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Famines: Darfur
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John Henry
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Aug 27, 2007 18:56 PDT
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"For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the
beginning of sorrows." (Matthew 24:7-8)
New Warning of Famine in Darfur
July 12, 2007
SUDAN.- Frithjof Schmidt, a German Green MEP, said that the security
situation is imperilling the distribution of food aid to the 2.5 million
people who have been displaced since 2003.
Last month Oxfam announced that it was phasing out its activities in
Gereida, the largest refugee camp in Darfur, where more than 130,000
people have sought refuge. Oxfam claimed that insufficient action was
being taken by those controlling the surrounding area to address attacks
against aid workers. Several other relief agencies have also decided that
it is too dangerous for them to work in Darfur.
"If the security situation cannot be quickly stabilised, then the
aid organisations will no longer be able to provide even basic food
supplies," said Schmidt. "A famine of dramatic extent is
looming."
Schmidt attributed the security problems to both the "enduring
terror" inflicted by the Janjaweed militia, who are widely believed
to be a proxy force for the Khartoum government, and to turf wars among
guerrilla fighters opposed to the government.
"The growing fragmentation of the rebel groups into about 18
competing groups increasingly threatens the implementation of
international aid efforts," he added. "Arrangements concerning
humanitarian convoys are scarcely possible any more, and bandits are
becoming an increasing menace."
Source:
http://www.desastres.org/noticias.php?id=12072007-47
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The Lord Jesus said, "... Take heed that no man deceive you.
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and
pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows." (Matthew
24:4-8) The "sorrows" here are like those of a woman when
she about to delivered her child. God told Eve that He would
"greatly multiply [her] sorrow and [her] conception; in sorrow [she
would] bring forth children" (Genesis 3:16). Similarly a
"sign of [Christ's] coming, and of the end of the world"
(Matthew 24:3) will be as a woman's birth pains increase as time for
delivery nears. All five of the things in Matthew 24:4-7 (false
christs, wars, famines, pestilences, earthquakes) will be simultaneously
increasing as the time of the end draws near. Research shows that
this is in fact occurring in our lifetime.
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