Did God send Covid?

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Disease (including Covid) is a consequence of the Fall, but God can still use it toward His ends.
The believer can stand on Romans 8:28 on such matters.
 
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Like an Old Testament plague?

No I don't believe so, mostly because we are not ancient Israel. Now mind you I believe he did allow it etc. and that can be almost the same thing when you put the fine nuances aside. in this case, God lifting his hand of protection, to affect change, chastise people, turn the tables and reshuffle the deck.
 
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The world's rejection of God really accelerated in the last decade or so imo and I've wondered what message it would send if he continued his blessings & protection in spite of it. At some point, it seems to me, he must lift his protection and leave a godless world to its own devices:

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
(Pro 1:24-33)
 
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Did God send COVID?

Good question. What do the scriptures say?

Plagues, pestilence or diseases have always been a part of Gods' judgement to the world to wake people up as judgement for sin. The world is growing more and more like Sodom and Gomorrah every day as foretold by Jesus (Luke 17:26-30).

I believe these diseases like AIDS, COVID-19 etc are indeed judgement from God as well as the increased frequencies of natural disasters, wars and rumors of wars, nations rising up against nations, are all signs of the last days before Jesus returns. It is time to get our houses in order. Jesus is coming but who will be ready? Many are called but only the few will be chosen (Matthew 24:14).

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Take Care
 
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Good question. What do the scriptures say?

Plagues, pestilence or diseases have always been a part of Gods' judgement to the world to wake people up as judgement for sin. The world is growing more and more like Sodom and Gomorrah every day as foretold by Jesus (Luke 17:26-30).

I believe these diseases like AIDS, COVID-19 etc are indeed judgement from God as well as the increased frequencies of natural disasters, wars and rumors of wars, nations rising up against nations, are all signs of the last days before Jesus returns. It is time to get our houses in order. Jesus is coming but who will be ready? Many are called but only the few will be chosen (Matthew 24:14).

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Take Care

I agree- thank you for sharing
 
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Good question. What do the scriptures say?

Plagues, pestilence or diseases have always been a part of Gods' judgement to the world to wake people up as judgement for sin. The world is growing more and more like Sodom and Gomorrah every day as foretold by Jesus (Luke 17:26-30).

I believe these diseases like AIDS, COVID-19 etc are indeed judgement from God as well as the increased frequencies of natural disasters, wars and rumors of wars, nations rising up against nations, are all signs of the last days before Jesus returns. It is time to get our houses in order. Jesus is coming but who will be ready? Many are called but only the few will be chosen (Matthew 24:14).

Luke 21:11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.

Revelation 6:8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

Revelation 3:10 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, to try those who dwell on the earth.

Take Care
I have wondered whether or not Covid was one of the things prophesied in Revelation. I'm still undecided but thank you for posting the scriptures.
 
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Like an Old Testament plague?

No. The world has been riddled with plagues and pandemics for millennia. And this was hardly anything compared to many historical pandemics, including recent ones such as the Spanish Flu.

Disease is part of what it means to live in our present fallen world in which death seeks to assert its evil tyranny.

But we believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who conquered sin, death, hell, and the devil. We have been given the gift of God's peace, His life, through faith; and His promise that the complete defeat of death is certain. The day will come when the Lord returns, and the dead are raised, and our victorious cry shall be, "Where O Death is your sting? Where O Death is your victory?" Indeed, "Death is swallowed up in victory". God shall make new all creation, and He will be all in all. Every tear is wiped away, all mourning shall be transformed into joyous celebration, all wrongs shall be righted. And finally the long-awaited promise foretold long ago by the Prophets shall come to pass, justice shall flow like a mighty river (Amos 5:24), and the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God as waters cover the seas (Habakkuk 2:14). The wolf shall lay down with the lamb, the leopard with the kid goat, the lion shall eat straw like an ox, and there shall be perfect peace and justice for all of creation--forever and ever, Age without end.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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Xi Xinping and the CCP sent COVID (or they may as well have in how they "handled" the initial outbreak and shut up doctors and others trying to warn of it.)

This jumps from criticism of the CCP (which is valid) to conspiracy theory by asserting that COVID was "sent". There is legitimate criticism of the handling of the pandemic by the Chinese government, and by the same token, the US government didn't do so hot either--and many state governments in the US are still failing HARD.

But I no more believe Donald Trump intentionally facilitated the spread of the virus than I do Xi Xinping did. Two men, by the way, with whom I have about the same level of respect for--which is to say, none.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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