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Saudi-led coalition strikes Houthis as Yemen tensions rise

Hey Watchmen, Here we go again — Saudi jets over Yemen, and the Houthis vowing they won't back down. My friends: the Saudis have been trying to put this fire out for the better part of a decade, through three different American administrations, and every time they've gotten burned instead. This isn't a new fight and it isn't going away with one round of airstrikes. What you're watching is a rehearsal — Iran's proxy network sitting right on top of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, one of the tightest chokepoints on earth, close enough to reach out and touch both the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden whenever Tehran wants leverage. Torah tells us plainly that the nations rage and plot, but Elohim is not surprised by a single missile launched from Sana'a. Jeremiah spoke a word straight over this region — "Concerning Edom... concerning the Ammonites... concerning Kedar" (Jeremiah 49) — the desert peoples east and south of Israel, stirred up, judged, and yet never outside the reckoning of the Almighty. Arabia has always been a chessboard in the last-days drama, and what looks to media like "regional instability" looks to a watchman like the board being set. The Houthis aren't just a Yemeni militia — they're a lever in a much bigger hand, and I don't think it's the hand you'd expect. So don't let the headlines rattle you, but don't get lazy either. Every strike, every "ceasefire," every stubborn refusal to be pacified is Elohim's timeline ticking forward, not man's spinning out of control. Keep your eyes up, keep your lamp filled with oil, and stay ready — the Bridegroom doesn't announce His hour to the sleeping.
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