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"My kingdom is not of this world" (John 18:36).
Most people who live in advanced nations find it easy to believe that the state of humanity has never been better. For them, evidence they see every day would make it hard to argue otherwise.
Technologically advanced countries command the highest standard of living in history. They enjoy comfortable, affordable housing; fast, efficient transportation; plenty to eat and drink; mostly secure employment; educational opportunities; and a dizzying array of entertaining gadgets and opportunities. They benefit from incomes high enough to meet their basic needs and have plenty left over for many of their wants.
But such is not the case for most of mankind. Most people go to sleep with hunger gnawing at their stomachs. Their meager income goes to purchase just enough food to keep them alive. Some have a little left over for housing, clothing and transportation. Every day 35,000 children-enough to populate a fair-sized city-die of starvation or disorders related to chronic malnutrition.
Premature death from disease takes the lives of tens of thousands more every day. Cholera, malaria, tuberculosis and typhoid-almost eradicated in the advanced countries-are deadly throughout much of the world. Even in advanced nations cancer, heart disease and AIDS kill thousands by the hour.
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