Strait of Hormuz Deal Struck, But Oil Flow Could Take Months to Restore

The United States and Iran have reached a tentative ceasefire agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, though analysts warn it could take months before oil flows freely, with mine clearance, ship backlogs, and unresolved toll disputes delaying full recovery. This fragile peace along one of the world's most strategically critical waterways underscores how quickly global commerce can be brought to its knees by Middle East conflict — a pattern Scripture consistently places at the centre of end-times upheaval. Revelation 18 describes a catastrophic collapse of global trade in the last days, and Jesus warned in Luke 21:25 of 'distress of nations with perplexity' as a sign of His approaching return.