Is The Corona Virus In Bible Prophesy

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A pandemic of the apocalypse downturn important. Dr. David Jeremiah looks at the recent viral outbreak in light of Scripture to bring some perspective and spiritual urgency to listen as David. She is special message coronavirus in Bible prophecy conference. I'm glad that you joined us today as we begin this new month. I'm sure your life is is confusing as is mine is going forward this just a very strange time and yet there in the midst of it all. We we sense the presence of God and were excited because we jumped on this is early as we could and we came up with an encouraging resource that were to tell you about just a few moments as we look at this whole situation were going to go back and examine the Psalms during the month of June wasn't long ago that we studied some of the sops but the context in which we find ourselves now opens the door to a whole new understanding of what God meant for us to encourage our hearts in the book of Psalms and were going to study those in just a moment but first let me tell you about the resource for the month of June. It's a brand-new book. It just came out and it's called shelter in God this book to me is is a miracle book because it can we put all of this together. We work with our publisher and in about a four week. We were able to come out of this storm with a project that we believe will really help you. You know coronavirus colored 19 flatten the curb shelter in place. These are all things we didn't even know about and probably never even heard about two months ago but now there every day signpost marking out a sobering new reality that were all facing healthcare systems have stumbled, retirements have crumbled things that are unbelievable have happened in some of our nursing homes and that were not going to church because we aren't allowed to not allowed out without a mask. All of that. But what does that mean and how do we get hope in our hearts during the midst of this well. I put together this book called shelter and God your refuge in times of trouble and it's available during the month of June for a gift of any size.

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I'm going to error message that I gave at shadow Mountain church.

When this whole thing first started I need to tell you this is the only message I've ever given in my entire life as a pastor. 2 million people watch this message and social media and it just I couldn't believe it.

It was overwhelming to me. Obviously we hit a nerve and this is a question a lot of people are asking here is the message is the coronavirus in Bible prophecy this week high profile professional athlete that I highly respect sent me this question is coronavirus in Bible prophecy.

This message is my answer to his question.

Is there a connection between colored 19 and the end times are we living in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ is all that is happening to us at this moment, a sign that the world is coming to an end. How do we know if coronavirus is a sign in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. There is a section of Scripture, usually referred to as the Olivet discourse in this portion of God's word. We have the record of our Lord's discussion with four of his disciples about the signs of the times here from Matthew 24 verses three through eight is Matthew's record of that interchange between the Lord and his disciples. I'm reading from the book of Matthew as he sat on the Mount of olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, tell us, when will these things be and what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age.

And Jesus answered and said to them, 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 and pestilences, and earthquakes in various places and all these are the beginning of sorrows. The message of Matthew 24 is a prophetic sermon that Jesus gave that sweeps his disciples into a time that had not yet come a time they themselves would never personally experience this passage is so all-inclusive that many have called it the many apocalypse the broad outline of the future is given by our Lord and it's kind of like an overture to the book of Revelation. The disciples asked Jesus three questions. When will these things be. What will the sign of your coming be and what will the sign of the end of the age be an beginning at Matthew chapter 24 and verse four. Jesus answers the disciples questions the answers questions two and three in the main body of the chapter, but he does not answer question number one till he gets to verse 36 what was question number one question was when will these things be. Matthew 24, 36 answers the question that day and hour no one knows, not even the Angels of heaven but my father only, so if someone tells you they know when Jesus is coming back. You can tell them.

Absolutely that's not possible. The Bible says the Angels don't know and will. Jesus was on this earth.

He didn't know only the Father in heaven has control of that answer. But Jesus does answer the second and third questions in the book of Matthew. What were those questions. What will be the sign of your coming and what will be the sign of the end of the age. In answering these questions Jesus gives us six signs that help us to know if were in that time before he comes in here they are.

I don't have time to read them back to you. We read the Scripture. The first sign is the deception by false Christ's Jesus says is going to be a time when people will come forward and claim to be the Messiah. The second sign will be disputes in warfare among nations and the third sign which is the one were going to talk about. Particularly today, the devastation throughout the world and the Bible says that in the end of all of this time the gospel is good to be declared to the whole world. So those are the six things Jesus said is going to happen before he comes back what we have to understand about the signs of Matthew chapter 24 is this none of the signs have anything to do with the rapture.

The six signs cover the second advent, which is at the end of the tribulation. According to Jesus, the generation that sees these signs will see the coming of Jesus Christ in Matthew 24 verses 32 to 34 we read these words now learn this parable from the fig tree when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know, the summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, what things the six things we talked about when you see these things happening, no that is near at the front door. I say to you that the generation that sees these signs will not pass away until all this takes place.

What that means is when these 6 Signs Take Pl. and they tell us about the coming of Jesus at the end of the tribulation. Whatever generation is alive during that period of time will not die until Jesus comes back the generation that sees the signs will see the Savior. So here's the question, and I hope you got lost so far. Here's the question if all the signs are not signs about the rapture and after the rapture. I want to be in heaven.

Why should I be concerned about the signs at all.

Why should I care whether there's any sign about an event that I am not going to be worried about because I want to be in heaven while the broad answer to that question is this, future events, cast their shadows before them the best answer is that that these things that are going to be happening in the tribulation prays that signal the second advent of Christ. Some of them are probably going to be going on in incipient form long before the rapture takes place they're going to spill over back into the world in which you and I live. If these signs and Matthew tell us that Jesus is going to come and the only period of time we know is seven years. What that means is we could be within seven years of whatever because we have this tight section of truth and time so we circle back once more to this question is this pandemic that were in right now the sign of the rapture.

Of course not.

There aren't any signs for the rapture so it can be a sign of rapture rapture is a sinus eminent event. So is this a sign of the second coming of Christ. I cannot say with any sense of certainty that it is, but neither can I say with any sense of certainty that it is not.

It could be the early evidence of number three on Jesus list becoming a pestilence.

As I mentioned earlier some of the tribulation signs can spill over into the final years before the rapture. Jesus refers to what will happen at the end of the age. As a pestilence. He says there's going to be a pestilence. Many women that's what we've got right now we've got pestilence so let me just turn the corner here for little bit and say while this may not be a sign of the future. It's a sign for today. Let me tell you what it teaches us. I've had more than my usual time to meditate on this because I been at home all week. Like many of you, and I thought about this a great deal.

What does this mean what is this pandemic, what is it saying to us, what can we take away from this, what do we learn from this that will help us serve our Lord better and live better lives be better people and I have five or six things I want to tell you here's the first one teaches us the vulnerability of everyone. According to most reports, the elderly and those with underlying health conditions are the most vulnerable to this virus, but as time has progressed we have seen that everyone is vulnerable no matter who we are or what we do or how much money we have. We are all vulnerable to the super plagues this on to humble us all to make us all realize how dependent upon God. We really are in many ways I believe we have come to a good place if you listen to this verse. Maybe you'll agree with me. Here's what God says is what the Bible says this is first Peter 55 God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Perhaps before this is over we will be a nation on our knees and if we are, we will be in a better place than when we entered this virus number two.

This not only teaches us the vulnerability of everyone. It is a wonderful picture of the credibility of the Bible. Let me explain what I mean about this for 50 years I've been seriously studying this book, the Bible.

I have often been brought to applause when I have read of the worldwide events that are going to happen during the tribulation. I mean, I believe them not because I understood how they could happen. I believe them because they were in the Bible, but they sounded pretty fantastic to me. The tribulation is packed full of worldwide pandemics way worse than the one we are currently experiencing. For instance, Ezekiel, the prophet prophesies the disastrous plague that will cover the world when God judges Russia and the coalition Army that will try to take out Israel.

When God intervenes on behalf of his people.

The evil coalition armies are going to be destroyed by monumental convulsions of the earth and military confusion. Multiple calamities like fire and brimstone, and finally by major contagion. In other words, pestilence, God will send a pestilence to take out the enemies were trying to destroy his people. He says in Ezekiel 3822. I will bring them to judgment with pestilence and bloodshed.

So how bad was that pestilence the epidemic breakout of disease that will take place at that time. According to Ezekiel is so bad that it will take the nation of Israel.

Seven months to bury the bodies now when you read that in the Bible I just Israel on something if you think you read it sounds like science fiction or something that could never happen.

So now I have a greater understanding. I now comprehend a little better how the tribulation events could take place.

Even now during these very days, there's an infestation of locusts in the Middle East that you know that if you don't believe me, go home and look it up.

It is amazing what's going on in some of the Middle Eastern countries and many people are worried that during this time of weakness. As a nation.

Others will try to do harm to us. When you read those sections of the Bible.

Now you will read them more carefully and probably more prayerfully because not only does the Bible say they will happen. Now you have an understanding of how that could happen honey. We have this mighty military incredible country in a little tiny germ. None of us can see has put us all out of bounds, which put us out of work it's put aside all it's taken us out of the game. Who could've thought this coronavirus teaches us the vulnerability of everyone. It teaches us the credibility of the Bible. It also teaches us the uncertainty of life. Anything never saw this coming. I know anyone who can honestly say they were preparing to wipe their schedules clean to the end of 2020 and stop attending church for weeks at a time, or be told by the government to shut down their business go home and don't come out again until we tell you who could've no but the apostle James new. Here's what he wrote. Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow for what is your life is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

James seems to be quoting or thinking of the psalmist who said this, indeed you have made my days as a handbreadth and my age is as nothing before you.

Certainly every man at his best, is but a vapor to another was one man in the Bible who experienced all of this in a way that none of us could ever comprehend. It was something similar, yet far worse: 19 if you could ask Joel what he learned during the total reconstruction of his life he would talk about the uncertainty and brevity of life.

Here are some of his statements called from the book that he wrote now my days are swifter than a runner, they flee away, they see no good.

They pass by like swift ships, like an eagle swooping on its prey man who is born of woman is a few days and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower and fades away.

He flees like a shadow and does not continue raising gentlemen how uncertain and how precious are our days.

There's something else that I discovered. Maybe you've noticed this to. I really been amazed at the scarcity of hope. I mean, I must admit that I'm very partial to this particular point because I've been reading a book by Tierney and Baumeister called the power of bad this book is an investigation into the power of the negative in our lives. I don't have time to go into the details, but we are currently living through an illustration of the truth. How bad is the default position in everybody's life. The vast majority of reporting on the coronavirus is skewed toward the negative. In this time. We know this is a serious moment it is. But it's not going to be the end of the world and if you listen this every day.

You can be overwhelmed with the negativity there's a scarcity of hope. According to Robert Sperling of Harvard Medical School. There are many reasons for hope I'm not trying to be Pollyanna here. I just want you to know there's another side to this story. Most people with COBIT 19 recover estimates now suggest that 99% of people infected with the virus that causes COBIT 1999% of them will recover already over 100,000 people have had this and have fully recovered. So I just want to give you the other side of the picture are we in trouble.

Yes we all quarantine for the next weeks.

Who knows how long, but the end of the world has not come folks and is not going to come not now. I do not believe this is a sign of the coming of Christ. It is a warning and a reminder wake-up call.

If you will, for those of us who are Christians. Our hope is not in anything medical.

Anyway, our hope is in God Almighty. So just listen to these verses and write them down. They will help to offset what you are hearing every day on the news.

Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is in the Lord. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast I will hope continually, and I will praise you yet more and more the hope of the righteous will be gladness, so let's go back and review what have we learned we learned about the vulnerability of everyone we've learned about the credibility of the Bible we've seen the sign of the uncertainty of life and the sign of the scarcity of hope.

Here's what I've been waiting to share with you. We also have learned about the sufficiency of Jesus. Jesus efficiency is never more seen than when he's communicating with his disciples in Matthew 24 is preparing to leave them and return to heaven.

If you put all the gospel narratives together and all of the different places where Jesus is talking to his disciples and try to help them get ready for his ultimate crucifixion and ascension back to heaven.

Jesus cares deeply about his disciples remember what he said in John 14. He said let not your heart be troubled disciples. Don't let your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me. In my father's house are many mansions and if it were not so I would've told you I'm going to prepare a place for you and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you and myself, that where I am, there you may be also. Don't get your heart all troubled disciples in John 1633, which is in the same context of our Lord's life. Here's what he said. He said these things I have spoken to you disciples that in me you may have peace in the world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. These are familiar words to most of us, but I want you to look at Jesus words through a fresh pair of eyes notice as promised to the disciples was the promise of itself. This piece was to be found in him, he said in me, you will have peace. The piece that you need.

And Jesus is wrapped up in Jesus himself nodded what he says and what he does. It's in him. And then Jesus said something else you hang onto this Jesus told his disciples that in the world they would have tribulation and then and this is what we often miss Jesus did not say in the world you will have tribulation and I have overcome tribulation know Jesus said in the world you will have tribulation, but I have overcome the world. In other words, Jesus doesn't just overcome the event he overcomes the environment where the event happens. He doesn't just overcome what's going on, and so we could read it this way in the world you will have coronavirus but be of good cheer, overcome the world overcome the world in which this happens.

I got it I got control of this in these challenging days. We cannot forget what Jesus has told us he has told us in second Corinthians 12 nine that his grace is sufficient for us and you will find that out during these days.

If you haven't found it out already, the sufficiency of Jesus Christ. For those who put their trust in him will be on display everywhere. You will be writing notes to your friends in emails and text messages to your brothers and sisters tell them what Jesus Christ is doing in your life during this time.

Once again my friend says it this way, Jesus will show up and he will show off and you will be telling everybody about what he has done so were almost done the six signs of Matthew chapter 24 and the six signs of baby Jeremiah and what this means to us today. Here's number six the urgency of salvation. I have a wonderful friend name is Richard Furman is what he told me today he said whatever you do, make sure you tell everyone. Don't forget what you're trying to get everybody healed physically that if they don't get healed spiritually. It's really not very meaningful. He's the one who goes to the mission field to do surgery and sets up surgical operations like you've never seen before in the most basic kinds of places where they bring people from all around who need help in. Dr. Fuhrman will never operate on anyone unless first of all, ensures the gospel because he said if I save their life and they don't get saved.

I haven't really help them have I so I want to say to you that if we go through this coronavirus and you're not saved, you may be in quarantine right now. Well, I'm sorry if that's true, I hope you get better, but more than anything else. I hope that while you're in quarantine. You have some time to think seriously about your relationship with God. The Bible says that now is the accepted time. Now is the day of salvation and uniforms.

We have been preaching in an empty auditorium online every week for his last 70 weeks and it's astounding to me how many people are accepting Christ during this time. This is been a wake-up call for so many people and I just want to go on and add to what Marty said if you do not know Jesus Christ. This is the time for you to reflect upon your own life.

Are you going in the right direction. Are you happy with what's happening in your life will I tell you, God has a plan for your life. It's way better than anything you can ever imagine. First of all you have to open your life and receive Jesus Christ as your Savior is the son of the living God, the resurrected Savior stands at the door of your heart, knocking right now seeking entrance. Will you invite a man asking forgiveness and give you the gift of eternal life.

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