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The Jerusalem Post
US to strike Iran for every attack on ships in Strait of Hormuz, Donald Trump says
Hey Watchmen,
When the President of the United States says we'll strike Iran for every attack on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, understand what you're really looking at — a chokepoint the whole world's economy runs through, and men on both sides who don't fully grasp how fast "we'll respond" turns into something none of them can walk back. My friends, that strait carries a fifth of the world's oil. You put a hand on that trigger, and you're not just talking about Iran and America anymore — you're talking about every nation whose economy breathes through that water. That's the kind of leverage that makes desperate men do desperate things, and desperate men do not think about consequences.
Scripture doesn't leave us guessing about how nations behave when pride and power collide. "For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye" — but before that comfort, Zechariah shows us Elohim watching the nations rage and positioning Himself as the one who ultimately settles the account, not the generals. Read Habakkuk 1 sometime, where the prophet cries out "how long" while watching violence and strife multiply between empires who think they're the ones writing history. The LORD's answer wasn't "don't worry, nothing's happening" — it was "watch, and be utterly amazed, for I will work a work in your days." These chokepoint threats, this saber-rattling over oil and shipping lanes — it's the same pattern Babylon and Persia played out millennia ago, and Elohim was sovereign over every bit of it.
So don't let this headline just scare you — let it sharpen you. Every threat of retaliation over that strait is a reminder that man's economies, man's oil, man's navies are not the foundation this world stands on. Yeshua is. Keep your eyes up, keep your hearts anchored in Him, and keep watching, because these are exactly the kind of days the prophets told us to stay ready for.
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