Zechariah, a prophet of the Old Testament, predicted that there would be an Armageddon kind of nuclear war that will involve many nations. This is based on a literal interpretation of Zechariah. ..................................... "And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet, their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets, and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths." Zechariah 14:12