and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. Thought you would find it helpful. (38) He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Israel occupied the rocky highlands of Canaan the area of present-day Jerusalem and the hills to the north of it rather than fertile coastal plains. Keep this in mind because the size of a choenix does impact its weight. Both are hugely under-inflated due to fake currencies and false global conditions. We are not yet near 3rd seal famine conditions. It is estimated an additional 130 million people could fall into acute food insecurity by the end of 2020. Even in the best of years, it took enormous effort to coax sufficient sustenance out of the ground. The Third Seal: Famine. Food prices and silver prices would both rise in an inflationary environment as fiat currency is devalued. Please dont be scared or anxious, quit struggling alone, the Word of the Bible is a light when you feel alone, anxious, scared and dark. Reading this in the light of today's reported tragedies is profoundly sobering. And with that movement, in the ancient world as today, comes vulnerability. Today we use oil drilled out of the ground, natural gas and coal as fuel and as chemical feedstock. In time, they also will receive these same promised benefits when they, too, learn to live the way God has revealed in His Word. If you google Agenda 21, this prophecy as well as many others seem to become incredibly more feasible than they do now. The scourge of famine has appeared cyclically throughout history. Verse Concepts. If the Bible were read chapter by chapter, and verse by verse that would be known.! You need to have a plan to get away from the cities if you can. After all, 25% of the worlds population dies in the fourth seal from various causes. Are Wheat Prices Near Third Seal Famine Levels? (9) And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. (Matthew 20:2-9). There have been a lot of meteor strikes over the millennia, but unless God has told us that a particular one signals something (like in the trumpet judgments or sixth seal) we shouldnt attach an omen to it, for we wouldnt know what that omen was, because God has not informed us. Yet famine and suffering from food shortages continueand at times even grow. These four horsemen will bring about the death of millions of humans and living creatures. You stated If we divide 5000 loaves of bread by 200 denarri, well find that one denarius bought 25 loaves of bread in Christs time. I think that we ought to cut that in half as we are told that Christ looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. Think of the wheel barrels of German marks to buy a loaf of bread during their great depression. One was at the mercy of the local populace. This is also important. They will know death, disease, famine, and many trials. 300. , which was a coin that was used during the time of the Roman Empire. If the world suffered a food and or economic crises it could result in a new global currency and rationing for the masses. On the flip side, it could also represent luxuryolive oil and wine (rich people will not be affected by the price increases and famine PHYSICALLY). The black horse in Revelation is believed to represent Famine. Weather and disease could drasticaly reduce yields and raise prices where other grains might be more drought and disease resistant. But they might recognize in famine the same opportunities to consider how we treat the displaced, and to imagine a better future. So the only course left for them was impending desolation and the cruel lessons of experience (see Matthew 23:37-39 Matthew 23:37-39 [37] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! These 4 horsemen signify war, plague, famine, and death. War brings famine in that way. The old American dimes (pre-1964) were also silver and were almost the same amount as a denarius (slightly less silver but close). When He decides to pull the plug on the systems that support human life on earth, it will be too late to realize how much we've taken these things for granted. I am scared Im striving every day Im struggling with homosexuality and drugs in so petrified of whats gonna happen to me. The 7 year period wont start until sometime in the 2020s this can be calculated by any Bible scholar who are familiar with the knowledge that a day equals 1000 years and also a year equals 360 days. Is it wrong to try to figure out if we are near those price points now or is it better to claim that the Third Seal famine is now underway without evidence? Wheat was ultimately measured in modii in the Roman Empire. ASV Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. God delivered the Israelites safely from slavery to freedom. When David inquires as to the cause of the famine, he is told that it is due to the sins of his predecessor and mortal enemy, Saul. What does this mean? Restaurants, fast food chains, even grocery stores would shut down! The ways that the Bible understood and addressed famine, in turn,. Your chat above only goes to 1960s. There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver . Ive written about them already Im just adding this to another thing we can monitor. This article seems to be quite popular but is a tad dated. Yet the third seal of Revelation 6, employing the symbol of a black horse, describes just such a horrifying scene. The one thing I strongly agree with you about is the fact that this probably means that wheat will be highly valued. Amen. In 2005, televangelist Pat Robertson blamed abortion for Hurricane Katrina. After all these plagues in Revelation, Jesus Christ will return to save humanity from self-destruction. These terms were used in ancient times to refer to the act of weighing . We can get an idea of how much the price of wheat may rise in the future by finding how much the price has to rise to get the CDW equal to 1. In Revelation 13:5 the same period is mentioned: "He (the beast from the sea) was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months (forty-two months is also 3 years). "You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. I believe Revelation 6:6 tells us that a denarius will only be worth enough to buy a choenix of wheat or three choenixes of barley during the third seal famine. Good thoughts & research Wayne. have right here on tis post. Come to God in prayer when feeling distressed: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. In any case, the opening of the third seal indicates the onset of a period of severe famine unlike any in the past. As a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, I understand that famines in biblical times were interpreted as more than mere natural occurrences. It demands our attention so we may understand what lies ahead for the world when the third horseman rides. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Right now if you took the minimum wage and subtracted basic living needs you would find families living an almost a loaf a bread a day. There has been slow, steady progress in the international effort to reduce those numbers and lift people out of poverty. Leviticus 26 is a chapter of promises from Godthe promise of blessings for obedience and of curses for disobedience. Jn. We can do so by using the Bible and price data. Depending on the measure, its between 0.0986 to 0.1055 of an ounce, so thats accounted for. Learn how your comment data is processed. Revelation 6:5-6 are the key verses to focus on when trying to quantify the end time cost of food. What would be its consequences? This means that a denarius can buy more than 3 choenixes of barley. All part of a Grand Solar Minimum. [6] And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. Send inquiries regarding the operation of this Web site to webmaster@ucg.org. Many teach that the third seal describes a great famine. God's desire in bringing famine upon Israel was to gain His people's attention in a sure-fire waythrough their stomachs. This week I saw my costs double, virtually overnight, on various electronic materials due to the cost of copper and silver. Throughout the ages, meteors have been associated with a harbinger of bad news. The denarius was a silver coin and was approximately 1/10 of a Troy ounce of silver in weight (this topic is worth study). Where were our hearts? I pray that you dont lighten my load, but strengthen my back ., Lord I pray for my parents and my boy .. glory be unto you.. let it be known all things are possible through you Dear Jesus and that we are more than conquers through you, Christ who loves us . Using this interpretation, you may wonder if the world is seeing or close to seeing the third seal famine. 105 food processing plants have been destroyed in the past year. If its good for the Govt like, China, India, Russiadont you think theyre a bit more in the know than you or I. Interesting read for this article. I just wish to give you a big thumbhs up for the great information you It is somewhat reminiscent of Revelation 16:4, in my opinion. The federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 an hour (each state has their own minimum wage laws, so Ill use the federal minimum wage to make a generalization about the entire country). I pray I stay steadfast in you Lord, give me strength to keep my eyes on you, I pray for a renewed sense of hope and that you place of hedge of protection around us all and protect us from evil doers .. And they went their way. In the postexilic period, God sent three prophetsHaggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Buy Silver & Gold now while you still cananyone who says its in a bubble has no idea what they are talking about nor do they understand the fundamentals. The biblical woman Naomi experienced a famine in the days when judges ruled in Israel, causing her family to move to Moab, where her son married Ruth. Saying a whole days wages will be enough to buy a choenix of wheat could mean that theres strict rationing taking place due to an unprecedented shortage. For a national catastrophe like famine, the sin had to lie either with the entire people, or with the monarchs who represented them. We come now to the third horseman's ride. What do we do, if it should happen again, somewhere else? The first century A.D. was a time when one denarius was approximately the amount of money some workers were paid for a full day of work. In addition. One horseman is yet to ride in this grim scenario. I think well face the Great Tribulation before the Rapture. Read the book of Joel and you might learn a the truth. What is the Famine? The impact on food would be astronomical! She returned to Israel with her daughter-in-law after the famine was over, following the death of her husband and sons ( Ruth 1 ). Its only been 3 1/2 years since you posted this and bread has gone up to $5 a loaf now. Those that remain open will be under armed guard, private or government, to avoid armed raids! I have no idea what relevance that has in your attack. The hardest demons to overcome are those invited in and given room and board. Food supplies were removed to the cities, crops failed and food supplies were barred from the region. Famine was a constant threat and a very real part of life for the ancient Israelite world that produced the Hebrew Bible. When the end is in sight, hoarders and corporate sellers will control with mercilessness the two commodities, which will be more in demand and priced so high that it makes the problem of wheat and barley look small in comparison. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. Christ says in Matthew 24:7 that famines will be followed by pestilences [see also Luke 21:11] Your math on 200 denarii to buy bread for 5000+, makes the assumption that the disciples make a mathematical summary of how much money would be required to buy bread for the crowd. Can you imagine the impact on our spending driven society?!! That means our economy is GONE!! In regard to your response to the Russian invasion, I agree. This knowledge may give us some idea of what global conditions will be like at that time and what kind of price shocks well experience in the future. I would add that it also means that prices will be artificially set, like in socialism or like in times of rationing in America during wars, etc.. There have been, no doubt, earthquakes and famines in the first century and during every generation since. (6) And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? Therefore, do not worry about the third seal being opened right now. This translates to nearly 3.066 grams of silver or 0.099 troy ounces of silver. If the price for a loaf of bread right now in the U.S is 1.98 and two billion people live on earth at the rate of less than $2 per day then this scenario can be true right now. I expect a global currency like you do Im trying to provide a people an idea of how low prices are now relative to where they will be in the future and provide people an idea of how severe the food shortages of the future will be like. Revelation 6 gave us price points to recognize the Third Seal famine. Yes, it would be wise to own several acres of land and grow food with seeds that can in fact reproduce good seeds (do not buy genetically modified seeds that are sterile). More than two million people have died in the past decade in North Korea due to food shortages caused by a combination of flood, drought and bad government policy created by Kim Jong Il, the nation's dictatorial ruler, who currently threatens the use or sale of nuclear weapons. And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard, And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. Perhaps another 2 million require immediate help in Eritrea. First of all, as a warning by Moses, that if the people of Israel would turn their backs on God, things would get so bad that eventually people would eat their own children. These words poorly used but are clearly just the interpretive assumptions of the fallible translators. Notice that Amos prophesied of a famine of "hearing" God's wordsnot necessarily a famine of availability of God's words. The very dramatic rise in the price of wheat that John described indicates a great food shortage will come. But the large, worldwide economic interruption caused by covid-19 threatens to undo recent progress made and plunge more people on the brink deeper into a crisis of nutrition. We have an appalling murder rate in Chicago, that nobody seems to be able to handle.. We have immigrants that want to come to America, but now cant. I would say the vast majority of churches are not worried about prophecy because they are under the erroneous idea that they will be raptured out before anything bad happens, therefore they need not know what is going to happen after they are gone. The church in America is in a deep state of apostasy and more concerned with entertainment than either spreading the true gospel or studying prophecy. Time now is to prepare. Yes, communism is taking over the whole world. However, their plan to have the only seed that grows in toxic soils and so on (after they lay down the chemtrails and polute the world so badly that nothing else will grow) is going to backfire. The denariuss value now comes from the metal content or the value of the metal it is made from. And power was given unto them over a fourth part of the earth to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. Those horrors will only grow as mankind continues its self-destructive course of rejecting God. Christian Standard Bible And I looked, and there was a pale green horse. Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. The aliens are actually demons and are already running the show much more than we know. Luke 21:11 also cautions us. Its ok to let Him talk, lol. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. (Revelation 6:5-6). 2 Kings 6:24-29: This is the only Bible reference that I could find relating directly to your question. In short, we are going to practically run out of wine and olive oil. Other regions further north will be better, but growing vines and new trees will take decades, and its hard work just doing that much. War makes food scarce, which depletes the body and opens it to more diseases due to compromised immune systems. It would be nice if I had data that did. But, be aware that things can change quickly if global conflict breaks out. So I am curious now how all this plays in since the coronavirus has flipped everything. The first famine recorded in the Bible is that of Abraham after he had pitched his tent on the east of Bethel, ( Genesis 12:10 ) the second in the days of Isaac, ( Genesis 26:1 ) seq. 5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come[ a]!". The potential triggers for famine seem nearly endless. Willie- Im paraphrasing from memory so please take a look at the true text when you can. The food-rich countries' potential to feed the entire planet makes it hard to imagine a famine extensive enough to thrust the earth into a global crisis. In that scenario, it would seem that, even without an economic crop failure. America, we are going to have to deal with our lusts. Other commentators Ive read estimate that the wheat price increase that John described amounted to between 8 and 16 times (or 800% and 1600%) the prices normally found in the first century A.D. A choenix of wheat is approximately 1.843 lbs. Sadly, this prophecy is directly ties to Americas demise. Unlike what and Barley, olives and vines only grow in certain regions. [Over 100,000 readers rely on The Conversations newsletter to understand the world. Keep the faith and keep looking for the uppertakernot the undertaker! After doing the research to write this article, theres no doubt in my mind that these people are correct. Neither the Exodus nor King David the central story and a major character of the Hebrew Bible would exist without famine. The Bibles association of famine and other natural disasters with divine anger and punishment paved the way for faith leaders throughout the ages to use their pulpits to cast blame on those they found morally wanting. Luke 21:11. [8] [9] This data allows me to create a graph tracking the CDW as far back as 1960. Jn. If/when that changes, we can use whatever currency replaces it to track pricing. The principle of hospitality, still common in the region, ensured that the displaced would be protected. However, the ratio has approached 1 in times of major shortages: Nevertheless, the barley charts suggest we are not close to seeing the type of shortages and prices that will come during the third seal famine. Soon coming events, that told of a God, who hears and watches His people below, and the deeds that they have done. When events appear eminent, as in the Bible, we should be aware of them, and do whatever it is to correct them in Gods eyes. Thus the 1260 days of Revelation 12, when the "woman . While naturedrought, floods and insect infestationsis often the cause of famine, quite often war and misrule, as well as malignant political or religious ideology, are prime factors. Those impacted the most primarily live in South and Southeast Asia, with the majority of the remainder in Sub-Saharan Africa. stay awake and you will have food to spare. Too often, people speak of this period as "the end of the world" or by some other similarly gloomy name. Today some religious leaders have even assigned responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic to LGBTQ people. Some knowledge lost that Daniel knew. The authors of the Hebrew Bible used famine as a mechanism of divine wrath and destruction but also as a storytelling device, a way to move the narrative forward. Revelation 2 & 3. Well call this ratio the choenix/denarius ratio for barley or CDB. Your article is very interesting. Something you didnt address, is inflation. Dear People, I think that we have been put on notice. Just last night, as the Super Bowl was being broadcast to our nation, a meteor was rocketing a crossed our skies, and fell to earth, near Lake Michigan. Periodically he has used his threats to gain aid, including food and oil, from the world community. I focused on wheat and barley because they are mentioned in Revelation 6:6. I was 969 years old when I died. With the ice melt going on in Greenland and especially West Antarctica, we clearly see that temperatures are rising to obvious consequences. It indeed could, especially if the start of the tribulation is several decades away. Luke 21:11 - And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. Cannibalism is mentioned in the Bible. As for World Bank data, I am not endorsing the World Bank! Here is what Revelation says about the second seal: "And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword" (Revelation 6:4). There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. The resulting starvation would cause the social structure to unravel at a frightening speed. 3) Flesh devoured Revelation 6:5-8 says that in the final days, the world will be rocked by subsequent famines and plagues. Also, anyone can turn to Christ when they feel worn down. This is why Israel, at least, had a wide range of laws intended to protect the stranger. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. Weather across the world could become very bad for growing crops. I came out that a typical slice of bread is now 10 cents a slice. Mainstream news will not report on this, although Tucker Carlson did on FOX last month. Yet scenes like this have occurred in history and God says they will happen again. The CDW has stayed well below 1 in recent decades. The CDB exceeded 0.8 in 2002 amid a global barley shortage caused by bad weather. This occurs when famine conditions are worse than the famine of the third seal. And it was the task of prophets and oracles to determine the cause of the divine wrath. It was large enough to light up the whole sky, and came with a sonic boom. Global Crop losses are rolling in since last year.