It ought to be noted here that careful students of the Bible expected world famine to become a threat in this generation. Jesus foretold that his “presence” in Kingdom power, which began in 1914 C.E. according to Bible chronology, would be marked by “food shortages . . . in one place after another.”​—Matt. 24:3, 7; compare Revelation 6:1, 2, 5, 6.a