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 Lord will make the rain of your land dust, and sand shall drop on you from the sky, until you are wiped out.. Silver and gold will be the only currency of value, and only the rich, and wise, will have it. The Cycles are every 100 years or so and two hundred years and the big ones are about every 1000 years, Cycles of Cycles within and alongside. 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. People areand have long beensuffering from famine in many parts of the world. Revelation 6:6 tells us that the price for three choenixes of barley will be equal to the value of a denarius after the opening of the third seal. 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. Weather and disease could drasticaly reduce yields and raise prices where other grains might be more drought and disease resistant. As Christians, we are so innocent and have no idea how evil this whole thing is really going to be. The third Horseman, Famine on the Black Horse as depicted in the Angers Apocalypse Tapestry (1372-82) When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. All part of a Grand Solar Minimum. 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. I am using your article as a reference in a bible study listserv that includes over 100 people from all walks of life. I am returning to your web site for more soon. With a UCG.org account you will be able to save items to read and study later! Before Christ performed a miracle to feed at least 5,000 people His disciples asked Him whether they should go buy 200 pennyworth (denarri-the plural for denarius) of bread to feed the people: (35) And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: (36) Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. Grain related food, noodles, cereals, animal food, poultry (some animals we eat require grains) would sky rocket! We are not yet near 3rd seal famine conditions. Union workers make more, waitresses make good money today, the forced increase of minimum wage around the country, etc., makes those numbers acceptable. 3 x Price for a Choenix of Barley = 1Value of Denarius. Today some religious leaders have even assigned responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic to LGBTQ people. The potential triggers for famine seem nearly endless. More eruptions and New volcanoes coming online. Since the meteor landed in Lake Michigan, or nearby it; what would we do with a lake filled with blood? Famine as a narrative device rather than as a theological tool is found regularly throughout the Bible. In Bible prophecy a day often symbolizes a year. Whitney, William Dwight and Benjamin Eli Smith. I thought that was interesting. Global Crop losses are rolling in since last year. 03 Mar 2023 00:14:01 . They dont agree on everything, but at least they are watching. Willie- Im paraphrasing from memory so please take a look at the true text when you can. Start with establishing this point: 1 Cor 4:6 I have applied all this to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brethren, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. Thats very conservative! However, it wasnt just the bees that were on the decline, butterflies were also declining. The CDB will equal 1 when we see third seal conditions since the value of a denarius will be the same as the price for three choenixes of barley. These verses give us information about the price of food items like wheat and barley: (5) And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. Jupiter is in the scales. 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. Do you find any of Daniels teachings to the wise men which gave them knowledge of the planets and Yeshuas Birth? It indeed could, especially if the start of the tribulation is several decades away. Choenix. Moses and the Exodus another Cycle. I hold an M.B.A. and degrees in Managerial Economics and Political Science. We have had a new President in office, and He has been able to offend at least 6 major countries, in the time that he has been in office. What is the Famine? I cant tress enough about current events that are going on right now, and they do have a spiritual basis, for their existence. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of . 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 .. Its not time to be worried about the 3rd seal yet. Its only been 3 1/2 years since you posted this and bread has gone up to $5 a loaf now. If we divide 5000 loaves of bread by 200 denarri, well find that one denarius bought 25 loaves of bread in Christs time. Jn. They are watching everything else. Its about price setting. Those impacted the most primarily live in South and Southeast Asia, with the majority of the remainder in Sub-Saharan Africa. The price rises shown in each table are staggering. You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the LORD" (Leviticus 26:1-2 Leviticus 26:1-2 [1] You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God. Although there will be a famine for the Word of God at that time, Revelation 6:5-6 is describing a real famine. Yet famine and suffering from food shortages continueand at times even grow. I used the same dataset from the World Bank, which includes barley price data as far back as 1960. Yale Divinity School is a member of the Association of Theological Schools. America, we are going to have to deal with our lusts. The city of Flaviopolis used an alternative choenix measure. And higher prices make the remaining food harder to afford. Peace, material abundance, good health and the absence of disease would follow. How much can you hide? 2. 5 When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come[ a]!". Your email address will not be published. This prophecy has the ability to crush even the most robust economy! The Book of Revelation, the last book in the Christian Bible, is interpreted by many evangelical scholars as a description of Jesus returning to Earth. The CDB exceeded 0.8 in 2002 amid a global barley shortage caused by bad weather. American King James Version). With every coming year, we have a national contest between football teams in United States. So there are 2 ways of evaluating the verse, that I can see: 1) By extenuation, the 1/10 of Troy ounce of silver being equated to a days wage. Yes, communism is taking over the whole world. [7] And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. (40) And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. And they went their way, Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. Time is short. Just comparing scripture to the events in Venezuela, where bread is currently costing more than a days wages. The great flood of Noah was likely the first Cycle we experienced. What does the Bible say about famine? "Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. Join my mailing list, and as a special welcome gift, Ill send you my eBook guide to studying Bible prophecy. I calculated the weight of each choenix by converting dry liters into bushels (. Those that remain open will be under armed guard, private or government, to avoid armed raids! Starving people in the coming global famine of the Great Tribulation will kill each other in order to eat. I dont think were going to see the start of the 7 year period this year or even next year. Using this information, we can estimate the current value of a denarius: A denarius weighed approximately 3.51 grams and had 93.50% silver purity during the reign of Domitian.[7]. The CDB has stayed well below 1 in recent decades. If the Bible were read chapter by chapter, and verse by verse that would be known.! 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. The main objective of this article is to calm people down who listen to people who claim we are seeing the 3rd seal now. The cost of a choenix would be found by multiplying $0.07 by 1.843 which equals approximately $0.13. Buy enough for one silver coin per day per four people. Are Barley Prices Near Third Seal Famine Levels? Revelations 9 18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. Do not touch the oil and wine represents the spiritual safety guaranteed to those who will put their faith in Jesus during the Trib. This occurs when famine conditions are worse than the famine of the third seal. My guess is (based off of what Ive heard about Agenda 21) that the food shortage is going to be due to an intense passion for the environment by the anti-christ (as Agenda 21 is all about the environment). I pray you give them eyes to see and ears to hear, give them strength. John saw four horsemen, which was mentioned in the book of Zechariah. Dominoes falling. Revelation 6:5-8 says that in the final days, the world will be rocked by subsequent famines and plagues. To be honest, I really havent studied that topic yet. Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. After all, 25% of the worlds population dies in the fourth seal from various causes. We behave like it is a life or death circumstance, if we cannot watch each and every game, less we loose our identity without it. Tell me, how much can you carry? Thankfully, a massive humanitarian effort from around the world stopped the famine from killing as many as predicted. A quart of wheat would supply an average person one day's sustenance. Cannibalism is mentioned in the Bible. Its not about a wage nor is it about a penny (copper). Monsanto will own the worlds seeds and thus, the worlds food supply. And all this is going on, while we say that we are Christians. and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. The typical loaf of bread weighed 1 lbs during the Roman Empire, so well assume that these loaves of bread weighted 1 lbs each. No, this is not the fulfillment of end time prophecy. You will not see it because it happened in 70 AD, referring to the Pharisees and the destruction of the Jewish Law, ushering in the Kingdom of God and Salvation by Grace. She returned to Israel with her daughter-in-law after the famine was over, following the death of her husband and sons ( Ruth 1 ). I use this analogy because as His created we are like children in His eyes, adored beloved children that He must sorrowfully watch burn themselves on a hot stove every day or shoot up heroin. The resulting starvation would cause the social structure to unravel at a frightening speed. Wheat was ultimately measured in modii in the Roman Empire. Do you think the decline of the honey bees, or pollinators has anything to do with the food shortages to come, or maybe already here? American King James Version). If things were good, it was because God was happy. What does Revelation 6:5 mean? It was large enough to light up the whole sky, and came with a sonic boom. This kind of faith isnt instantaneous but the joy and desire to find it is. Maitreya is mentioned in connection with the rider. Notice what it says in Revelation 6:5-6 Revelation 6:5-6 [5] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. I realized that my silver price was not updating like it should, so Ive tried to correct it. The Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the entities that bring War, famine, pestilence, and death. This would mean that the famines and earthquakes of Matthew 24:7 speak of a future time, which Revelation 6:5-8 expounds upon, not of any events that have occurred during the last 2,000 years nor of anything in our present day. There has been slow, steady progress in the international effort to reduce those numbers and lift people out of poverty. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. We come now to the third horseman's ride. The CDW will equal 1 when we see third seal conditions since the value of a denarius will be the same as the price for a choenix of wheat. Israel is the main focus and most of those things related to Revelations deal with her. Why do you say Daniel knew it? This past year, the grapes were tainted by smoke from western wildfires. The cost of bread is NOT a $1.98 throughout the world though. We can figure out how much a loaf of bread cost back in the time of Christ by examining Mark 6:35-6:44. It is the famine of protracted undernourishment, one that weakens the body, making it sickly and short-lived, and crushes the spirit, causing hopelessness and apathy. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord, but they shall not find it. I took great comfort in those things in my dads dying days recently. There have been, no doubt, earthquakes and famines in the first century and during every generation since. White Horse ( 1st Seal ): The appearance of the Antichrist on the world stage as a false messiah: "And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer." (Revelation 6:2) Red Horse (2nd Seal): The . God's desire in bringing famine upon Israel was to gain His people's attention in a sure-fire waythrough their stomachs. The main stream news is finally admitting that global crops are under producing for many reasons. Read what the 7-headed beast with 10 horns does to America: Rev 17:16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the harlot; they will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire. [55] So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. The wars after the opening of the second seal (Revelation 6:4-4) could lead to a significant decline in crops grown. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. The Bible considers honey a symbol of goodness, a blessing, i.e. I dont have data that goes back that far. However, because the word is often paired with both of those, it may imply a greater devastation than mere physical disease. 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. "But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come." - 2 Timothy 3:1 " 'and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes' " - Matthew 24:7 As a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, I understand that famines in biblical times were interpreted as more than mere natural occurrences. He carried a pair of scales. 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. Unfortunately, I dont think I could eat insects unless I didnt know they were insects when I eat them. Learn to survive. Rev 6:6 is interesting because it says something about not hurting the wine or oil. Psalms 107:34 - A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. And some were very close or right. Once we drop, here it comes. This translates to nearly 3.28 grams of silver or 0.1055 troy ounces of silver. A person reading Revelation 6:5-6 in the first century A.D. would have read that a denarius would buy only enough wheat to make 1.5 to 1.875 1 lbs loaves of bread instead of 25 loaves of bread. Some believe that were already in the Great Tribulation. I believe this could be part of His plan. Therefore, you may be able to select any currency and have price levels resembling what it will be in the third seal. He knew that terrible scenes would occur within the "city of peace." Farms were collectivized. In that scenario, it would seem that, even without an economic crop failure. In 1932-34, the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin sought to suppress Ukrainian nationalism by forcing a system of collectivized agriculture on the peasants. So I am curious now how all this plays in since the coronavirus has flipped everything. 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.. Famine was a constant threat and a very real part of life for the ancient Israelite world that produced the Hebrew Bible. 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). He wrote denari in greek. Christ urged us to not worry about what might happen tomorrow when He said: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Pale as the color of a person in sickness as contrasted with his appearance in health. The second seal reveals the horseman of war. I send a lot of love your way because I know you feel scared. By living righteously and avoiding false religion, Israel would be able to receive divine blessings of good weather, fertile soil and plentiful rainfall. Using hidden code is denying what the text says and making up things that the verse doesnt say. Weather across the world could become very bad for growing crops. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive, So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first, And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. Your chat above only goes to 1960s. Inflation is a factor, but not a big factor in this analysis because the ratios between silver and wheat and silver and barley reflect relative value. "Seven" is a common number in the bible that symbolizes a perfect time span. Also, you are working off the assumption that grain will be priced in U.S. dollars. I have no idea where you got the idea that I was denying it. 2007. Terrible as that time will be, the world will not end and human life will not be extinguished. Is the scarcity of wheat and barley the key to understanding the times? God bless you and spread the word to pray for souls to be added. Some who dont know any better may listen to that person and begin to experience unneeded anxiety over it. Oil and wine, though, are typically symbols of plenty. Since I am using the King James Bible in this article, Ill work under the assumption that Revelation 6:6 states a measure of wheat for a penny instead of a quart of wheat (or a loaf of bread) for a days wages. This according to many theologians as they believe, could be a meteorite. So, if 1/10 of Troy ounce of silver is going to be worth a days wage of (lets use the least number) $100/day, we are being told that silver bullion will be going up in price to $1,000 a Troy ounce on the low side, and as much as $2,000/ounce on the high side. A bushel of wheat is approximately 59.74 lbs. The invasion has caused wheat prices to rise substantially vis-a-vis silver. We shouldnt be surprised then, when God shows up, writing on the roof of our skies, with something called a meteor. For example, when the famously wise King Solomon inaugurates the temple in Jerusalem, he prays that God will be forgiving when, in the future, a famine-stricken Israel turns toward the newly built temple for mercy. I think you have done a fine job. Are Wheat Prices Near Third Seal Famine Levels? It is described as a time of famine, plague . [Over 100,000 readers rely on The Conversations newsletter to understand the world. Also do the math of the price raise from the old timed to now without adding in the raise in todays wages. 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. New Living Translation Therefore, these plagues will overtake her in a single day death and mourning and famine. You can see for yourself. Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. 8:8, should make us aware, that God may be staging a major move in the Heavenlies, which will change our earth shortly. The conclusions are still the same. There is no reason to expect people to starve when this is coupled with the means to transport food to any location in the world. They are succeptable to rust and fungus like UG99. Your comment reminds me that there was a story yesterday about an upcoming major gathering of leaders who are looking to reshape the global economic system: In terms of your issue with communism being implemented globally, we are heading there at an alarming rate. Not because these metals are suddenly rare, or more in demand, but because western governments are printing money at ridiculous rates!!! Anyway good research on this one.ThanksAnn, Your post was interesting and showed some excellent research. Saturn is in the constellation Sagittarius. The CDB was near 0.7 in 1973 during a major global food crisis triggered by poor harvests and growing food demand from developing countries. If the world suffered a food and or economic crises it could result in a new global currency and rationing for the masses. Residing in a foreign land meant abandoning social protections: land and kin, and perhaps even deity. Reading this in the light of today's reported tragedies is profoundly sobering. Not all famines are a result of God's direct judgment. [8] And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. These 4 horrible signs will be poured out on the earth in the last days. Look into the Holy Spirit because there is no limit to the power He can enable a believer to have. Food prices and silver prices would both rise in an inflationary environment as fiat currency is devalued. And yes, their demise will effect crops, not to forget to mention that honey in coffee is fantastic..and much healthier!! Revelation 2 & 3. China's "Great Leap Forward" in 1958-60 resulted in mismanaged food production and the disruption of distribution chains. So, if you would read it as its written, he says that he heard the price of wheat being set against 1/10th oz silver coins. (38) He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? Most Bible commentaries mention the Attic choenix in relation to Revelation 6:5-6. [54] So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: Required fields are marked *. In response to environmental stimuli, dense and highly mobile Desert Locust swarms can form. The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind, so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege " (Deuteronomy 28:53-55 Deuteronomy 28:53-55 [53] And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you: It was not one of the trumpet judgments. It is the Gods of our own making, in a form and type of Gladiator games. The next two billion people live on about $10 per day and the final two billion people live on more with only a fraction of the entire human population living on more than $40,000 per year. I, like you, also think that famine is the inference here. Therefore, a worker could afford to buy 25 loaves of bread after an 8-hour workday in the time of Christ. Even in America where are poor are rich when compared to the worlds poor, there would be nationwide suffering! Pasta dinners $35 or more! Revelation 6 tells of a scroll in God's right hand that is secured with Seven Seals, which, when opened, summons four beings that ride out on white, black, red and pale horses to bring about . We can do so by using the Bible and price data. The ways that the Bible understood and addressed famine, in turn,. Their price movement should keep up with rising food prices in an inflationary environment. Its beneficial for us to have some idea of how much more expensive food items like wheat and barley may cost at that time. :you know the burdens of all your children and Lord for me, I lay mine down at your feet along with all the sorrows of the burdens I carry .. Think of the wheel barrels of German marks to buy a loaf of bread during their great depression. . Farmers who knew only the land were at a loss in factories.
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