On Monday night, good is poised to defeat evil |
As Hatzola (emergency) vehicles burn in London England, as Iran insists that they won’t unblock the Strait of Hormuz, (and will instead hit back if Trump carries through with his threat to bomb power plants if the strait is not unblocked), as the world waits to see what’s going to happen, Monday night is approaching quickly. Monday night American time, will be 48 hours after Trump issued his threat, that in 48 hours, if the strait is not unblocked, the US will attack Iran’s power plants.
So it’s boiling down to this. It seems that the war will be going on a little bit longer, enough time for Israel to finish the bombing that it wants to do, which it said could take a few more weeks. It will give time for the US to inflict more damage against the Iranian regime. And perhaps the Iranian people will be inspired and empowered to overthrow the regime.
Meanwhile Hezbollah is facing a bleak future, as Israel prepares to destroy them. The Houthis cower in fear. And antisemites the world over are seeing their hopes dashed.
If the Iranian people don’t come out into the streets to rebel, the US might find pragmatic people in the regime who are willing to do what the US wants, just as it happened in Venezuela.
But Iranian members of the regime seem to be mostly fundamentalists. It’s all or nothing. So it’s hard to imagine that Trump will be able to find people in the regime who will do his bidding.
So what’s going to happen? What will happen Monday night, and what will happen in the big picture? Will Iran acquire a government that will seek peaceful relations with the rest of the world?
It seems like such a complex situation, with so many different factors coming together. Sometimes it’s hard to sort out where this is all going.
Which is why I like to think back to the prophecies of the prophets, the visions of Daniel, and the ancient writings of the Yalkut Shimoni, which I have written about in previous posts. I like to think back to those prophecies, to those visions of the future, and reassure myself that the Almighty will not forsake His people, and humanity in general.
And I like to think that, as the Medrash in the Yakut Shimoni (regarding Isaiah chapter 60) states, the Almighty says to the Jewish people, that they have nothing to fear, that He is doing everything for their benefit, and that the time of their redemption has arrived.
And I like to think of the passage that follows, that our Rabbis taught, that when Mashiach comes, he will stand on the roof of the Temple — the Beit Hamikdosh, and will announce for all of Israel to hear, “Humble ones, the time of your redemption has arrived.”
So what will happen Monday night, and what will happen afterwards? We all wait expectedly, patiently, waiting to see. But at the same time, an optimistic feeling prevails among many, that this time the world will be saved, that this time a president of the United States is allied with Israel to save all of humanity, bringing a combined military strength, and that this time the Almighty will bless these efforts to be successful.
This time it’s different. This time the world will shine and smile. This time evil will be defeated, and the entire world will see that there is a G-d in the world.