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The Jerusalem Post
US, Saudi Arabia target Tehran-backed militias in Iraq after Iranian strikes on bases
Hey Watchmen,
Here we go again—the same script playing out in different scenes. Iranian strikes hit our bases, and now the response is US and Saudi forces moving against Tehran's proxies inside Iraq. My friends, don't get lost in the tactical noise; watch what this really is: two rival visions for who runs the Middle East, slugging it out through militias, missiles, and now direct strikes on Iraqi soil. Iran doesn't need to win a conventional war—it just needs its network of armed proxies to keep the region unstable enough that no one else can consolidate control. That's the playbook, and it's been the playbook since Daniel's day, when kingdoms rose and fell not by accident but because Elohim was setting the times and the boundaries of their rule.
What gets me is watching Saudi Arabia line up with America against a Tehran-backed network operating on Iraqi ground. That's not a small thing—that's the Sunni-Shia fault line hardening into open military coordination, and Iraq is once again the battlefield where outside powers settle their scores, just like it's been for a couple thousand years running through that land. Psalm 33:12 tells us blessed is the nation whose Elohim is YAH—and friends, none of these nations, not America, not Saudi Arabia, not Iran, get to write their own ending. They're all instruments in a larger hand. The proxies get struck, the missiles fly, the ceasefires come and go, but the sovereignty behind it all never changes hands.
So don't panic when you see Iraq back in the headlines as a battleground—recognize it. This is the shaking that Scripture told us was coming, the nations in turmoil while Yeshua's Kingdom stands unshaken. Keep your eyes up, keep your lamp trimmed, and keep watching—because the One who sets kings up and takes them down is not finished writing this story.
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