"And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,"
"And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." Unlike the 24 elders with their seats set the four beasts encompass the throne as well from the midst of it. We shall examine the four beasts closely for there is much more to their role than than the words given to them to speak. The four beasts as mentioned here above stand in the midst of the throne as well For example the voice, "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."
They lead the elders in worship, "And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,/The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne." The four beasts as one, is the embodiment of the Law as Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of Law. So the word sounded- the Gospel of God (from the midst of the throne) and Law which is Person specific agree. "and the third beast had a face as a man" The command number Three refers to the Son. The beast as with other three were full of eyes explains life introspection and without. So Jesus would declare,"for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me."( John 14:30) The three beasts evoke the stewardship of the last Adam apart from the laws of nature are subservient to the Law of the Spirit.
"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."
Well it doesn't say penny but denarius (a day's wage as brother Jesse has explained). That means that wheat and barley will become extremely expensive. Doesn't that remind us a bit of this present time? Most of food today are made or contain wheat. Everything becomes so expensive in these days. So assuming that we are near the end, prices will continue to rise until most people will not be able to afford to buy food. People will become increasingly poorer and poorer. When we see the other seals we also see, apart from famine, wars, earthquakes and then the end. So, again if are near the end, the process of the end times has already started. It seems that things will never become better, only worse (we also see that with the climate crisis). I say that because I see people, christians included, who wish to go back to the good old days, something which will never occur. The worldwide economic crisis will become worse until the whole system breaks down (maybe this is what Rev 18 describes). But we also see in the first seal that Jesus is conquering on a white horse. This may mean that before all that comes to a critical point God is going to do something magnificent on earth. Maybe the gospel will be preached in the power of God as in the early days. This is our hope and pray. Personally I feel like Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah who tortured his soul by what he was seeing in those days in those places. People of the world are becoming uglier and uglier, both on the outside and in the inside. Lets be ready like the 5 wise virgins to welcome our Lord when He comes for our marriage. Hopefully before the great tribulation.
Law of nations is blind but when hoarders and black marketeer take advantage of the misery there is none to put a stop to it. The Law is none the wiser; so is Justice, clueless. It was thus in the Imperial Rome. they had bread and circus to buy votes. The lowest had nothing. So Law of nations keep this inequality go on. In the Post WWI under the Weimar government there was hyperinflation so a loaf of bread which cost 250 marks in January 1923, had risen to 200,000 million marks in November 1923. I remember vividly one of the Pabst films the dialogue went some thing like, "You can get beer on credit, but no bread" This is OK in a Godless society. When the voice from the midst of four beasts speak what you quoted, it tells that such wickedness do not go unnoticed in the sight of God. There comes a payback time.
"And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,"
"And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind." Unlike the 24 elders with their seats set the four beasts encompass the throne as well from the midst of it. We shall examine the four beasts closely for there is much more to their role than than the words given to them to speak. The four beasts as mentioned here above stand in the midst of the throne as well For example the voice, "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."
They lead the elders in worship, "And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,/The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne." The four beasts as one, is the embodiment of the Law as Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of Law. So the word sounded- the Gospel of God (from the midst of the throne) and Law which is Person specific agree. "and the third beast had a face as a man" The command number Three refers to the Son. The beast as with other three were full of eyes explains life introspection and without. So Jesus would declare,"for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me."( John 14:30) The three beasts evoke the stewardship of the last Adam apart from the laws of nature are subservient to the Law of the Spirit.
Well it doesn't say penny but denarius (a day's wage as brother Jesse has explained). That means that wheat and barley will become extremely expensive. Doesn't that remind us a bit of this present time? Most of food today are made or contain wheat. Everything becomes so expensive in these days. So assuming that we are near the end, prices will continue to rise until most people will not be able to afford to buy food. People will become increasingly poorer and poorer. When we see the other seals we also see, apart from famine, wars, earthquakes and then the end. So, again if are near the end, the process of the end times has already started. It seems that things will never become better, only worse (we also see that with the climate crisis). I say that because I see people, christians included, who wish to go back to the good old days, something which will never occur. The worldwide economic crisis will become worse until the whole system breaks down (maybe this is what Rev 18 describes). But we also see in the first seal that Jesus is conquering on a white horse. This may mean that before all that comes to a critical point God is going to do something magnificent on earth. Maybe the gospel will be preached in the power of God as in the early days. This is our hope and pray. Personally I feel like Lot in Sodom and Gomorrah who tortured his soul by what he was seeing in those days in those places. People of the world are becoming uglier and uglier, both on the outside and in the inside. Lets be ready like the 5 wise virgins to welcome our Lord when He comes for our marriage. Hopefully before the great tribulation.
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