The Opening of the First Seals and the Rider on the Pale Horse

The First Four Seals: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

[This is MSNBC link (Rachel Maddow Show) for the Pale Horse Seen in Egypt]

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals,
And I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
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.
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
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.
And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see.
And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
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.
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse:
And his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.
And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,
To kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
(Revelation 6:1-8)

There are about three billion people around the globe that live on the equivalent of two dollars a day or less. Those people cannot afford for food prices to go up much. Coincidentally (or not) three billion people is about 1/4 of the world's population -- the amount of people that will die by war, scarcity, famine, social injustice, plagues, etc. at the opening of the first four seals.

A Measure of Wheat for a Day’s Wages

June 26, 2010

Mom4Truth - We were just settling in for bed when I read the last news scroll on Fox News—and it gave me chills.

The UK will now be charging by weight for food items such as eggs and bread rolls, rather than by the number of items in a package. Does this remind you of a certain Scripture?

"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 6:6

When a laborer went into the field to labor, during the time of Jesus’ walk on the earth, the standard wage for a day’s labor was a penny a day. Of course this is not a “penny” of our day, but a coin of that day. The value of it must be measured it what it represented — payment for a day’s labor. The rich ate wheat bread. The poor ate barley bread. A “measure” was approximately what a man with large hands could hold in his two hands cupped together. A measure would make a small loaf of bread.

This verse obviously represents sky-high inflation, but see that it shows a measurement of wheat for which one is to be charged!!

Look up, look up—our redemption draweth nigh!