Thanks for this post.
I believe a “comet” is actually referred to by Trumpets 1 and 2 in Rev, not Wormwood (#3).
If it was an asteroid - solide, dense rock, it would destroy the planet entirely. That’s not God’s plan, as it’s meant to be a chastisement. But a water-ice comet - it would wreck havoc - but much life would still remain.
In Trumpet 1, it’s pieces of the comet that rain down and hit the Earth causing damage (1/3 of land on fire). Then in Trumpet 1, the remaining big chunk if you will hits the sea, and killing 1/3 of sea life, destorying coasts, etc.
Trumpet #3 - wormwood - is something else that FOLLOWS the comet strike. It is said to be “a star” and “great burning torch”. This is neither a comet nor an asteroid. God’s word chose to use “star” to convey something. A star generates fission/fusion reaction.
So it is something creating fission/fusion that falls to earth, hits the waters, and makes them (1/3 of them) not just undrinkable, but DEADLY (”many men died from the waters”).
The only thing I can think of that meets the requirements of:
a) acts like a star (fission/fusion reaction)
b) falls down on Earth making water impotable and deadly
is nuclear weapons, or more specifically a nuclear war exchange.
We can further infer this by reading Trumpet 4, which talks about the third of the sun being darkened, and the day being as night.
What is the logical result of a nuclear exchange? Nuclear winter, for a period of time.
Hi,
I don’t mean to be harsh with your ideas, but your exegesis of the Wormwood Star passage goes far beyond the statements made. As mentioned in my article:
“Let us consider the possibility of a “star” turning the waters bitter on Earth. The term “star” in classical terminology lacks the modern astronomical sense. It could have been referring to a comet, asteroid, “sun-like” star or planet. Since the possibility of a planet or sun colliding with earth is infinitesimal, we will eliminate this possibility.”
The possibility of the Wormwood star being a nuclear weapon is real stretch of the imagination. My article gives a reasonable explantation for the Wormwood Star using current astronomical theories.