A tale of twin apocalyptic visions and the appropriate Christian response
By Eddie Arthur - Posted at Christian Daily International:
Published March 23, 2026
The war between Iran and Israel/United States, can be framed as a pursuit of two very different end-times perspectives. One from Evangelical Christianity (USA), the other from Shia Muslim theology (Iran). Both envision the return of a messiah figure to rule the world. Jesus, however, did not call us to precipitate the end, that is the Father's prerogative. We are to love God and our neighbor, and this must remain our focus.When it began, I had no idea why the United States decided to attack Iran. It seems the official line is that it was a pre-emptive strike aimed at preventing Iran’s imminent development of nuclear weapons; although we were told months before that US and Israeli strikes had already achieved that aim.
It’s also been suggested that it was to prevent Iran from developing missiles that could hit Europe. And Marco Rubio said:
“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action. We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”
In other words, the US attacked Iran because Israel was going to do so first. I even saw a video in which the US Secretary of War claimed that the US wasn't complicit in starting the war.
From my point of view, the most fascinating and worrying suggestion is that Donald Trump has been anointed by God to attack Iran and usher in the end times. I urge you to read the entirety of Jonathan Larsen's article linked above, but in case you don’t. the following quote gives an indication of what is going on.
