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!"
“There is definitely a glimmer of hope,” Greek finance minister Yannis Stournaras told the BBC. “Light at the end of the tunnel.”
Greece is still receiving a large amount of bailout money from the European Union amid austerity measures that have caused massive strikes among public sector employees. The money is expected to continue being given to the country through the first half of the year.
“We have managed to turn the economy around,” Stournaras said. “All the leading indicators are positive. We are two-thirds of the way to our target. So people can have hope.”
However, homelessness and poverty has continued to soar. The worst recession in the country is still continuing unabated after six years. Unemployment is still the highest in Europe at a record 26.8%.
The economy is expected to contract 4.5% in 2013 despite the finance minister’s predictions of growth.
