Bible Readings — Bible Questions Answered

The Famine and the Finish

What famine will come at this time upon those who have rejected God’s messages of mercy? BR-ASI9 214.6

“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.” Amos 8:11, 12. (See Luke 13:25; Proverbs 1:24-26; Hebrews 12:15-17.) BR-ASI9 214.7

What announcement is made under the seventh plague? BR-ASI9 214.8

“And there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.” Revelation 16:17. BR-ASI9 214.9

Note.—Judgments are sent that men may “learn righteousness.” (Isaiah 25:9; 1 Kings 17:1.) That men do not repent under the plagues is no evidence that God has ceased to be merciful and forgiving. They simply demonstrate that all have determined their destiny, and that even the severest judgments of God will not move the ungodly and impenitent to repentance. BR-ASI9 214.10

What psalms seem to have been written especially for the comfort and encouragement of God’s people during the time of the seven last plagues? BR-ASI9 214.11

Psalms 91 and 46. (See also Isaiah 33:13-17.) BR-ASI9 214.12