,, 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.”
Rev. 6: 5-8
The third horse that John sees is a crow or a black one. and he is a symbol of hunger After taking peace from the land, we saw that the armies were launched, which means "a black cloud hovered over the land" which brings new problems in the form of food shortages. Due to the war, cultivation of fields and keeping domestic animals will be reduced or disabled, which again means that there will be less food and many will feel this problem, and here is how Jeremiah describes that time:
,, Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. [They that be] slain with the sword are better than [they that be] slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for [want of] the fruits of the field.“
Lamentations 4: 8-9
This is primarily a punishment for the Jews because they have departed from the Lord and this time has been prophesied in advance:
,, [And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.”
Levit.. 26:26
although there will be famines in other parts of the earth because Jesus said:
,, For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.”
Mt.24: 7
"he had standards in his hand." since there will be a shortage of food, he will have to "measure" food in order not to disappear completely, and on this occasion the Antichrist will devise a way to control the sale of food it has nothing to do with the Antichrist because we do not know who he is, but this is a preparation for what follows. It is, of course, about chips that have become relevant lately, and here is what it says about it:
,, And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Rev. 13: 16-17
The shortage of food at that time will be great and he writes:
"An eye of wheat for a penny, and three eyes of barley for a penny;" To understand this, we go back to the time when the Lord Jesus was on earth.
the daily wage at that time was one penny.
,, And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.”
Mt.20: 2
and we read that it says:
"An eye of wheat for a penny," which means that the daily salary will be enough for a little more than a kilogram of wheat at that time (an eye is a measure that is a little more than one kilogram), which indicates how much food will be missing then.
"and three ounces of barley for a penny" here we see that barley is cheaper, so for the same daily salary you will be able to buy almost four kilograms of barley and it says
"and there will be no oil and wine" for ordinary citizens (maybe the elite will save something in warehouses and spend reserves), but the evil will be so great that people will be happy if they have anything to eat.
And when they are thus terrorized by wars and exhausted due to lack of food, John sees another horse.
"And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see."
And I saw, and behold a pale horse: and the name of him that sat upon him was death, and hell followed him; and he was given an area in the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword and famine and death and the beast of the earth!
Now John sees a pale horse that is the most terrible because it says, "the horse is pale, and what was sitting on it was called death, and hell followed it;" Death "reigns on earth" and "gathers candidates for hell" means a large number people will be killed or hurt in some way and this is a "judgment" for unbelievers who did not want to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. It should be said that there will be believers who will convert and who will be killed in some way but it is here above all the emphasis on the "judgment of the ungodly"
"And there was given unto him a region in the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth."
At that time the Church will be in heaven and of the remaining people it is written that a quarter will be killed in some way, a good part will be killed by the Antichrist by their activities, a part will die of starvation, epidemics or some diseases and also wild animals will attack and kill people because their habitats will be disturbed in some way, so they will also feel the lack of food. In any case, there will probably be millions of victims, which is difficult to understand, but it says so.
And since we have received these warnings in advance, it would be very wise to listen to what Jesus advises and tells us, and in that way we will avoid all these terrible catastrophes that await this world of ours. We know that God does not change
,, For I [am] the Lord, I change not;”
Mal.3: 6
so there is no reason to change anything in God's plan the only thing that should change is our relationship with God and we should believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and on the basis of His shed blood on the cross to wait for heaven and deliverance from these disasters that waiting for the land and the inhabitants who will be on the earth.
,, For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, ..."
1 Pet.3: 18
Jesus warned:
,, And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
Luke 21:34
All those who are born again will be saved because God promised it.
,, Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”
Rev. 3:10
and also while we are here on earth, we have peace that unfaithful people do not have, although they long for it and fight in various organizations and movements, which is good, but still there will be no peace.
Here is what God says about the peace that only newborn people have:
“I leave you peace, I give you my peace; I do not give it to you as the world gives, so that your heart may not fear or be afraid. "
John 14:27
So we will be saved from the upcoming events because God said and promised it and if God says or promises something then it will be so and we only need to believe him
"For he said, I will not leave thee, nor forsake thee;
Heb.13: 6