Thursday, February 24, 2022

The four horsemen of the Apocalypse come to visit

From Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Wikipedia.  The Pale Horse in revelations:

This fourth, pale horse, was the personification of Death, with Hades following him, jaws open and receiving the victims slain by Death. Death's commission was to kill upon the Roman Earth with all of the four judgements of God—with sword, famine, pestilence and wild beasts. The deadly pale and livid appearance displays a hue symptomatic of approaching empire dissolution. According to Edward Bishop Elliott, an era in Roman history commencing within about 15 years after the death of Severus Alexander (in 235 AD[52]) strongly marks every point of this terrible emblem.

According to the prophet Ezekiel, the four horsemen were "sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague."

I had the bleak thought this morning that in only thirteen months we have already experienced plague and now sword.  Can famine and wild beasts be far behind?  

I don't think we face famine or wild beasts.  On the other hand, for the first time in decades, store shelves are going empty of routine supplies.  I don't think the supply chain disruptions are so bad that we will face either widespread shortages or famine.  On the other hand I would not have expected any minimally competent national or global leadership to have permitted the bad policies of the pandemic, the foolishness of Ukraine, or the absurdity of the supply chain disruptions.

And what is the fourth horsemen of wild beasts?  I don't want to even consider that.

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