There is constant speculation, even chatter these days, that President Trump will soon order another strike on Iran’s nuclear weapons production areas. Some reports say this will take place before the midterm elections (and at the time this article is being posted, it hasn’t happened; that tells us it won’t happen before the midterms). And some say it will take place following the midterms.
President Trump himself has said in impromptu news gatherings that he will likely strike again following the midterm elections.
There has been much speculation by news pundits and politicos about the whys and whens of such a strike. My own speculation is that such a strike is destined to take place, and it will have severe ramifications to the regions struck, as outlined by the prophet Jeremiah, which we have covered a number of times in these articles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently spoke to his view of the necessity to deal finally with the Iranian regime. An excerpt of his thoughts is covered in the following news item.
Israel has achieved stunning military accomplishments against Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, militias in Syria, and, most notably, against the head of the terror proxy snake: Iran.
These pivotal elections, like the five consecutive elections between April 2019 and November 2022, are again a referendum on the continued governance of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu is presenting Israelis with a stark electoral choice: Renew his mandate to capitalize on Trump’s bold endorsement this past week or risk surrendering the strategic gains of a multi-pronged war.
Netanyahu argues that the campaign remains unfinished. Even after the blows that Israel and the United States have delivered together and apart, Tehran, he warns, could restart its nuclear program. He therefore frames Trump’s endorsement as a promise to finish what was started, contingent on his remaining in the top job.
In a wide-ranging pre-election interview with JNS, Netanyahu casts his partnership with Trump as the foundation for an ambitious agenda: to bring down Iran’s regime, further weakening its regional proxies; expand the Abraham Accords normalization agreements with Muslim-majority countries in the region; and prevent the creation of a Palestinian state anywhere within Israel’s current borders. (“Netanyahu to JNS: ‘The only way to guarantee the future of Israel is to remove the Iranian regime’,” Alex Traiman, JNS, RR News, October 22, 2026)
I believe there can be little doubt that this prime minister and this US president fully intend to deliver a blow to this hellish regime. I am convinced they will attempt to do so. And the blow will be catastrophic, especially to the people of the region affected.
To do otherwise would be to make the previous destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities nonsensical and merely an exercise in futility.
Much speculation about the MOAB (“mother of all bombs”) being used comes from some top Trump administration officials. This, of course, is the most powerful weapon in the American military inventory that is non-nuclear in nature.
But decimation to Iran’s nuclear facility is not the same as removal of the regime that has vowed to destroy both the “little Satan” (Israel) and the “big Satan” (the United States of America).
Most observers of geopolitics apparently believe and forecast that it would take a massive invasion of troops on the ground to finally and forever remove Iran’s regime structure. Neither Netanyahu nor Trump is willing to commit to such an all-out ground invasion.
However, more to the point, there is going to be in place during the future invasion of Israel an Iranian regime at least as wicked and hate-filled as the present Iranian regime.
Ezekiel the prophet was given, through Holy Spirit inspiration, the armies of people to Israel’s north that will come to “take spoil” and annihilate God’s chosen people. This will never be allowed to happen, of course, as God Himself will intervene and destroy all but one-sixth of the invading force.
One of the chief members of that force will be the armies of Persia. This, of course, is the ancient name for the region of present-day Iran. So, a regime at least as evil as that in today’s Iran will exist at the time of the Gog-Magog attack outlined by Ezekiel.
Therefore, because of the lateness of the prophetic hour—based upon all of the signals that we are near the end of the Age of Grace—the present Iranian regime seems destined to be part of the Gog-Magog attacking force.
My own view is that the assault will take place very soon after the Rapture of the Church. I believe the man of sin who will become Earth’s last and most terrible tyrant will watch, knowing this force will be defeated by God, then will move into Jerusalem to become that son of perdition.
So, my own take is to watch for a devastating strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, but not for Iranian regime change. Iran’s destiny—that is, Persia’s evil regime’s prophetic destiny—is in God’s crosshairs for destruction!
—Terry