The prospect of nuclear war being a central component of the invasion of Gog and Magog is very possible from the context of Ezekiel 38-39. The weapons described, as well as the lengthy and specific clean-up and burial after the battle definitely lends itself to nuclear decontamination. Gog, the leader of the Magog armies will be destroyed in person, but what about in spirit? And does the United States figure into this key military engagement that will signal the beginning of the Tribulation? And will it happen before or after the rapture?