12: And this shall be the stroke wherewith He YHWH ALEPH TAV will strike all the people that have fought against Jerusalem Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth 13: And it shall come to pass on that day that a great tumult from YHWH shall be among them and they shall lay hold everyone on the hand of his neighbor and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor 14: And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together gold and silver and apparel in great abundance 15: And so shall be struck the horse the mule the camel and the donkey and all the beasts that shall be in these camps shall be struck like this
Comments: Zechariah 14:12-15 The entire chapter up to this point describes the Day Christ returns. Verses 12-15 describe the effects of a nuclear blast on humans and animals at ground zero. The Almighty will allow a nuclear explosion in the middle east in or close to Israel on the Day Christ returns at the Battle of Armageddon. Will ground zero of the bomb be the Valley of Megiddo? Likely so as the passage is clear that those who are struck will be those fighting against Jerusalem.
Verse 13 tells us the armies advancing on Jerusalem will turn on each other. The country that sends the nuclear missile might be Iran, who is currently working towards nuclear capability, but they will not be aiming at Jerusalem, as Jerusalem is a Holy City for Muslims as well as for Jews and Christians.
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