Perplexity 3

How blind are we


Isa 40:18-23 KJV  To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?  (19)  The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.  (20)  He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.  (21)  Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth?  (22)  It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:  (23)  That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.


Isa 11:1-10 KJV  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:  (2)  And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;  (3)  And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:  (4)  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.  (5)  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.  (6)  The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.  (7)  And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.  (8)  And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den.  (9)  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.  (10)  And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

Luk 21:25-28 KJV  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  (26)  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  (27)  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  (28)  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

Mat 24:1-8 KJV  And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.  (2)  And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.  (3)  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  (4)  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  (5)  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  (6)  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  (7)  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  (8)  All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Mat 24:32-33 KJV  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:  (33)  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

We will not fully develop the study about the fig tree representing Israel. We covered that subject in some detail in our role reversal studies. However we will explore a passage and that being Jeremiah 24. It should for any one having doubts explain how God has no doubt referred to Israel in at least one instance portrayed as figs.

Jer 24:1-10 KJV  The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.  (2)  One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.  (3)  Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.  (4)  Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,  (5)  Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.  (6)  For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.  (7)  And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.  (8)  And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:  (9)  And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.  (10)  And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

Jesus is telling us in clear terms what the world can expect throughout history with a great emphasis being placed upon events to take place after Israel is replanted in the desert. The events of 14 May 1948 and moving forward. 

Lev 26:1-17 KJV  Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.  (2)  Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.  (3)  If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;  (4)  Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.  (5)  And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.  (6)  And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.  (7)  And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.  (8)  And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.  (9)  For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.  (10)  And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.  (11)  And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.  (12)  And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.  (13)  I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.  (14)  But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;  (15)  And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:  (16)  I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.  (17)  And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Deu 28:15-29 KJV  But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:  (16)  Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.  (17)  Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.  (18)  Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.  (19)  Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.  (20)  The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.  (21)  The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.  (22)  The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.  (23)  And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.  (24)  The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.  (25)  The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.  (26)  And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.  (27)  The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.  (28)  The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:  (29)  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

The passages here reflect the curses for disobedience to the Lord. This is a new journey we are starting today. Our look into scripture this segment will focus on the broader pictures of history in the global sense. However we should stress that as we consider the broader perspectives that each in its own right had a profound local and cultural impact on God’s favorite creation being man. Also as our journey progresses we will look more into the localized effects for our own society here in the United States. 

Ecc 1:9-11 KJV  The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.  (10)  Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.  (11)  There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.


Ecc 3:15-17 KJV  That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requirethH1245(H853) that which is past.  (16)  And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.  (17)  I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

H1245
בּקשׁ
bâqash
baw-kash'

A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after: - ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).

H853
את
'êth
ayth

Apparently contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely): - (As such unrepresented in English.)

For those new to the word or perhaps the ministry here we thrive on these passages from Ecclesiastes. They connect very well with all the passages from above. They demonstrate how the things that happened to Israel in the OT (Old Testament) are things that will affect the world in the NT(New Testament). Please pay particular attention to the word study which details a spiritual accounting. 

Rev 20:12-15 KJV  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.  (13)  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.  (14)  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.  (15)  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Luk 12:1-5 KJV  In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.  (2)  For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.  (3)  Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.  (4)  And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.  (5)  But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Mat 25:31-36 KJV  When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:  (32)  And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:  (33)  And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.  (34)  Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:  (35)  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:  (36)  Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Much like Ecclesiastes above we reference Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 often. The reason being that they are most relative to the times the world are seeing now. 

God is the only individual in the world who could deliver the accuracy of the ways of the world and He has His Son, His prophets and His apostles to deliver the messages from and of the kingdom. 

Mat 24:7 KJV  For nationG1484 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Mar 13:8 KJV  For nationG1484 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Luk 21:10 KJV  Then said he unto them, NationG1484 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:

G1484

ἔθνος

ethnos

eth'-nos

Probably from G1486; a race (as of the same habit), that is, a tribe; specifically a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by implication pagan): - Gentile, heathen, nation, people.

As we can see the definition specifically describes non Jewish nations. The troubles Jesus refers to concerning the world most notably are those to take place after Israel is established in the latter implying last days. Israel reborn out of the mayhem of WWII on 14 May 1948. Have there been uprisings amongst nations, tribes and kingdoms? Well let’s look at a list compiled from wikipedia of civil wars since 1945.

Post-WWII (1945 to present)[edit]

Greek Civil War, 1946-1949 

Paraguayan Civil War, 1947 

1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, 1947-1948 

Costa Rican Civil War, 1948 

La Violencia (Colombia), 1948-1958 

Korean War, 1950-1953 

Laotian Secret War 1953-1975 

First Sudanese Civil War, 1955-1972 

Vietnam War, 1955-1975 

Guatemalan Civil War, 1960-1996 

Congo Crisis, 1960-1966 

North Yemen Civil War 1962-1970 

Colombian conflict, 1964–present 

Dominican Civil War, 1965 

Rhodesian Bush War, 1965-1980 

Cypriot Civil War, 1963-1967 

Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970 

The Troubles (Northern Ireland), 1969-1998, considered ongoing by extremist minority groups 

Cambodian Civil War 1970-1975 

Bangladesh Liberation War (Pakistan), 1971 (However, the war is not an official civil war, only to the perspective to those who did not support the existence of the independent state of Bangladesh.) 

Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 

Mozambican Civil War, 1975-1992 

Angolan Civil War, 1975-2002 

Afghan Civil War, 1978–present 

Nicaraguan Civil War, 1979-1990 

Salvadoran Civil War (El Salvador), 1979-1991 

Internal Conflict in Peru 1980-ongoing 

Second Sudanese Civil War, 1983-2005 

Sri Lankan Civil War, 1983-2009 

South Yemen Civil War, 1986 

First Liberian Civil War, 1989-1996 

Rwandan Civil War, 1990-1993 

Casamance Conflict (Senegal), 1990-2006 

Yugoslav Wars, 1991-1995 (Ten day War, Croatian War of Independence, Bosnian War) 

Georgian Civil War, 1991-1993 

Sierra Leone Civil War, 1991-2002 

Algerian Civil War, 1991-2002, conflicts persist 

Civil war in Tajikistan, 1992-1997 

Burundi Civil War, 1993-2005 

1994 civil war in Yemen, 1994 

First Chechen War, 1994-1996 

Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, 1994-1997 

First Congo War, 1996-1997 

Clashes in Cambodia, 1997 

Nepalese Civil War, 1996-2006 

Rebellion in Albania, 1997 

Republic of the Congo Civil War, 1997-1999 

Guinea-Bissau Civil War, 1998-1999 

Kosovo War (Yugoslavia), 1998-1999 

Second Congo War, 1998-2003 

Second Liberian Civil War, 1999-2003 

Second Chechen War, 1999-2009 

Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, 1999-present 

Albanian rebellion in Macedonia, 2001 

Ivorian Civil War, 2002-2007 

War in Darfur, 2003-2009 

Fourth Chadian Civil War, 2005-2010 

Civil War in Iraq, 2006-2007, a sub-conflict within the Iraq War 

Fatah-Hamas conflict (Palestine), 2006-2007, tensions ongoing 

Mexican Drug War, 2006–present 

Second Ivorian Civil War, 2010-2011 

Libyan Civil War, 2011 

Syrian Civil War, 2011–present 

Post-civil war violence in Libya, 2011–present 

Iraqi insurgency (2011–present), 2011–present 

Azawadi War of Independence, 2012 

Central African Republic conflict, 2012-present 

Northern Mali conflict, 2013-present 

South Sudanese Civil War, 2013-present

Approximately 70 since the end of WWII. The next list consists of those reported as ongoing.

The following civil wars are ongoing as of 2014. Only ongoing conflicts meeting the definition of a civil war are listed. See list of ongoing military conflicts and lists of active separatist movements for lists with a wider scope.

Colombian conflict, since 1964 

Civil conflict in the Philippines, since 1969 

Afghan Civil War, since 1978 

Papua conflict, since 1961 

Ugandan Civil War, since 1987. 

Somali Civil War, since 1991 

Islamist insurgency in Nigeria, since 1999 

Shia insurgency in Yemen, since 2004 

Internal conflict in Burma since 1949, restarted on 7 November 2010 

Syrian Civil War, since 2011 

Post-civil war violence in Libya, since 2011 

Central African Republic conflict, since 2012 

Northern Mali conflict, since 2013 

South Sudanese Civil War, since 2013

Considering there were only around 40 listed from 1800-1945 it’s a large increase by any standards from the time frame Jesus spotlighted for us. 

Mar 13:8 KJV  For nationG1484 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

Let’s consider earthquakes for a few moments since Jesus mentions these next.

We’ll let you look up the chart for yourself but one USGS list shows over 50 magnitude 8 or greater earthquakes all around the globe since 1949. We can especially remember 2 very recent ones which caused major tsunamis. 

Does Jesus mention such things in the signs of the end of the age?

Luk 21:25-27 KJV  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  (26)  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  (27)  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Let’s use wikipedia’s information for the Indian ocean tsunami.

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake.[5][6] The resulting tsunami was given various names, including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, South Asian tsunami, Indonesian tsunami, the Christmas tsunami and the Boxing Day tsunami.[7]

The earthquake was caused when the Indian Plate was subducted by the Burma Plate and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 ft) high.[8] It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the hardest-hit country, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand.

With a magnitude of Mw 9.1–9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. The earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 centimetre (0.4 inches)[9] and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.[10] Its epicentre was between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia.[11] The plight of the affected people and countries prompted a worldwide humanitarian response. In all, the worldwide community donated more than $14 billion (2004 US$) in humanitarian aid.[12]

Now let’s look at the Japan earthquake more recently.

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震 Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin?) was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011,[2][3][8] with the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 30 km (19 mi).[2][9] The earthquake is also often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災 Higashi nihon daishinsai?)[10][11][12][fn 1] and also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake,[13] and the 3.11 Earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit Japan, and the fifth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.[8][14][15] The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture,[16][17] and which, in the Sendai area, travelled up to 10 km (6 mi) inland.[18] The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east and shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in),[19][20][21] and generated sound waves detected by the low-orbiting GOCE satellite.[22]

On 10 February 2014, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,889 deaths,[23] 6,152 injured,[24] and 2,601 people missing[25] across twenty prefectures, as well as 127,290 buildings totally collapsed, with a further 272,788 buildings 'half collapsed', and another 747,989 buildings partially damaged.[26] The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse.[18][27] Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said, "In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan."[28] Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left without electricity and 1.5 million without water.[29]

The tsunami caused nuclear accidents, primarily the level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents.[30][31] Many electrical generators were taken down, and at least three nuclear reactors suffered explosions due to hydrogen gas that had built up within their outer containment buildings after cooling system failure resulting from the loss of electrical power. Residents within a 20 km (12 mi) radius of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant and a 10 km (6.2 mi) radius of the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant were evacuated. In addition, the U.S. recommended that its citizens evacuate up to 80 km (50 mi) of the plant.[32]

Early estimates placed insured losses from the earthquake alone at US$14.5 to $34.6 billion.[33] The Bank of Japan offered ¥15 trillion (US$183 billion) to the world banking system on 14 March in an effort to normalize market conditions.[34] The World Bank's estimated economic cost was US$235 billion, making it the costliest natural disaster in world history.[35][36]

Of course we have studied about hurricane Katrina also.

There are 74 tsunami/ earthquake events in the 20th century listed by wikipedia. 

There are 24 already listed for the 21st century.

2002 Mindanao earthquake 

2003 Boumerdès earthquake 

2003 Hokkaidō earthquake 

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 

2005 Sumatra earthquake 

2006 Pangandaran earthquake and tsunami 

2006 Kuril Islands earthquake 

2007 Kuril Islands earthquake

2 cont.

2007 Noto earthquake 

2007 Peru earthquake 

2007 Solomon Islands earthquake 

2009 Papua earthquake 

2009 Samoa earthquake 

2009 Vanuatu earthquakes 

2010 Chile earthquake 

2010 Haiti earthquake

2 cont.

October 2010 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami 

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 

2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake 

2012 Kamaishi earthquake 

2012 Samar earthquake 

2013 Solomon Islands earthquake

I

2014 Iquique earthquake

P

2010 Pichilemu earthquake

Mat 24:7 KJV  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Let’s explore the next item Jesus names specifically those being famines just in the last century alone.

20th century

1907 famine in east-central China 

1914-1915 famine in Turkish Armenia due to Turkish genocidal policy. See Armenian Genocide 

1914-1918 Mount Lebanon famine during World War I which killed about a third of the population 

1914-1918 famine in Belgium 

1916-1917 famine caused by the British blockade of Germany in WWI; up to 750,000 Germans starved to death 

1916-1917 winter famine in Russia 

1917-1919 famine in Persia. As much as 1/4 of the population living in the north of Iran died in the famine 

1917-1921 a series of famines in Turkestan at the time of the Bolshevik revolution killed about a sixth of the population 

1921 famine in Russia killed 5 million 

1921-1922 Famine in Tatarstan 

1921-1922 famine in Volga German colonies in Russia. One-third of the entire population perished 

1928-1929 famine in northern China. The drought resulted in 3 million deaths 

1928-1929 famine in Ruanda-Burundi, causing large migrations to the Congo 

1932-1933 famine in Ukraine (Holodomor), some parts of Russia and North Caucasus area. As many as 10 million people may have died 

1932-1933 famine in Kazakhstan killed 1.2-1.5 million 

1936 famine in China, with an estimated 5 million fatalities 

1940-1943 famine in Warsaw Ghetto 

1941-44 Leningrad famine caused by a 900-day blockade by Nazi and Finnish troops. About one million Leningrad residents starved, froze, or were bombed to death in the winter of 1941-42, when supply routes to the city were cut off and temperatures dropped to -40 degrees. 

1941-1942 famine in Greece caused by Nazi occupation. An estimated 300,000 people perished 

1942-1943 famine killed one million in China 

1943 famine in Bengal 

1943 famine in Ruanda-Urundi, causing migrations to the Congo 

1944 famine in the Netherlands during World War II, more than 20,000 deaths 

1945 famine in Vietnam 

1946-1947 famine in Soviet Union 

1959-1961 Great Leap Forward / The Great Chinese Famine (China). The official statistic is 20 million deaths, as given by Hu Yaobang 

1967-1970 Biafran famine caused by Nigerian blockade 

1968-1972 Sahel drought 

1973 famine in Ethiopia; failure of the government to handle this crisis led to fall of Haile Selassie and to Derg rule 

1974 famine in Bangladesh 

1975-1979 Khmer Rouge. An estimated 2 million Cambodians lost their lives to murder, forced labor and famine 

1980 famine in Karamoja, Uganda 

1984 famine in Ethiopia 

1996 North Korean famine 

1998 famine in Sudan caused by war and drought 

1991-1993 Somalian famine 

1998-2000 famine in Ethiopia. The situation worsened by Eritrean-Ethiopian War 

1998-2004 Second Congo War. 3.8 million people died, mostly from starvation and disease 

2000-2007 Zimbabwe's food crisis caused by Mugabe's land reform policies

We could run a lengthy list of epidemics and pandemics but we will limit it to some of the most severe ones of the 20th century. First we should send prayers out to all around the world. However we will say a special prayer for those children suffering from the current respiratory virus severely affecting our school age children. It just seems kind of funny that we have this problem in the same school year we have all this illegal immigration going on. 

We should also keep those both combating and suffering from the current e-bola outbreak which is now officially in our beloved United States in our prayers. Below a more recent news article concerning the virus called EV D68.

It’s terribly sad to have to say before this study could be completed the virus claimed the life of a young boy and an infant child. 

Below just a few of the pandemics of the 20th century.

China 1946 Manchuria bubonic plague

2,000,000 worldwide 1957–1958 Asian flu influenza

1,000,000 worldwide 1968–1969 Hong Kong flu influenza

30,000,000 worldwide 1981–present HIV/AIDS pandemic HIV/AIDS

2,909 (September 2014) Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone 2013–present Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Ebola

Luk 21:25-31 KJV  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  (26)  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  (27)  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  (28)  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.  (29)  And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;  (30)  When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.  (31)  So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.

Joh 12:23-40 KJV  And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.  (24)  Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.  (25)  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.  (26)  If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.  (27)  Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.  (28)  Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.  (29)  The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.  (30)  Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.  (31)  Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.  (32)  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.  (33)  This he said, signifying what death he should die.  (34)  The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?  (35)  Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.  (36)  While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.  (37)  But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:  (38)  That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?  (39)  Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,  (40)  He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

Isa 6:1-10 KJV  In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.  (2)  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.  (3)  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.  (4)  And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.  (5)  Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.  (6)  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:  (7)  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.  (8)  Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.  (9)  And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.  (10)  Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

Joh 14:1-7 KJV  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.  (2)  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.  (3)  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.  (4)  And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.  (5)  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?  (6)  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  (7)  If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

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