05-01-08

THE PROPHECY OF GOD IS FULFILLING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES

(How blessed we are. Thank you Lord)

(Rev 6:5,6)  And when he had opened the third seal [i.e., restrainer], I heard the third beast say, Come and see [Can you not yet see this??]. And I beheld, and lo a black horse [horses are symbols of power in the Bible: oil: black gold to those who have it]; and he that sat on him [controlling the reins, the Muslim (death to all infidels) oil cartel in collusion with American big oil interests (greed), spared for a time to serve Muslim interests] had a pair of balances [scales] in his hand [in his possession, in his power, showing complete control of prices and distribution]. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say [the consequences that follow from the former circumstances], A measure [quart] of wheat for a penny [equivalent to a whole day’s wages], and three measures [quarts] of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not [take of] the oil and the wine.

God bless you dear brothers and sisters. Yep, we are deep into it now. The first four seals of Revelation chapter six correspond to what is commonly known as the coming of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” In the original New Testament Greek text of the Bible, the English word “Revelation” is rendered  “Apocalypse.” Apocalypse has the meaning of “to take off the cover, disclose, and reveal.” Please note that preceding the appearance of each of the four horses (only) are the words “Come and see.”

Each horse is a cause and in turn has an effect. Quite briefly, the highest of the symbolic meanings of the horses of the first four seals, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, are sequentially, causatively, naturally, spiritually, and logically the white horse of “strong delusion” (2 Thes 2:11), which leads to the red horse of war, which leads to the black horse of famine, which leads to the pale horse of Death. We may herein parenthetically and most happily note that with the last horse of Death, “Hell followed with him” for the unsaved only, that is. That peculiar differentiation of salvation is also according to Bible scripture wherein born-again boys and girls don’t have go to Hell, but we do get to go to Heaven (John 3:3; Romans 10:9,10). J  Praise the Lord! Strong delusion leads to war which leads to famine which leads to death. In real-time application, this cause and effect order makes perfect sense to me, and should to you too as one considers the world-wide consequences or effects of each horse.

In our last two monthly newsletters, we have been observing, with no small trepidation, the opening of the third seal in Revelation chapter six, which prophecies the onset of world-wide famine. Suffice to say that even a cursory look at the abundance of collaborating evidence now being presented by the national and international news media will substantiate that prophecy. However, the following news article seems to be particularly pertinent to our extensive Rescue Mission food distribution operation relating to the 420,000 loaves of bread (it is starting to get personal now) that we freely gave away last year to thousands of hungry residents all over Pinellas County. This article is derived from MoneyNews.com dated April 24, 2008 entitled Wheat Crop Failure, with my brackets, underlining, and boldface:

On top of record-breaking rice prices and corn [prices] through the roof [based] on ethanol demand, wheat is now rusting in the fields across Africa. Officials fear near total crop losses, and the fungus, known as Ug99, is spreading. Wheat prices have been soaring this week on top of already high prices, and futures contracts spiked, too, on panic buying. Experts fear the cost of bread could soon follow the path of rice, the price [of which] has triggered riots in some countries [including Haiti, Egypt, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, Yemen, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Italy] and prompted countries to cut off exports.

A dozen countries were cited in a St. Petersburg Times newspaper article on April 16, 2008 entitled U.N. experts warn of food crisis as experiencing “violent protests” over food pricing that “has resulted in dozens of deaths.” The article continues:

Wheat prices have risen by 130 percent since March 2007 and soy prices 87 percent, the United Nations said, with food now representing 60 to 80 percent of consumer spending in developing countries. In general, the World Bank has said food prices have climbed about 83 percent worldwide over the past three years. The United States has been criticized for pressing for the use of biofuels, especially corn-based ethanol, as a way to reduce oil consumption and to keep the corn prices high for farmers. But the prices that please farmers are causing shortages in basic grains used for food in the developing world.

For a moment, please try to imagine your emotional state of mind if you were living in a developing country, and were so poor that you were being priced out of the food market for you and your family. Would you become “violent” if your kids were starving to death? Well, the biblical prophecy is that it is going to get kind of personal for you too, real soon. Yes, but what shall we do?

Well Gomer Pyle says: SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE! I ain’t agonna tell ya…, cause…, golly gee whiz, ya already know! And me? Why I’m agoin’ afishin’ whiles they’s still abiting. Ya’all come on down, and toss in a line… it just don’t get no better than this. J  With your gracious help, thus far this year, we have enjoyed over 100 salvations destined for the eternal Kingdom of Heaven, and fed thousands of real hungry poor folks. Maybe Gomer is right, “it just don’t get no better than this.” Thank you Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you dear brothers and sisters.

Sincerely,

Rev. Lionel

Ps. The Suncoast Haven of Rest Rescue Mission website: http://www.havenofrest.com/and our Church Inside The Tabernacle website: http://www.tabernacleofmoses.org/ are both available 24/7 on your home computer for your information and edification, and they are compositely garnering almost 2,000,000 hits per year. This said as an indicator that there seems to be something fairly interesting and worth your while on those websites. J

                      

Many shall be purified [Heb: made bright, chosen, cleansed, polished, purged], and made white, and tried [Heb: refined (as metals)]; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan 12:10)