
The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to contain a growing Ebola outbreak, with conflict in the country's east hampering response efforts and neighbouring nations already reporting cases. Jesus explicitly warned that pestilences and plagues would mark the season preceding His return, and the escalating frequency and geographic spread of such outbreaks aligns with that prophetic framework. Luke 21:11 records Christ's words: 'There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences.'