The World Health Organization reports the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has surpassed all previous outbreak rates, with over 2,000 cases and 796 deaths confirmed in just two months, making it the third-largest on record. Jesus explicitly warned that pestilences would be among the defining signs preceding His return, and the accelerating frequency and intensity of global disease outbreaks aligns with His description of birth pangs intensifying as the end draws near. 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.'