One of the questions that you are afraid to ask is that with calamities left and right, with almost no breathing space for humanity, has the world finally come to its end? Is it possible that natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world? Read on, and find out whether or not natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world.
The year 2011 has especially been disaster-filled starting with the earthquake in Argentina of magnitude 6.9 that opened the year; the 10,000 metric ton fish kill in the Philippines on May 31; to the latest October 23 earthquake of magnitude 7.2 in Turkey. Any calamity imaginable (even the mysterious appearance of buildings, trees, and mountain in lake China) has taken many lives and injured others, leaving families depressed, desperate, and out of hope. It is as if there is a quota for such disasters, and people are only left to wonder and fear whether or not natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world?
More than the terror left behind by such calamities, what has people panicking is that such calamities have been occurring with increasing frequency. This has left their psyche disturbed that somehow natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world? More importantly, is there reality that natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world?
The Bible refers to end of the world as the Armageddon. According to the prophecy, in line with the great tribulation, natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world. That God will send a succession of cosmic events beyond the control and understanding of humans to signal that judgment day is coming. In a way, you can say that what the Bible has predicted of earthquakes, floods, wars, etc., are indeed at hand. The good news is that nobody knows when this is going to happen (yes, natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world but it does not mean that the world will end in 2012). Furthermore, despite being haunted by the thought that natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world, the Bible also states that judgment day can be avoided.
Scientist and science have tried their best to come up with an explanation of why the series of natural disasters is taking place despite their admitting to being at a loss of why so many calamities are happening in such a short time. Before, they have pinpointed global warming as the root to why natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world. However, recently they have discovered that the emission of carbon dioxide has nothing to do with the changing climate.
So is the world really nearing its end? Is it really true that natural disasters are a sign of the end of the world? They might be or they might be not. What remains to be true is that the humans have become weary and hopeless of these natural disasters and cannot take anymore. The best thing that can be done is to stop whatever can speed the process of the world ending which are within the control of humans such as wars that are taking so many lives and causing devastation.