Category: Biblical

There are many preppers in the land, but how many are preparing for this famine? Here are some things to consider:

• For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. (Matthew 18:20)
• They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42)
• The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:12)
• his workmanship will be evident, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will prove the quality of each man’s work. (1 Corinthians 3:13)
• For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay. (Hebrews 10:37)
• Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. (Hebrews 12:1)
• Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly receive the word planted in you, which can save your souls. (James 1:21)
• Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. (1 Peter 2:1)
• I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly. (Hebrews 13:22)
• Examine yourselves test your faith (2 Cor 13:5)
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Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.  Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. (Isaiah 55)

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Amos 8:11. Behold the days come, saith the Lord — This is spoken of events which were yet at some distance. That I will send a famine in the land, not of bread, &c., but of hearing the words of the Lord — When Amos prophesied, and for a considerable time after, there were several prophets, and abundant opportunities of hearing the word of the Lord, in season and out of season: they had precept upon precept and line upon line. Prophecy was their daily bread; but they despised it as Israel did the manna in the wilderness; and therefore God threatens that he would hereafter deprive them of this privilege. It appears that there were not so many prophets in the land of Israel, about the time that their destruction came upon them, as there were in the land of Judah; and after the ten tribes were carried away captive, they saw not their signs; there were no more any prophets among them; none to show them How long; Psalm 74:9. –Benson Commentary

Verse 11. – This shall be the bitterness at the end; they had rejected the warnings of the prophets (Amos 7:12, etc.); now the Word of God and the light of his teaching should fail them. Famine. When the light of God’s revelation is withdrawn, their longing for the Word, however sore and great, shall remain unsatisfied, like that of Saul (1 Samuel 28:6). They may grieve like the psalmist, “We see not our signs; there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long” (Psalm 74:9); but it will be in vain (see a similar punishment threatened, Lamentations 2:9; Ezekiel 7:26; Micah 3:7). –Pulpit Commentary

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This famine will be for a message from the LORD. God’s word will be far from them. They will have turned away so far from God that they won’t be able to find their way back. They will look everywhere except the Bible (and the church). And they won’t find him.

• And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. (1 Samuel 3:1)
• And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets… (1 Samuel 28:6,15)
• We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. (Psalm 74:9)
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The prophet Amos wrote about a coming famine during the end times. It was a three-fold prophecy. An immediate end of harvest was at hand. God’s longsuffering with the disobedient people had run out. He was going to bring a end. Israel was going to be carried off into captivity. But the prophecy goes beyond these endings to the final end when God’s patience and longsuffering with the whole world has run out. Sometimes it seems like we have reached that point.

“The time is coming when I will send famine on the land. People will be hungry, but not for bread; they will be thirsty, but not for water. They will hunger and thirst for a message from the LORD. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken. People will wander from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean and then on around from the north to the east. They will look everywhere for a message from the LORD, but they will not find it. On that day even healthy young men and women will collapse from thirst. Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, ‘By the god of Dan’ or ‘By the god of Beersheba’—those people will fall and not rise again.” (Amos 8:11-14 GNT)

And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. (Amos 8:12 KJV)

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Those who use the Truth and obey it, and don’t just listen to it like a “lovely song,” are blessed. They are blessed in their lives and with more and more Truth! The world will be cursed with a famine of Truth someday because so many refuse to use it or believe it.

Ezekiel 33:32-33, “And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. 

“And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them.”

Ezekiel warned Judah before they were taken into captivity because they abandoned God. They ignored the Sabbath and served pagan gods. In principle His warning is also for our day. If people today listen to the Truth “like a beautiful song” but few obey the message, God will allow their nation to fall. 

The world is strongly moving toward nature worship and science worship. Most are convinced of the Theory of Evolution. Few know that Darwin realized that his theory was wrong before his death. Someday we will all laugh at the idea of the complex creation happening by accident.It all occurs purely by chance? Unbelievable! 

Our society today is not that much different from ancient Israel as they fell away from the Truth and God allowed them to be overthrown. One must obey the Truth of God, or lose the Truth.

Matthew 25:29 “For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 

“And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

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Is it possible that God will respond to the growing evils of society by cutting off the supply of the Truth? Perhaps many will remember hearing the Truth online or reading our magazines, viewing TV presentations and not really responding. 

But when calamities hit, and society starts to malfunction, many will hunger for the Truth. But it will be too late. The church will be hiding in places of safety, saved from the wrath of the coming Beast armies and secret police. At this time, no truth will be available until the Two Witnesses arrive to torment the world with the Truth.

Revelation 12:14-16, “And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. 

“And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 

“And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.”

God promised protection to the church that was obedient to the Bible and professed Jesus Christ. If we are in the church before the tribulation we will be protected, in part, because we are not running from the Truth. We love the Truth!

Revelation 3:9-11 “Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. 

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One of the more intriguing prophesies of the end of this age is the coming “famine of the Word.” When and how will it happen? Are we starting to see some of the symptoms of this curse upon society today? Are western nations starting to fall fast away from bedrock Christian Biblical knowledge already? Is the most Bible oriented nation, America, also falling away from the Truth? 

We know that in the end times the Beast will lead the world into a great falling away from the Truth. Is the world beginning to long for an all inclusive, big government state to solve all our problems? Big socialistic governments always use propaganda to mislead and manipulate the public. The warning from God states that :

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst” (Amos 8:11-13).

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“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it. (Amos 8:11-12)

A Famine Of God’s Word

One of the greatest killers of mankind is the severe shortage of food resulting in widespread hunger or famine. Thirty million people died in China when famine struck in the late 50’s and early ’60s. Millions die from malnutrition and starvation each year, especially in the sub-Saharan African countries. From the beginning of time there have been various causes of famine brought on by natural disasters, infestations of insects, wars and failed policies of governments. Untold millions have died a slow and horrible death of famishment. The Bible reveals famines during the days of Abraham, and Isaac, and the great famine in the world during the days of Joseph when he rescued Egypt from destruction. During the period of the Judges and reign of David, there were famines. There was a severe famine in Samaria during the days of Ahab and Jezebel when Elijah and Elisha prophesied. The people of God were punished with the sword, judgment, pestilence, and famine seeking to bring them back to the Lord. God used the scarcity of food to impress upon His own people a day would come when there would not be a famine of food but an absence of the divine word. Knowing a famine was coming would strike terror and cause the heart to faint at the inability to find food. People would become frantic seeking ways to endure the blight of famine. During the days of Uzziah king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, the prophet Amos brought the reality of God’s judgment upon the people who had become secure in their prosperity of the golden age of the northern kingdom. There was a great social and economic revival in the land with the people enjoying a prosperous time of ease and wealth. Amos would talk about those who lay on beds of ivory stretching themselves on couches and eating lambs from the flocks and calves from the stalls. There was music that filled the land and wine flowing freely in the bowls not knowing a famine was coming. This famine was not in the absence of food but the famine of the word of God. No greater famine has plagued man than when the word of God is scarce. Like the famine of food, spiritual famine will bring certain death.

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(OPINION) A record-low 20% of Americans now say the Bible is the literal word of God, down from 24% the last time the question was asked in 2017, and half of what it was at its high points in 1980 and 1984.

Meanwhile, a new high of 29% say the Bible is a collection of “fables, legends, history and moral precepts recorded by man.” This marks the first time significantly more Americans have viewed the Bible as not divinely inspired than as the literal word of God. The largest percentage, 49%, choose the middle alternative, roughly in line with where it has been in previous years.

Interpretation of the Bible, the Holy Scripture of the Christian religion, has varied widely across time and across religious traditions. Gallup has been asking Americans specifically about their views on a literal interpretation of the Bible since 1976, with the latest update coming in Gallup’s May Values and Beliefs survey.

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