The Islamic Regime and the God Who Delivers

Tikkun Global

Jerusalem, Israel

In seasons of war, ceasefires, negotiations, and talk of peace agreements, headlines tell us what is happening, but Scripture helps us discern what may be unfolding. Politics can feel like a roller coaster, but believers are called to lift our eyes higher. Our confidence is not in political momentum, but in the One whose authority is greater than every empire. One biblical picture for this moment is the Pharaoh confronted by Moses in Exodus.

Like the rulers of the Islamic regime today, Pharaoh was more than a political leader. He ruled an empire where political power and spiritual arrogance were intertwined. Egypt was not simply resisting Israel. Pharaoh was resisting the command of the living God: “Let My people go” (Exodus 5:1). His answer revealed his heart: “Who is YHVH, that I should obey His voice?” (Exodus 5:2). This was spiritual rebellion. Pharaoh walked in a demonic pattern of pride, domination, and resistance to God. That same pattern can appear again when rulers exalt themselves, oppress their people, threaten nations, and refuse to yield.

The Exodus story shows a repeated pattern: pressure, concession, relief, and then a hardened heart. Pharaoh sometimes seemed ready to listen. He negotiated, asked Moses to plead with YHVH, and made partial offers. But when the pressure lifted, he reversed course. “Pharaoh’s heart is hard; he refuses to let the people go” (Exodus 7:14). Pharaoh’s position could change from moment to moment, but the deeper drive remained: control, domination, and refusal to yield. In the same way, the Iranian regime may shift tactics, language, or posture, but no one should mistake that for a change in its deeper vision of domination. A pause in conflict is not the same as the end of oppression. Pharaoh let Israel go, but his heart had not changed. Afterward, he and his servants asked, “What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?” (Exodus 14:5). Then he gathered his chariots and pursued them.

Pharaoh had released Israel under pressure, but when the pressure shifted, he chased after the people God had delivered. The Red Sea became the place where his pride led him into judgment. Egypt did not disappear from history that day, but the power that came against God’s people was broken. The empire that seemed untouchable discovered that no ruler, army, ideology, or religious system can stand against the God of Israel. Moses told the people, “YHVH will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace” (Exodus 14:14).

With that pattern in mind, the distinction matters as we look at Iran today. This is not about the Persian people, whom God loves. Persia is also where God used Cyrus and preserved His people through Esther. Many Iranians have suffered under the very system that threatens others. The issue is not a people, but a regime that has oppressed its citizens, threatened Israel, the U.S., and the West, and spread fear through weapons and proxy forces. That is why we are not praying merely for a treaty that leaves this regime in power. We are praying from confident faith for the regime to collapse, so the Iranian people can be free and encounter the Lord Yeshua. When it is broken apart, it will weaken Iran’s proxies in Lebanon, Gaza, Yemen, and other nations suffering under its influence. May God expose false peace, restrain evil, and bring down structures of terror and oppression.

I believe we are watching this Pharaoh-like pattern unfold. I do not claim to know the timing or every detail. But Exodus reminds us that the demonic pattern of pride and domination cannot rule forever. The political roller coaster is real, but it is not our compass. Empires rise, threaten, negotiate, boast, and rage. But the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-Israel remains Lord over the nations. And when He says, “Let My people go,” no Pharaoh gets the final word.