Should We Fear Living in a Nuclear World?

If Iran develops a nuclear warhead, it will only be a matter of time before other countries in the region follow suit, fueling a nuclear arms race in the fiery Middle East. And since unstable Pakistan is part of the nuclear community, no one wants to think what might happen if its unpopular U.S. backed government is toppled and replaced by one sympathetic to Al Qaeda; while across the world, a new young leader of North Korea has his untested hand on a nuclear trigger, and its neighbor to the north, China, already in possession of 400 nuclear warheads, is ready to rumble.

Some biblical scholars believe that a a nuclear holocaust could be the meaning of Jesus’ prophetic words “And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened” (Matt. 24:22). The fact that the world's nations now have the arms capability to destroy the earth is too apocalyptic to be ignored.

The possibility strikes fear in the heart of mortal men.  But however you interpret Jesus’ words, one thing is clear: the protection of the elect.  Imagine a nuclear holocaust as you read these words: "Do not dread the destruction that lays waste at noon; a thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you… He is your refuge and fortress in Whom you can trust” (Ps. 6-7, 2 ed).