End Times Health Problems

Because so many of us have been so very sick lately it just seemed very unnatural to me so I asked the Lord if this was something that was part of the signs of the end times. I've been asking Him about it for some time now, but of course being sick I wasn't really able to search His Word for answers until lately. Well yesterday He gave me a clue so I had a place to start and I think I've found the beginnings of the answer to the question of why so many of us are getting sick.

Once I've done the study I will post it in the bible study forum but since it affects us personally right now I figured I'd share what I was learning as I was learning it.

Not all my notes and stuff but just the basics so you'll have an idea of where to look if you want to study this as well.

Please feel free to add your thoughts or anything the Lord has told you about this too ok? That way we can learn from each other too.

OK the clue He gave me when I asked Him again the other day was to look at "plagues". Since I'm currently reading the OT and had just read about some curses, at first I thought that was what He meant. But when I was cross referencing some of them, I kept being sent to Mat 24 which is where Jesus tells us the signs of the end time! I was thrilled! But also confused LOL

So after some study I discovered this tid bit:

Matthew 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. (NIV)

nothing in there about it though so I thought maybe it was lost in the translation and began looking at others and came to this:

Matthew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. (NKJV)

So I looked up "pestilence" to see what it said about it:

pes•ti•lence \ˈpes-tə-lən(t)s\ n

1 : a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary..

The words “pestilence” (Jer. 21:6) and “plague” (Num. 11:33) seem to refer to contagious diseases of epidemic proportions that God sent occasionally as instruments of judgment upon His people, as well as upon the pagan nations of the ancient world.
Nelson's new illustrated Bible dictionary.

Pestilence - Precedes the Lord’s coming Hab. 3:5

Nelson's quick reference topical Bible index.

Habakkuk 3:5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.

Here's other cross references:

Deuteronomy 32:24 I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
I also learned that burning coals can refer to burning diseases

interestingly some of the references had to do with judgments sent by God due to the nation coming against Israel.... just as our nation is now doing more and more...
End Times Health Problems