Are Nuclear Weapons in Revelation?

In Revelation 8, the Bible predicts that a third of mankind, trade, food and waters, etc…is destroyed.  As a result, a very significant weapon would have to be used to account for the large scale destruction.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has recently published that 97% of all nuclear weapons are currently held by the United States and Russia.  The total number of nuclear weapons is calculated to be around 10,000.  The report indicates that China’s nuclear arsenal is now larger than Great Britain’s.

They are also reporting that Israel has 80 nuclear warheads and the capability and material to make an “additional 115 to 190 warheads.”  Israel has never officially announced whether they have nuclear weapons maintaining a policy of ambiguity. 

Nuclear weapons are most likely the weapon used in the Trumpet judgments where a third of the waters are poisoned and a third of mankind is killed leading to the formation of the one world government as well as the one world religion.  In Revelation 8 whether it is taken literally or symbolically, the result is the same in that a third of the earth is destroyed.