Just another day: Dallas to Denver

As the crow flies, the distance between Big-D and Mile High runs just shy of 700 miles. That's about the same distance from Jerusalem to the Iranian border...as the missile flies. Nothing like a little perspective to sober you up to the coming confrontation.

In his novels, Joel Roseberg has posited some interesting stuff. He wrote about an Islamic terrorist plot on the president using airplanes before it occurred. In his book, "The Ezekiel Option," he imagines Iraq acquiring the stuff of nuclear weaponry and the chess match that took place as the free world attempted to hold Israel from destroying the "canned sunshine." Ultimately, the madman of Iraq hit the button.

Here we sit a half-dozen years removed from the novel, and the madman resides a hundred miles further east. This lunatic has vowed over and over the destruction of Israel. And he recently showed the capability of launching a missile into space (for geological purposes). And it's been learned that they have enough weapon's grade material to enter the nuclear club.

Some might consider this no different than the US and USSR standing nose-to-nose over Cuba in 1962. Except that an alliance between the Bear and Cuba is not mentioned in the Bible. An alliance between Russia and Iran is mentioned in a prophecy about the last days and war against Israel (Ezekiel 38:1-5). Such an alliance has not existed until recent days.

I came across an article in the Jerusalem Post online this morning about the imminent clash between Israel and Iran (here...a worthwhile read regarding how near the brink these two nation's are. Please take the time). The language the author uses is staggering. A few excerpts:

• "The consequences for this confrontation are apocalyptic because Iran's full partner in this enterprise is Russia."


• "The question of when and how this endgame will play out is not known by anyone. Israeli leaders wish to avoid military preemption at all costs if possible. But many feel the military moment must come; and when that moment does come, it will be swift, highly technologic and in the twinkling of an eye."

While I don't know that the writer understands the significance of his words, he uses language in a context that is hard to ignore.