Morris Cerullo - Nuclear Holocaust of Revelation

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Destruction in a Day

Imagine sitting on the shores of the Euphrates River, dipping your hands in the precious water, resting on the ancient banks at the cradle of civilization.

These shores have seen nearly everything, from the dawn of human civilization after the Flood to the building of the tower of Babel. They have seen the rise and fall of empire after empire, including the empire of Nebuchadnezzar, the Persians and the Medes, the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Ottomans, the British, and the rise of Saddam Hussein.

Over these gentle hills have peered some of history's most famous and infamous men.

Alexander the Great decided to build the headquarters of his kingdom here. Darius ruled from here. Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord, roamed here.

Daniel, the prophet of the Lord, prophesied here, and as a captive slave, ruled the foreign empire that had taken him under its yoke.

Somewhere along this river, in an area perhaps now under water, Adam and Eve once reclined in the garden of the Lord, and Adam named all the animals as he searched for a helper suitable for him.

History along the Euphrates River goes back as far as man himself. And, just as it was host to the dawn of history, the Euphrates River will be witness to the end of history in one of the most awesome spectacles in the history of war:

And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me,

The waters which thou sawest , where the whore sitteth , are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.

Revelation 17:12-17

The Book of Revelation tells an intriguing story:

Ten kings give their power and strength to the antichrist, who promptly leads the alliance into a war against God. God handily defeats the nefarious coalition, and in the end, they are humiliated.

But after their defeat, the ten kings are no longer enthralled with the antichrist, and they turn on him, attacking his capital city, Babylon, destroying it with "fire."

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas , alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more...The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

Revelation 18:8-11 & 15-19

The passage above paints a tremendously vivid picture, a picture that has led some to believe they know what kind of destruction comes so rapidly on the great city of Babylon.

Partner, I want to be clear here: nobody knows exactly what methods God will use to fulfill the prophecies in Revelation (or anywhere else, for that matter).

The ways of God are beyond our understanding.

For instance, the scribes and Pharisees thought they understood what kind of man the Messiah would be, but when He came, they didn't know Him at all, because they, when reading the Scriptures, had not allowed for God to be God. They pigeonholed Him and thought that by their understanding

He would be forced to fulfill prophecy according to their teaching.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Isaiah 55:8-11

God has given us the Word to read, and He has given us the Holy Spirit to help us understand, but while we are on this earth in fleshly tabernacles, we are not privy to all of His ways.

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

1 Corinthians 13:12

Our understanding right now is in part, we are not yet given the understanding of all things (we will have it later in glory, according to the Apostle Paul).

I said all that to say this: we can surmise, theorize, summarize and hypothesize, but that's all it is, speculation. Until God has fulfilled the prophecies that are yet unfulfilled, our understanding of those fulfillments is imperfect.

Our understanding amounts to educated guesses. We know

God, and based on that knowledge of Him, we can make an educated guess as to how He will do what He has promised to do.

But His ways are still higher than our ways, and He can still surprise us by the incredible ways He thinks of to do things that we never would have imagined if we had a million years to imagine it.

Chapter 2

One Fulfillment : Mans Most Powerful Weapon

When God created man, He gave man a blessing He did not give to the animals:

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.