Both passages speak to the season of Christ's return. The Bible never contradicts itself — different prophecies illuminate different facets of the same coming. Here's how each stands on its own, and where they overlap.
Famines in various places
“For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.”
Global food insecurity continues to worsen, with hundreds of millions facing hunger across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Read more →Pestilence and plagues
“There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences.”
From COVID-19 to emerging disease outbreaks, global health threats continue to escalate in frequency and impact.
Read more →How they relate
These prophecies address different signs, but together they fill out the prophetic pattern Scripture lays down for the season before Christ's return.
Neither passage tells us the day or the hour — “no one knows” (Matt 24:36). They tell us the shape of the season we're in so we can watch with hope, not fear.