[wagglebee]

But since 1948 and 1967 things are moving faster and faster. sort of on an exponential curve.

The Black Death hit Europe in 1347 and spread across Europe over the next three years. The mortality rate varied by region (it was deadlier in warmer climates), but anywhere from a quarter to two-thirds of the people died depending on where they lived. It was a plague that mankind had never seen before, it was not unusual for a person who was fine when they woke up in the morning to be dead by nightfall. Entire villages simply ceased to exist. And then, just to make things worse, it came back with a vengance ten years later and then kept returning every ten years or so for centuries though it became less deadly (it is believed that there is some genetic immunity to the Plague and this is why the death rates dropped).

So, tell us, what has happened in the past fifty years or so that resembles this?

[marbren]

So, tell us, what has happened in the past fifty years or so that resembles this?

The Bible talks about the death of maybe 4 billion people very soon.

[wmfights]

So, tell us, what has happened in the past fifty years or so that resembles this?

The nation of Israel came back into existence and Jews started returning to it. A huge prophetic event.

[redgolum]

Wagglebee, you forgot when the hordes of islam were overrunning Christendom, and got turned back in the West by Charles Martel and in the East by the Byzantines. Or when the Mongols were first viewed as the salvation of the West, and then the scrounge.

Or Attila, or, well you get the picture.

First of all, the current state called “Israel” is not neccessarly the Israel of prophecy. For one thing, they are not a theocracy but a socialist state. For another they do not have a king.

And to be honest, the early Christian's would be rather shocked you were taking the Israel of prophecy that way. They viewed it as the Church from very early on.