Rev 6:5-6 And when He had opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, Come and see. And I looked, and lo, a black horse. And he sitting on it had a balance in his hand. (6) And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say, A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenixes of barley for a denarius. And do not hurt the oil and the wine.

This rider represents hunger and famine. The horse he rides is black, a color that describes a famine-racked body.

A scale would be used to measure and carefully dole out food. The denarius was a Roman silver coin equal in value to the daily wage of a working man. There will only be enough food for every day and this will be seen in the financial health of our Global Economy which is due to fail soon.

Monday, 12 September 2011

12/9/11 - Families hit by the biggest squeeze on incomes since Second World War... and there's years of pain ahead



Families are being crippled by one of the biggest attacks on their finances since at least the Second World War, researchers warn today.The report says the impact of ‘the Great Recession’ is only now being felt – and will continue to inflict pain for several years.
In a bleak analysis the respected Institute for Fiscal Studies warns: ‘The pain was delayed, not avoided.’
And it says families with children are being ‘hit harder’ than others due to controversial changes, such as the freezing of child benefit.
The report says Britons are living through ‘one of the worst decades for changes in living standards since at least the Second World War.’
Between 2003 and 2007, it says, the average family’s income after tax grew by around 0.5 per cent a year. Read More
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