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To the Editor:
Pastor Geoffrey Grider at the Christian website nowtheendbegins.com asked why are world leaders Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Kim Jong-un, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy all talking about the Biblical event known as Armageddon? President Biden has said several times the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is the highest it has been for 60 years after Russian President Vladimir Putin renewed his threats of using nuclear weapons. Russia has enough nuclear weapons to kill the majority of Americans. Russia has a tsunami bomb that would cause the world’s biggest tsunami ever — a 1,600-foot-high tidal wave. Biden said we have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban missile crisis. We were close to war during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. We are closer to nuclear war now in 2022 with Russia, China and North Korea threatening us. New York City emergency management shared important steps for New Yorkers to follow if a nuclear attack occurs. New York is also a target for a suitcase nuke or dirty bomb. America has given billions of dollars and our best weapons to Ukraine and they have killed Russians with them which increase our odds of war with Russia. It is believed America destroyed the Russian gas pipe line. It’s known that Ukraine attacked a key Russian bridge that Russia had said if it was attacked it would escalate the war. Russia has threatened “judgment day” in response to the bridge attack and is putting their best general called “General Armageddon” in charge. Pastor Grider said the city of Kyiv in Ukraine just began handing out potassium iodine pills as the nuclear threat from Putin grows. Also, the Biden administration, Department of Heath and Human Services just buys $290 million dollars of the drug Nplate to treat acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Pastor Grider said it doesn’t look like Ukraine or the U.S. really thinks Putin is bluffing about using nuclear weapons!
The U.S. government website updated a page on how to survive a nuclear attack when Russia invaded Ukraine. I’m sure it’s a coincidence. Right? The U.S. government says nuclear explosions can cause significant damage and deaths from blast, heat and radiation but you can keep your family safe by knowing what to do and being prepared if it occurs. If you are outdoors when a detonation occurs take cover from the nuclear blast behind anything that might offer protection. Fallout is most dangerous in the first few hours after the detonation when it is giving off the highest levels of radiation. It can take radiation fallout more than 15 minutes to arrive on ground level if outside the immediate blast damage zones. This is enough time to prevent significant radiation exposure by getting inside and staying inside. Get inside the nearest building to avoid radiation. Brick or concrete are best. Go to a basement if possible. If no basement go to middle of the building and stay away from windows, outer walls and roof. If you were outside after fallout arrived remove contaminated clothing and wipe off or wash unprotected skin. Don’t touch your eyes, nose and mouth. Stay inside for at least 24 hours until local authorities provide other instruction. Cell phones, text messaging, television and internet services may be disrupted or unavailable. Battery operated and hand crank radios will function after a nuclear detonation.
The last war the Bible says is Armageddon so it is at least seven years from now. The next war is the Ezekiel 38 war. The city of Damascus, Syria will be destroyed probably from a nuclear attack according to Isaiah 17:1. The Bible predicted we would have wars and rumors of war and everything would be shaken in the end days. The Bible predicted among other things in 2 Timothy 3 “this know also that in the last days perilous (dangerous) times shall come.” We can’t close our eyes and pretend nuclear weapons don’t exist, and can’t fight it with our heads in the sand thinking happy thoughts. As the Bible says in Lamentations: “it is because of the Lord God’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is God’s faithfulness.” Citizens need to learn what steps to take in the possible event of a nuclear war. Hunkering in your bunker or basement is good. Trusting Jesus is best! Jesus saved three Hebrews from a fiery furnace so Jesus can save his people from a fiery nuclear attack. Christians must keep their minds on Jesus and His soon return in the air and their rapture to heaven. Isaiah 26:3, “Thou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee; (Jesus) because he trust in thee (Jesus).” Derek Prince said God’s atomic weapon is the blood of Jesus and we overcome Satan and sin by the blood of Jesus. We put our sin under the blood of Jesus and put our fears under the feet of Jesus. Nuclear action is possible but Jesus coming is without doubt. Jesus is more powerful and faster than any nuclear missile. It is written, “In a moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” Rapture is in the air. See you here, there or in the air!
D.D. Nave
Elizabethton