Oil Prices Breach $111 as Trump’s Deadline for Iran to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Nears
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Category: WARS & RUMORS OF WARS
Summary:
Brent crude oil futures rose above $111 per barrel late Sunday, continuing volatility driven by concerns over escalating tensions with Iran. Prices reached a weekly high of over $119 on March 31, dropped to around $98 midweek, then climbed above $109 on Thursday before markets closed for Easter on Friday. The price increase coincides with the expiration of a deadline issued by President Donald Trump to Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has warned that the U.S. military may target Iranian power plants and bridges if Tehran does not comply.
Mysterion Insights
Scripture: James 4:13-14 (NASB 1977)
"Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow, we shall go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away."
Commentary:
These sharp price swings and deadline-driven threats expose how quickly markets and leaders can shift plans. It feels ordinary at street level: drivers and businesses notice fuel costs almost immediately. When chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz become leverage, Scripture’s pattern of unstable commerce and fragile confidence comes into view without needing hype. This story isn’t on Israel’s covenant land, yet movements involving Iran still press the region where Jerusalem stands at the center of God’s purposes. Stay clear-minded and refuse panic.
Prophetic Trend:
Energy chokepoints and hard deadlines are amplifying regional instability, showing how economic pressure and military signaling increasingly move together in the Middle East.
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Source Excerpt:
Brent crude oil futures opened higher on late Sunday from Thursday’s closing, breaking through the $111 per barrel level amid concerns that the Iran war could potentially worsen over the coming week. On March 31, oil prices hit its weekly high of over $119 per barrel. Prices then collapsed to as low as around $98 on Wednesday, before subsequently jumping to more than $109 on Thursday. The markets were closed on Easter Friday. On late Sunday, oil hit a high of $111.89 and was trading at $110.73 as of 9:50 p.m. ET. The renewed surge in oil prices comes as an ultimatum issued by President Donald Trump to Iran ends on Monday.......
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Source: The Epoch Times
Posted on 04-05-2026 23:44