It's a bit like me predicting "there will be Great storms this month and firey hot days with no end, and there will be floods and homeless people...soon a volcano will destroy many lives....and then the end will come..." Obvious isn't it? All Jesus prophecies are a normal part of human nature {wars} or a consequence of living on earth {earthquakes in earthquake zones, durrrr! and pestilence has always existed} Agreed?
Eatrhquakes, wars, pestilence...all normal for earth no "sign" of the end! Agreed?
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prophecor
No. Don't agree. We are finite regarding our capacity to judge time. Things have existed such as earthquakes and the like. We however are at a point in history when anhillation of the human family can come about. Look at the radiation levels on increase in Japan. Jesus promised that were it not for the elect of God, none would be saved. We have never reached an era where such can take place until now. We don't see the big picture.
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sizemik
I tend to agree . . . in this country (NZ) a super volcano erupted approximately 2000 years ago (ironically) and ejected material that flowed across the landscape in a pyroclastic cloud approximately 5000 ft in height and travelling at over 250 mph . . . covering eventually about 60% of the North Island (25-30,000 sqm) . . . there was no human habitation at that time however.
Human population has grown of course but do we need divine prophecy to predict that?
The increased competition for worldwide resources among humans will produce a whole raft of problems and profound change for sure . . . but many dominant species have faced a similar redressing of imbalance in the past.
The nature of this planet with it's natural cycles and the proliferation of the human species upon it will have consequences . . . but nothing at present suggests a sudden worldwide annihilation of 99.9% of the human race . . . . except for some people's interpretation of Divine vengeance.
Nature and chance seem a lot less destructive than that