Back in 2002, when the Doomsday Clock was set forward from nine to seven minutes to midnight, Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote about the deep significance of the move—and the lack of attention the news received: “The world should have jolted out of sleep at the news,” he wrote. “Headlines should have splashed across all the media. But no real alarm was sounded. The majority of the news media dismissed it. And many still slumber on as the world heads toward self-destruction.”
Mr. Flurry said the reason the move was so significant is because of what Bible prophecy says about a nuclear World War iii:
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Jesus Christ prophesied about this global state of affairs. Yet with His warning, He gave us great hope. “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved [Moffatt: saved alive]: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22). Jesus Christ was talking about a time when the annihilation of all human life would be possible. This has everything to do with the Doomsday Clock. Yet how many theologians discuss these two verses?
Mr. Flurry explained that, though the setting of the Doomsday Clock forward pointed to dark times in the near term, it also indicated that the most hope-filled event in mankind’s history is very near:
Still, seven minutes to nuclear annihilation really means seven minutes to the greatest possible news you could ever hear: It is all a sign that Jesus Christ is about to return to Earth—to stop mankind from destroying himself—and show the world how to have peace, happiness and joy.
Now, those seven minutes on the symbolic Doomsday Clock are down to just two.
To understand more about how near humankind is to an unprecedentedly devastating nuclear war, and why Christ will intervene in the conflict before it extinguishes all human life, read Mr. Flurry’s booklet Nuclear Armageddon Is ‘At the Door.’
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