"world wars, famines, hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, pandemics, riotous acts of lawlessness, acts of terrorism, signs in the sky, false prophets, a lukewarm assembly or "church," and an overall aversion to His name."

The evidence suggests that these seven signs are listed in some semblance of chronological order, with the World War of the 1930s and 40s, which in actuality was humanity's only global conflict, being the first fulfillment. Also, there is no assurance that the last of the seven, the signs in the sky, will be made manifest prior to the Tribulation. As we shall soon discover, there is considerable proof, Scriptural and scientific, that an asteroid alternatively named Apsinthos/Apophis will fulfill this prophecy. Further, the reference to "birth pangs" indicates that these signs will become more frequent and will increase in intensity as the end approaches. As an example, over the last fifteen years the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes and earthquakes have more than doubled on both scales.

The Second World War was similarly greater in magnitude and its travesties more frequent and widespread. The global conflict killed more people than all preceding wars combined. Today, the "rumor of war" is undoubtedly the fabricated "War of Terror," the first conflict ever waged against a tactic rather than a known enemy. The cause of terror is Islam. This satanic religion is also the substance of the "kingdom against kingdom" portion of the prophecy. Islamic monarchs form the last bastion of royal totalitarian rule - something that requires a cooperative religion to perpetrate. And they remain in conflict with one another.

The pestilence of HIV and AIDS has infected more people than any plague in human history. But a likely future fulfillment of the pandemic prediction is bird flu. The last time it spread worldwide, in 1918, 50 million people were laid waste in its wake. The current manifestation of this avian disease is predicted by world health leaders to claim as many as 200 million lives over the next twenty years.

While the war on terror is a complete farce, jihadist assaults have never been as substantial or as frequent as they are today. But rest assured, they will grow in frequency and intensity. And with them we will continue to experience famines. Both are the result of Islam, a religion so impoverished it has failed to give Muslims a reason to live, only a reason to die. There has never been a productive, self-sufficient Islamic economy in any nation at any time. So as Islam spreads rapidly throughout Asia, India, and Africa lawlessness, starvation, and terror will be its constant companion.

The sixth sign is magas seimos, a term which denotes "a massive and violent storm upon the sea, indicative of tsunamis and hurricanes" in addition to "earthquakes." Seimos is only defined once in Scripture. It was used to describe the effect of gale force winds upon the Sea of Galilee. In the context of coming "down against low inhabited places" it's not hard to see the enormous hurricanes that have inflicted Florida and New Orleans and the giant tsunami that engulfed Indonesia in these predictive words. We should expect a continued onslaught as we march like ignorant lemmings toward the Tribulation.