A GREAT FAMINE COMING AS IT WAS IN AD 47

1. How did AD 47 come about?

a) During my devotional prayer in the early morning @3.50 am on 17/08/2015 (Monday), the Lord showed me "AD 47." It came so clear that I immediately knew that it was meant for the year AD 47. I had no clue what that meant and what the Lord was trying to say!

2. A Great Famine mentioned in Acts

a) A great famine was mentioned in Acts 11:27-28 (NKJV):

27 And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.

3. What happened in AD 47 

a) In AD 47, during the fourth year of Emperor Claudius Caesar's rule, there was a great famine in Syria which Luke mentions in his book. 

Luke 21:11 (NKJV)
11 And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

b) In this famine, there was a scarcity of food, which was the result of bad harvests that occurred during a span of several years.

4. The Greatest Famine that ever occurred

a) In Amos 8:9-13 (NKJV), the Lord says,
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in broad daylight;
10 I will turn your feasts into mourning,
And all your songs into lamentation;
I will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day.

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it.

13 “In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.

5. What is the Lord saying?

a) We ought to take heed of the soon coming events to this world. The many unexpected, unpredictable, unprecedented, uncontrollable events that will soon take place and in this created a great famine throughout all the world. Peoples will be greatly affected by this. Panicky, troubled, they run to and fro, searching and looking for answers. They find none until they turn and look up to the Maker of heavens and earth, the Lord JESUS for help!

b) The Lord will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 

c) Peoples' ears are deaf to the words of the Lord. They only desire what they can consume. They have no desire for the words of the Lord. The Word of God is not preeminent even in the congregation of the saints. The name of JESUS is not at all mentioned and even non-existent in their midst. That's why we need to take heed now and turn to the Maker whom we can find safety and refuge in time of troubles! 

Jeremiah 17:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord. 

Psalm 125:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
125 Those who trust in the Lord
Are like Mount Zion,
Which cannot be moved, but abides forever.  

Isaiah 40:31 New King James Version (NKJV)
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 9:10 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;
For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.