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The
3rd seal (black horse) - famine and illnesses. After the
First World
War the largest famine in
the history began.
Only in Northern China 15 000 people daily died because
of
famine. In 1918-19 because of the epidemic of Spanish
influenza 20 million
people died. In 1930 in Ukraine 5 million
people died from famine. After the
Second World War the
fourth part of the population of the Earth starved. Today
50 million people annually die for famine.
The
4th seal (pale horse) - wars, famine, illnesses, death on
¼ of the
planet.
All
the four horsemen work almost together.
There is no
precise division. The death on the ¼ of the planet
does not mean the
death of the¼ of the population of the Earth,
here is the indication on the
territorial scale. It is the unending
wars in Near East, famine in the countries
of the 3rd world,
extinction of the whole continent of Africa from
AIDS and famine.
According to the data of the Geneva conference on AIDS, which
was held in April 2001, in Southern Africa 70 % from 34 million
people, which
makes almost the whole capable of working
population, is infected by the virus.
In Zimbabwe every week
2000 people die from AIDS only.
«And
when he had opened the fifth
seal, I saw under the altar
the souls of
them that were slain for the word of God and for the
testimony which they
held... And white robes were given unto
every one of them; and it was said unto
them, that they should
rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants
also and
their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled».
Many
Christians believe that the 5th seal is not broken off yet.
However
it not true. The 5th seal was broken off in the
1990-s.
Since the 90-s in many Oriental countries the persecutions on
the Christians go on. In March issue (2002) of the printed magazine
WorldNetDaily.com ( http://www.worldnetdaily.com
) the article by
Paul Marshall, one of
the conducting world experts on religious
prosecutions was placed. He informed
about slaughter, violence,
tortures, slavery, beating, distorting and putting
the Christians in
jails in Muslim countries. According the message of Marshall
this
plague influences more than 200 million people, with additional
400
millions, who suffer from discrimination and legal obstacles.
He also informed
about extending extortion, making harm in the
economy, prosecution of the
Christians and discrimination in
employment and education. "The murder,
torture and persecution
of the Christians in the Third World, and even
prosperous countries, are one of the worst, and least-reported, of global
human-rights abuses…" said former
Time magazine senior correspondent and
Beijing Bureau Chief
David Aikman.
The
title of the magazine: Persecution. The untold story of intimidation,
tortures,
imprisonment and murder of the Christians worldwide.
According to David Kupelian
(http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26230)
in
Sudan more than 2 million
non-Muslims, mostly Christians, have
been killed by the radical Islamic regime
in Khartoum, and the press mentioned this huge tragedy
only with few dry words.
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