Iran, Russia, and China to Conduct War Games in Syria

Damascus, Capital of Syria

The situation in Syria may now be at a new level of violence:

19 June 2012

‘Iran, Russia, China, Syria plan ‘largest’ war game’

Jerusalem Post – June 19, 2012

Syrian, Iranian media reports say air, ground and naval forces to conduct “Middle East’s largest ever military exercise.”

Iranian media outlets reported on Tuesday that Iran, Russia, China and Syria are to conduct joint military exercises in Syria next month…

Last week, the US accused Russia of sending attack helicopters to Syria to support Assad’s regime, which Russia denied. http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=274425

Although Russia’s Putin wants to teach the West several lessons, as does China, the reality is that Russia and China will back away from Syria and Iran if they feel it is in their best interest.

Iran and Syria will change, now or later, as their current alliance will not remain. The USA and Israel seem to be working on something that will at least help change Iran as today’s Washington Post reports:

The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-israel-developed-computer-virus-to-slow-iranian-nuclear-efforts-officials-say/2012/06/19/gJQA6xBPoV_print.html

The above may embolden certain Muslims, Russians, and Chinese to do something similar to the West in the future (and popular rumor suggests that they all are working towards cyber-attacks, etc.)

The King of the South will rise up in the Arab world (Daniel 11:40), Syria (directly or indirectly) is likely to play a role in that occurrence, and Iran will not be the leader. Thus the situation in Syria and Iran must change.

While Russia and China are prophesied in having important end time roles, it may be partially because of what will happen to the coming King of the South (Daniel 11:40-43), that Russia and China will eventually invade Europe (cf. Daniel 11:44).

As Jesus said in Mark 13:37, we all should watch.

Some articles of possibly related interest may include:

The Arab World In the Bible, History, and Prophecy The Bible discusses the origins of the Arab world and discusses the Middle East in prophecy. What is ahead for the Middle East and those who follow Islam? What does Islam teach about the Imam Mahdi?
Is There A Future King of the South? Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might Egypt, Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? Is he the Imam Mahdi? What does the Bible say?
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 1: Genesis and Chinese Characters Where did the Chinese people come from? This article provides information showing that the Chinese peoples must have known about various accounts in the Book of Genesis up until their dispersion after the Tower of Babel.
China, Its Biblical Past and Future, Part 2: The Sabbath and Some of God’s Witness in China When did Christianity first come to China? And is there early evidence that they observed the seventh day sabbath?
Asia in Prophecy What is Ahead for Asia? Who are the “Kings of the East”? What will happen to nearly all the Chinese, Russians, Indians, and others of Asia? China in prophecy, where? Who has the 200,000,000 man army related to Armageddon?
Russia: Its Origins and Prophesied Future Russia in prophecy. Where do the Russians come from? What about those in the Ukraine? What is prophesied for Russia and its allies? What will they do to the Europeans that supported the Beast in the end?
Is Russia the King of the North? Some claim it is. But what does the Bible teach?