All over the world, many people suffer from poverty, calamities and armed conflicts. Such a terrible condition causes hardship, confusion and depression to many. To ease thier difficulties and to solve their problems in life, people tend to rely on their knowledge, power, and wealth. They strive to acquire thsese in the hope that thsese would make thier life more better. Sad to say, the terrible occurrences we hear about in the news everyday allude to the fact that people life condition in this world is far from getting better.
Unknown to many, the inevitably of terrible things happening in this world has been foretold in the Bible. " Everything is in confusion - The land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence. Despair is coming. You will look for peace and never find it. One disaster will follow another, and a steady stream of bad news will pour in. There is fighting in the streets and sickness and hunger in the houses.
Indeed, this is the picture of the world today. Violence is rampant, killing on the streets happens even in the broad daylight. Millions of families are whining of hunger because of poverty. Thousand of lives are lost and thousand are displaced because of the lingering armed conflicts in various places. Adding to such misery are the calamities such as earthquake, typhoons, and floods that occur one after another. All these terrible things truly bring despair to the people. Moreover, the Bible describes the inability of the people to remedy their miserable condition in this world.
" What does a man get for all the toil and anxious striving with which he labors under the sun? All his days, his work is pain and grief; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is meaningless." Eccles. 2:22-23 NIV
The Bible foretold not only the curse that the world is suffering nowadays but also that the world will collapse and never rise again because it is weighed down by its sins. This is the real reason for all these terrible events happening in the world today. The world will definitely comes to its appalling end because of people's wickedness. On that day., the whole world will be consumed by fire and neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them. ( Zeph. 1:17-18). That day according to the Bible, is the day of judgement.
Hence, the terrible occurrences that are happening nowadays signify the greater destruction that will come to the world on judgement day. On that day, people cannot be saved by thier knowledge, power and wealth and everything in this world will be consumed by fire. That is why obtaining those things is not the ultimate solution to people sufferings in this world. In the end, what people strive for in this world will be all in vain.
Prophecies from the Bible are coming to pass. I think the end is near. And, despite of all these calamities, pandemic and conflicts, we still go back to the source of our life, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Hold on and #FixyoureyesonJesus