Ebola deaths in Congo top 500 as health workers threaten to strike

The Ebola outbreak causing significant mortality in Congo reflects the prophecy of 'famines, pestilences, and earthquakes' in various places as signs of the end times. Pestilence (loimos in Greek) specifically encompasses epidemic diseases. While this particular outbreak may not be uniquely prophetic, it exemplifies the pattern of multiplying health crises predicted for the latter days.