Purple Kingdom

One sign of the end times that has been mentioned in various texts is the increase in natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions and floods. These catastrophic events are increasing in frequency and strength.

More than a dozen volcanos are erupting at the same time worldwide, and three new eruptions joined the list this week.

Grindavik – The Icelandic Meteorological Office said Monday that roughly 900 earthquakes had rattled the region since midnight, many of them reported along a 9-mile magma tunnel running beneath the seaside town of Grindavik, according to national public service broadcaster RÚV.

Ongoing conflicts, political unrest, and the rise of terrorist groups can be viewed as signs of the turbulent times we live in. There are 32 ongoing conflicts in the world right now, ranging from drug wars, terrorist insurgencies, ethnic conflicts, and civil wars.

Are we headed for World War 3? Doomsday scenario could see China and Russia use escalation in the Middle East to move against Ukraine and Taiwan, drawing in the US and its allies.

In reality, the US and its allies have been in a new cold war with China for the last five years, argued Niall Ferguson in The Times, with the invasion of Ukraine “roughly equivalent to the Korean War during the first Cold War, revealing an ideological as well as geopolitical division between the countries of the ‘Rimland’ (the Anglosphere, western Europe and Japan) and those of the Eurasian ‘Heartland’ (China, Russia and Iran plus North Korea)”.

Many believe that an increase in immorality, corruption, violence, and a general disregard for ethical values are indicative of the end times.

2 Timothy 3:1-5
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!

Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Global unrest and instability: The interconnectedness of the world has led to an increased awareness of global crises such as economic volatility, social unrest, and political instability, which some interpret as signs of the end times.

For years it has seemed as though the global economy is moving from one crisis to the next: as growth was still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia/Ukraine crisis hit. In parallel, the geopolitical tensions between the two largest global economies – the US and China – intensified and inflation reached levels last seen 40 years ago. Now, the main central banks “have likely reached their respective terminal rates,”