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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 531
gets closer to birth the pain gets more frequent and more intense. Therefore, the common
interpretation of this passage is that these four specific calamities, which the world has suffered
throughout history, will increase in frequency and intensity. This is exactly what has been
happening.
The 20th Century Was The Bloodiest Century On Record
The first of the signs Jesus spoke of was that there would be “wars and rumours of
wars…” and “nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom” (Matthew 24:6-7).
The word nation in the above passage comes from the Greek word “ethnos,” this is where we get
our English word “ethnic”. “Ethnos” literally means race or tribe.
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Therefore, the passage
could be translated: One race or tribe shall rise against another race or tribe and one country shall
rise against another country. This is exactly what we see today; there are race and tribal wars
which we commonly call civil wars the world over.
But when did these signs begin to take place? Was it at the same time the Jews were
allowed to start returning to Israel? The Balfour Declaration was made in 1917 in the midst of
World War I (the war to end all wars). In that same year the US entered the war, which is
essentially what made it a world war. Since the beginning of WW I the 1900’s have been the
bloodiest period of history. Two world wars were fought. WW I resulted in 9.2 million combat
deaths and 15 million total deaths.
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WW II had 23 million combat deaths.
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Now early in the
21st century many are anticipating World War III.
In the twentieth century it is estimated that between 100 million to 170 million military
personnel and civilians were killed in wars worldwide, by far the bloodiest century ever. There
were 165 major conflicts that resulted in more than 6,000 deaths. “In 1993 a record 29 major
wars were fought. The UN High Commission for Refugees reported in November 1995 that war,
atrocities and persecution had currently forced a record 50 million people from their homes
around the world.” There were many smaller conflicts as well. In 1995 alone, the “National
Defense Council Foundation, a U.S. research and lobbying organization, counted 71 wars.”
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Truly since the Jews began to return to Israel in 1917 wars and rumours of wars have been on the
increase along with the resultant death tolls.
The 20th Century Was the Worst Century For Earthquakes
Another sign that Jesus gave was that there would be “earthquakes, in diverse places”
(Matthew 24:7). Since the Jews began to return to Israel, earthquakes have been on the increase.
In 1917 on January 21, there was an earthquake in Indonesia that killed 15,000 people; it was
one of the 100 most deadliest natural disasters in the 21st century.
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Major killer earthquakes have also been on the increase since the Jews began to return to
Israel in 1917. In the last 1,149 years there have been 23 earthquakes with death tolls of over
50,000. Nearly half of these earthquakes have occurred since 1917. Prior to 1917 these major
killer quakes occurred on average once every 88 years. Its been 88 years since 1917 and there
have been 11 major killer quakes. This in an increase of 1,000%. Within less than 20 years of
1917 there were 5 major killer quakes that killed over 643,000 people. These occurred in China
in 1920, 1927 and 1932, in Japan in 1923, and in Pakistan in 1935.
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