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Some estimates place the total number of deaths in wars and armed conflicts since 1914 at well over 100 million, a figure that surpasses the entire population of many nations.  Imagine the tears, the grief, and suffering presented by that colossal static. Have the nations taken note and put an end to war? 

Matthew 24:7: "There will be food shortages."

The World Food Programme stated: "In a world where we produce enough food to feed everyone, 815 million people-one in nine-still go to bed on an empty stomach each night.  Even more-one in three-suffer from some form of malnutrition."  It is estimated that each year some three million children die from hunger. 

Luke 21:11: "There will be earthquakes."

Each year some 50,000 earthquakes are large enough to be felt by humans.  About 100 bring substantial damage to buildings, and one very great earthquake occurs every year. According to one estimate, between 1975 and 2000, earthquakes claimed the lives of 471,000 people.

Matthew 24:14: "This good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."

Jehovah's Witnesses, numbering more than eight million, have been preaching and bearing witness to the good news of God's Kingdom throughout the earth in some 240 lands.  The proclaim the good news in sprawling cities and remote villages in jungles and on mountains.  The prophecy foretells that when this work is completed to God's satisfaction, "the end will come." What will that mean?  It will mean the end of human rule and the dawn of rule by God's Kingdom. What promises will come true under God's Kingdom? 

Next time: A Silent Witness to Accurate Prophecy

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