Venezuela Earthquake Death Toll Passes 1,700 as Aftershocks Continue

A 4.6-magnitude aftershock has struck northern Venezuela days after devastating twin earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 killed over 1,700 people, injured thousands, and left tens of thousands missing amid a deepening humanitarian crisis. Jesus explicitly warned that earthquakes in various places would mark the beginning of birth pains preceding His return, and the scale and frequency of this disaster — compounding an already collapsed nation — fits that pattern precisely. Scripture describes these escalating catastrophes as signs pointing to the nearness of the end of the age.