Revelation 6:5,6 NCV When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse, and its rider held a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard something that sounded like a voice coming from the middle of the four living creatures. The voice said, "A quart of wheat for a day's pay, and three quarts of barley for a day's pay, and do not damage the olive oil and wine!"
After President Obama signed a cross-party deal in the wee hours of Thursday morning, hundreds of thousands of government workers returned to their jobs Thursday.
The measure reopens the government and funds operations through January 15th.
However, the deal does not include any of the budget issues that have caused the sharpest divisions between Republicans and Democrats in Congress. The lack of resolution to the division is causing continued concern around the world.
“It will be essential to reduce uncertainty surrounding the conduct of fiscal policy by raising the debt limit in a more durable manner,” International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde said in a statement.
Economists also say the shutdown cost the American economy billions of dollars.
“The U.S. is not doing a very good job at the moment in showing itself to be a model of good governance,” Nicholas Kitchen of the London School of Economics told the BBC.
