Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz as US-Israel Strikes Escalate Lebanon Crisis

Iran has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed in response to deadly US-Israeli strikes on Lebanon, while Hezbollah fired over 50 rockets into Israel overnight killing five IDF soldiers, and Vice President Vance heads to Switzerland in a last-ditch effort to salvage a fragile ceasefire deal. The convergence of Iran's aggression, Israel's military operations in Lebanon, and a collapsing diplomatic framework mirrors the biblical pattern of a final coalescence of nations against Israel described by the prophets. Ezekiel 38 foretells a great alliance of hostile powers moving against Israel in the last days, and Zechariah 12:3 warns that Jerusalem will become 'a burdensome stone for all peoples' — a reality playing out on the world stage today.