To:
Chance & Gino
Re:
Burning of Weapons & "A Little Season" Question
"That
'a little season' could provide the explanation for the
placement of that seven years of burning the weapons
accumulated after that war. And, if, as Gino
suggests, those weapons are weapons (like those of the
Middle Ages) - wooden shields, wooden spears,
wooden swords, etc. because "Jesus may set
aside the use of internal combustion engines in the
thousand year kingdom, as well as, gunpower, guns, bombs
and fighter aircraft."
"What if the Gog and Magog War
doesn't happen with today's technology...but a thousand
or so years in the future...after all the
wars/destruction during the Tribulation period and the
1,000 year reign of Christ? And as Gino asked,
what if all they have then is horses, along with war
implements: shields, bucklers (small round shields),
helmets, swords, bows and arrows, spears, handstaves,
etc. I can see the burning of the wooden weapons
for years with this huge of an army. (Can we see
modern tanks, jets, rifles, etc. burning for seven
years? I'd think any burning would stop once the
fuel was burned up.)"
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In regards to the two
blue-highlighted paragraphs above, the answer is found in Isaiah 2:4, "And He shall judge among
the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they
shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears
into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they
learn war any more."
After
the Great Tribulation, Jesus will see to it that war
isn't taught anymore and that weapons will be turned
into something useful; i.e., farming tools, etc.
That changes, however, after the millennial reign of
Christ when they learn war again with Satan's help.
I
suspect it will take longer than months to get the
nations ready to do battle again as Satan will have to
stir up hatred for the Jews again in addition to
helping rebuild war machinery and restart war training
camps with armies the size of which is described in Rev. 20:8, "..to
gather them together to battle: the number of whom
is as the sand of the sea.."
It could take a hundred years or more to gather a
trained army that's "as the sand of the sea" in
number. Then God destroys the weapons for good
at the last battle over Jerusalem.