World Recession predicted in Bible...

While Americans have been preoccupied with their economic troubles, other countries all over the world have been experiencing their own problems. Was this predicted in the Bible? If we are in the last days, how bad could it get? The Bible does predict a time of extreme economic difficulties in the last days, and if we are in prophetic times, it could get a whole lot worse.

The current state of the global economy is predicted to be gloomy for a while by many analysts. Britain is now officially in a recession. It is said that Germany, South Korea, and even China experiencing more than expected economic slowdowns.

In Revelation chapter 6, the six seals are opened in Heaven. When the first two seals are opened, war occurs and countries set out to conquer one another. The third seal, however, deals with the global economy. In Revelation 6:6, a quart of wheat, or three quarts of barley, will sell for a denarius. A denarius was equivalent to a day's wages for a working person. While this is often seen as a verse that predicts that famine will come to the Earth, it also describes a scenario when people will not be spending much money on luxuries, as they will be preoccupied with purchasing food.

It is also said in Zechariah 8 ""Before those days come, there will be no wages, not for man nor beast; I will set every man against his neighbor"

Following are some steps which can help us make through the current bad economy

Ravens Fed Elijah During a Famine. Trust God to Help You Through the Recession.

Living through an economic recession can be scary, but people lived through the Depression. With faith in God and a deep trust in His promises, you can make it through the current bad economy.

Things You’ll Need:

• Bible
• Network of friends

Step1

First, take stock of your situation and honestly assess your resources. Do you have several months of food in your pantry? Do you have a savings account with several months of living expenses in it? These things are important during any economy, but are doubly important during an economic recession.

Step2

Next, create a plan for handling current and potential problems during the economic recession. Make a list of things you will need to tackle, such as an impending loss of housing or jobs.

Step3

Pray over your list of problems, but don't concentrate on asking for a specific item, like staying in your current home. Instead, ask God to guide you to make the right choices to keep your family safe and healthy. Ask him to open doors and to give you the wisdom to walk through them.

Step4

Once you have prayed, be on the lookout for the doors you asked God to open. Remember, He doesn't always answer the way we think he will. If you are hoping to keep your current home, but an elderly family member in another state needs assistance and has been asking you to move back home, that may be the answer to your prayer for housing.

Step5

As you wait on God to answer your problems, reach out to your church and any friends who will pray with you for a solution to your financial problems during the economic recession. Don't let your pride keep you from accepting any help that is offered. During the Depression, people formed networks and helped each other and sharing with those who are in need is something that is mentioned over and over in the Bible.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid worrying about the current economic recession as you work to provide for your family. Instead, remind yourself that you have already turned to God for help and that you will need to trust in Him to give you the help you asked for.
• If you're feeling discouraged, pull out your Bible and read some of the amazing stories of the Old Testament, like the one in I Kings 17. Forget an economic recession! These people were literally starving to death, yet God sent Ravens to feed Elijah and provided for a faithful woman and her child by guiding his prophet to the door and keeping the oil and meal flowing throughout the famine.
• Stay alert and focused on solving your problems. You don't want to overlook solutions that God has presented because you are distracted by fear or frustration.
• God doesn't force people to do things. We have free will, which means we need to be careful not to ignore the solution God has presented us because it isn't what we want and then wonder why we can't make things turn out right.
  

God Bless