It is the nature of a person to want to share what is in the heart. If one listens carefully to what another person is saying he or she will discover what an individual is determined to do. Specifically, some world leaders do not hesitate to share what their intentions are. In his book, Mein Kampf (My Struggle) Adolf Hitler informed the world he would destroy the Jewish race and intended to invade Russia. The world, however, refused to believe that someone would attempt to do something so audacious—and we learned a tragic lesson. Similarly, our current commander-in-chief campaigned on the promise that he would terminate jobs in the coal industry, raise taxes, and continue to kill babies by supporting legislation to fund the slaughter of the unborn. Millions applauded this perverse platform and elected him to high office—and he has subsequently kept his word much to the dismay of many Americans.
Another world leader has emerged on the international stage to inform the world openly and unabashedly that he is determined to destroy the nation of Israel, and thus, hasten the return of the twelfth Imam.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes in the twelfth Imam. In November, 2005 in a keynote speech to senior clerics, Ahmadinejad spoke of his strong belief in the second coming of Shi'ite Muslims' "hidden" 12th Imam. According to Shi'ite Muslim teaching, Abul-Qassem Mohammad, the 12th leader whom Shi'ites consider descended from the Prophet Mohammed, disappeared in AD 941 but will return at the end of time to usher in an era of Islamic justice. The 12th Imam's return will be hastened by the creation of chaos on earth. To that end the president of Iran is now working through the development and deployment of a military arsenal that shall soon—if not already—include nuclear weapons.
The great question is this: "Once Ahmadinejad has nuclear weapons will he use them against Israel?" It would not take much to destroy the population of Israel for the small nation occupies a land mass only three hundred miles long and one hundred and fifty miles wide. Ninety percent of the population is located around Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, cities just thirty miles apart. A single nuclear strike on either city would not only kill a large percent of the population, but would destroy the country’s industrial infrastructure. The radioactive fallout would render the landscape uninhabitable for years to come.
With his visceral hatred of the Jews, with his cult follower complex, and with his religious zeal, there is no doubt that Ahmadinejad will use weapons of mass destruction, not for peace, but to bring the return of the twelfth Imam. To this end the man has spoken from his heart. Perhaps it is time we start believing people when they inform us that they intend to do great evil. After all, the Bible records that "things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These are the things which defile a man…" (Matt 15:18–20).
Once a man reveals his heart and promises to bring chaos we need to take notice and understand that not only are such wicked machinations possible, they are likely—because of the radical depravity of man. Consider,
"There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes" (Rom 3:10–18) .
