Could the Israel-Iran battles point to Jesus returning in 2032?
Dr. Bob Thiel aka COGwriter
Artist’s portrayal of Jesus’ return
Israel is still attacking Iran and Iran has began to retaliate. Iran has called the Israeli attack a declaration of war:
Iran calls Israeli strikes a ‘declaration of war,’ swiftly replaces killed military leaders
Tehran quickly appoints new military leadership as foreign minister calls attacks a ‘declaration of war’
June 13, 2025
Iran’s foreign minister is calling Israel’s strikes on its nuclear facilities and military leaders a “declaration of war” on Friday, as Tehran quickly replaced top commanders who were killed in the attacks, according to multiple media reports. …
“The grave and far-reaching consequences of the Zionist regime’s aggression against our beloved homeland, Iran, will rest entirely upon this regime and its supporters,” https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-calls-israeli-strikes-declaration-war-swiftly-replaces-killed-military-leaders
Iran fires missiles at Israel in response to attacks
June 13, 2025
Iran launches missiles in retaliation for Israeli strikes on nuclear sites …
Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as sirens sounded on Friday night across Israel following what the country’s military spokesman said was the firing of missiles from Iran. Iran’s state news agency IRNA said hundreds of ballistic missiles had been launched in retaliation for Israel’s biggest ever attacks on Iran, blasting Iran’s huge underground nuclear site at Natanz and wiping out its top military commanders. … U.S. President Donald Trump said it was not too late for Tehran to halt the bombing campaign by reaching a deal on its nuclear programme. As evening fell on Friday, Iranian media reported explosions on the northern and southern outskirts of Tehran and at Fordow, near the holy city of Qom, a second nuclear site which had been spared in the first wave of attacks. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-it-strikes-iran-amid-nuclear-tensions-2025-06-13/
Iranian rockets breach Israel’s iron dome and hit Tel Aviv
June 13, 2025
Iran says it has launched ‘hundreds of missiles’ in retaliation for Israeli strikes against its nuclear sites and Tehran https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iranian-rockets-breach-israel-s-iron-dome-and-hit-tel-aviv/vi-AA1GFKeD
Israel’s Iron Dome has been breached and again can and will be breached.
The attacks are not over, though one or both sides could pause them for a time.
In a post earlier today (see Israel attacks Iran–might Iran retaliate and cause ‘great damage’ to Jerusalem as prophesied in Isaiah 22:6-8?), I pointed to this matter as possibly tying in with the return of Jesus in 2032.
Why?
There are several scriptural reasons, but they are contingent, or at least possibly tied to, the following:
If the last days that the Apostles Peter (Acts 2:14-17) and Paul (Hebrews 1:1-2) told of only refer to days 5 and 6 of seven one thousand year days (they possibly could include the latter decade of day 4) and
If Jesus was killed and resurrected in 31 A.D. and
If there is a precise and literal 6000/7000 year plan and
If the 6000 years ends after the 2 1/2 year great tribulation and before the start of the one year ‘day of the Lord’ (Isaiah 34:8) –which would seem to be the year 2031–and
If the current conflict results in “great damage” to “the city of David” in the fulfillment of Isaiah 22:6-8 and
If that results in a peace deal with some type of a seven-year component and
If that part of the deal is the prophesied one which becomes confirmed by a “prince” (Daniel 9:26-27) in 2025, then
We would expect the Great Tribulation (Matthew 24:21-22) to start about 3 1/2 years afterwards–which is when the deal is broken and the abomination of desolation will be set up (Matthew 24:17; Daniel (9:27; 11:31) and then
Jesus would return about 3 1/2 years later, which presuming item 7 occurs, would be in 2032 (the year 2025 plus 7).
Last year, in my COGwriter.com article, I had the following statement:
If Jesus was killed in 31 A.D., presuming there is a 6,000 year plan (see Could God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End?), and the 6,000 years ends at the start of the “Day of the Lord,” we may see the confirmation of the deal of Daniel 9:27 perhaps by the Fall of 2025.
When I was part of LCG, I advised them to consider that the 6000 years could end one year before Jesus returned–as the Day of the Lord is God’s wrath on the disobedient on the earth.
LCG took no steps to teach that as far as I have seen, but if Jesus was resurrected in 31 A.D., which is what LCG and many other COGs teach, then the ‘Day of the Lord’ position I advocated that LCG look into, appears to be correct.
As long time readers of this COGwriter Church of God News page are aware, I have repeatedly warned that we were likely to see a regional war before the deal of Daniel 9:27 is confirmed.
While I did NOT believe that Iran’s attacks in April 2024 (see NM: Iran Warns of ‘Stronger Response’ If Israel Retaliates to Attack; I365: Biden: US won’t support Israeli response to Iran attack) or October of 2024 were that, these current battles may turn into that war.
World events are aligning with properly understood biblical prophecies.
Jesus said:
37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch! (Mark 13:37)
Some items of possibly related interest may include:
Iran in Prophecy Is Iran in Bible prophecy? If so, what does the Bible teach? What names, other than Persia, may be used to describe Iran? There is also a YouTube video titled Iran in Prophecy. Here are links to two related videos Iran In Prophecy and Iran and Israel Conflict.
The ‘Peace Deal’ of Daniel 9:27 This prophecy could give up to 3 1/2 years advance notice of the coming Great Tribulation. Will most ignore or misunderstand its fulfillment? Here is a link to a related sermon video Daniel 9:27 and the Start of the Great Tribulation. A short video is also available titled Trump’s Deal of the Century and Daniel 9 27? Here is a link to something related in the Spanish language: Estados Árabes emiratos unidos y el tratado de paz en el medio este.
25 items to prophetically watch in 2025 Much is happening. Dr. Thiel points to 25 items to watch (cf. Mark 13:37) in this article. Here is a link to a related sermon video: 25 Items to Watch in 2025.
Could God Have a 6,000 Year Plan? What Year Does the 6,000 Years End? Was a 6000 year time allowed for humans to rule followed by a literal thousand year reign of Christ on Earth taught by the early Christians? Does God have 7,000 year plan? What year may the six thousand years of human rule end? When will Jesus return? 2032 or 2035 or? There is also a video titled: When Does the 6000 Years End? 2031? 2035? Here is a link to the article in Spanish: ¿Tiene Dios un plan de 6,000 años?
The ‘Peace Deal’ of Daniel 9:27 This prophecy could give up to 3 1/2 years advance notice of the coming Great Tribulation. Will most ignore or misunderstand its fulfillment? Here is a link to a related sermon video Daniel 9:27 and the Start of the Great Tribulation. A short video is also available titled Trump’s Deal of the Century and Daniel 9 27? Here is a link to something related in the Spanish language: Estados Árabes emiratos unidos y el tratado de paz en el medio este.
