Nation rises against nation in global warfare (Matt. 24:7; Rev. 6:3, 4)

Military analyst H. W. Baldwin in the book World War I states: “World War I [1914-1918] ushered in the century of Total War, of​—in the first full sense of the term—​global war. . . .”

President Nixon recently pointed out that just since the end of World War II one hundred or more wars have been fought.

Massive food shortage, spiraling prices and famine (Matt. 24:7; Rev. 6:5-8)

In the same period, from 1914 on, despite agricultural advances, food costs have soared upward. Famine spreads throughout the earth, at times dramatically, more often through slow, less conspicuous​—but nonetheless killing—​malnutrition.

Earthquakes in one place after another (Matt. 24:7)

Virtually every year brings one or more major quakes in some part of the earth. Entire towns have been wiped out in Peru, Iraq and other lands in just the past few years. Since 1914 over seven hundred thousand persons have lost their lives in earthquakes.