Violence will increase in all parts of the world both nation against nation (ethnic wars) and domestically.
Men will indiscriminately slay one another as peace will be removed from the earth.
There will be extreme inflation, poverty, and lack of food as one day's wages will buy enough food for one day for one person.

In a very short period of time, one-quarter of the earth's population will be killed due to wars, famine, pestilence and wild beasts. These wild beasts could very well be viruses, bacteria and other microbes.
In late 1995 Time magazine ran a cover story on the rise of new infections and called microbes "malevolent little beasts".

Many people will experience a religious conversion and become followers of Jesus Christ and most of these people will be hunted down and killed.

There will be a great earthquake, the sun will be blackened, the moon will turn red and all mountains and islands (which are underwater mountains) will be moved.

There will be a brief period of calm on the earth following this great earthquake which will give those who survive a false sense of security. Then, A third of the earth, one-third of all trees and all the green grass will be burned up due to a comet or meteor that hits the earth.
Then, A meteor will hit the earth causing the sea to become like blood, killing one-third of all sea creatures and destroying one-third of all shipping.     

Then, A "star" named Wormwood will fall from the sky and poison one-third of all fresh water killing many people.
The sun, moon and stars will be darkened by one-third. The day and night will be reduced by one-third. There is some speculation that this means the rotation of the earth will be changed so that a day lasts only 16 hours instead of 24 hours.

Fearsome locust-like beings will be released from underground who only attack people who are not followers of Jesus Christ. These attacks will be very painful but last only 5 months.
An army of 200 million horse-like creatures will kill one-third of mankind.

Two men, known as witnesses, of Jewish origin will preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ for 3 1/2 years and be killed at the midpoint of the 7 year tribulation. These two will be responsible for a 3 1/2 year world-wide draught and will be killed by the anti-christ (also known as the beast in the Bible).

People will be required to receive a mark on their right hand or forehead in order to buy and sell. Those who receive this mark will develop a loathsome and malignant sore on their bodies within a short period of time.

The oceans will chemically change and become like the blood of a dead man (congealed?) and everything in the sea will die. The fresh waters will become like blood. The sun will scorch the people on earth with fierce heat.   

The throne of the anti-christ and his kingdom will become darkened. The Euphrates river will dry up allowing the kings of the east to march westward. The kings of the world will gather their armies together to battle God at Armageddon. There will be a great earthquake, so great that all the mountains and islands will disappear. There will be hailstones weighing close to 100 pounds that will crush the armies that have gathered.

Shortly after this great earthquake, Jesus Christ will return with His army to claim the earth as His possession.

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