June 3, 2014

"When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say,  'Come.'  I looked, and there before me was a black horse!  Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand.  6) Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, 'A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages ..." (Revelation 6:5-6) ... I'll refer back to this passage in a bit ...

A couple of days ago, A Christian sister (her initials are 'Kathy') handed me this article. ... After reading it, I felt led to share it with each of you. ... It contains what I believe to be significant prophetic evidence of what is about to fall upon this beleaguered planet .... Here it is ...

(Natural News - Friday, May 30, 2014 - Mike Adams reporting)

         
          - World Bank warns of food riots as rising food prices push world populations toward revolt -

"A new report issued by the World Bank warns that food prices are skyrocketing globally, with wheat up 18% and corn 12% this quarter. .. Ukraine, one of the world's largest wheat exporters in the world, has suffered a 73% increase in domestic wheat costs. .. Argentina has seen wheat prices skyrocket 70%.

"According to the World bank, these price increases have been caused primarily by three factors:  1) Sharply higher demand for food in China,  2) U.S. drought conditions that hammered wheat production, and 3) Unrest in Ukraine due to the near state of war with Russia.

          - Rising Food Prices lead to food riots -

"According to the World Bank, rising food prices have caused 51 food riots in 37 countries since 2007. .. These include Tunisia, South Africa, Cameroon and India, among other nations.

"Food price shocks can both spark and exacerbate conflict and political instability, warns the report.

"A World Bank blog entry by Senior Economist Jose Cuesta entitled 'No Food, No Peace' warns that 'It is quite likely that we will experience more food riots in the foreseeable future ... food price shocks have repeatedly led to spontaneous  - typically urban - sociopolitical instability.'

          - Hunger Leads To Revolution -

"What the World Bank is leading up to (but not quite saying) is that hunger leads to Revolution. .. When people are starving in the streets, there is political unrest that can easily turn violent. .. Because this is the fundamental human reaction, it is just as true in the United States, UK and other first-world nations as it is in Cameroon or India.

"American investigative journalist Alfred Henry Lewis (1855-1914) famously said,  'There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.' .. He went on to explain,  'It may be taken as axiomatic that a starving man is never a good citizen.' 

"What he means is that hunger dispels the illusions of a polite society and unleashes the desperate animal-like nature that lurks inside all human beings. .. A starving man trying to feed his starving children will at some point abandon all law and order, doing anything necessary to keep himself and his children alive, including engaging in robbery, assault and murder. 

"Stated another way, the only reason most people obey laws and agree to live in a socially polite manner is because THEIR BELLIES ARE FULL. .. Take away the food and all illusions of social friendliness vanish in about nine meals (three days). .. No local police force can hope to control the actions of the starving masses, regardless of how obedient the population once was when food was abundant.

          - The coming food collapse is now inevitable -

"Many are now warning about a coming collapse in the food supply. .. These warnings include all the following factors:

*EBT Cards are the federal government's 'food stamp' system that distributes money to over 47 million Americans who use that money on debit cards to buy food. .. The EBT system depends entirely on the financial solvency of the federal government, an empire steeped in over $17 trillion in debt and constantly on the verge of a financial wipeout. .. When the day comes that the feds stop funding the EBT cards, food riots are imminent.

*Hydrologic Cycle Scientists are warning that much of the food production taking place in the world today - across the USA, India, China, etc. - depends entirely on fossil water extraction from underground aquifers. .. Those aquifers are being rapidly depleted, some dropping more than a foot each year. .. Once this fossil water is used up, It's gone for hundreds of thousands of years. .. Entire breadbasket regions of the world (such as the U.S. midwest) will be turned into agricultural deserts. .. Already, much of Texas is returning to dust bowl conditions.

*Environmentalists warn that climate change will cause radical weather patterns (droughts, floods, freezes) that devastate the food supply. .. It is undeniable that radical weather has already caused unprecedented destruction of U.S. food production over the past 18 months.

*Genetically Modified Crops are genetically vulnerable to disease because they are mono-culture crops with little genetic diversity. .. Nearly all corn grown in the USA, for example, is genetically modified corn with a near-identical genetic makeup. .. The situation is obviously ripe for precisely the kind of disease wipeout we are already witnessing with global banana crops.

*Economists are warning that the global money supply is on the verge of collapse. .. Once it collapses, banking would go down with it, destroying the infrastructure that people use to buy food. .. If grocery stores can't conduct financial transactions, they can't buy inventory to retail to the public, for starters.

*Permaculture advocates are warning that the global seed supply has been deliberately collapsed by biotech companies which routinely buy up small seed companies and shut them down. .. The intention is to create seed monopolies and eliminate competing alternatives to patented, corporate-controlled seeds.

          - Temporary Illusions of cheap food will soon be shattered -

"In other words, there are economic, hydrologic and genetic reasons why today's abundant food supply will come to an abrupt end. .. The cheap, easy food you buy at the grocery store right now is a temporary illusion of cheap food based on unsustainable agricultural practices that use up fossil water, destroy topsoil and poison the environment.

"Even the U.S. government's subsidizing of food through its runaway food stamp program is a temporary artifact of a nation headed for an inevitable debt collapse.

"It is therefore a mathematical and physical certainty that this illusion of cheap, plentiful food will soon be shattered. .. And in its wake, we will be left with a starving, desperate population with nothing to lose by marching in the streets or staging a violent revolt." 
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There's more, including several political overtones that contribute to the picture given here by Mike Adams, but for the sake of time, let me get to to the reason I feel this is so important concerning its 'prophetic' ramifications. ... As most of you know, I truly believe that the coming global leader is soon to emerge upon the scene. ... I also believe that this world leader will come to power, not by means of war, but by way of civil unrest caused primarily by economic destruction, not to mention all the current catastrophic events such as increasing global famine and chaotic climate events.... 

Let me, for just a moment, take you back to the 1930's and pre-World War-2 Germany. (no, I wasn't alive yet) ... If you've studied any history about this period, you would have seen a people desperate for just about anything or anyone to lead them out of their despair. ... They'd just come out of a previous war and their economy was in shambles. ... Simply, their money was worthless! .. It took at least a day's wages to buy just one loaf of bread (remember the opening verse in Revelations -- barely enough wheat and barley for anyone?) ... They were a desperate people and were willing to follow anyone who even hinted of a better and safer time. ... Guess who came along? ... Adolph Hitler! .... Never mind that he was a butcher bent on exterminating an entire race of people ... just give us hope, and something to eat, and we will follow you!

You get the point ... This is how it is going to be in just the next few weeks and months ... not just for Germany .. but for the entire world! .... And then who shows up? ... You got it! .... AC! ... The ultimate anti-christ! ......

But here's the good news! ... All one has to do to protect themselves from this coming chaos and its diabolical leader is to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. ..... In the same book of Revelation, chapter 3, verse 10, it says,  "Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth." ..... Hallelujah!

Are you Lukewarm? ... Are you just 'going through the motions?' ... Are you just meandering through life without any urgency for your Savior's saving power? ...... well let me tell you that time is running out! ...All one has to do is look at today's headlines and see that this world is coming apart at the seems.

Let me close with this passage of explanation and hope ... "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.  On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.  26) Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.  27) At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  28)  When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near."  (Luke 21:25-28) .... Hallelujah!

Until next time,

Red