That was why I mentioned Samuel Morse and the invention of the telegraph. His first public message on the telegraph was “What hath God wrought!”. We understood that God had inspired him to invent a tool that would be the foundation of the electronic communications revolution. He recognized that his invention was indeed a fulfillment of Gods will.
So it may also be with the neutron bomb!
I surmise that you are not a dispensationalist. The only reason why dispensationalism makes more sense than other escatologies is that it is mostly in agreement with the same prophetic mindset of the Hebrew prophets and Jesus. I must admit that not everything dispensational is correct. But dispensational eschatology and it's hope for a redeemed Jewish people promotes a genuine love for modern Israel and the Jewish people, where other escatologies appear to lack such a love. We are what we eat! If we eat bitter fruit we become bitter ourselves.
But back to the main topic of Zechariah and neutron bomb. I believe the possibility of the Zech 14 plague being a neutron bomb is a credible speculation. Credible means that the description of the plague fits the characteristics of a neutron bomb, nothing more, nothing less.
The difference between my opinion and his was quite distinct. He refused to consider anything but the dogmatic teaching he received in bible school,
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I surmise that you are not a dispensationalist. The only reason why dispensationalism makes more sense than other escatologies is that it is mostly in agreement with the same prophetic mindset of the Hebrew prophets and Jesus.
Blah Blah … Sounds like dispensational dogmatism to me.
where I was open to explore the possibility of nuclear war being prophesied in Zechariah.
You know what they say about being too opened minded.
bomb is a credible speculation.
Interpreting Bible prophecy is not about credible speculation, except in the case of futurist dispensationalism which is build on the foundation of speculation. The futurist needs speculation because it is really all they have to go on. Since things they claim are future have not happened yet, it suits their purpose to read the newspaper and see how things fit with what they think they are reading in the Bible. The problem is that they do not realize their presuppositions about the Bible are being infected by their understanding of contemporary events.
No, I’m not a dispensational. I find that most of dispensationalism is unbiblical sensationalism. It is a convoluted system that does not comport with a plain, straightforward reading of the Bible using sound interpretative methods recognized by the Church for centuries.
This article is a perfect example of dispensationalism’s hermeneutical failure as a system. Rather than look at Bible history and see how this prophecy was fulfilled in and around the person of Jesus Christ and His first coming, the dispensationalist asserts a far future, technologically-sophisticated solution to his interpretive difficulties.
He only likes it cuz it sounds good to his ears. At least you are honest enough to call it what it is, rank speculation. What happens in a hundred years when neutron bombs are no longer in vogue. Where do you turn for your next “credible speculation”?
For the sake of argument, let’s assume this neutron bomb scenario is a possible correct interpretation.
In modern terms, who exactly are the people being spoken of that are smitten with this plague, and where does it fit in the popular end-times timeline? Is there anything in the NT that speaks of this same calamity?
I surmise that you are not a dispensationalist. The only reason why dispensationalism makes more sense than other escatologies is that it is mostly in agreement with the same prophetic mindset of the Hebrew prophets and Jesus. I must admit that not everything dispensational is correct. But dispensational eschatology and it’s hope for a redeemed Jewish people promotes a genuine love for modern Israel and the Jewish people, where other escatologies appear to lack such a love. We are what we eat! If we eat bitter fruit we become bitter ourselves.
But back to the main topic of Zechariah and neutron bomb. I believe the possibility of the Zech 14 plague being a neutron bomb is a credible speculation. Credible means that the description of the plague fits the characteristics of a neutron bomb, nothing more, nothing less.
INDEED.
Nothing else fits the Scriptural evidence nor the historical progressions . . . currently unfolding at a faster and faster clip.