5 When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance).
6 And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day's wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! [II Kings 6:25.]
Why are we told that the oil and the wine are not allowed to be harmed during the Great Tribulation? We are told that a small measure of wheat or barley will cost a whole day’s wages, but the oil and the wine will be unharmed? We will read in future chapters of Revelation that a 1/4th of all mankind will be killed by the actions of these four horsemen. We will read that a 1/3rd of the earth’s water will be unusable during the Great Tribulation, that a 1/3rd of all the creatures in the oceans will die, that a 1/3rd of the sun will be darkened, and yet the oil and the wine won’t be harmed. What good is oil if you can’t buy wheat, bread, rice, or pasta to use it with? What good is wine, if people really can’t afford food? Why would our Father have these two things spared from His wrath?
These two things are spared by our Father because the oil is the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the wine is the Blood of Jesus, and they are in the truly called and chosen ones of God. How could Jesus, the first Horseman harm Himself? So even though all of this destruction is going on, the children of God, who have the Holy Spirit within them, and the Blood ever living to protect them, are unharmed! The wrath of our Father is not for His own children. And Jesus is showing John this Truth.
And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time? Blessed (happy and to be envied) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will set him in charge over all his possessions. Luke 12:42-44
The power of the Holy Spirit and the protection of our Lord’s eternal Blood will allow us to be used by our Father during this time of Great Tribulation to give food and supplies. Even when the world will tell us that we cannot buy or sell and even though much of the world’s food and water will be destroyed, we will still be empowered by the Holy Spirit to give these supplies. The power of our Father will be unharmed as it flows through us. If we were raptured before this time, why would Jesus tell us that we would be blessed when He returns, if we were being used to supply to those in need? Are we doing it from Heaven?
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