There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/04/18/earthquake-mexico/7865967/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/19/magnitude-75-earthquake-strikes-off-papua-new-guinea/
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/19/magnitude-75-earthquake-strikes-off-papua-new-guinea/
Matthew 24:6-8
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.
32 “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 33 Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[e] is near, right at the door. 34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.
Skeptics are right when they say that wars, earthquakes, and famines have always happened. However, I believe the message that Jesus was trying to send was in relation to the generation of people on earth at the time when "these things" begin to be SEEN AND HEARD INSTANTANEOUSLY, as is now the case given the exponential growth of communication means. We HEAR AND SEE these events the very moment they happen so that this other prophecy is also fulfilled:
Daniel 12:4
"Many will go here and there to increase knowledge.”
UPDATE 11/14/2017 RG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRXyVbCVj-c
Starting @3:00
UPDATE 11/14/2017 RG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRXyVbCVj-c
Starting @3:00