When President Donald Trump authorized military action against Iranian targets, black pill operatives on the right and the usual subversives on the left immediately framed the move as reckless escalation. But that reaction reflects a profound misunderstanding of both the strategic realities of the Middle East and the deeper historical forces at work there.
Iran is not simply another adversarial regime. For decades, its leaders have openly called for the destruction of Israel while funding terrorist proxies across the region—from Hezbollah in Lebanon to Hamas in Gaza. A nuclear-armed Iran would not merely destabilize the Middle East. It would place the world’s only democratic Jewish state under an existential threat, and directly implicate American national security.
It seems absurd to have to make this point, but since disingenuous grifters on the right are employing the “just asking questions” method of agitprop, a nuclear-armed Iran would most certainly strike at “The Great Satan.” They’d love nothing more than to see a mushroom cloud boiling over Manhattan.
Criticizing conservatives for failing to militate for direct, kinetic action in Iran before now ignores the synergies Trump is leveraging to terraform the geo-political landscape. Never before has Iran been so isolated, her allies distracted, and American war power so ascendant. Whether prompted by instinct or genius, Trump acted at the perfect moment.
Critics are outing themselves as agents of chaos while Operation Epic Fury is barely into its second week. Regardless of their claims to “care for the troops,” or to “deeply love America,” undermining American morale is an indefensible act of reckless hubris—hiding treason behind the language of sedition. Sowing doubt isn’t noble and insinuations are the ploy of anti-intellectualists who are monetizing fear.
For many Americans, the question of Israel is purely geopolitical. For Christians who take the Bible seriously, however, the issue carries an additional dimension. Israel’s existence is tied to a covenant that predates modern politics by nearly six thousand years. The Apostle Paul addressed this very issue in the New Testament when he asked a question that still resonates today: “Hath God cast away his people?” (Romans 11:1).
Much of the Old Testament theological basis for this column relies on a message recently delivered by my pastor, Stephen Cox.
The story begins in Genesis 12:1–3, where God calls Abram out of a pagan culture and makes a promise that will shape human history: “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country…unto a land that I will shew thee…and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Three promises define this covenant. First, a people: as numerous as the stars in heaven. Second, a land: a specific geography with real borders. Third, a universal blessing: through Abraham’s lineage would come the Messiah. Notice what is absent from this covenant: human merit. Abram—later Abraham—was not chosen because of his righteousness or national and ethnic virtue.
Scripture indicates that he came from a background of idolatry. The covenant begins not with Abraham’s merit, but with God’s grace. The entire redemptive plan that ultimately leads to Jesus Christ flows through this moment.
The unconditional nature of this covenant becomes unmistakable in Genesis 15. Abram, struggling with doubt, suggests a practical solution to his lack of an heir: perhaps his servant Eliezer will inherit the promise. God immediately rejects the substitute plan. Instead, Scripture records one of the most important verses in the entire Bible: “And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness” (Genesis 15:6). This verse becomes the cornerstone of the New Testament doctrine of justification by faith.
What follows reveals something even more remarkable. In the ancient Near East, covenant ceremonies involved both parties walking between divided sacrificial animals, symbolizing that the one who broke the agreement would suffer the same fate. Yet when the covenant is sealed in Genesis 15, Abram is asleep. Only God passes between the pieces. The meaning is unmistakable: the covenant does not depend on Abraham’s faithfulness. It rests entirely on God’s character. The author of Hebrews later explains the significance of this moment: “Because he could swear by no greater, he swear by himself” (Hebrews 6:13). God guaranteed the covenant by His own nature.
Across millennia of exile, persecution, and attempted annihilation—from the Roman destruction of Jerusalem to the horrors of the Holocaust—Israel has endured. Few events in modern history illustrate this reality more dramatically than the rebirth of the Jewish state in 1948. Nations far older have vanished into the pages of history, yet Israel returned to its ancient homeland against all historical precedent.
Some critics argue that God’s promises to Israel were transferred entirely to the Church. The New Testament itself rejects that idea. Paul addresses the question directly in Romans 11: “Hath God cast away his people? God forbid.” He continues with a statement that leaves little room for reinterpretation: “For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance” (Romans 11:29). And he concludes with a prophetic declaration: “And so all Israel shall be saved” (Romans 11:26). This is not the language of replacement. It is the language of restoration.
This theological reality intersects directly with present-day geopolitics. The Iranian regime’s hostility toward Israel is deeply ideological.
President Trump recognized that reality long before recent events. His administration withdrew from the deeply flawed Iran nuclear deal, imposed crippling economic sanctions, and restored a policy of deterrence that had eroded under previous administrations. Military action against Iranian assets must be understood within that context. It is not an act of recklessness. It is a signal that the world’s most dangerous regimes cannot operate without consequence.
Genesis 12:3 contains both a promise and a warning: “I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee.” Like every nation, Israel is governed by imperfect leaders. But the covenant itself remains bound to the people and to the land.
Editor's Note: For decades, former presidents have been all talk and no action. Now, Donald Trump is eliminating the threat from Iran once and for all.
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