One of the stock interpretations is that the following refers to a nuclear event, but...
Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
Revelation 16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
Darkness, tongues in pain, sores... from a vial/bowl no less.
And this Africa conference is taking place in the seat of beast.gov, DC.
Not an interpretation, just an observation that these words and many others may very well have meanings that are plain as day, not requiring the deciphering services of self-anointed experts (for $19.98, times as many teasers they can write to keep stringing people along).
I didn’t think I was trying to be a “19.98” expert. I’ve cited no scripture. I did see specials and study stories about the black plague. There are some parallels. The plague was brought into various parts by lively ship borne trade. Many societies of the time were rather loose in their morals and there were many oppurtunities for body to body contact where infected fleas would be spread from person to person. The black plague took out 50-60 percent of the various regional populations over a period of 30 to 50 years and entire regions were devastated. Yet the antichrist didn’t appear and Revelation did not come to pass. It was a judgment just the same and it caused changes in how the body politic would eventually come to know the Renaissance and Birth of the age of reason. Survivors of plague became more individualistic and had to become resourceful. Relationships, as a whole, with the Established church at the time were also changed.
Of course in our day and age, Israel is now a nation so we know that a whole series of prophetic “dominos” are set to come crashing down. “Pestilences in diverse places” was one of the signs Jesus told us to expect as his coming was drawing near. Ebola may be a “horse” death comes riding in on!
My heart goes out to West African Christians. (I know a few)
Ebola and Islam are not exactly pleasant things to face every day.