Today I watched a 45 minute documentary called "Chernobyl Heart", a group from ireland...I can't recall their name...goes to chernobyl to help the kids and such. It was probably if not the saddest things I've ever seen. So I decided to do some research on the subject and it's pretty amazing how devasting it was. It's strange I'll be 21 next month, but in school and what now we're never really told or hear about any of this stuff. Anyways I came upon this site, and something really stood out at me.



In the documentary they had made a comment that a scientist or physicist, someone of that nature had once said "the next Chernobyl will be Chernobyl"...because the outside building "shell" they put around it is falling apart and there are still HUGE HUGE amounts of radiation not only around but inside of the reactor. On the particular day they were near the reactor the lady's geiger counter began reading 13,000 in normal or "safe" places say NY it will read between 10-20. She said the only thing she could think of that would cause those numbers would be things going off inside of the reactor...if that makes sense. Normally it ranges from 300-3000 in places around where the accident took place.

But I just found it very interesting, and I'll include the site I was looking at it has pictures of areas around Chernobyl now.

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter2.html this is the page describing what happened

http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter1.html this is the beginning...all the pages are in a site map down at the bottom

http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/cherno ... opsis.html

that was the documentary I watched...has a little more info as well.

http://www.belarusembassy.org/humanitarian/hbo1.htm

gonna add this one in as well, talks briefly about Indian Point

Hi All,

Those are really interesting articles. Thank you for posting them. I remember when it happend. It is a great tragity.

You said

And yes, It is correct. Wormwood is a grass and is used by man in limited quantities.

And yes, there have been many who have jumped upon the name of Chernobyl as meaning wormwood, (which it does) and has declared that that is what is meant in the Book of Revelation.

However, we must note, from all the nuclear devices which has exploded on this planet, and even with such accidents such as was had at Chernobyl, No report of a Nuclear explosion has yet included a statement of it turning the water bitter. So from this I believe that it is safe to conclude that the Water being turned into Wormwood in the book of Revelation, was not done by any nuclear bombs or nuclear radiation.


I make note that The Lord speaks in Jer. 9:15 and Jer. 23:15 giving the people wormwood which is coupled here to water, as the water of Gall (Bitter)

And in Rev. 8:11 The Lord speaks of the Water becoming wormwood, (Bitter). So this is Not Radiation which would affect not only the water but the land and all that was on it also. But Here it is only the Water which is turned bitter (Wormwood).

Wormwood is not a poisonous plant but it is so bitter that you would think that you were dying. If you had too much of it, it would cause diarrhea, upset stomach, vomiting, and you would want to die. But in this case men will actually die because they will have nothing else to drink. Continuous use leads to mental deterioration and even death. It is also know as "Absinthe", a green, bitter liqueur having the flavor of licorice and wormwood.

I offer for your thoughts, and consideration, the following

Wormwood
English, "absinthe"
A plant both bitter and deleterious, and growing in desolate places, figuratively suggestive of "calamity" (Lam. 3:15) and injustice (Amos 5:7), is used in Rev. 8:11 (twice; in the first part as a proper name.)
[From Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament words.]


Wormwood
A species related to our western sagebrush and the source of an essential oil obtained from the dried leaves and tops of the plant. Absinthe, a liqueur, the continuous use of which leads to mental deterioration and even death, derives its flavor from this oil (Lam 3:15,19). The plant is a symbol of bitterness.
[From The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary.]


Wormwood
Any of a genus (Artemisia) of strong smelling plants of the composite family, with white or yellow flowers; esp. a Eurasian perennial (A. Absinthum) that yields a bitter, dark green oil (Wormwood oil) formerly used in making absinthe.
[From Webster's New World College Dictionary]

Yes, I agree with all that was posted above. I'm actually reading Lamentations in the bible, where it mentions wormwood a few times...and then I saw the documentary, and all in coincidence I did some research and saw that it was named that.

Oh and it's also used as a moth repellant and in teas I read.


it also states this

So I'm assuming that a process is done to only the leaves for absinthe, and the actually plant itself is toxic. Not that it really matters, but you learn something new everyday.

Yours in Christ, STephanie