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A True Threat?
Experts believe that corrosion and contamination would render most of the weapons that fell into the oceans no longer viable as detonable nuclear bombs. They say most of those on the sea floor—such as the one on Webster’s Skylark—probably pose little danger beyond that to the local maritime environment. Experts also say security safeguards are built onto many of such weapons that would usually prevent unauthorized personnel from being able to detonate them. There is also the fact that tritium gas in nuclear weapons normally needs to be periodically replenished to keep them detonable. These factors combine to mean that most of the world’s stray nuclear materials and nuclear weapons may not present a grave threat.
But all it would take is one.
One nuclear weapon falling into the hands of a team determined to either repair or reverse-engineer it could pose a serious threat. And that brings us to Iran.
Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry writes in his free booklet Daniel Unlocks Revelation: “Today, the regime started by the Iranian Revolution is trying to take over the whole Arab world! … It’s about to achieve nuclear status, and other nations are too weak to stop it! Iran will keep pushing the West until it gets a fight.”
One nuclear weapon falling into the hands of a team determined to either repair or reverse-engineer it could pose a serious threat.
In his article titled “America’s Deadly Nuclear Deal With Iran,” Mr. Flurry wrote:
“Iran is pushing and pushing its foreign policy. It is about to push so hard and so aggressively that it will launch a massive war! But it won’t be with the United States, which is now too weak to even fight such a war. … [Y]ou see Iran pushing aggressively at America and also very forcefully against Europe … [Y]ou see the very real threat of war; you see the very imminent threat of nuclear bombs eliminating millions of people.”
Mr. Flurry’s statements are based on specific Bible prophecies that describe a coming nuclear World War iii that Iran’s pushing against Europe will soon trigger.
Daniel 11:40 says “at the time of the end” a power called “the king of the south” will “push” at another power bloc called “the king of the north.”
Today, analysts around the would regularly label the Islamic Republic of Iran as the leading state sponsor of terrorism. Underwriting such brutal behavior is among the most confrontational or “pushy” policies a country could implement, and helps to pinpoint the “king of the south” as radical Islam, as led by Iran. Verses 42-43 say that, when the third world war breaks out, this Middle Eastern power will be in some degree of partnership with Libya, Egypt and Ethiopia. Also pertinent is that most of the radical Islamists in these and other regions that Iran sways lie mostly to the south of Israel. (For detailed proof that the “king of the south” is modern Iran, please read Mr. Flurry’s free booklet The King of the South.)
The “king of the north” in this passage refers to a united European power that will be led by Germany and guided by the Vatican. An examination of Revelation 17 makes this clear and delivers key details about this mighty church-state combine, which is already materializing today. Daniel 8:19-24 says this “king” will “destroy wonderfully.” (For thorough proof that the “king of the north” will be a German-led European power, please order a copy of our free book The Holy Roman Empire in Prophecy.)
This all makes clear that when radical Islam, as led by Iran, pushes against the united European power that is influenced by the Vatican, that push will be the spark that ignites nuclear World War iii.
Thanks in large part to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (jcpoa) nuclear deal that the Obama administration struck with Iran on Jan. 16, 2015, the Iranians will soon be able to indigenously develop nuclear weapons. There is also ample evidence that assistance from North Korea could be hastening Iran’s race toward that milestone.
But what if Tehran, or terrorists from one of the many groups that Iran supports, were to acquire one of the Broken Arrow or Empty Quiver weapons lost by the U.S. or Russia? This would boost the capacity of the “king of the south” to intensify its push against Western powers. This would be the case even if the nuclear materials they obtained were only used to make a dirty bomb, which is a weapon combining conventional explosives with radioactive materials in order to contaminate the area around the conventional explosion with radioactive material. Such a detonation in a city like Jerusalem, Rome or Berlin could be a history-altering event.
Such a detonation in a city like Jerusalem, Rome or Berlin could be a history-altering event.
Whether or not the world’s stray nuclear materials end up contributing to the spark that ignites that final world war, Bible prophecy makes clear that it will be an unprecedentedly destructive conflict. In Matthew 24:21-22, Jesus Christ is recorded as saying: “For there will be greater anguish than at any time since the world began. And it will never be so great again. In fact, unless that time of calamity is shortened, not a single person will survive …” (New Living Translation).
This could only be describing a global nuclear war, with enough detonations to cause nuclear winter.
Cause for Hope
Yet, as we see that utterly devastating and dark time of war approach, there is cause for profound hope! Continuing that passage in Matthew 24:22, just after Christ says that nuclear war at the end of this age will be so devastating that it could end all human life, He then adds a crucial detail: “But it will be shortened.”
Nuclear World War iii will be interrupted! Before humankind detonates enough weapons to entirely obliterate himself, Jesus Christ will cut the war short. Following just after that season of unprecedented death, He will usher in an age of unprecedented peace. Regarding this future time of worldwide tranquility and prosperity, Isaiah 2:4 says: “[N]ation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” War, nuclear and otherwise, will be a relic of a bygone era.
Understanding how near that dazzling and harmonious future is can fill us with purpose and hope.
For more about the imminence of World War iii and the peace that will follow just after it, read Mr. Gerald Flurry’s article “Matthew 24 Unlocks the Seven Seals.”
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