So much talk, so much for all the talking. I’ve mentioned before that the opposite of what people expect, believe, is often the case. There’s a Hebrew word and definition, an understanding about this concept of “transformation”, “V’nahafoch Hu” (וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא) in Hebrew, meaning “the opposite happened,” “it was reversed,” or “it was turned upside down.” [Italics text reprinted from the article below].
There’s so much talk taking place about Iran, President Trump, war, oh, there’s going to be war, and if or when it happens, THIS will likely happen. Insert myriad ramblings, suppositions, opinions, fears, and babel here: ______________________________________.
Right.
I do a lot of reading and researching of material pertaining to current events. There’s been a tsunami of such regarding Iran and the tensions building, will Trump give the word, and war ensue? What will it be like if, when that happens? Has the ayatollah fled to Moscow? All the rats are fleeing the sinking ship and sending their money to places outside Iran, and on and on and on and endlessly it goes on.
I have published more articles here on ACP regarding this than I can recount. At least a dozen or more.
Some I’ve written a preface to the published piece, others I’ve just reprinted. I mention the spiritual warfare going on, how believers ought not be fearful, the unbelieving, yes, be afraid, very afraid, as you are on the wrong side of eternity, and every person is facing one of only two possible eternities, and I’ve cited Scripture.
This isn’t boasting. It’s merely stating facts, and I do this because of all the articles, commentaries, and such I’ve come across, which have been many, only a handful ever mention Bible prophecy, God, and provide Scripture reference. Those are the ones I look for to reprint here on A Crooked Path, though I’m not always successful, and some are written with a purely godless, no mention of God, Scripture, Bible prophecy, or what all this is really about, which is the visible and audible signs of the escalating spiritual warfare taking place.
I don’t care if you’re the top rated athiest, or you graduated with 27 Firsts from Oxford or Cambridge, or are considered the smartest person to ever graduate from MIT, Harvard, or Stanford. Or if you can paper all the bathrooms in your home with all your Master’s and Ph.D. degrees, and you are adamant there is no God, the Holy Bible is a hocus pocus fable and myth — you better pause from taking pride in being Mr., Miss, or Mrs. Smartypants educated in the ways of the world only, and you best get schooled in and on God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of the Jews and those Gentiles, all non-Jews, who have humbled themselves and come to commit their life to the LORD Jesus Christ, Yeshua Hamashiac, making Him LORD of their life.
Why?
Because there is no time to waste.
But I digress.
What sparked within me to sit down and write this is how quickly people forget. Forget what? Besides, where they put their car keys, forgetting it wasn’t long ago, the world was told a massive war had broken out between Israel and Iran. Iran, for the very first time, directly initiated a war with Israel.
It didn’t last long. For the thousands of missiles launched towards Israel from Iran, including hundreds of ballistic missiles, none, except one, managed to hit Israel. How could that be?
Well, remove God, and I can understand being stymied, confused as to how it could happen. All manner of worldly reasons were offered at the time. The Iranians dialed in the wrong GPS coordinates, and blah, blah, blah, all the talk and babel went on.
The hand of God covered Israel, along with the Iron Dome and the brilliance that is the Israeli Defense Forces, which are all provided and blessed by God.
As of sitting here at almost 4:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, on Saturday, February 7th, no one knows what will happen in the Middle East with regard to Iran, the U.S. military presence, Israel, and all the Islamist nations and states surrounding Israel.
Could be a massive war.
There is A LOT of bluster, talk, and more talk. Threats. Boastful proclamations. From all sides. Chest thumping and being like older, well-placed, given positions of authority and perceived power, school children on a playground seeing who blinks first, if a fight breaks out, and will one of the two escalating the tension between the monkey bars and the swingset, get a fat lip, or a blackened eye before the recess bell rings.
Only this is big, older school boys on the world scene threatening to throw the first blow and draw blood.
In all of this, all you might hear, read, or come across, or if avoiding as much as possible because its become too disturbing I am beseeching you to please, please keep and hold God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the whole Holy Bible continually in mind, holding Them tight and close, woven into your heart and daily life, your every breath, and place trust and hope in God. Take everything to God in prayer, for it is true — what a Friend we have in Jesus.
All of this is temporary. And most of what is currently said or written is just words without substance, history, or real knowledge behind them. The world loves to Babylon. Babel on and on and on and on with so many acting as prophets, experts, know-it-alls, and most are just spewing wind with some noise that falls flat as it’s all conjecture at this point.
I’ve come across articles of fearmongers — professed Christian ones — who are mentioning nuclear war, and the end of things, and it’s the Ezekiel 38 war, and on and on and on and on they still Babylon, as the tower may have crumbled and disappeared, but the evil builders were all merely dispersed around the world to propagate. The majority of the people of the world are more of Babylon than they are of Christ, of God, of the Holy Spirit, and of the Holy Bible.
They’re living in utter darkness, spewing madness and foolishness, wickedness, omitting God and there are always consequences with that — and outcomes almost the opposite of what is expected, spoken of, or written about.
Wait and see.
It’s only really starting to heat up. The birth pangs are increasing in intensity and frequency, but no one has the ultrasound image of what will happen tomorrow, or next week, or a month from now.
Only God.
Only Jesus.
Only the Holy Spirit.
Only by living within the whole Word of God daily, continually, faithfully.
Only then, only those who…
Read on…
Oh, and the complete book of Esther is provided following the fine article by Mr. Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz.
Iranian Politician’s Purim Threat Against Trump: Destined to End Like Haman
February 6, 2026
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
Reprinted from Israel365News
Hamidreza Haji Babaei and President Trump (Image via Twitter)
The threat was not delivered in the shadows or through anonymous channels. It came openly, from the floor of Iran’s parliament, issued by Hamidreza Haji Babaei, the deputy speaker of the Majlis, and it named its target without ambiguity. Babaei warned that any new American “mistake” against Iran would be met with a “decisive” response, adding a chilling promise: “In about a month, we will recite the funeral prayer for Trump, the United States, and their allies.” The timing of the statement, the identity of the speaker, and the precision of the language elevate this beyond routine Iranian bluster and place it firmly in the category of an explicit threat against the sitting president of the United States. But it also links it to Purim, when evil men threatening the Jews have their nefarious plans backfire.
ICYMI: Haji Babaei, the Deputy Speaker of the Iranian Parliament:
“In about a month, we will recite the funeral prayer for Trump” pic.twitter.com/HfxmqSCoMi
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) February 3, 2026
Babaei’s words were not spoken in a vacuum. They were delivered against the backdrop of escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, Iran’s deepening coordination with terrorist proxies, and an Iranian regime that routinely frames its geopolitical struggle in theological terms. Yet the calendar adds a striking and unsettling layer. The “about a month” Babaei referenced aligns precisely with Purim, the Jewish holiday commemorating the survival of the Jewish people from a state-sponsored genocide planned in ancient Persia.
Purim records a moment when power, hatred, and timing converged. Haman, described in the Bible as an Agagite, secured royal authority from the Persian king Achashverosh to annihilate every Jew in the empire on a single, designated day. The date was fixed by lots, purim, giving the holiday its name. The decree was legal, sealed, and seemingly irreversible. Yet the entire plot collapsed. Haman was exposed, the Jews were saved, and the architect of genocide was executed on the very gallows he prepared for others. The Bible captures this reversal with brutal clarity: “the same days on which the Jews enjoyed relief from their foes and the same month that had been transformed for them from one of grief and mourning to one of festive joy. They were to observe them as days of feasting and merrymaking, and as an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to the poor” (Esther 9:22).
This concept of “transformation”, “V’nahafoch Hu” (וְנַהֲפוֹךְ הוּא) in Hebrew, meaning “the opposite happened,” “it was reversed,” or “it was turned upside down”, is a central theme of Purim. Used in the Purim story to describe how Haman’s decree of destruction was turned into a day of celebration. It represents a “hidden miracle” where natural events appear to shift suddenly for the good, reflecting divine intervention in human affairs, symbolizing hope in hopeless situations, encouraging the belief that, even in dark times, situations can turn for the better. The phrase is central to Purim, where it is common to reverse roles, wear costumes, or act in “upside down” ways to reflect this reversal.
The Sages understood Purim as more than a historical escape. They saw it as a pattern. When enemies of Israel cloak their violence in certainty and confidence, when dates are set and threats are pronounced, the apparent strength of the decree often masks its fragility. Power that presents itself as inevitable invites collapse. Iran’s leadership regularly casts itself as the heir to ancient Persia, and Babaei’s threat, whether consciously or not, echoes the same Persian arrogance that believed Jewish survival could be scheduled and executed at will.
Purim ends with enemies exposed, schemes overturned, and the Jewish people standing when their destroyers fall. That is not sentiment. It is a recurring fact recorded in the Bible and observed across history. Iran’s leaders may believe they are choosing the moment of their adversaries’ demise. The Purim story teaches that those who make such calculations are often marking their own defeat.
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