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1 Famine in the Land

“Behold, days are coming,” declares the Lord, “When I will send a famine on the land” (Amos 8:11). ******

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hether brought about by natural disaster or political incompetency, nothing can compare to the devasta-

tion and death caused by famine. The worst such occurrence in his-tory, the Great Chinese Famine, spanned five years (1958- 1962). As a part of their “Great Leap Forward,” owning private land was outlawed in China in 1958. Communal farming and workers who were forcibly moved from fields to factories triggered the prob- lem. Add to these issues a flood in 1959 and drought in 1960, and the entire Chinese nation was affected. By 1962, 43 million peopledied from the famine. 1 Yet, as horrific as this and similar tragedies have been throughout history, they pale in comparison to the ongoing spiritual famine involving theWord of God, one that continues to

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