On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at North Canyon High School, the Maricopa County Department of Health, along with more than 200 volunteers, will be hosting a “dispensing drill” in order to prepare itself in case of a bioterrorism attack. In the event of such an attack the County would be responsible for working in conjunction with the community to distribute lifesaving antibiotics to more than 3.8 million residents.
To learn more information read press release here.
Unfortunately we live in a world where these sorts of drills have become commonplace, even to the point that they go unnoticed. These types of drills that were once only conducted in war-torn countries have increasingly been made a regular exercise in our country, and even in our own city.
The Bible Prophecy Connection
According to Matthew 24, Jesus prophesied that the time of the End would bring wars and rumors of war followed by death and destruction. Moreover, in Revelation 6 we read about the seven seals, the first four of which are famously known as the four Horseman of the Apocalypse:
1 I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, “Come!” 2 I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest. 3 When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” 4 Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make people kill each other. To him was given a large sword. 5 When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. 6 Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, “Two pounds of wheat for a day’s wages, and six pounds of barley for a day’s wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!” 7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!” 8 I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
The last rider rides a pale horse representing death which will take many forms, including, perhaps, the use of bioterrorist weapons, killing a fourth of mankind.
WAKE UP!
As wars and rumors of war and the drills that prepare us for them continue to increase, it’s time to WAKE UP! and recognize that even though the four horseman are on their way bringing death and destruction, we who stand firm to the End, by the power of Jesus, will be saved (Matthew 24:13).
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