Iran’s growing nuclear weapons capability.

America’s nuclear watchdog organization recently reported that Iran now has the nuclear material for four nuclear bombs—twice the amount they were thought to possess.

At one time, the United States and Israel believed that Iran’s nuclear threat was minimal; however, that threat is now increasingly real.  Iran has apparently been “playing games” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and has been hiding its true centrifuge capability.  This newly heightened threat may change the way Iran is viewed on the world stage and the way it is viewed and treated by Israel and the U.S. (www.DEBKA.com, June 3, 2011). 

For decades we have warned, “Watch the Middle East!”  According to Bible prophecy, Jerusalem will become the “focal point” of prophetic events at the end of the age (Zechariah 12:2-3).  Events in the Middle East are moving rapidly and will become more relevant to the entire world in the years ahead.  Iran’s increasing nuclear weapons capabilities are just one of the sobering developments that students of Bible prophecy must keep in mind.