Ebola and Hantavirus Surge as Global Pandemic Preparedness Collapses

The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board warns that infectious disease outbreaks are becoming more frequent and more damaging, as Ebola claims at least 87 lives in the DRC and a hantavirus outbreak strikes a cruise ship — with the WHO declaring an international public health emergency. Geopolitical fracturing, aid cuts, and broken international cooperation are leaving the world dangerously exposed, precisely the conditions Jesus described preceding His return. In Matthew 24:7, Christ listed pestilences alongside wars, famines, and earthquakes as signs marking the beginning of the end — and the accelerating frequency of these outbreaks mirrors His warning that such events would intensify like birth pains.