Mat 24:8 All these are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Mar 13:8 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are but the beginning of the birth pains.

Act 2:24 God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
1Th 5:3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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