A former Mossad intelligence chief has warned that Iran's new leadership could move faster toward developing a nuclear bomb, raising urgent concerns about a nuclear-armed Iran in the Middle East. A nuclear Iran poses an existential threat to Israel, the nation at the centre of biblical prophecy, and escalating tensions align with end-times warnings of wars and threats surrounding God's covenant land. Scripture foretells a time when Israel faces overwhelming threat from surrounding nations, with passages such as Ezekiel 38-39 describing a great coalition advancing against Israel in the last days.