The 4 Horsemen: The Rise and Fall of Empires

(Part II) God uses disease, war, famine, and death to humble proud people and nations.

Read Part I of the 4 Horsemen here.

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All empires upon God depend;
Begun by His command, at His command they end.
Look up to Him in all your ways,
Begin with pray'r and end with praise.

Händel’s “Belshazzar” - Scene II, Chorus

The Empire of Babylon fell to King Cyrus of Persia on October 12, 539 B.C.

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Poverty is on the rise. Even though the super-wealthy don’t seem to feel it, the middle-income and the poor feel the economy is imploding. Nine million children in the United States live in “food insecure homes.”

Sudden deaths, called “all-cause mortality” in the insurance industry, are skyrocketing, particularly among seemingly healthy young people and children.

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