Sunday March 8
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Broken Foundation
Political divisions over the US-Israel attack on Iran surfaced shortly after the attack became publicly known. It does not seem to matter that keeping Iran from joining the nuclear club has been the policy of every presidential administration of both parties since Bill Clinton in the 1990s. George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump all left open the idea of using force to keep the terrorist nation of Iran out of the nuclear club. In the late 1940s, Senator Arthur Vandenberg famously said, “Politics stops at the water's edge.” The concept was meant to keep domestic disagreements from undermining national interests abroad. It was never completely true, but for a long time in American politics, members of Congress made a real effort to show unity on foreign issues — especially when the lives of our troops might depend on such unity. Today, the “water’s edge” idea seems quaint and naïve.
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Onlookers And Bad Actors: How The War In Iran Is Setting The Stage For A Future Prophetic Battle
There are several geopolitical and prophetic implications of the current war in Iran. One major impact is that it is surfacing and strengthening the alliances that are presented in the Bible in Ezekiel chapter 38. This chapter in the Bible tells us that in the end times, when Israel is at rest and living securely, they are going to be invaded by a coalition of nations.
