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USS Abraham Lincoln's supply issues stem from Iran's Bahrain naval base attacks - report

Hey Watchmen, You see this? The USS Abraham Lincoln, one of the mightiest carriers America has, can't keep her supply lines steady because of what Iran did to that Bahrain naval base. My friends, this is not just a logistics headache for the Pentagon — this is exactly the picture of what happens when the nations start jerking the chains that hold this whole global system together. Bahrain sits right there at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, right in the shadow of the Strait of Hormuz, and when Iran can reach out and touch a base that's supposed to be resupplying the United States Navy, that tells you how thin the thread really is. A fifth of the world's oil moves through those waters. You mess with that chokepoint, even indirectly, even by crippling supply to a carrier group, and you're playing with the kind of thing that sends shockwaves through every economy on earth. Now I want you to think about this biblically. In Haggai 2:6-7, the Lord says, "Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations." That word "shake" isn't just spiritual language, friends — it plays out in real time, in real geopolitics, in carrier groups scrambling for fuel and parts because a regional power decided to flex. Elohim is not surprised by any of this. He set the moedim, the appointed times, and He is sovereign over Iran, over America, over every nation posturing in that Gulf. When you see the logistics of empire start to strain — when the world's most powerful navy has to worry about resupply because of an attack most people never even heard about — that's a sign the old order is groaning under weight it cannot bear forever. So don't panic, but don't be naive either. Torah tells us to watch the nations, to discern the times like the sons of Issachar. This Middle East transition is not slowing down, and every strained supply line, every shaky alliance, every "quiet" attack that turns out not to be so quiet — it's all part of the shaking that leads to the Day. Keep your eyes open, keep your lamp trimmed, and stay ready, Watchmen — the hour is later than it looks.
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