FINAL WARNING: The Curtain Falls
of the Sea, with heavier concentrations at the southern end. The
Nabataeans collected the bitumen which floated to the surface for
trade.The southern half of the Dead Sea seems relatively new, and is much
shallower than the northern half, which is 1,296 feet deep. It had been
written that the ruins were still visible until the first century; and there
were even later reports that when the sun was shining in the right
direction, the outline of trees were visible under the surface of the
water, preserved by the high salt content of the water. These stories
were not confirmed by divers, who found no sign of human
settlements. However, regardless of any hard evidence, enough
circumstantial evidence exists which indicated that the southern end
of the Dead Sea was the location of the destruction.It has been theorized that an earthquake ignited the natural gas
deposits, which created a violent explosion, and propelled a mixture of
salt, sulphur and bitumen into the air, literally raining fire and
brimstone, as the oil basin beneath the cities burned. Some have even
gone as far as saying that God leveled the area with an atomic blast.It appears, that from all descriptions, hell will be unleashed. The very
power of the elements themselves will be turned upon the encroaching
army.
During the U.S. hydrogen bomb tests on the Marshall Islands, an
analysis of the results indicated, that there were also hailstones. The
blast caused a tremendous air turbulence to develop, which in turn
caused the formation of hailstones large enough to dent the armor
plating on surface ships. Similar hailstones are described in
Revelation 8:7, and 16:21.Revelation 8:8 talks about a “great mountain burning with fire” which
falls into the sea; and in 8:10, “a great star from heaven, burning as it
were a lamp” falls into the rivers. A meteor that fell in Winslow,
Arizona, left a crater a mile in diameter. Indentations on the ocean floor
off the coats of South Carolina and Georgia indicate a meteor shower
which accompanied an asteroid that hit the western area of the Atlantic
Ocean. In 1908, in Siberia, what is believed to have been a meteor, fell
with such an impact, that trees for 25 miles around were knocked over,
and the resulting smoke was visible for hundreds of miles.