Last times - Prophetic Events

John 14: 2-3 In my Father's house are many abodes; if it were not so, I would have told you; I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and I will take you to myself, so that where I am, you also may be.

Acts 1:11 Which also said unto them, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye looking up to heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you to heaven, will come as you have seen him go to heaven.

For those of us who believe in Christ this is an imminent reality, and every day that passes we are attentive to world events, because we believe that there is the key to discerning the time when Christ is soon to raise his church, he promised to return for us and there is a church that is waiting for you.

To my knowledge, analyzing the biblical text well, today there are no arguments credible enough for those who deny the existence of God, the return of Christ to the earth or the fulfillment of prophetic times.
In this publication I will be briefly analyzing and sharing with you a biblical text that talks about the time of the end, time that we believe is the one we are living.

Matthew 24: 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be pestilences, and famines, and earthquakes in different places.

Let's take a look at what the Bible says, let's observe through writing the events that we see daily in our environment today. The first thing that the previous passage says is:

North Korea

The nuclear and missile tests of North Korea, coupled with the belligerent rhetoric of the White House, make the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula - and even a catastrophic nuclear confrontation - the highest in recent history.

The rivalry between the United States, Saudi Arabia and Iran

This rivalry will probably eclipse all other fractures in the Middle East in 2018, promoted and exacerbated by three parallel events: the consolidation of the authority of Mohammed bin Salman, the energetic Saudi Crown Prince; the Trump Government's strategy towards Iran, more aggressive; and the end of territorial control of Daesh in Iraq and Syria, which leaves room for Washington and Riyadh to focus their focus more directly on Tehran.

The crisis of the Rohingyas: Burma and Bangladesh

The crisis of the Rohingyas has entered a new and dangerous phase, which threatens the democratic transition so painfully shaped in Burma, its stability, that of Bangladesh and that of the whole region.

Yemen

With eight million people on the brink of famine, a million reported cases of cholera and more than three million internally displaced people, the Yemen war can be further intensified in 2018.

Afghanistan

The war in Afghanistan is set to intensify in 2018. The new US strategy is to raise the pace of operations against the Taliban insurgency, with more troops, more violent air strikes and more aggressive offensives from Afghan forces on the ground.

Syria

After almost seven years of war, the regime of President Bashar al Assad is winning, thanks in large part to the support of Iran and Russia. But the fight is not over.

The Sahel

The weak states of the Sahel region have great difficulty in overcoming an explosive mixture of inter-communal conflicts, jihadist violence and disputes over smuggling routes.

Democratic Republic of Congo

President Joseph Kabila's determination to cling to power threatens to intensify the Congo crisis and the humanitarian emergency that is already one of the worst in the world.

Ukraine

The conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 10,000 lives and continues to be a serious humanitarian crisis. As long as it persists, relations between Russia and the West are unlikely to improve.

Venezuela

Venezuela worsened again in 2017, to the extent that the government of President Nicolás Maduro continued to ruin the country while further strengthening its political power.

Pandemic flu

It is inevitable that a new influenza pandemic will be declared. In this interconnected world, the conditions are already in place for the next global outbreak to start, which is only a matter of time and will have far-reaching consequences. A severe pandemic could cause millions of deaths and cost more than 1% of world GDP.

Health in conflicts

In many of these places, there are more deaths from diseases that could be prevented and treated or from chronic diseases than those caused by bullets and bombs. Often, humanitarian personnel trying to provide food, water and lifesaving drugs can not access the people who desperately need them. Chemical and biological attacks are also a significant risk in armed conflicts.

Anger

More than 2000 years after the first documentary reference of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae in a Hippocrates text, this pathogen continues to cause infections worldwide. Although it can be prevented and treated easily, cholera kills about 100 000 people annually in communities that also suffer the scourge of poverty and armed conflict.

Diphtheria

Thanks to the widespread use of diphtheria vaccine in routine immunization programs, this infectious airway disease has been eliminated in most parts of the world. However, diphtheria is reappearing at an alarming rate in countries that suffer from significant deficiencies in the provision of health care.

Venezuela, Indonesia, Yemen and Bangladesh (Cox's Bazar) reported outbreaks of diphtheria in 2017 and asked WHO for help in response operations, technical guidance and medicines and vaccines against the disease.

Malaria

The WHO has estimated that, every year, more than 200 million cases of malaria are registered in the world, and that this disease transmitted by mosquitoes causes more than 400,000 deaths. About 90% of mortality is recorded in sub-Saharan Africa, while the rest is distributed between South-East Asia, South America, the Western Pacific and the Eastern Mediterranean.

Natural disasters

Catastrophes caused by natural phenomena such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and landslides cause immense suffering and have far-reaching health consequences for millions of people.

In 2017, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria produced massive destruction in the Caribbean and the United States, monsoons hit hard to more than 40 million people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, and following the devastating landslides registered in Sierra Leone, was alerted to the possibility of an outbreak of cholera. Food insecurity and malnutrition caused by droughts often lead to disease outbreaks, while heat waves produce increases in mortality, especially among the elderly.

Meningitis

A new virulent strain of meningococcal C meningitis is circulating along the African meningitis belt, threatening 26 countries, in a situation of acute shortage of meningococcal vaccine in the world. There is a dangerously high risk of a large-scale epidemic, which could affect more than 34 million people. Meningitis C kills more than 10% of those infected.

Yellow fever

A century ago, yellow fever was a terrifying disease that decimated populations and destroyed economies. Mass vaccination campaigns have drastically reduced the number of cases worldwide, but in the early 2000s there was a resurgence of this acute hemorrhagic disease of viral origin in Africa and the Americas, and the risk is considered very high in 40 countries.

In 2016, outbreaks of the disease in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo were contained thanks to massive campaigns in which 30 million people were vaccinated. In 2018, Nigeria and Brazil face major outbreaks that threaten urban areas.

Malnutrition

45% of the deaths of children under 5 years of age that occur in the world are related to malnutrition. WHO has developed kits for malnourished children with medical complications.

Food shortages will continue to be a serious problem in the Horn of Africa in 2018. This year, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 are expected to suffer from malnutrition, and half of the population will face a serious food insecurity. In Yemen, 7 million people are at risk of malnutrition and 17 million are still food insecure.

Food poisoning

Every year, 600 million people - almost one in 10 people - suffer from food poisoning in the world, and 420,000 die from it. South Africa is currently fighting against the largest outbreak of listeriosis recorded so far. In 2017, an outbreak of salmonellosis forced the removal of contaminated batches of formula milk from a French brand in more than 80 countries and territories around the world.

The vast majority of people suffering from hunger in the world live in developing countries, where 12.9% of the population is undernourished.

Asia is the continent with the largest number of people in the world suffering from hunger - two thirds of the total. The percentage in South Asia has been reduced in recent years, but in Western Asia it has increased slightly.
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of the population) with hunger. One person in four has malnutrition.

Poor nutrition accounts for almost half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.

One in six children - approximately 100 million - in developing countries are underweight.
One in four of the children in the world suffers from stunting. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.

66 million children of primary school age attend classes with hunger in developing countries. Only in Africa there are 23 million.

WFP estimates that around US $ 3.2 billion per year is needed to reach all 66 million hungry children of school age.

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