Iran Neutralization Prediction Confirmed

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Greetings friends, this is Steve Dupuis for the Bible News Prophecy Program with Dr. Bob Teal, bringing you news and analysis of world events in light of Bible Prophecy.

Dr. Teal, over the past several years I have read many of your articles on the Middle East in Iran.

How do current events align with your past predictions?

Well, they've confirmed them. For example, Israel's Prime Minister essentially says that the military power of Iran's been neutralized.

Here's a headline from yesterday. Net Nahu hints that early end of war with Iran says nuclear and missile threats have been neutralized.

Does he declared the Iran's nuclear missile capability has been eliminated?

He said Iran today has no ability to enrich uranium, no ability to produce ballistic missiles.

As we are winning, Iran has been decimated.

We're now destroying the factories that produce the components to make these missiles and make nuclear weapons and trying to produce.

And another headline similar, Net Nahu who declares Iran's nuclear missile capabilities neutralized.

And in the past week, by the way, the Gulf States called for the United States and Israel to permanently neutralize Iran.

And the United States Central Command said that neutralization of Iran's military abilities was what it's trying to do, what its plan is.

To be clear, are you saying that even though Iran may have military victories, its power has been at least somewhat neutralized?

Yes. Now, we had a headline related Donald Trump. I saw it yesterday. Trump claims Iran's military neutralized.

And it is true social site Donald Trump wrote the United States America has beaten and completed decimated Iran both militarily, economically and in every other way.

Also, the true social put that Iran's military has been severely degraded says there's no radar, spiders or aircraft from military standpoint Iran has finished.

And I think we've won. That's what Trump said. Well, Iran is not dead, but the fact isn't somewhat neutralized.

Well, if militarily speaking Iran is not yet dead, what is the significance of it being neutralized?

We in the continuing Church of God never believed that Iran would be the final king of the South with biblical prophecies like in Daniel 11.

Because of that, I've long asserted that Iran might somehow get neutralized before this final king rises up.

Back in April of 2007, I'm going to reset my posted quote.

I believe that Iran will be somewhat neutralized at some point in time as I differ from PCG on Iran and the king of the South.

Now, I asked chat GPT about that statement. I asked it specifically.

Did anyone before me warned that Iran would be neutralized?

So it first starts off with the short answer is yes, but not the same way you framed it.

Or says few of any articulated specific ideas that Iran would be neutralized as a prophetic outcome.

Then it says.

What's distinctive about my 2007 statement.

Is it has two elements that were not commonly paired before 2007 one.

Iran is not the dominant power king in the South into therefore Iran must be neutralized beforehand.

Again, I'm reading from chat.

The second step, the inductive conclusion of neutralization is what stands out.

Then chat says does there evidence somebody said this before you both from the variable material know no clear.

320 2007 sources surface that explicitly use the concept of Iran being neutralized and ties into prophetic or geopolitical necessity.

There are predictions of attack, predictions of regional pressure, predictions of setbacks.

But those are not the same as your meeting mind formulation.

How did you seem to know that Iran had to be somewhat neutralized?

Well, because Iran has been the biggest military power in the Islamic world, etc.

But the Bible doesn't show it becoming the leader of that area.

Therefore, I was convinced the Bible supported the view that Iran would no longer hold that position.

Well, many analysts before 2007 speculated that Iran might be attacked with these setbacks.

But there are none that I know of specifically concluded that Iran would be neutralized as a necessary precursor to the rise of the final king of the South biblical prophecies.

And I've repeated this multiple times.

May 26, 2010 I wrote if Iran keeps trying to be difficult on international scene, it may it will likely be neutralized and probably by Israel.

Country to claims in some groups.

Iran is not the king of the South by this likely provide support for that coming power.

Then in 2013, for example, I wrote according to Bible prophecy, the king of the South, Daniel 11, or he will rise up and we'll see if this happens sometime after in his Israeli conflict with Iran.

Since Iran is not destined to be the king of the South, I've long written that Iran will be somehow neutralized.

Through a conflict involving Israel and our internal stripe, etc.

And that the regime in Syria would change.

By the way, the regime in Syria has changed.

And in 2019, I wrote expect Iran to be involved in more terrorism, but also expected Iran will be at least neutralized.

Iran is mainly east of Jerusalem. It might be a king of the east, but it is not the king of the South.

And look, since that was published, Iran has been labeled as a leading sponsor of state terrorism, been involved much through a proxy.

To now the United States, Israel and the Gulf States have all called for Iran's neutralization.

Who or what will take Iran's place? And what do you mean by neutralization?

The Bible shows that a confederation in the Middle East, the North Africa will form, which will basically speak for much of the Islamic rule.

The leader of this confederation is called the king of the South and Daniel 11. He looks to be an Arab.

And the Iranians, their Persians, they're not Arabs.

Now, neutralization does not mean that Iran will be eliminated.

But basically, we in the continuing church of God believe that Iran will not be in a strong enough military position to become the king of the South, the biblical prophecies.

However, it may at least partially support such as that Islamic leader to a degree.

Now, in 2021, I posted on August 5th, the long believed that Iran is a threat that will one day be neutralized as I believe will overplay its hand.

On October 2022, I wrote, the scars Iran itself goes, while it wants to lead all of Islam, it will fail on that objective.

The Bible points to an Arabic power, power doing that in Daniel 11 versus 43. Because of that, I've long felt that it may be that Iran would be neutralized before the final being the South rises up.

Now, here's one also from that period of time, that Iran could be neutralized by internal unrest or other matters.

On the other hand, if it employs or attempts to employ certain weapons of mass destruction in certain locales, it may well cause Israel, the United States of America, and others to turn on it and destroy aspects of its military capability.

That's happened. And that, by the way, was posted on October 21st, 2022.

We have a free book called Lost Triads and Prophecies. People can get it csug.org.

On the track back, I grabbed a copy of it here. And in this book, in 2022, I wrote, despite its posturing relative military strength and its ability to damage Israel and others, Iran will somehow effectively be neutralized.

What is it about Iran's ambitions that will lead to its biblical neutralization?

Well, I want to read things I posted before the current war. This one was posted on February 8, 2026.

I wrote, as far as Iran itself goes, it's long wanted to lead all of Islam. It helps one day conquering Israel by conquering Israel and will get the rest of the Muslims to follow it.

However, it will fail to become the leader of Islam, the Bible points of Arabic power doing that in January 11, 1443.

Because of that, I've long felt that Iran would be neutralized before the final king of the South rises up.

We're getting similar to what I've written before. And here's something I posted on February 20, 2026.

So 7 and 7 half days before the current war, despite its posturing and relative military strength, Iran will somehow be effectively neutralized.

Look at Ezekiel 32 verse 24.

Now, this Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump basically confirmed Iran has been somewhat neutralized.

Yet there was a critic of a sermon that I gave recently. The sermon was called 21st century prophets and prophecies.

To post it, something at an anti-Turkish guy's website. Here's what he wrote.

Now, this is after the Iran prophecies, current ones started. He claimed, quote, not one prophet from within the Armstrong fold, as far as I can tell, is predicting events unfolding in Iran.

Goodbye king of the South left out loud. No one is heard of Dr. Teal, especially in Israel, total unknown.

Well, that critic has obviously heard of you since he mentioned you by name. Did he not even take the time to read what you wrote?

Well, obviously not. You know, sadly, this is typical of critics who posted that anti-Sites.

But I've written that Iran would not be the king of the South. So an attacking against Iran doesn't change it.

As a matter of fact, it helps to demonstrate. I was corrected. Iran is not going to be the king of the South.

And I would seem to be the first one to say that because Iran wasn't going to be the king of the South, it would be somehow neutralized.

Now, the reason I use the term somehow, by the way, is by wouldn't say how, but I looked at world events and said, hey, somehow somehow have to get ran out of the picture to some degree.

And also the loss of a ran supreme leader and in many of its top military political leaders was also a partial utilization.

Now, in Proverbs 26 to verse 16, we read, the lazy man is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who could answer sensibly.

Now, related to Iran being neutralized and not to become the king of the South, I think I've said like seven, probably seven or eight references today just now.

But I've probably posted this like 70 times later, I even 100 and 70 times since 2007.

You know, a lot of critics, they think they're wise, but they don't seem to be interested enough to check out the facts, to be able to discern truth from falsehood.

We, in the continuing church of God, have always taught against the idea that a rand would lead be the king of the South.

Plus, we've taught that a rand would be somehow neutralized. And that's not something that other churches of God, Greco-Roman Catholic or Protestant churches have been teaching.

By the way, additionally, we've denounced certain Protestants who were only believed the current war has to do with Ezekiel 38.

Now, even though we could possibly put in first Corinthians 13, we don't always see things clearly, so we have to make some adjustments.

But because we in the continuing church of God rely more on Scripture than Protestants and others do.

I'm going to quote, second Peter, 119, we also have a more sure word of prophecy.

We're in you do well, you take heed as the light that shines in the dark place.

And the continuing church of God will continue to watch events as Jesus commanded in Mark 13 verse 37.

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