problem, but because the nations of the world will increasingly treat her as one, engineering their agreements and drawing their maps as though the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is not watching every single word on every single page.
Iran’s chief negotiator called the MOU a record of US failure, yet Iran simultaneously refuses to discuss its missile program. Iran’s foreign ministry stated very clearly that its missiles are only for firing, not for negotiation, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will not be discussed in any process with any party.
Sixty days to negotiate the nuclear file with a nation whose missiles are pointed at Jerusalem, and whose missiles are, by their own admission, non-negotiable? I will let you draw your own conclusions about what kind of peace this is.
I include a disclaimer in every prophecy/news post I share: I am not writing this to stoke fear. And I am not. I have walked too long with the Lord to let fear have the microphone in my life. What I am writing this to say is that we are in the season the prophets described.
This is not “maybe.” It is not “eventually.” It’s now. The alignment is not subtle anymore. The players are on the stage. The pressure on Israel is not an accident of geopolitics. It is the orchestration of end times prophecy unfolding in real time, and those of us who are watchmen on the wall have a responsibility to say so, and to say so plainly.
Daniel 9:27 describes a covenant made with many, a false peace that looks like the answer but carries within it the seeds of the greatest tribulation the world has ever seen. I am not saying this MOU is that covenant, but I am saying that every agreement like it, every moment where the nations sit down without the God of that land at the center, is a rehearsal. And the rehearsals are undeniably accelerating.
What does the Word say to us in this hour? It says what it has always said. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). We are not called to pray for the manufactured peace of a 60-day window, but the peace that only comes with the Prince of Peace Himself.
It tells us to watch and be sober (1 Thessalonians 5:6). It says do not be troubled (John 14:1). It says He who keeps Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121:4). No memorandum signed in Versailles changes any of that by a single syllable.
So this is where I land, and I invite you to land here with me: grieve what is grievous, discern what is deceptive, pray without ceasing, and keep your eyes fixed on the God who has never once been surprised by a news cycle. He knew this week was coming before the foundations of the earth. He is not panicking.
Neither am I, but I am following His instruction. I am watching, and I am telling you what I see.
Maranatha.
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