While John Hagee sees the current Ebola outbreak as proof that God’s judgment is on America for failing to support Israel, his son Matthew sees the crisis as a sign that the End Times are near and Jesus will soon return.
Answering a question from a viewer on today’s “Hagee Hotline,” Hagee (wrongly) cited Matthew 24:7 to claim that Jesus warned that famines and pestilence would break out before his return (In Matthew, Jesus warned of “famines and earthquakes”; It was in Luke 21 where Jesus warned of “famines and pestilences.”)
“Pestilence is an illness for which there seems to be no cure,” Hagee said. “That would certainly describe Ebola”:
