{"id":787,"date":"2020-11-03T11:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T16:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=787"},"modified":"2020-11-03T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T16:50:31","slug":"by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/blog\/?p=787","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While I am by no means a prophet, I see the handwriting on\nthe wall. I\u2019ve not written anything in a while, as was pointed out to me by a\nwonderful person. My excuse is that with so much going on, time is just flying\nand so are the prophecies unfolding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly, 2020 will do go down in history books as an eventful year. Looking at worldwide events, here\u2019s how I see \u201cbirth pains\u201d as promised \u2013 event(s) that affect the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2001, 9\/11 happened and changed the world, the first\nbirth pain. On March 11, 2011, the 9.0 earthquake in Japan, a birth pain,\nkilling 15,897 but polluting the Pacific Ocean with\nradioactive sewage due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. In 2018, the\nUSA moved its embassy to Jerusalem, politically freeing Israel after 70 years\nof political captivity of their capital. Since then we\u2019ve had the CCP COVID\nvirus unleashed, the third birth pain, and in Israel, several peace treaties\nsigned with more to come. Can anyone quote 1 Thessalonians 5:3?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, 2020 will be remembered more about COVID-19 than any other event (as of the typing of this entry). Personally, I do not believe it\u2019s natural in origin, but honestly, that doesn\u2019t matter, it\u2019s still a judgment for the sins of our nations. More on that in a moment. The results of the infection won\u2019t be immediate death, although the governments and the media would have you believe otherwise. The Spanish Flu of 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people in its 18-month reign, killing people within three days in most cases. World War I helped stop its reign \u2013 I\u2019ll let you guess why (hint: 22-25 million died from the war.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of this blog entry, almost 47 million have been infected with COVID-19, but just over 1.2 million have died from it; ~2.6%. However, COVID-19 did more to destroy economies than people. Prior to COVID-19 according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for nations was 4.4 in 2018, and today, in October 2020, the world has a negative growth of -4.4. Some countries, like Spain, have negative growth of -13.1 because their economy runs off tourists with a population of just under 47 million citizens with 83 million annual visitors! Due to COVID-19, they\u2019re locked down, Europe is locked down, and the world is locked down. Few if any tourists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo put this contraction into historical context, quarterly\nGDP had never experienced a drop greater than 3 percent (at a quarterly,\nnonannualized rate) since record keeping began in 1947 (Routley 2020).\u201d\nBrookings.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/i\/business_cycle.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So where are we on the scriptural timeline? Let\u2019s go to the\nword of God and see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Matthew 24:4-8 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus told them, &#8220;Don\u2019t let anyone mislead you,<strong> <\/strong>for many will come in my name, claiming, \u2018I am the Messiah.\u2019 They will deceive many.<strong> <\/strong>And you will hear of wars and threats of wars, but don\u2019t panic. Yes, these things must take place, but the end won\u2019t follow immediately.<strong> <\/strong>Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.<strong> <\/strong>But all this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s look at the first part of verse 4, \u201cclaiming, \u2018I am the Messiah.\u2019\u201d The word Messiah just means the \u201canointed,\u201d so, in your own experiences, there\u2019s been more than 21. Think about all the televangelists or YouTube preachers that say they\u2019re anointed \u201cin Jesus\u2019 Name\u201d and are completely false. However, openly professed \u201cMessiahs\u201d as defined as \u201csaviors\u201d are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>False Prophets: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>100-300 AD \u2013 2<\/li><li>301-1110 AD \u2013 1<\/li><li>1111-1899 AD \u2013 11<\/li><li>1900-present \u2013 21<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Jesus said, \u201cyou will hear of wars and threats of wars,\u201d\nbut, here\u2019s a list of all the wars in recorded history as of this writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wars:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Range\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  # of Wars\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Span of Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  BC\n  Wars\n  <\/td><td>\n  275\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  ~4000\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1 AD\n  &#8211; 1799 AD\n  <\/td><td>\n  1078\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  1800\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1800\n  &#8211; 2020 AD\n  <\/td><td>\n  1683\n  <\/td><td>\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  220\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Breakdown of the number of years to reach 111 wars (the\ntotal in the 2000s):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Range\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Total Wars\n  <\/td><td>\n  # years range\n  <\/td><td>\n  Year to reach 111 wars\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1400s\n  <\/td><td>\n  118\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  94\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1500s\n  <\/td><td>\n  156\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  64\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1600s\n  <\/td><td>\n  160\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  63\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1700s\n  <\/td><td>\n  182\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  76\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1800s\n  <\/td><td>\n  590\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  17\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  1900s\n  <\/td><td>\n  982\n  <\/td><td>\n  100\n  <\/td><td>\n  7\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  2000s\n  <\/td><td>\n  111\n  <\/td><td>\n  20\n  <\/td><td>\n  20\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice the dramatic increase of wars! Now look at the total\ndeath rate just for wars, and again, it is amazing in the uptick of death from\nwar. These facts show that the one thing we as a people learned is how to kill\nour neighbors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimates (low) Deaths from all wars in recorded history:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Deaths\n  <\/td><td>\n  Range\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  5,200,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  All of BC\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  111,000,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1 AD &#8211; 1499\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  16,200,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1500s\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  36,000,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1600s\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  3,400,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1700s\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  39,600,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1800s\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  127,600,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  1900s\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  2,100,000\n  <\/td><td>\n  2000s\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though I took the low-end of the range of deaths from Wikipedia (i.e., 20m to 25m died in WWI \u2013 I took 20m as the count), humanity has killed 116.2 million from all recorded history to 1499 AD. From 1500-2020 (only 520 years) humanity killed 225 million people. These numbers are only those that died because of war and not of disease or abortion. If you include the abortion rates according to the World Health Organization (WHO), 56 million babies are aborted each year, worldwide. Globally, 25% of all pregnancies ended in abortion from 2010-2014. During that same time, 73% of the abortions were by married women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the most horrendous statistic is that if I just use the conservative number of 40 million abortions a year and multiply that by 25 years, the world has <strong>voluntarily<\/strong> killed 1,000,000,000 \u2013 1 Billion <strong>innocent people<\/strong>. In the last 25 years, humanity killed almost three times as many people as all the historical wars combined with 341 million deaths due to war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we\u2019ll go over the next part of the verse, \u201cNation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.\u201d You may or may not know this, but \u201cnation\u201d in Greek means \u201ca race or a tribe\u201d and with the riots all over the world between the haves and have nots, this part of the verse is also happening. Think about it: India vs. Pakistan (kingdom); the USA vs. China (kingdom); the USA vs. Russia (kingdom); USA vs. the USA (nation \u2013 i.e. tribalism) (democrats vs. those against them) and everyone currently crying out for civil war. Most of these groups are paid rabble-rousers of George Soros and the left. Then you have the French riots of Muslim vs. non-Muslim (nation) and then you have all those in Africa. Anyone who studies history sees that in the USA, the Nazis won, and the socialists and communists have taken hold of our nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what\u2019s next? \u201cThere will be famines and earthquakes in many parts of the world.\u201d The food supply chains are already at their breaking point due to COVID-19. Also, due to the floods in China, they\u2019ve had to import billions of tons of food while lying to their citizens that 2020 had a bumper crop. Then you have the locus that has eaten most of East Africa\u2019s food supply, India, Pakistan, and China also suffering their locus plague. Famines will be a hot topic in the next few quarters. Already, even in America, food banks are short 8 billion meals! If we\u2019re suffering, imagine the rest of the world on the brink!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, we have \u201cearthquakes in many parts of the world.<a href=\"_XREF_672663296:235865600|tw:\/bible.*?id=14.15.6|verse:40.24.7|modid:nlt\"> <\/a>\u201d I went to the USGS site and downloaded all the earthquakes from 1900 to 2020 into an Excel spreadsheet. I then stripped out the fields I didn\u2019t want and kept the date\/time and the magnitude. I then created these two charts. The first is the magnitude over the range of time. In fact, I eliminated any earthquake that was below 7.0. By doing this, it ensures that the argument can\u2019t be made that \u201c\u2026seismic equipment is much more sensitive today\u2026\u201d Humans can feel at least 6.0 and above without the need for equipment, and the further they are away from the epicenter shows how strong of an earthquake they felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/i\/total.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The chart is ok, but not understandable, so I created another chart that shows the trends. Now you can see there is an upward trend of greater magnitude earthquakes by totals. As you can see, the peaks of highs and lows are trending upwards showing that the quantity of quakes is not only increasing but their magnitude as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abdicate.net\/i\/trends.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone is waiting for 2020 to end, and what does Jesus\nhave to say about all of this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c\u2026 But\nall this is only the first of the birth pains, with more to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of this posting, it\u2019s Election Day. I wonder what\ntomorrow brings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>References<\/strong> \u2013 to do your own homework<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/ten-facts-about-covid-19-and-the-u-s-economy\/\">https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/research\/ten-facts-about-covid-19-and-the-u-s-economy\/<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/datamapper\/NGDP_RPCH@WEO\/OEMDC\/ADVEC\/WEOWORLD\">https:\/\/www.imf.org\/external\/datamapper\/NGDP_RPCH@WEO\/OEMDC\/ADVEC\/WEOWORLD<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_wars\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_of_wars<\/a>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_wars_by_death_toll\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_wars_by_death_toll<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/news\/440KeyAbortionFactsFinal.pdf\">https:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/news\/440KeyAbortionFactsFinal.pdf<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/10\/02\/food-bank-shortage-feeding-america\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/10\/02\/food-bank-shortage-feeding-america<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/map\/?extent=-86.63667,39.72656&amp;extent=86.63667,605.74219&amp;range=search&amp;listOnlyShown=true&amp;baseLayer=terrain&amp;timeZone=utc&amp;search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221900-01-01%2000:00:00%22,%22minmagnitude%22:7,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D\">https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/map\/?extent=-86.63667,39.72656&amp;extent=86.63667,605.74219&amp;range=search&amp;listOnlyShown=true&amp;baseLayer=terrain&amp;timeZone=utc&amp;search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221900-01-01%2000:00:00%22,%22minmagnitude%22:7,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I am by no means a prophet, I see the handwriting on the wall. 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