|
Dear brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus, part of the growing repentance remnant, cleansing as His Bride, getting ready for His soon return as our Bridegroom-----
Avner Boskey has remarkable, Scripture-based insights on this ongoing battle between Iran and Israel. ALL of us, in ALL nations, need to wake up, listen to Almighty God and respond as He directs. Avner has an excellent way of responding to Trump's F Word now going viral. He writes: It is not accurate historically to declare what POTUS Trump said on the White House lawn as he headed to his helicopter: “You know what? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing. Do you understand that?”
-
This unfortunate statement does not do honor to the high office that a POTUS is supposed to uphold. It is so important for people to be lifting him up in prayer and asking the God of Jacob to grant him YHVH’s perspectives, heart and strategies at this challenging time.
Here's Avner's article today:
NEIGHBORHOOD BULLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
It’s hard to find trustworthy enemies in the Middle East
Avner Boskey |
One of Bob Dylan’s strongest rock songs ever is about the nation of Israel. Released in 1983 on the ‘Infidels’ album, and produced by Dylan and Mark Knopfler, the song ‘Neighborhood Bully’ is a salute to Israel’s warrior spirit – as evidenced in her destruction of Iraq’s ‘Osirak’ nuclear bomb reactor on June 7, 1981 (code-named ‘Operation Opera’ or ‘Operation Babylon’).
-
Many do not know that this Israeli attack on Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981, just before it went hot, was not the first such attack. The Shi’ite terror state of Iran had bombed Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1980, as did Israel once (in 1981) and the United States twice (in 1991 and 2003) after it had been partially rebuilt by the Iraqis.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Force had attacked Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Centre on September 30, 1980, eight days after the beginning of the Iraqi invasion of Iran. Four Iranian F-4 Phantom II’s were involved in bombing the Iraqi reactor, but their efforts only managed to delay Iraq’s nuclear efforts for approximately three months. Iran was seeking to thwart Iraq’s progress to a nuclear bomb and feared the possibility of Iraqi nuclear weapons being used on Iranian soil.
Israel’s airstrike eight months later on June 7, 1981 completely destroyed the Osirak reactor. The military doctrine behind this action is called ‘the Begin Doctrine’ – countries that are hostile to Israel and that call for its destruction must not be allowed to develop a nuclear military capability that could be used against Israel.
In 1991, ten years later and seven months after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Centre was struck again for good measure by the United States. Further U.S. strikes at the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq destroyed the little that was left of Saddam’s nuclear program.
“This Land ain’t your land; this Land is my land”
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion’ has focused on removing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons. Dylan’s song ‘Neighborhood Bully’ has a cutting prophetic edge. Some of its lyrics are used in this newsletter to shed light on current events going on in Iran.
- Well, the neighborhood bully, he’s just one man
- His enemies say he’s on their land
- They got him outnumbered about a million to one
- He got no place to escape to, no place to run
- He’s the neighborhood bully
The university campuses and public streets across North America and Europe are filled with violent demonstrators shouting out that the Jewish people’s Promised Land must be made Judenrein (Nazi word for ‘Jew-free’): “From the River to the Sea, Palestine must be free!” This tidal wave of Jew-hatred is what Bob Dylan was focusing a spotlight on 42 years ago.
Iran’s International Conference on Supporting Palestine Intifada (last held in 2023) issued final conclusions: “The participants in the sixth conference, emphasized on the necessity of further attempts to terminate the occupying Palestine . . . and forming the independent country of Palestine, and al-Quds [i.e., Islamist name for Jerusalem] to be its capital . . . rejecting the ‘normalization’ of the relationship to ‘the Zionism Regime’, and asked all countries to break off their relationship with this regime”.
There’s a noose at his neck
Dylan’s fourth verse notes:
- Well, the chances are against it, and the odds are slim
- That he’ll live by the rules that the world makes for him
- There’s a noose at his neck and a gun at his back
- And a license to kill him is given out to every maniac
Since 1982 Iran’s jihadi government has been at war with Israel, either using the shadow world of sleeper-cell terrorists, or through training and arming Lebanese jihadis like al-Amal and Hezbollah, or Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, or the Yemenite Houthis, or the Kata’eb Hezbollah in Iraq, or Syrian terror groups and Syria itself in the days of Bashar al-Assad. Iran has developed a seven-front strategic attack force against Israel.
The Abu Ali news site quotes “Gholam Ali Rashid, commander of Khatem al-Anbiya, who was killed in [Israel’s] opening strike on Thursday morning [June 13], recounts what Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who was killed in 2020 and was the architect of the current Iranian military doctrine, told him: ‘I built 6 armies for Iran – outside of Iran: Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, Syria, Al-Hashd al-Shaabi (in Iraq). Any enemy who wants to fight Iran will have to go through these 6 armies – and will not be able to!”
Since 1982 Iran has been building up a multi-faceted war-hammer to be used against Israel. This includes international sleeper-cells; six terrorist proxies and hundreds of thousands of attack drones; the world’s largest supply of ballistic missiles’ and intensive nuclear weapons laboratories and factories seeded across Iran. Israeli intelligence has been interdicting Iranian efforts to build a bomb since 2009, either through assassination ofnuclear scientists, accidents, sabotage, destruction of thousands of centrifuges by means of the STUXNET computer virus directed against the Natanz nuclear site (a joint Israeli Mossad / US NSA operation), as well as other joint operations; and the Mossad’s transferring of significant portions of Iran’s secret nuclear archives to Israel.
- These facts show that Israel and the US have seen Iran’s nuclear program as a threat to both countries’ security, and have been involved in years of active and secret measures to block and destroy Iranian efforts. Israel and the US have been joint-partners in these operations, and have shared much intelligence concerning these matters.
No contract that he signed was worth that what it was written on
Dylan’s 7th verse note:
- Now his holiest books have been trampled upon
- No contract that he signed was worth that what it was written on . . .
Ceasefires are made with parties who are trustworthy, who will keep agreements. Iran is a serial liar and con artist when it comes to agreements about nuclear weapons. This has been proven multiple times. It is astounding that various POTUS’s have trusted Iran to hold to previous agreements, only to be deceived into the present hair-trigger situation. President Trump unilaterally declared a ceasefire between Iran and Israel on June 23, 2025, at 6:02 PM ET:
- CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL. On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, “THE 12 DAY WAR.” This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!
Iran initially denied this and continued to fire missiles up to and beyond the beginning of the “ceasefire:” “An Iranian official claimed that Tehran never received a ceasefire proposal and saw no reason to end the war with Israel and the United States, the official told CNN on Monday night. The official claimed that Tehran would continue the war and that remarks from Israeli and US leaders would be viewed as a ‘deception’ to justify continued attacks on Iran.”
Not supposed to fight back
Dylan’s 7th and 8th verses note:
- He’s not supposed to fight back, to have thick skin
- He’s supposed to lay down and die when his door is kicked in . . .
- What’s anybody indebted to him for?
- Nothing, they say. He just likes to cause war
- He’s the neighborhood bully
We are witnesses of those Iranian missile attacks. Our cell phones show the times and locations of each Iranian missile attack, the ones which occurred before and after the ceasefire deadline. One of these missiles contained over 1,000 pounds of explosives and hit Beersheva 20 minutes before the ‘ceasefire’ was to go into effect. It hit between the 4th and 5th floor of a seven-story civilian apartment building a few miles from us. A family of 3 who were sheltering in their safe room were instantly killed, along with one other person. Over 1,000 Israelis are now homeless in Beersheva, as hundreds of apartments were rendered uninhabitable. After the ceasefire went into effect, Iran continued to shoot, firing three missiles towrd the Golan and Galilee regions.
When a ceasefire is not honored, this indicates that the side which fired has violated the ceasefire and that the agreement is not holding. If this principle is not honored, then the shooter is not to be trusted, and neither is the party which justifies the breaking of the ceasefire. To Israel’s shock, POTUS Trump made light of Iran’s violations:
- “There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard [by Iran]. It was after the time limit, and it missed its target. And now Israel’s going out. These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous . . . And Now I hear that Israel just went out because they felt [the deal] was violated by one rocket that didn’t land anywhere. That’s not what we want, I’ll tell you. And I’m telling you, I’m not happy about that, Israel, either. All I do is play both sides . . . I think they both violated [the ceasefire]. I’m not sure they did it intentionally. They couldn’t bring people back . . . Yeah I do [believe that Iran is still committed to the deal]. They violated. But Israel violated too . . . But I’m really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning because of one rocket that didn’t land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake, that didn’t land. I’m not happy about that.”
A seasoned pastoral counselor once told me that the masculine involves knowing the truth, speaking the truth, and doing the truth. POTUS Trump has done many wonderful things in defense of Isreal, and is the most appreciated POTUS ever in Israel’s history. Coming hot on the heels of the amazing work that the USAF did in degrading and taking out three Iranian nuclear sites, most Israelis are stunned that the facts on the ground that all Israelis saw – air-raid sirens, missile and anti-missiles explosions, photos of destroyed buildings and archival shots of those Israelis killed by Iranian missiles – are being dismissed or denied at such a high level.
Another point here is that Israel held fire until Iran sent a wave of tens of missiles in the last 90 minutes before the ceasefire was to come into effect. This strategy has been used by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah for years – it is nothing new. Those who are acquainted with how jihadis wage war, understand and are not surprised by this: the jihadis are not interested in peace or cessation of hostilities. They want to see Israel destroyed. In light of these facts on the ground, it was deeply disconcerting for POTUS Trump to declare things which are simply not true:
- “And now Israel’s going out. These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous … I didn’t like plenty of things I saw yesterday. I didn’t like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn’t have to unload. And I didn’t like the fact that… the [Iranian] retaliation was very strong. But in all fairness, Israel unloaded a lot . . . We have to have Israel calm down, because they went on a mission this morning. I gotta get Israel to calm down now . . . I don’t like the fact that Israel went out this morning at all . . . Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before. The biggest load that we’ve seen. I’m not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, okay, now you have 12 hours, you don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them. So I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either. But I’m really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning because of one rocket that didn’t land, that was shot, perhaps by mistake, that didn’t land. I’m not happy about that.”
At the writing of this newsletter, Israel’s Minister of Defense has announced that the IDF has been shooting Iranian attack drones out of the skies all day today (Tuesday) after the ‘ceasefire’. They noted that US authorities have asked Israel to simply shoot down the drones, but not to respond to this egregious further ceasefire violation by striking back at Iran.
World leaders are not always men acquainted with the Scriptures, who understand the God of Jacob’s heart for Israel, His priority choosing of them and gifts to them. Most of them see Israel as somewhat of a stubborn bother. Iran and Israel have had some wonderful times in history. Cyrus the Great and Darius have honorable mention in the Scriptures. The Shah of Iran had a wonderful relationship with Israel in many spheres – trade, intelligence, tourism, security issues. It was only after Shi’ite jihadi revolutionaries overthrew the Shah that Iran morphed into an enemy of the Jewish state. Today less than half of all Iranians are Shiite. Many Iranians are believers in Yeshua, and many feel very positively toward Israel. But they are trapped under the cruel boot of cruel dictators who are enemies of Christians and Jews, Israelis and Americans, etc.
It is not accurate historically to declare what POTUS Trump said on the White House lawn as he headed to his helicopter: “You know what? We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing. Do you understand that?”
- This unfortunate statement does not do honor to the high office that a POTUS is supposed to uphold. It is so important for people to be lifting him up in prayer and asking the God of Jacob to grant him YHVH’s perspectives, heart and strategies at this challenging time.
Running out the clock
Dylan’s 9th verse sums up this prophetic song:
- What has he done to wear so many scars?
- Does he change the course of rivers? Does he pollute the moon and stars?
- Neighborhood bully, standing on the hill
- Running out the clock, time standing still
- Neighborhood bully.
The Jewish people have been falsely accused of terrible things throughout history. Some voices in America, both left and right, Christian, pagan and woke Jewish, are accusing Israel and American Jews of being enemies of the state. But Bob Dylan reminds us that there is a divine calling on the people of Israel. They are sometimes called in Hebrew ‘Am Olam’ – the eternal people. God’s timeclock and His heart are eternally connected to His beloved Jewish people. The technical knock-out is coming to Jacob’s enemies. Wait for it! Pray for it! YHVH’s promises to Israel are about to become visible reality!
How shall we then pray?
- Pray that Iranian jihadi plans to destroy Israel and to cause great casualties will be nullified
- strategies and discernment be given to the leaders of Israel and the USA
- Pray for the raising up of Ezekiel’s prophetic Jewish army throughout the earth
Your prayers and support hold up our arms and are the very practical enablement of God to us in the work He has called us to do.
In Messiah Yeshua,
Avner Boskey
Donations can be sent to:
FINAL FRONTIER MINISTRIES
BOX 121971 NASHVILLE TN 37212-1971 USA
To donate online visit: http://www.davidstent.org/give
*******************************************
Even as we join in prayers for Israel's Victory and Persia's liberation and ability of all, in every nation, to find Yeshua/ Jesus as their Savior, we are linked to key repentance-preaching ministries that are remarkably advancing the Kingdom and yet at the same time they need our support. If not me and you, who? If not now, when? Please join me to ask the Lord for His Wisdom and then trust in His Wisdom to provide.
Here is a call for help today: from Joseph Kazembe: Out of gas; unable to travel; any donation helps.
May God Bless you in abundance as you sow towards His Kingdom!
God bless you,
Pastor Jeff
Pastor Jeffrey Daly
National Day of Repentance
www.globalrepent.com
pastorjeff@repentday.com
Box 246 Middletown CA USA. 95461
|
