I thought I might comingle the recent Chernobyl and Bible interpretation threads.
In the book of Revelations, there are two verses that could be interpreted as being fulfilled by the Chernobyl disaster.
REV 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
REV 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Using Google, I found this:
""Oddly enough, "Chernobyl" is the Ukrainian word for Wormwood, the name of the star that, according to Biblical prophecy (Revelations 8:10), will fall from heaven and poison the waters of the earth, so that many will perish. According to Dr. Robert Gale, the Chernobyl incident was a "final warning" -- one that some speculate may have encouraged Gorbachev and President Reagan to renew efforts to reduce superpower stockpiles of nuclear weapons.""
Of course though the analogy of a star (fusion) to a nuclear reactor (fission) may be a stretch, one must admit that this is one heck of a coincidence.
In the book of Revelations, there are two verses that could be interpreted as being fulfilled by the Chernobyl disaster.
REV 8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
REV 8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
Using Google, I found this:
""Oddly enough, "Chernobyl" is the Ukrainian word for Wormwood, the name of the star that, according to Biblical prophecy (Revelations 8:10), will fall from heaven and poison the waters of the earth, so that many will perish. According to Dr. Robert Gale, the Chernobyl incident was a "final warning" -- one that some speculate may have encouraged Gorbachev and President Reagan to renew efforts to reduce superpower stockpiles of nuclear weapons.""
Of course though the analogy of a star (fusion) to a nuclear reactor (fission) may be a stretch, one must admit that this is one heck of a coincidence.
