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much more conservative in their beliefs that homosexuality is immoral. Weren’t the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrah located close to the Dead Sea? They both fully supported homosexuality. There was no fear of the
Almighty God, the everlasting God and the Creator of this world.

The ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah have been discovered southeast of the Dead Sea. The modern names are
Bab edh-Dhra, thought to be Sodom, and Numeira, thought to be Gomorrah. Both places were destroyed at the
same time by an enormous destructive fire. The destruction debris was about three feet thick. What brought
about this awful calamity? Startling discoveries in the cemetery at Bab edh-Dhra revealed the cause.
Archaeologists found that buildings used to bury the dead were burned by a fire. The site of the present Dead
Sea Works, a large operation for the extraction of Dead Sea minerals, is called “Sdom” (םודס) according to its
traditional Arab name, Khirbet as-sudūm. Nearby is unique Mount Sodom (םודס רה in Hebrew) consisting mainly of
salt. In the Plain of Sdom (םודס רושימ) to the south, there are a few springs and two small agricultural villages.

Divine Judgment by God was then passed upon Sodom and Gomorrah along with two other neighboring cities
that were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. Neighboring Zoar (Bela) was the only city to be spared
during God’s Judgment. Traditionally, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with immoral sin and
their destruction a manifestation of God's Wrath. Sodom and Gomorrah have been used as metaphors for its
evil and homosexuality, viewed as immoral behavior. It has given rise to words in several languages including the
English word sodomy, used in so-called sodomy laws to describe sexual immoral acts. Will this empire fall because
this nation has fallen into sin as well as its prideful ways? It refuses to humble itself before God.

The cities were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. How could God use our enemies to consume our
cities with fire and brimstone? Could this be through the launching of nuclear weapons against our major coastal
cities? The destroyed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah became desolate and abandoned for thousands of years.
The World Trade Center Towers were rebuilt. However, if the cities were destroyed with a nuclear blast then the
radiation would leave them for centuries as desolate landmarks. Would human life have any desire to live or
work there if there was a nuclear blast? We know that are enemies are Islamic terrorists based upon the 9/11
attacks. We are aware that Pakistan and Iran have or will have nuclear weapons. We also know that Chuck Hagel
doesn’t believe in sanctions for Iran nor the protection of Israel. We know that God will use our enemies to
bring judgment to a nation when its cup of iniquity has become full. To prevent war this nation needs to humble
itself before God and turn from its wicked ways. What is man doing about preventing war in the world?

Preventing War

Pakistan has been harboring terrorists in their country for over a decade. Pakistan already possesses nuclear
weapons and has for more than a decade tested nuclear weapons. On 28 May 1998 and a few weeks later
Pakistan detonated five nuclear devices in the Ras Koh Hills in the Chagai district, Balochistan. This operation
was named Chagai-I by Pakistan. It was carried out in an underground iron-steel tunnel having been constructed
by provincial Martial Law Administrator General Rahimuddin Khan during the 1980s. The last test of Pakistan
was conducted at the sandy Kharan Desert under a codename Chagai-II, also in Balochistan in 1998. Pakistan's
fissionable material production takes place at Nilore, Kahuta, and Khushab/Jauharabad, where weapons-grade
plutonium is made by the scientists. Pakistan thus became the 7th country in the world to successfully develop
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and test nuclear weapons.

186 Armstrong, David; Joseph John Trento, National Security News Service. America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise.
Steerforth Press, 2007