CIA assessment puts the number of ISIS fighters at possibly more than three times the previous estimates.
Strong earthquake hit off the coast of eastern Indonesia's Sulawesi island.
Russia warns that air strikes against ISIS would be a "gross violation" of international law.
France will join the US-led airstrikes targeting extremists in Iraq.
ISIS reportedly strengthening its ties with Boko Haram in Nigeria.
Matthew 24:6-8: "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."
J.C. Ryle: "Uncertainty about the date of the Lord's return is calculated to keep believers in an attitude of constant expectation and to preserve them from despondency."
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