There are moments in history when events no longer feel random. When headlines align with ancient words, when politics and prophecy suddenly seem to speak the same language. Today, that moment may be unfolding before our eyes – not only in Jerusalem, but also in Tehran.
Iran is facing a storm of its own making: their currency collapsing, protests spreading, and now, a winter sky withholding rain in a city that desperately needs it. Tehran’s reservoirs are low, the air is full of dust and smoke, and even ordinary Iranians are wondering how the same regime that promised glory abroad cannot guarantee water at home.
But something deeper is happening. For decades, Iran’s leadership built its identity on persecuting Israel, funding terror proxies, and declaring the Jewish state a “temporary inconvenience.” Now, as the clouds refuse to open, it feels like destiny itself is responding. Not with thunder or fire, but with silence – the silence of a sky waiting for a different future.
This is where the words of Zechariah 14 no longer sound like ancient poetry but like tomorrow’s news headline. The prophet describes a world transformed – nations ascending to Jerusalem to recognize the God of Israel, and rain bestowed on those who come with respect and humility. And the text is unambiguous: those who do not come, do not receive rain. This isn’t revenge: It’s reality. It is the spiritual physics of the universe.
For the first time in centuries, this no longer feels distant. The Abraham Accords opened a door. Arab nations that once defined themselves by their opposition to Israel are now discovering that partnership brings blessing – fields that bloom, technology that saves crops, desalination plants that make seas drinkable. Meanwhile, Iran, raging against Israel in every speech, risks becoming a historical parable written in real time.
This raises a question that no analyst or foreign ministry dares ask out loud: What if we are no longer waiting for redeemed times? What if we are already living in the beginning of them? Not a completed redemption – but the opening scenes.
Signs of Iran's collapse
The drought in Tehran is not proof, but it is a sign. The collapsing currency is not divine decree, but it is a warning. And the shifting alliances of the Middle East are not the final chapter – but they feel like the table being set for one.
The Jewish people are back in our historic land. Hebrew is spoken on the streets of Jerusalem. Pilgrims already come – from Seoul, from Lagos, from São Paulo – not with sacrifices but with prayers, curiosity, and respect. The Abraham Accords are being expanded, nation by nation. The world may not yet be flocking to the Temple, but it is turning toward Jerusalem. Slowly. Reluctantly. Inevitably.
Perhaps this is how redemption begins: not with a single shattering miracle, but with a pattern of events so clear that pretending not to notice becomes harder than believing. In the words of Rabbi Y.Y. Jacobson, “I’d like to be an atheist, but I don’t have enough faith.”
In Israel, we are doing our part: building, planting, defending, praying. Turning deserts into vineyards and seawater into fresh drinking water. Above us, the heavens seem to be reminding the world where blessing comes from. Not as a threat – as an invitation.
Jerusalem is rising. The nations are watching. The weather itself is speaking, and the foundations of the Third Temple are already being laid – not in stone, but in the hearts of the nations that are learning, one drought at a time, that the path to prosperity still runs through Jerusalem.
The writer is an educator living in Efrat. His second book, The Seven Facets of Healing, is dedicated in memory of his wife Lucy who, together with his daughters Maia and Rina, was murdered by terrorists in April 2023. It is available from Amazon.com at https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Facets-Healing-Leo-Dee/dp/9659329105 and in Israel from https://bookpod.co.il/product/the-seven-facets-of-healing/.