In Mat. 24, Mk. 13, and Lk. 21 we gain a deep insight into the end-time events. There it speaks of wars, earthquakes, famines, and pestilences, of which there have been many in the year 2010.

The devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12 claimed up to 300,000 lives, and now circumstances there have led to a cholera epidemic that has already killed more than a thousand people. On February 27, an earthquake took hundreds of lives in Chile. The following tsunami devastated the coastal region.

In March came the volcano eruption in Iceland; the ensuing ash cloud brought the airports in Europe to a standstill.

In August a heavy flood occurred in Pakistan by which 1,100 people were literally pulled to their death and millions became homeless.

Like any other war, the war in Iraq was senseless, and so many Iraqis and American soldiers had to lose their lives. How much sorrow did it bring to the Iraqi people! Also Afghanistan, Kyrgyztan, and the forgotten seats of war in Africa shall not be left unmentioned.

The latest catastrophic news reached us from Indonesia, where almost simultaneously the 3,000-metre high volcano Merapi erupted on Java and an earthquake struck Sumatra, which triggered a tsunami. In the region around Mount Merapi, 6,000 people had been killed in a strong earthquake during an eruption in the year 2006. Volcano eruptions are also being reported in the Philippines.

Then we have the global warming, the climate change, and consequently time periods of drought on the one hand and floods, hurricanes, and cold spells on the other hand. Everything is taking its course, and the entire world is in suspense of what will happen next. It is end time: All this has been predicted; it is part of the end-time order of events. However, there is no need for despair because “... when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk. 21:28).

In Mat. 24, Mk. 13, and Lk. 21 we gain a deep insight into the end-time events. There it speaks of wars, earthquakes, famines, and pestilences, of which there have been many in the year 2010.

The devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12 claimed up to 300,000 lives, and now circumstances there have led to a cholera epidemic that has already killed more than a thousand people. On February 27, an earthquake took hundreds of lives in Chile. The following tsunami devastated the coastal region.

In March came the volcano eruption in Iceland; the ensuing ash cloud brought the airports in Europe to a standstill.

In August a heavy flood occurred in Pakistan by which 1,100 people were literally pulled to their death and millions became homeless.

Like any other war, the war in Iraq was senseless, and so many Iraqis and American soldiers had to lose their lives. How much sorrow did it bring to the Iraqi people! Also Afghanistan, Kyrgyztan, and the forgotten seats of war in Africa shall not be left unmentioned.

The latest catastrophic news reached us from Indonesia, where almost simultaneously the 3,000-metre high volcano Merapi erupted on Java and an earthquake struck Sumatra, which triggered a tsunami. In the region around Mount Merapi, 6,000 people had been killed in a strong earthquake during an eruption in the year 2006. Volcano eruptions are also being reported in the Philippines.

Then we have the global warming, the climate change, and consequently time periods of drought on the one hand and floods, hurricanes, and cold spells on the other hand. Everything is taking its course, and the entire world is in suspense of what will happen next. It is end time: All this has been predicted; it is part of the end-time order of events. However, there is no need for despair because “... when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.” (Lk. 21:28).