Every time we turn on the television to the news, we see and hear stories about disaster and death. Hearing bad news seems impossible to escape. As we look around and see the state of the world, we see the signs of the times. In Revelation, we read about what is to come during the end times. It comes more and more prevalent that prophecies are coming true. The fourth seal has been opened, the fourth trumpet has been sounded and we are living in the end times. The pale horse was one of the result of opening the fourth seal. From the opening came the fourth horsemen and his counterpart. “...there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him.” (Rev. 6:7-8 New International Version). This pale …show more content…
Rather, Death has a companion, Hades, who “...were given control of one fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine, and plague and by the wild beasts of the earth” (Rev. 6:8). However, to kill by the sword is the insignia of the second horsemen as well as famine that is associated with the third horsemen. Death is simply the culmination of previous horsemen activities and its ultimate result, death.. “The seals have a cumulative effect. False religion causes instability within relationships leading to war. Famine follows ear, and when malnourishment occurs and social systems break down, human beings are more susceptible to disease” (McNeely, 2014). However, this was not just about what would happen to the world, it is also what would happen inside the church. The pale horse is also known as the “Dead Church.” The church should have been showing others to Jesus and eternal life however it was pointing other towards death. …show more content…
Persecution/war, famine and diseases/plagues have taken place many times over the course of earth’s short history. All had the same outcome, death. Thousands people have died for believing in Christ. America was founded in pursuit of religious freedom. The pilgrims boarded the Mayflower to flee from persecution. Shortly after, the Puritans followed for the same reason. There have been countless wars, civil and global since the beginning of the earth up to now. World War II was a major conflict that involved nearly every country in the world. There was almost no corner in the world that remained untouched by World War II. A approximate total of 5,907,900 Jews from 17 different countries
In Revelation 6:1-8, Four Horsemen are introduced. The first Horseman rides a white horse. This has led some to suggest that the Horseman is Christ, perhaps symbolizing the triumph of the Gospel. A white horse does symbolizes victory, and Christ is said to return on a white horse. However, this interpretation seems unlikely. Even a cursory reading reveals that the other three Horsemen bring terrible judgements. Thus from the context one would expect the first Horsemen to bring judgement as well.1 Furthermore, Christ is said to return not with a bow but with the sword of His mouth.2 This is not the only difference between riders, however. Christ is exalted with many crowns, but this Horseman receives a crown. In addition, Christ wears the diadema, or royal crown, whereas the First Horseman wears a stephanos or victor’s wreath.3 Thus from the context it seems that the First Horseman is none other than the Antichrist. This explains the similarities between the Horseman and the triumph return of Christ, for Satan can only imitate God. The First Horseman, the Antichrist, will conquer the world peacefully, for he carries an empty bow.4
Human agency is referred to as the individual’s ability to making choices of their own free will. Famine is referred to as extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area. Human agency can be affected by a famine in many different ways.
Three events that took place in the fourteenth century and caused it to be described as “calamitous” are The Hundred Years War, The Black Death, and The Little Ice Age. Calamitous is defined as disastrous or catastrophic. These events are what caused the fourteenth century to be described as a bad time period, without the events, I believe, that the fourteenth century would not have been a disaster.
millions who died would be dead or close to death today so I can’t see why it really matters that they died during the holocaust. Besides the fact that people died, what most Americans believe was wrong is that they were killed for having a certain belief. In a coun...
The Holocaust was a bloody, terrifying event that unfortunately happened during the world’s most bloody war, World War II. The end result of a portion of deaths of the Holocaust resulted in astounding number of about 6,000,000 Jewish people dead. However, there were about 13,684,900 other lives that were taken during this “cleansing period” that Adolf Hitler once said. Those lives included civilians in surrounding countries, resisters against the Nazi nation, opposing religious members, and many more. Although, over 6,000,000 Jewish people died, many others died who are just as memorable.
or found to be helping Jews out had to suffer. By the time that the
As times became desperate, Jews became scapegoats for many of the people's problems. One example was the "Black Death". Jews were blamed for causing this event that killed thousands of people throughout Europe during the middle ages. Around 1400, in Span, Jews were given three options: Convert to Christianity, leave the country or be executed. In the late 1800s the government in Russia and Poland helped organize or did not prevent violent attacks on Jewish neighborhoods, known as pogroms, in which mobs murdered Jews and raided their homes and stores. 2
Six million innocent Jews died “simply because they were Jewish” (Whitcock, 30). The author Whitlock was referring to the Holocaust in the previous quote. The Holocaust, one of the most tragic events in the world, would have not been possible with anti- Semitic beliefs. Anti-Semitism has a deep history all the way back to the beginning of the Christian era and was spread with biased Nazi propaganda (“Nazi Propaganda”). The worst part of anti-Semitism was its effects.
People all over the world go through a lot of hardship. Starvation, abuse, wars, bombing raids, genocide. People would suffer over the fallen economy. In Europe and even here in the United States, many people struggled to survive through the Holocaust Era. It’s weary out there. The people who had it the worse were the Polish, Russians, Gypsies, and especially the Holocaust victims; the Jewish Population.
In response to the recent failure of the international community to prevent the famine crisis in the Horn of Africa since July 2011, Suzanne Dvorak the chief executive of Save the Children wrote that, “We need to provide help now. But we cannot forget that these children are wasting away in a disaster that we could - and should - have prevented” she added, “The UN estimates that every $1 spent in prevention saves $7 in emergency spending.” (Dvorak, 2011).
Joseph Stalin set up events intended to cause a famine in Ukraine to protect his rule. Despite the fact that the long-awaited opportunity for independence had come in 1917, the people Ukraine’s new-found freedom was brief, due to Stalin’s uncontrollable overtake of Vladimir Lenin’s power. Stalin’s rule caused chaos and conflict followed by Ukrainian troops fighting Lenin’s Red Army, Russian White Army (troops devoted to the Czar), as well as the invading forces from Germany and Poland. At the same time, Stalin enforced the Soviet system of land management known as collectivization, resulting in the taking over of private farms. Joseph Stalin caused a famine in Ukraine as a terrible punishment for the people of Ukraine’s desire to gain independence, causing the death of many.
The thing that interested me the most in this topic is basically outlined in the introduction paragraph but it can be further progressed as follows. All around the world there is some kind of sympathy towards the Jewish race. People feel bad for what happened, many go out of their way to do something nice for someone who is Jewish and there are actually some that dedicate their life to making Jewish peoples lives more pleasant. What exactly is it that drives them to think like this? And what exactly is it that didn’t drive the western world to think like this sixty years ago. The termination of six million people over a period of 6 years would be just preposterous if it happened in today’s world.
The Great Famine of 1845 lasted for many years in Ireland. During this time, many people of Ireland suffered in numerous ways. In such devastating and dark times “deaths began to mount and tragic horrific scenes ensured all over Ireland: Mass Graves, Corpses gnawed by rats, hunger marches, and roadside deaths” (Kelley 137). In these grey times for Ireland, the country battled many hardships to overcome this era. The Great Famine was historically dated from 1845-1851, although the effects of the Famine lasted until 1852 (Kelley 136). The major cause of the Famine was a disease called the blight, but there were many other aspects that caused the catastrophe in Ireland.
The narrator in “Famine” by Xu XI was raised by her parents A-Ba and A-Ma in Hong Kong. Her Father made her quit school after her primary school was over which was the through the sixth grade. She was then forced to take care of her aging parents till they died in their mid-nineties. Her father was abusive and very controlling over everything in her life while her mom chose to do nothing about it. She was rarely aloud out with friends or to have much fun at all she never experienced much in life. She wanted to do something she really wanted to learn, but her father said no in order to continue her education to become an English teacher she went on several hunger strikes to rebel her father wants. Food seemed herd to come by in her house particularly, they were forced vegetarians by A-Ba’s decision, they ate very little and the food was also bland. A-Ba and A-ma were not very loving parents, they expected a lot out of their
Entitlement failures are the most common cause of famines according to Sen. Sen defines entitlement as “the commodities over which she can establish her ownership and command” (162). He says “people suffer from hunger when they cannot establish their entitlement over an adequate amount of food” (162). Sen cites three influences on entitlements that affect famines: endowment, production possibilities, and exchange conditions. Famine occurs when many people simultaneously experience declines in their entitlements that cause them to be deprived of adequate food for survival. Sen argues that it is not a lack of food supplies that leads to famines, as the Malthusian would say “too many people, too little food”, but rather the inability of a group