I tell ya, 20 years ago, some were predicting the Antichrist would do just that. In fact, it’s even in the first “Left Behind” movie, IIRC.
The Bible foretells of Nuclear Warfare especially with the Magog Invasion the Burden of Damascus the battle of Armageddon plus in the book of Zechariah it speaks of neutron Bomb.
I really wouldn’t put my trust in the left behind series Tim Lehay got so much stuff wrong other than rapture