Close to the Biblical End of the World
Epidemiology of plague is discussed as follows in Wikipedia:
The pandemics were:
the first plague pandemic from 541 to ~750, spreading from Egypt to the Mediterranean (starting with the Plague of Justinian) and northwestern Europe[3]
the second plague pandemic from ~1331 to ~1855, spreading from Central Asia to the Mediterranean and Europe (starting with the Black Death), and probably also to China[3]
the third plague pandemic from 1855 to 1960, spreading from China to various places around the world, notably India and the West Coast of the United States.[4]
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_plague)
The first pandemic caused the shift of people from the Mediterranean to the central parts of West Europe mainly through rivers, leading to development of Paris, London, the Netherlands, etc.
The second pandemic caused the shift in Christianity from the Vatican-centered Catholicism to the more liberal Protestantism, leading to expansion of Protestantism to North America.
The third pandemic became underlying conditions or a warning to the global wars including WWI, WWII, and the Cold War in addition to the Opium war, the US Civil War, the Japanese-Russo War, etc.
The world has survived to the present day despite these pandemics with West Europe, North America, the Vatican, and Protestant churches leading the civilization that was built over these pandemics.
But, this corona-pandemic was generated and started to spread from China challenging Western countries and trying to get hegemony over the world, while using technologies developed in Western countries. The global shift of power seems to continue since the end of the Roman Empire through the rise, stagnation, and rebirth of the Vatican, the material success of European countries and America based on Protestantism, and the material development of non-Christian East Asia (Japan, China, etc.) caused by the material success in Christian West Europe and America.
In this context, the world is entering the last phase of the 2000-year long development based on Christianity. As the Christian world could not fully realize the ideal presented and suggested by Christ Jesus for 2000 years, China, Islamic countries, militarism Russia, etc. have come to be given chances to have influence on the global history. But it is unlikely that China, Russia, Islamic countries, etc. can achieve what West Europe, America, and Japan cannot fully establish subject to the teaching of Christ Jesus and the Bible.
Finally, the world history must see that nobody, including Christians and non-Christians, could fulfill the request from the God to the mankind. The 21st century must witness the result of the human civilization that has been developed and established in these 2000 years since Jesus Christ's birth.
The human civilization developed along with pandemics while some times decisively having been influenced by the pandemics. But, the God may use another pandemic, if not this corona-pandemics, to put the end of the human civilization.
In this context, it cannot be expected that the 22nd century will come easily without the mankind passing through other decisive pandemics that will surely occur in the 21st century. We must be close to the danger of the Biblical end of the world.
**** **** ****Mark 9 King James Version
11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.