{"id":159,"date":"2011-07-14T09:50:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T13:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=159"},"modified":"2011-07-14T09:50:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T13:50:15","slug":"zechariah-1412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/07\/zechariah-1412.html","title":{"rendered":"Zechariah 14:12"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am speaking at the Future Congress conference in Branson, Missouri next weekend, and one of my topics is “Did Zechariah Predict Nuclear War?”<\/p>\n

Now, you’ll either have to attend or get the obligatory dvd to fully understand my answer to this question, but for now, I have an assignment for you: read the 14th and final chapter of Zechariah, the sixth-century B.C. Hebrew prophet.<\/p>\n

Notice the descriptive language he uses; think about it. It is some of the strangest language used in the Bible, is mysterious, and has been debated for almost countless generations. <\/p>\n

Mull that over. I’ll get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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