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SIGNS OF HIS COMING: WARS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21
Daniel 12:1-3
Mark 13:4-8
“It is better to trust
in the LORD than to put
confidence in princes.”
SIGNS OF HIS COMING: WARS
War is part of history. We may say, “Hatred and killing flow through men’s bloodstream.” According to the Society of International Law Journal, during the past 3,400 years of history there have been no more than 268 years of world peace. Men have not grown more benign with the years. The future is unlikely to be more peaceful than the past.
This century has seen the most deadly, brutal and destructive wars in all history. In two World Wars and countless regional wars, 100 million lives and more have perished. The Second World War alone cost 78 million lives. In the likely event of a Third World War, it has been estimated that one-third of the world population will be destroyed. The superpowers have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world 100 times! Mankind’s potential for self-destruction has reached a point where, at the press of a button, all life on earth could be extinguished.
While the Cold War has ended and there are talks of peace and trade, and more talks of peace and trade, nevertheless the underlying suspicion and hatred remains. Watch the developments of peace talks in the Middle East especially. Without a radical change of heart, the prospects of WWIII are very real. Roger Hilsman has said, “War is part of the future.” And because men have used every weapon ever invented when the occasion demanded, he concluded, “Nuclear war is also part of the future.”
The 20th Century has seen the greatest proliferation of “…wars and rumours of wars…” (Matt 24:6) in history. This is one sure sign of Jesus’ coming!
THOUGHT: When WWIII breaks, where will my security be?
PRAYER: Father, help me to see the nearness of Thy return and to labour for Thee while it is day.