Troubling Update:
“The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”
April 20th, 2008: Sunday afternoon, I (Joseph Grubb) preached about the “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and the “21 Coming Judgments” found in the Book of Revelation. I also shared with the Toronto congregation that when significant prophetic words are given to me, God will often confirm them with clear signs in the visible realm. That is, God will unmistakably verify what He’s declared to people. There will be obvious confirmation and “parallel truth” observed in the natural realm.
April 21st, 2008: Early Monday morning I couldn’t sleep. I turned on the TV and was startled by the lead story of BBC world news! The news anchor led with a shocking statement! He said, “With what’s going on in the global economy right now, you’d think that the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse were released!” I was startled and made alert because I’d just preached a few hours earlier about the “Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.”
Was this God’s confirmation of His prophetic Word or mere coincidence? The reporter continued with experts who made it clear that ominous storm clouds were now saturating the economic climate of the entire world. Then, the news anchor reported what the so-called experts were attempting to do about it. By the way, I don’t believe in luck or coincidence … I believe in JESUS! Read the Bible for yourself and you’ll discover what I mean.
April 21st, 2008: I was deeply troubled by another news report on CBC. Their Sunday report warned about world hunger and starvation. CBC confirmed that this world tragedy may get very bad, very soon! In fact, (1) billion people starving to death! They reported that a “loaf of bread” may soon become too expensive to buy. Experts clarified that food production methods, our greed, the price of oil, commodity markets, and other factors are literally causing this catastrophe to spread rapidly around the world. Are these the “black and pale green horses” released to take their ominous riders over all the earth? God help us!
Revelation 6:5-8: “And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius (a days wage); and do not harm the oil and the wine. And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale green horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed behind him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.”
April 21st, 2008: Then, I was greatly troubled by a PBS program. It was an interview with the president of World Vision USA. Amid his significant exhortations, he said something that changed my life. It was something like this, but I’ve adapted his illustration; “If an airplane that was filled with 300 people went down and everyone was killed, the world news would report about it for a week. Now, I want you to picture something. Please close your eyes. Imagine that 140 large airplanes from your international airport are filled with 300 hundred children in every plane. Can you see them? Now imagine that all of these 140 planes crash today – and that another 140 planes filled with children crash tomorrow – and the next day … every day of every week … every year, year after year. Imagine that all these children are killed and the world news hardly reports anything about it. Now, visualize many people are doing little or nothing about it as well!”
Please open your eyes. Don’t imagine it any longer. This is what has really happened today! More than 41,000 children will starve to death today! Every year 15,000,000 children die of hunger! This year, next year, and next year even more children will die! Now, close your eyes again. Ask God to show you what you can do about it. Now do it! Do it without any hesitation! Don’t wait another minute! Ask your church what they’re doing about it? If they’re doing something about the starving children, join in their efforts. As we’ve been doing this exercise, many precious children have starved to death. Don’t become overwhelmed by the situation. You can change it! Together we can change it! You can do it with God’s help. Write down your thoughts below. Fully express what’s in your heart on paper for you and your church.
April 21st, 2008: Early Monday morning I couldn’t sleep. I turned on the TV and was startled by the lead story of BBC world news! The news anchor led with a shocking statement! He said, “With what’s going on in the global economy right now, you’d think that the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse were released!” I was startled and made alert because I’d just preached a few hours earlier about the “Four Horseman of the Apocalypse.”
Was this God’s confirmation of His prophetic Word or mere coincidence? The reporter continued with experts who made it clear that ominous storm clouds were now saturating the economic climate of the entire world. Then, the news anchor reported what the so-called experts were attempting to do about it. By the way, I don’t believe in luck or coincidence … I believe in JESUS! Read the Bible for yourself and you’ll discover what I mean.
April 21st, 2008: I was deeply troubled by another news report on CBC. Their Sunday report warned about world hunger and starvation. CBC confirmed that this world tragedy may get very bad, very soon! In fact, (1) billion people starving to death! They reported that a “loaf of bread” may soon become too expensive to buy. Experts clarified that food production methods, our greed, the price of oil, commodity markets, and other factors are literally causing this catastrophe to spread rapidly around the world. Are these the “black and pale green horses” released to take their ominous riders over all the earth? God help us!
Revelation 6:5-8: “And when He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius (a days wage); and do not harm the oil and the wine. And when He opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, ‘Come and see.’ So I looked, and behold, a pale green horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed behind him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.”
April 21st, 2008: Then, I was greatly troubled by a PBS program. It was an interview with the president of World Vision USA. Amid his significant exhortations, he said something that changed my life. It was something like this, but I’ve adapted his illustration; “If an airplane that was filled with 300 people went down and everyone was killed, the world news would report about it for a week. Now, I want you to picture something. Please close your eyes. Imagine that 140 large airplanes from your international airport are filled with 300 hundred children in every plane. Can you see them? Now imagine that all of these 140 planes crash today – and that another 140 planes filled with children crash tomorrow – and the next day … every day of every week … every year, year after year. Imagine that all these children are killed and the world news hardly reports anything about it. Now, visualize many people are doing little or nothing about it as well!”
Please open your eyes. Don’t imagine it any longer. This is what has really happened today! More than 41,000 children will starve to death today! Every year 15,000,000 children die of hunger! This year, next year, and next year even more children will die! Now, close your eyes again. Ask God to show you what you can do about it. Now do it! Do it without any hesitation! Don’t wait another minute! Ask your church what they’re doing about it? If they’re doing something about the starving children, join in their efforts. As we’ve been doing this exercise, many precious children have starved to death. Don’t become overwhelmed by the situation. You can change it! Together we can change it! You can do it with God’s help. Write down your thoughts below. Fully express what’s in your heart on paper for you and your church.