Strait of Hormuz Shipping Collapses Amid US-Israel-Iran War

Following US and Israeli strikes on Iran, Iranian retaliation has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil flows, sending global gas prices soaring and disrupting shipping. This convergence of Middle East war and economic upheaval echoes Christ's warnings of "wars and rumors of wars" and end-times turmoil affecting nations' economies as birth pains preceding His return.