Three US officials confirmed that two US Navy guided-missile destroyers passed through the strait without issue in what was described as a "freedom-of-navigation mission."
The Strait of Hormuz connects to the Persian Gulf region where Persia (Iran) is specifically named as part of the Gog/Magog coalition that invades Israel in the latter years. Iran's maritime threats and military posturing align with the prophecy's description of Persian involvement in end-times conflict, though this represents regional tension rather than the full coalition invasion described in Ezekiel 38-39.
The military standoff between the US and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz represents the kind of international tensions and 'rumors of wars' that characterize the end times according to Matthew 24:6. The term 'nation rising against nation' (Greek: ethnos kata ethnous) encompasses this type of geopolitical friction and naval confrontation, though it falls short of actual warfare.
While the Strait of Hormuz is geographically distant from the Euphrates, both represent strategic waterways in the Middle East that could facilitate or hinder military movements. Iran's threats to shipping lanes could be seen as preliminary positioning related to the eventual drying of the Euphrates to prepare the way for eastern armies, though this connection is quite tangential.