5. What are some features of the “sign” that Jesus mentioned before foretelling worldwide Kingdom preaching?

⁵ “You are going to hear of wars and reports of wars; see that you are not terrified. For these things must take place, but the end is not yet.

Matthew 24:6

6. Why are the features of the “sign” not just a continuation of a previous pattern of things?

⁶ True, there had been wars, food shortages, earthquakes, and pestilences down through the centuries of our Common Era until 1914. (Luke 21:11) Nevertheless, there had been nothing to compare with what has taken place since the Gentile Times ended in that momentous year. The international strife that was surprisingly stirred up in the summer of 1914 grew into a military engagement in which 28 nations eventually took part.