US Pauses Iran Strikes on Night 14 as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Persist

After 13 consecutive nights of direct US military strikes on Iran, Friday marked the first night without US bombing, though tensions in the Strait of Hormuz remain high and ceasefire talks remain unresolved. A US-Iran military confrontation of this scale represents a dramatic escalation in the Middle East, fulfilling the conditions Scripture describes preceding the final conflicts of the end times. The prophet Ezekiel and the book of Daniel both point to Persia — modern-day Iran — as a key player in the wars surrounding Israel in the last days.