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Originally Posted by Taylor
If I recall, the bible says that humans will not know the day/time it will happen...it could just happen LOL (makes you want to live life at the fullest).
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That's right, we do not know when the world will end.
God does have an orderly plan, but only He knows when it will begin. That is why He tells us to be ready. I don't believe recent events are signs of "the end of the world" but they are serious reminders that we must be ready at any moment, without warning, to face God.
As far as natural disasters increasing, IMO, the earth is not necessarily experiencing more disasters. The perception is that they are increasing because now we have world-wide communications that make all the disasters quickly known to us. Scientists know that past earthquakes, tsunamies, landslides, meteor strikes, etc., were devestating to the earth's surface but no one was there to make videos of the events.
Also, more areas of the earth are populated now than thousands of years ago, so naturally there are more deaths and injuries. In the past, there were larger waves and earthquakes but they struck unpopulated areas. Compare the casualties of equally sized waves hitting northern Alaska and Manhatten.