Luk 21:8  And He said, Take heed that you are not deceived, for many shall come in My name, saying, I AM! Also, The time has come! Do not go after them.

Luk 21:9  But when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for all these things must first occur, but the end is not at once.

Luk 21:10  And He said to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

Luk 21:11  And great earthquakes shall be in different places, and famines and plagues. And there shall be terrors and great signs from Heaven.

Luk 21:12  But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake.

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Luk 21:20  And when you see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that its destruction has come.

Luk 21:21  And let those in Judea flee to the mountains. And those in its midst, let them go out. And those in the open spaces, let them not go into her.

Luk 21:22  For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Luk 21:23  But woe to those who are with child, and to those suckling in those days! For there shall be great distress in the land and wrath on this people.

Luk 21:24  And they shall fall by the sword's edge. And shall be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the nations until the times of the nations is fulfilled.

Luk 21:25  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars. And on the earth will be anxiety of nations with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

Luk 21:26  men fainting from fear, and expecting those things which have come on the earth. For the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

More details to come.

To the right is a chart of SARS cases.

AIDS has reached epidemic proportions.  More to come later.

The frequency of wars since WW I has been so constant that the planet has not been war-free since.

Rumors of wars: Terrorism.  Terrorism, as a method of unconventional warfare, is effective by reputation only.  That is, the rumor of attack, the effect of terror, can be achieved without actually engaging in war.  It is all rumor.  The threat of war is what causes the terror.

more will be added here about the nature of modern warfare, especially nuclear warfare