Hi Daryl,

SA> DS>   Or even the Almighty's Right to "disconnect him" from life.

SA>Exactly. I might be a bit too cryptic in some of my comments at times,
SA>but it was a "permanent" disconnection that I had in mind, perhaps
SA>with a cruise missile.

 DS>   In Scripture, one day, Damascus will exist no more...and in
 DS> Babylon, no more music, laughter, etc. will be heard. And at the
 DS> final judgment of the seal, bowl, and trumpet judgements, all the
 DS> major cities of the earth will fall. Israel and Jerusalem will
 DS> still be around...but not in what its enemies want to believe. I
 DS> believe that the next war...either before or during "the time of
 DS> Jacob's trouble" will have nuclear consequences. Just look back at
 DS> what the first atomic bombs did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki 61 years
 DS> ago.

I don't know that God would need nuclear weapons, but it is reasonable
to assume that nations (and militias & terrorists) will be using them
if they have them. The judgement on Damascus could well be nuclear,
using a US or possibly Israeli device.

Cheers, Steve..

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