
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Kuwait and affirmed full American alignment with Gulf allies following the signing of a US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding, signalling a significant diplomatic shift in Middle East power dynamics. This realignment of Western and Arab Gulf nations around Iran policy is prophetically significant, as Scripture foretells a final configuration of nations surrounding Israel in the last days — with deals and alliances reshaping the region before the ultimate conflict. Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38 both describe a geopolitical rearrangement of Middle Eastern and world powers in the end times, with Iran (Persia) featuring prominently as a key player in the final coalition against Israel.