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No day that passes is inconsequential, or beyond the Sovereignty of God. Note some previous August 9th events:
1792 French revolutionaries prepare an early morning raid to arrest for execution King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
1942 Edith Stein was murdered at Auschwitz.
1943 Franz Jägerstätter was guillotined by the Wehrmarcht at Brandenburg-Görden Prison. Minutes before his execution, he was given the option to sign a document to save his life and join the Nazi army. He declined, abjuring any complicity with the Nazi regime. Jägerstätter’s last recorded words before his death were, “I am completely bound in inner union with the Lord.”
1945 Americans kill approximately 70,000 civilians with an Atomic Bomb in Nagasaki.
1969 Manson chaos-cult members murder five Hollywood professionals.
1974 American president Richard Nixon is hounded out of office by media pressure. Gerald Ford is sworn in.
2023 Members of congress purposely destroy evidence of the unjust “January 6” trials.
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour:
