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Daniel 8 Prophecy and Iran's Expansion

Chadwick Harvey · starts at 40:44 of 4 hr 53 min · part of The Middle East at the Crossroads: The Sunni-Shia Conflict & The Battle for Regional Power

In this segment: Chadwick discusses the Daniel 8 prophecy, identifying Iran as the "ram" that pushes north, south, and westward, becoming great, with groups like the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas as its proxies. He explains Iran's growing influence in Iraq and potential invasion of Kuwait, and identifies the "male goat" as Yavan (western Turkey), emphasizing the importance of ancient biblical geography for understanding these prophecies.

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So, again, we've got to keep our eyes open. And I am surprised that Turkey hasn't gotten involved in Gaza yet or in this right here. But whenever you see an agreement made like this, I believe you're going to see eventually Turkey get involved. Why is that? Is because what we've seen Iran do, and let me get back to the map. What we've seen Iran do here is straight up biblical prophecy, my friends. And I'm going to try to show you this. So, Iran, and I'm going to show you the scripture as well. So, in Daniel chapter 8, Gabriel tells Daniel three times in verse 17 through 20 that this is for the end of the age. And it tells you that Iran and Turkey are going to fight each other. The ram and the goat will fight each other. And I'm about to show you these scriptures. Well, it says that Iran will march north, south, and westward, and they will do as they please. And that's what it says in verse four of Daniel 8.

So, again, I've always come on and told you guys that I personally believe that the Houthis, Hezbollah, and Hamas, you know, were those north, south, and westward proxy groups that were going to cause chaos in the Middle East, which they have. Now, with the war with Israel and Iran, the last two years, with America as well, they have fired missiles northward, southward, and westward, especially westward and southward. If you go look at what Iran has done to these nations right here, I mean, I don't even know. They might not even be in existence after this is over from what some people say. Dubai will never be Dubai again. And I believe that's a good thing, actually, because they're a bunch of terrorists that support the genocide over in Sudan. And that is a genocide in Sudan. All right. So, they're the ones who are sponsoring this stuff over there. So, I don't mind Iran sending missiles through Dubai, personally.

Qatar is on the brink of collapse. Bahrain, that might not be there long either with what's going on. The Fifth Fleet is totally just destroyed, the naval base there, because Iran's just target practice. That's very easy for them to hit all of these countries here with their missile program. And then you have Kuwait. Kuwait, remember in 1991, Saddam Hussein attacked Kuwait. And then that's when America with General Schwarzkopf. That was when we had real generals. That's when we had people who didn't get into politics and all this crap. And General Schwarzkopf was all about business. He went over there and took care of business and came back home. He didn't do any media and all this crap that all these generals want to do today. They took care of business. He went and came home. Now, to be fair, Saddam Hussein just got out of a 10-year war with Iran that hundreds of thousands of people died.

I mean, it was a brutal war, one of the most brutal wars in history. So, he was on his last leg anyhow in 1990, 1991. So, not to give, whatever, we give America credit for going to handle business, but at the same time, just to be fair, he was already collapsing because of the Iran-Iraq war. But there's reports right now, my friends, that what you're about to see is this right here, and again, I haven't confirmed this.

This is something I haven't confirmed through other reports, but I've seen it a couple of times and found it very interesting. In Iraq, there are Iranian militias. After Saddam Hussein fell in 2003, Iran gained significant influence in Iraq. One of the prime ministers at that time was Maliki, who was a Shia. Iraq is predominantly a Sunni nation, but it had Shia leadership, which is quite interesting.

When Saddam Hussein fell, Iran's influence grew, and they now have many proxy groups in Iraq. These are the groups that reportedly took down the East-West pipeline, which Saudi Arabia uses to transport oil. The Iranian militias in Iraq essentially put it offline. Now, these Iraqi militias are saying that if things continue, they would invade Kuwait. It's important to note that Iraq couldn't defend itself this time, and America would likely have to intervene.

Consider what Iran is doing here. If these Iranian proxy militias invade Kuwait, it aligns with the prophecy in Daniel 8 about movements westward, northward, and southward. These are Shia Iranian militias. Think about the overall trajectory. You have the Houthis attacking everywhere—Jeddah, Mecca, Riyadh, refineries, international airports, and other areas we've discussed.

So, let me propose this: if Donald Trump is unwilling to help the Saudis right now, what would happen if the Iranian proxy groups in Iraq invade Kuwait for its oil? Remember, we don't have the munitions we had in 1991 with General Schwarzkopf. We don't have the munitions for a long-term war. Any general or colonel, or even a non-political CIA analyst, would tell you this. It's about wanting the best for America.

Even if they did invade, could America respond as it did in 1991? I don't think so, but we'll see. This situation is not going well for our allies, who are being severely impacted by Iran and its proxies. This is common sense, unless someone is blindly following political rhetoric. Look at the facts on the ground in the Middle East. America doesn't have the money, the munitions, or the appetite, and I don't believe the American people do either, to send troops if Iranian proxies from Iraq invade Kuwait. Who would stop that?

Let me show you something from prophecy, specifically Daniel chapter 8, which describes the war between the ram and the goat. The archangel Gabriel told Daniel three times that this vision is for the end of the age. He identifies the ram as Media and Persia, and the goat as Greece. However, this is one of the greatest mistranslations in biblical prophecy. The Hebrew word is "Yavan," which refers to the western coast of Turkey, not Athens, Greece. This is the area where Yeshua himself said Satan's throne is located.

So, it's not about Greece because of Alexander the Great. Are we going to trust translators who insert Greece because of Alexander, or are we going to listen to the archangel of God who says this is for the end of the age? I'm going to listen to the archangel. He states three times that this will happen at the end of the age.

Let's look at the prophecy itself. In the third year of King Belshazzar, Daniel had a vision. He saw a ram with two horns, one higher than the other, pushing westward, northward, and southward, so that no animal could withstand it. The ram did according to its will and became great.

This is confirmed by the archangel Gabriel telling Daniel that the vision refers to the time of the end. Gabriel touches Daniel and tells him what will happen in the latter time of indignation, for at the appointed time, the end shall be. Three times it's stated that this is for the latter days, the end of the age. If you understand the prophetic timeline, Alexander lived 2,500 years ago. It's not the time of the end. Now is the time of the end. Alexander the Great is not alive today. So, it's not about Alexander the Great. We need to understand the prophecy and who it's truly referring to when it labels the empires.

Daniel 8:20 states: "The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media, which are the Kurds, and Persia, which is Iran. And the male goat is the kingdom of Yavan." This is the Hebrew translation; it's not Greece, it's Yavan, which is western Turkey. Yeshua says that Pergamus, Turkey, is where Satan's throne is and where he dwells. This is where Yavan is, on the western coast of Turkey. If you look at any ancient biblical atlas, it will show you Yavan there.

We need to understand this from an ancient biblical atlas perspective, not from the internet or Google Maps. The table of nations in Genesis 10 is crucial because it's the only one they would have understood. They prophesied through the table of nations. That's why we need to understand what Yavan, Meshech, Tubal, and Magog refer to.

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