PROPHETIC VOICE - Sooner or later we'll see the horse named death!

Bacterial Bob

I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 6:8

(Originally posted 5/25/05; see update below)

I used to be fascinated by the creature images in the last book of the Bible; that is, until I was privileged to hear a lecture on the micro- and macro-systems in God's creation. It was the first time I'd heard a believer claim man will never mine the full depth of the microsciences or explore the full reaches of the heavens.

God is infinite and, though He is transcendent, one must grasp that there is nothing too small or too huge for an infinite God to make. Think about that for ten minutes; I guarantee one fine headache.

Stop and consider for a moment what an electron microscopic photo of a bacterium or the AIDS virus would look like to the Apostle John in a vision on Patmos? Consider Revelation 13:2 ...

And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority.

So what's this all about? It's about this: for a while, there was not a week that went by I didn't hear about "wars and rumors or wars" and "famines" and "earthquakes" [Mark 13:7-8]. Now, in recent weeks I've been hearing of "pestilence"; specifically PVL MRSA Toxin, 52 cases reported in Scotland last year.

Consider the recent outbreaks of Bird Flu (also here and here) and Marburg Haemorrhagic Fever (also here and here) ... each receiving heightened alerts from the WHO.

The fact is most people visualize something enormous ripping and tearing from without; it never occurs to them it could come from within. The fact is most people believe they will not live long enough to see these things take place; au contraire, if some generation was not going to be there God would not have prophesied it!

I may be full of hot air, but this bloviated old fool is sure glad he, his wife, and all six of their kids are blood bought and blood washed in light of the times.

UPDATE: Scotsman.Com is reporting today that 20% of the world's population could be affected by a global outbreak of the Avian Influenza.

Scientists say world leaders should start planning now for an outbreak that could lead to several million deaths, widespread panic and the collapse of international trade.

Only a global response, rather than countries focusing wholly on their own protection, would stand any chance of averting the catastrophe, it is claimed.

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