Leading Rabbi says the Messiah could arrive Thursday, cites 500-year-old book naming the Strait of Hormuz as site of final war

A prominent Israeli rabbi is making a bold prediction: the Messiah will be revealed this Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Nisan—the first day of the Hebrew month of Nisan and the start of the Biblical calendar year. According to Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum, a widely respected figure in Israel’s religious community, the timing is linked directly to one of the world’s most strategically sensitive waterways—the Strait of Hormuz—which is currently at the center of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.