Iranian threats are alarming Germany. Yesterday, Iran’s semiofficial Fars News Agency reported that Iran had warned Germany that “its barracks and associated facilities throughout the region would be considered legitimate defense targets.” This report was picked up by various German outlets—ringing alarm bells in German ears.

Germany’s Bild wrote yesterday: “Suddenly the mullahs are threatening the Bundeswehr!”

The recent escalation was triggered by the October 15 conviction by a German court of two Iranians for planning attacks against a leading member of the country’s Jewish community and a prominent non-Jewish supporter of Israel. Germany summoned Iran’s ambassador on October 19 to discuss the matter.

Iran has called the charges “baseless” and sees them as a sign that Germany is increasingly anti-Iran.

One of the alleged targets was Volker Beck, president of the German-Israeli society, who has called for Iran’s embassy in Germany to be shut down.

Beck is not the only one on Iran’s kill list.

After Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed by American-Israeli strikes in February, one of the most well-known Iranian newspapers, Hamshahri, published a list of 13 Western politicians to hold accountable for his death.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was one of them.

And it’s not just verbal attacks. Iran’s threat of war is about to fulfill Bible prophecy.

German Allies Under Attack

In March, Iran demonstrated its ability to reach most of Europe with missiles: It launched two missiles at the Diego Garcia military base, over 2,000 miles from the Iranian coast in the Indian Ocean.

If that message to Europe wasn’t clear enough, Iran sent another. In July, it attacked a United States base in Jordan. An insider told the Financial Times this was “a message to Europe: It can receive missiles, so it should know where it should stand in this war.”

Now Iran is threatening direct attacks on German-associated facilities—including Jordanian facilities that house Bundeswehr soldiers.

Saudi Arabia, another German ally, recently saw its airports come under missile attack from the Iran-backed Houthis.

After Houthi militants attacked two Saudi oil tankers in July, Merz said: “These attacks must cease immediately. Any form of naval blockade is unacceptable. These reckless attacks jeopardize freedom of navigation and threaten to further undermine regional stability. We stand in solidarity with Saudi Arabia and our partners in the region.”

In March, Germany adopted its arms export control procedures to supply Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states with much-needed air ⁠defense systems.

Germany is not only defending its partners in the region but also its own economic interests.

German news outlet t-online explained in September: “The Houthis are attacking Saudi Arabia and, at the same time, threatening one of the world’s most important trade routes. The consequences extend far beyond the Gulf—all the way to the German economy.”

Volker Treier, foreign trade chief of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, noted on October 12: “With their recent attacks on airports, energy facilities and other critical infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, the Houthis are targeting sensitive areas that are also relevant to the German economy.”

In August, Saudi Arabia signed a mutual defense agreement with Pakistan and Turkey, which is largely seen as an alliance against Iran. Turkey is a military ally of Germany, and Pakistan is a strong trade partner.

If Iran escalates, could this alliance plus Germany respond in kind?

A Prophesied Push and a Whirlwind Response

Since the early 1990s, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry has warned of war between Germany and Iran, prophesied in Daniel 11.

Verse 40 reads: “And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”

As Mr. Flurry explains in his booklet The King of the South: “Gesenius’ Lexicon says the word push means ‘to strike with the horn, used of horned animals,’ or ‘to push with the horn.’ It is ‘used figuratively of a victor, who prostrates the nations before him,’ also ‘to wage war.’ Push is a violent word!”

The prophesied “king of the south” is Iran, which is right now threatening to wage war against the prophesied “king of the north”—Germany.

Psalm 83 reveals who will be allied with Germany around the time of this coming clash. The nations listed include Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

How much longer until these prophecies are fulfilled?

The Bible details what will trigger this war, what will lead to prophecy’s fulfillment, and what will happen thereafter, as explained in Mr. Flurry’s free booklet The King of the South.