Douglas S. Winnail

While world attention has focused on the civil war in Ukraine, the armed struggle between Israelis and Hamas in Gaza, the declaration of an Islamic Caliphate in Syria-Iraq and the expansive actions of China in the South China Sea, prophetically significant events are occurring in Europe.

Bible prophecies have long stated that just before the return of Jesus Christ, a series of terrible events—portrayed as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—will sweep over the earth. These coming calamities will include: increasing reports of wars, famines, natural disasters and disease epidemics. The “fourth horseman” is named Death and rides a pale horse. The Four Horsemen will ravage one quarter of the earth’s population by violence, hunger and “beasts of the earth”—including viruses and bacteria that spread disease (Revelation 6:8). The Scriptures indicate these end-time pestilences will trigger devastating disease epidemics that will claim millions of lives. While public health disasters of this magnitude may seem far-fetched in the light of modern medical technology, warnings of deadly epidemics on a global scale are becoming more frequent—indicating that ancient Bible prophecies are coming alive right now!

Throughout a history of nearly 2,000 years, Christendom has experienced various major schisms and spawned thousands of schismatic sects. Yet serious efforts are now underway to heal the divisions and bring the fragmented pieces back together. While this appears to be a noble, and even godly goal, few today realize that we are watching ancient Bible prophecies come alive—which will shock and surprise a misguided world!

Few today realize that the God of the Bible is real, or that He has a plan, and that He actually guides the course of history (Daniel 4:17, 25, 35). Fewer still know that Bible prophecies reveal the future of specific nations—that God “makes nations great, and destroys them; He enlarges nations, and [shrinks or disperses] them” (Job 12:23; Daniel 2:21). However, the recent rise of Germany to a position of dominance in Europe was predicted thousands of years ago in Bible prophecies that are coming alive today! Those ancient prophecies explain the real significance of Germany’s rise to prominence and why you need to understand what will happen in the not-too-distant future.

Are we really living in the “last days” before the return of Jesus Christ? While critics scoff, many professing Christians believe that is the case, but how would you know? The obvious answer is to consult the source that addresses these questions—the Bible. The Bible, unlike any other religious books, contains dozens of prophecies about specific events that will occur at the “end of the age”—just before Jesus Christ returns to this earth and dramatically intervenes in human affairs—and many of those prophecies are coming alive today!