“And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences……” (Luke 21:11) I’ll wrap up the discussion of BBP’s with a focus on the last of what Jesus clearly said were the “beginning of birth pangs”- pestilences. Pestilences here is the Greek word loimos which means plague – usually disease. In the Greek version of the Old Testament (LXX) the prophet Jeremiah uses this word several times to describe the plagues that God would use to afflict the Jews who would not listen and stay in Israel rather than go to safety in Babylon. This was not unlike the plagues Moses called down on Egypt, that included physical disease, and pests such as frogs, gnats, and locusts. That these things are happening in the world today is what I would call a “no-brainer”. While in various parts of the world plagues of pests are occurring (locusts in the ME, mice in Australia ?), the most obvious is the covid-19 pandemic. Past pandemics, some quite broad in scope, typically left some part of the world unscathed. This ongoing pandemic, however, has reached every corner of the globe. It’s certainly reasonable to conclude that this fits well with Jesus’ heads-up on BBP’s .
The reason I’ve spent so much time in these seven posts about the beginnings of birth pangs is so that you consider just where we are on God’s eschatological timeline. Jesus indicated that following these signs, would be increasing turmoil and “great tribulation” leading up to His second coming. After all, He wanted us to use simple logic. Shortly after the beginnings of birth pangs come the real pains of birth contractions. That’s why He used the birthing metaphor. Gods kingdom will be delivered in the earth with the coming of our Lord. I hope you realize by now that I think there is more than sufficient evidence to state with a high degree of certainty that we are currently experiencing these beginnings of birth pangs. The “eschaton”(last days) is upon us ! If you want to pursue a more detailed possible chronology of coming events, scroll down to read the recent posts about discerning the time.
So what does all this mean for us? Most assuredly, we need to prepare and become ready for what’s coming next. Watch here for upcoming posts on what we should be doing to prepare. And, keep watching !
Thank you so much for being our watchman on the tower. We will be sharing these with our family.
I really, really enjoy reading these posts to help me be more aware of the days to come. Again, thank you for the time you spend sharing this.