Iran and the Middle East

 I am getting concerned over the recent events dealing with Iran.  I'm sure a lot of this is just coincidence and seeing things that fit the pattern of what I expect, thereby reinforcing that which I already lean towards as being "real."  At the same time quite a few developments have occured recently. 

Iran

Starting with the standoff on the hostage (arrest/detention/insert your word here) situation...

British Sailors

I consider this to be a hostage situation because the sailors and marines are continuing being held until certain demands are met,  such as admitting that they illegally entered Iran.  This situation has exacerbated the already unstable economy.  Furthermore, it is just one more issue that has to be dealt with in the Middle East.

Massing Troops?

According to Russian reports, the US is massing troops on the Iranian border that might be a prelude to attack.

Nuclear Attack?

Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei Threatens to "Strike at Them with All Our Capabilities" If Iran Is Attacked

Middle East

Middle East Peace Agreement

I don't think that Saudi was threatening Israel to accept the peace agreement.  I read it to mean more of acknowledging the situation as it stands.  I don't know where I stand on the "Land for Peace" agreement.  I find the rhetoric of John Hagee, encouraging Israel to not give up any land,  to be more extreme than what I hold.  I see no reason why they can't go back to the pre-1967 boundaries as long as there is security.  However, I don't expect there to be any peace, regardless of who controls what land.

Priory of Scion to Attempt to Control Middle East?

Popularized in Dan Brown's novel, and expounded over 400 pages upon in Holy Blood, Holy Grail, the secret society known as the Prieuré de Sion is rumored to have an interest in controlling Jerusalem again.  If, as the books allege, the Prieuré was behind the Knights Templar and the Crusades, it is comprehensible that they will want to control it again.  I understand that these books are either fiction or unverifiable facts.  The conclusions are based on hypotheses that, while not entirely refutted, cannot be entirely supported either.

That being the case, it is still possible that the one world government (synthesis of Revelation 13) could come from such an organization.

Conclusion

So I might be a little influenced by the books I have been reading lately... but at least no one can say that the middle east is easy to understand or easy to solve its problems.