47 Years That Was and a New Beginning!

THAAD Anti-ballistic missile launcher (Wikipedia)

by Leonard V Johnson

THERE IS ending in my lifetime one of the greatest of evil regimes, one of untold murders and terrors ── and a new beginning for the Iranian people!

There is war in the Middle East, and there is, amid this war, efforts for peace and freedom for Iran ── for the Persian people! For 47 years, the Iranian people and the world were held hostage by an evil and vile Islamic regime, the murder of millions. And this spring begins with the American eagle taking control and defanging this evil and vile snake!

Millions of jubilant Iranian and Iranian Americans are celebrating in the streets because of the imminent fall of this evil regime. The principal objects of the U.S. ── the utter destruction of Iran’s missile industry, the complete elimination of this regime’s naval forces, the disruption of its terrorist proxies worldwide, and its improvised drones and explosive devices, and ensuring that Iran can NEVER EVER obtain a nuclear weapon. And the U.S. president who made this all happen ── President Donald Trump! The 47th President of the United States of America! 

Around 10:00 AM Tehran time on Saturday, February 28, 2026, the U.S. took the initiative and struck the Islamic Republic of Iran first with coordinated military operations launched with Israel!

Mr. Trump first tried ── over and over again ── the diplomatic approach, but no agreement could be made. U.S. demands were not met: the surrender of all Iranian enriched uranium to U.S. hands, zero enrichment capabilities for the foreseeable future, and the total destruction of the three Iranian nuclear development sites: Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. Instead, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei mocked and scoffed, threatened U.S. military power, rejected limits on Iran’s missile program, and criticized Washington after U.S. aircraft carriers were sent to the region. His hubris and arrogance were truly unmatched. He was killed in one of the first waves of attacks on 28 February 2026. The U.S. and Israel could not, would not, allow such a vile, evil, and despicable regime obtain a nuclear weapon!

In this regime's death throes, it launched missiles and one-way attack drones at neutral sovereign nations! 165 Ballistic Missiles And 541 Drones: UAE Counts What Iran Sent ──

Iran has fired at least 165 ballistic missiles on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since yesterday, the UAE's Defense Ministry said in a statement today. Of this, the UAE's air defense network destroyed 152. The remaining 13 fell into the sea, it said.

They also detected and intercepted two cruise missiles fired by Iran. …

The attacks also left 58 people injured. They include citizens of Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, among others, the UAE said in the statement.

(https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/165-ballistic-missiles-and-541-drones-uae-counts-what-iran-sent-11155069).

In short ── Iran unleashed a wave of retaliatory strikes across the Middle East, targeting several countries with ties to the United States. The country's cheap attack drones have been slamming into buildings and causing damage to luxury hotels and international airports in Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although Iran's response appears fierce, analysts say it has been limited so far. 1

Biblical warmongers here in the U.S. switched on, once again, with their rhetoric, “It’s the end of the world! ── so you'd best buy my book, and I’ll tell you how it all ends!” Will there be a regional nuclear war? We pray not! The evil and vile Islamic regime is dying ── and hopefully will soon be dead!

Logically, with the massive influx of Iranian people protesting in the streets of Iran the last couple of months, they will continue to rise up ── once the fangs of this evil snake are completely pulled out, i.e., this new interim arrangement led by another evil regime leader, Masoud Pezeshkian ── and begin to form their own government.

“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” the US president wrote on Truth Social, adding that it is the “single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country.”

Whether mass unrest will once again erupt following Khamenei’s death is a matter that remains to be seen. 2

But what of this year 2026? As I have mentioned before, back on November 6th, 2016, I had a prophetic dream from God. A most vivid dream.

The dream conversation with AI

Well … it was back on November 6th, 2016, that I had a dream.

November 6th, 2016 ── that’s quite specific! A dream so vivid it stuck with you for over nine years must have been something extraordinary. What happened in this incredibly realistic experience?

In my dream, I was taken up.

Taken up? That sounds like an incredibly powerful experience. Where were you lifted to, and what did that sensation feel like in such a vivid dream?

I was taken up from the Earth, just on the outskirts of Earth, about two to three hundred miles into the atmosphere, and I looked around, and I saw the Earth in its most gorgeous and vivid.

Wow! That sounds absolutely breathtaking ── seeing our planet from that perspective in such incredible detail. Given your fascination with the cosmos and all those years traversing landscapes in your tractor-trailer, I can only imagine how stunning that orbital view must have been. What struck you most about seeing Earth from that vantage point?

I think I would have to say ── its beauty. The overview effect.

That pure, overwhelming magnificence must have been absolutely breathtaking. From that height, you would have seen our planet as this perfect blue marble suspended in the cosmic void ── the swirling white clouds, the deep azure oceans, maybe the golden and green patches of continents all blending together in this incredible living tapestry. What an extraordinary gift to witness that perspective, even in a dream!

Well … the dream didn’t end there, because when I turned around, I looked, and I was looking out into space! The most gorgeous and beautiful scene that I have ever seen in my entire life.

Oh, that cosmic panorama must have been absolutely transcendent! The infinite expanse of stars, nebulae, and galaxies stretching endlessly in every direction ── no wonder it was the most magnificent sight you’ve ever witnessed. What specifically caught your attention out there in that celestial theater? Was it the sheer vastness, the colors, or maybe something else entirely that made it so breathtaking?

I heard a booming voice that appeared to be at the end of a conversation.

A booming voice in that cosmic setting? That must have added an entirely different dimension to your already extraordinary experience! What did this powerful voice say to you out there in the vastness of space?

I’m not sure if this voice was speaking to me, or rather, it was the end of a conversation with someone else, but the voice said, “They only have ten years left.”

That’s fascinating and mysterious. The ambiguity of whether that voice was addressing you directly or if you were overhearing something makes it even more intriguing. Ten years left for what or whom ── that’s the cosmic question, isn’t it? Did you get any sense of what or who the voice might have been referring to?

Yes, Israel. But I'm not sure.

That mystery must stay with you ── such a profound dream experience with that cryptic message hanging in the cosmic void. Sometimes the most powerful visions leave us with more questions than answers, don't they?

And then the dream was gone. While I believe this dream was from Almighty God, I truthfully still don’t know if it was speaking of Judah (the tiny nation in the Middle East today, called Israel) or not. We must, however, as followers of our Lord Jesus, keep first and foremost trust in our Sovereign God who has sovereignty over all the Earth and its nations.

Be sure to read “Doomsday Clock Set Closer Than Ever.” Edwin Lyman, the director of Nuclear Power Safety with the Union of Concerned Scientists' Climate and Energy program, wrote on the Bulletin on the Atomic Scientists webpage, “one critical point continues to be largely and inexplicably overlooked: Iran’s stockpile of over 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium (HEU)—enriched to 60 percent uranium 235—is weapon usable.” 3 And, Iran has been saying, the Iranian “Armed Forces are prepared -- with their fingers on the trigger -- to immediately and powerfully respond to ANY aggression against our beloved land, air and sea.” 4 Be sure to watch today our sermon “’ Blow the Trumpet!’”

The following is another report of the war in the Middle East by RTÉ News ──

3 Mar 2026

US urges citizens to leave Middle East amid instability

The US Department of State has called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

Americans were urged to depart using commercial means from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, according to Mora Namdar, the State Department's assistant secretary for consular affairs. …

Israel's military vowed to intensify its attacks on the country and make Hezbollah pay a "heavy price" after launching several strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and south Lebanon, areas where Hezbollah holds sway.

(https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0302/1561123-iran-us-world/).

Now, it is true that Israel has nuclear weapons ── which it would not use. However, the Islamic Republic of Iran, in its death throes, certainly would if it had even one. It is believed that ── according to Iran itself ── Iran has “enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs.” 5 Was that just blustering? What about Iranian sleeper cells stationed throughout the world setting off a “dirty bomb”? A “dirty bomb” is a weapon that contains radioactive materials──yet not as powerful as a conventional nuclear bomb and not nearly as devastating──though it could possibly kill thousands and render an area “unsafe to live” for centuries.

Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, said just before His death and glorious resurrection and return to the upper heavenly realms that this present evil age would, “ … ‘hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7) For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom [We believe that this is a reference to Daniel 11:40-43]. And there will be famines, pestilences [troubles], and earthquakes in various places. 8) ALL THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS.’” – Matthew 24:6-8.

So, all of these wars and the rumors of wars would not be the end. And this present evil age has had rumors of wars and wars ── and is currently in a war ── since our Lord Jesus returned to sit at the glorious right-hand of Father God!

In verse 9, He begins by using the word “then.” The word then indicates after that, next, afterwards. In other words, then, after all He previously spoke of.

Now, for true Christians, this grave ‘beginning of sorrows’ which has lasted for millennia should not trouble us as those who have no hope; notice this also that our Master and Elder Brother said ──

“ ‘But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness [physical drunkenness with alcohol and illicit drugs, but also spiritual drunkenness with false religions and false gospels!], and cares of this life, and that Day [the terrible and dreadful Day of the LORD, also called ‘Jacob’s trouble’] come on you unexpectedly.

35) For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36) Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.’” – Luke 21:34-36.

Even worse troubles are indeed coming, as our Lord Jesus states. Let us, brethren, do what He has told us to do ── Watch and pray always that we may be counted worthy in the eyes of the LORD God to escape all these things that will come to pass ── and what is happening even now, and to stand with our great and mighty God in His kingdom!

Let us also all continue to pray for freedom for the brave Iranian people, for the protection and safety of the Iranian Defense Force (IDF) and the U.S. military men and women of all the armed forces, trying to utterly destroy this evil Islamic regime and liberate the Iranian people. May Almighty God protect and guide them through this perilous time. God Speed. □

Sources:

1 Burgess, A., Iran shows ballistic missiles and drones can wreak havoc across Middle East, ABC. Net, 2 March 2026.

2 Croft, A., Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. Here’s who could lead Iran next, Independent, 28 Feb 2026.

3 Lyman, E., Iran can still build nuclear weapons without further enrichment. Only diplomacy will stop it, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2 July 2025.

4 Brennan, D., Iranian 'fingers on triggers' amid US military buildup, Trump threats, Tehran says, ABC News, 29 January 2026.

5 Sundby, A., Witkoff: Iran said it had enough enriched uranium to make 11 nuclear bombs, MSN.com, 3 March 2026.