Ebola Outbreak in Congo Could Rival Deadliest in History, CDC Warns

The US CDC has modelled scenarios projecting the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could reach 20,000 or more cases, potentially rivalling the catastrophic 2014–2016 West Africa epidemic that killed over 11,000 people. Jesus explicitly warned that pestilences would be among the signs preceding the end of the age, and the convergence of epidemic disease, armed conflict, and displacement in this region aligns with that prophetic pattern. Luke 21:11 records Christ's words: 'There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.'