There is no more timely topic
to discuss than what is occurring in the Kosovo region of the Balkans.
The overwhelming refugee crisis of men, women and children escaping
from the raw brutality of the Milosevic Regime has pulled at our heartstrings.
It is probably safe to say that
for the people of the 21st Century the term "Kosovo" will not simply
define a location on the map, but a state of mind. For the moment
though, let's apply a biblical focus to the subject of refugees. What
does your Bible say about this subject?
Will the United Nations and NATO
solve the scourge of forces that creates refugees, or, is there a
time in the future in which there will be an even greater catastrophe
producing even greater numbers of displaced persons? You need to know
and you need to be preparing, now!
The Dilemma of "The Fifth
Horseman"
The prophetic outline of human
history, i.e., humanity left to its own devices apart from God, is
discovered in what is known as the Olivet Prophecy of Matthew 24.
Christ said in Matthew 24:4-8, "Take heed that no one deceives you.
For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will
deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars, See that
you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but
the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes
in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows." This powerful
panorama of human history is further defined in Revelation 6 with
the forceful imagery of the first four seals, which have come to be
known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They ride into human
history in the order of religious deception, war, famine and pestilence.
Behind these four thundering realities of history is the straggling,
unmentioned horseman, which turns people into refugees.
