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The Iran War in Prophecy

It is now a virtual certainty that the current Prophetic Year is following the patterns from 1983 and 2001. The 1983 pattern was about overcoming obstacles to allow me to go on a reconciliation trip to bring me into a new era. At that time, I had four big obstacles to overcome. These were overcome from February 13 to March 6, 1983. I cannot share how those obstacles have been overcome in 2026, but these same dates have become important once again in a new context.

Secondly, the events of 2001 pointed to the present war with Iran, culminating toward the end of the Prophetic Year in September. Back in 2001 this culminated on September 11, 2001, which brought the year to a climax.

Some Background

No single event occurs on its own without a context leading up to that event. Here is a brief account of the progression.

On May 30, 1993 the church in its Pentecostal manifestation lost the right to bring in the Kingdom. The pattern was King Saul, who died after he had reigned 40 years. May 30, 1993 was Pentecost—40 Jubilees after the crowning of the church on Pentecost in Acts 2.

We then entered a 7½ year transition from “Saul” to “David” (2 Samuel 5:5), and this ended November 30, 2000. At that time the third church with the Tabernacles anointing was given the full authority to usher in the Kingdom.

Two months later, the church lodged a lawsuit in the divine court, challenging this ruling. We learned about this challenge on January 22, 2001 and God notified us that the challenge would be lodged a week later on January 29. This occurred in the form of a letter that arrived in the mail on that date.

We prayed to know how to handle it, and we were led to do what Moses did when his authority was challenged. He appealed to God, who is the Authorizer, to resolve this dispute. We laid our spiritual “staff” before Him, asking Him to confirm His authority. God told us He would give His ruling on February 21, 2001. On that day our staff bore fruit (as in Numbers 17:8).

The church, of course, disagreed with this ruling and declared war, using the Prince of Persia, who is the spirit of false Pentecost that simulates a Spirit-filled church that remains rebellious. That battle extended from February 26-28, 2001. In our time, it was manifested in the US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026. It is as if the war picked up where it left off 25 years ago.

(Keep in mind also that February 28, 1990 was the end of the first Gulf War, fomented by the Prince of Persia. So again, it was as if we picked up where we left off in 1990.)

Looking Ahead Near Term

In 2001 we fought three battles to overcome the Prince of Persia. The first, as I said, occurred from February 26-28. The second was on March 9. The third was from March 22-24. In all, we had to overcome the seven princes over America, who were under the authority of the Prince of Persia. It now seems certain that we have entered a more visible earthly manifestation of these battles, moving from the spirit into actual world events.

The first battle was fought to overcome Beelzebub and the Prince of Revenge. Beelzebub was the God of Ekron (2 Kings 1:3). His name means “Lord of the Flies.” Flies hang out around dunghills. Hence, the New Jews in the first century called him Beelzebul, “Lord of the Dunghill” (Matthew 12:24). Decades ago, the word of the Lord revealed that in today’s world, after divine judgment, the “dunghill” would be Jerusalem and the Israeli state itself.

So it is not surprising that this battle in 2001 foreshadowed today’s conflict with Iran, which will, at some point, end with Jerusalem being turned into a dunghill, so to speak. (Jeremiah 19:10, 11)

The other prince was the Prince of Revenge. After the US-Israeli strike on Iran February 28, we began reading reports declaring Iran’s “revenge.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-and-israel-pound-targets-across-iran-as-trump-signals-openness-to-talk-to-new-leadership

“Iran vowed revenge, firing missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states in a counteroffensive that the U.S. military said resulted in the deaths of three service members — the first known American casualties from the conflict. Israeli rescue services said strikes had hit several locations, including Jerusalem and a synagogue in the central town of Beit Shemesh, where nine people were killed and 28 wounded, bringing the overall death toll in the country to 11. Eleven people were still missing after the strike, police said.”

I never support “revenge,” of course—not as the world defines the term. Biblical revenge is actually redemption or the rebalancing of justice. If carnal men do this, it is faulty and often destructive. Hence, God said, “Vengeance is Mine.” God is the only One capable of restoring the lawful order.

Nonetheless, it is significant that Beelzebub and the Prince of Revenge would be paired up in a tag-team under the Prince of Persia. These were replaced by Joy and Peace.

The next date to watch is March 9, where (in 2001) we overthrew the Prince of Usury. This was the Spirit of the moneychangers (banking). We replaced him with the Spirit of Helpfulness. In 2001, the Dow reached a high point on this day and then began to fall, reaching “Bear Territory” (down 20%) on March 22—the day our third battle began.

March 22, 2001 we entered the third and final battle to overthrow the remaining four princes over America: The Red Dragon, the Prince of Counterfeit, the Prince of Slavery, and the Prince of Influence. These were replaced by the Spirit of Maturity, Temperance, Responsibility, and Faithfulness.

President Trump is now admitting openly that this will not be the short war that he expected. He now expects it to last 4-5 weeks. Personally, I do not think the US navy and Israel have enough defensive missiles to last that long. Recall how they nearly ran out of them last June in just 12 days. Nonetheless, it is of interest that Trump would extend the war to at least March 22-24. So that bears watching.

The result of all this? Well, that final battle in 2001 was also a prayer campaign called “He is Building Effective Apostleship.” An apostle is one who is sent to establish Kingdom outposts. So we will see how this plays out in the time to come.

As I stated earlier, the Prophetic Year does not reach its culmination until the feast of Tabernacles in September. We foresaw the events of September 11, 2001 two months earlier on July 10/11. At the time, I wrote in my notes: “America attacked.” That became the headline two months later. So it appears that more war is on the horizon.

For more details, see my book, The Wars of the Lord, published in 2008. Each chapter is dated, so you can quickly go to the chapters detailing the events of 2001.

https://godskingdom.org/studies/books/wars-of-the-lord/