April 12, 2021
We live in a very fallen world, which today, from any serious experiential, empirical, objective point of view, is all too subjectively and painfully obvious as a virus has managed to lockdown, cripple, restrict, and put the entire world into some kind of strange holding pattern that is virtually (pun intended) cultic as far as atmosphere is concerned since the newsy propaganda on all this is 24/7 across the entire globe. This is not to say the crown virus is an unserious problem as it most certainly in particular cases, but the massive response(s) to it all, which is close to being hysterical, are every bit as dangerous, if not even more dangerous, than the crown virus itself.
Articles from supposedly objective sources are
presuming the new crown virus cult atmosphere is now forever, even if
you get vaccinated. The spiritual, psychological, societal, political
and economic fallout has already been far more damaging and expensive
than the medical side of it all, which is foolishly not being discussed
nearly enough. Common sense has been lost and has fallen on deaf ears,
and all such damage indeed seems now to be permanent – a self-fulfilling
Liberals and/
We now live in an extremely lawless world matched everywhere by an extreme legalism, which the crown virus madness has exacerbated greatly on a scale not seen before in my lifetime for sure. Such a congruence of lawlessness and legalism matches perfectly what the Scriptures have predicted about the advent of the coming Antichrist whose ministry of lawlessness, destruction, and unprecedented legalism will take it to a whole other level since it will be backed up with satanic miracles and demonic experiences without any divine restraints. That Paul even tells us in 1 Thessalonians 5:1-4 that the propaganda of those days before the Day of the Lord commences will be "peace and safety†only pushes the envelope farther in the apocalyptic direction. We have been preaching "peace†since the silly love songs of the Beatles. I have heard "safety†or "be safe†I do not know how many times since last March.
Whatever your political, philosophical or religious perspective may be on all this, one thing is for sure. The pictures presented below are not the answer to the crisis or the way out of it. Required empty churches, even at the beginning of the crisis, will only guarantee more of the same, and will dig the problem even deeper. God has ordained that the churches be oases of grace, i.e., conduits of grace - to a dying fallen world. If they are shut down, excluded, presumed to be conduits of infections, how will God’s grace reach that fallen world which desperately needs it to recover what has been lost? One item of note when the Spanish Flu nailed the world at the back of World War I, a flu pandemic far worse than the crown virus which claimed millions upon millions upon millions of lives at a time when the planet’s population was many times smaller, they did not shut down churches or tell them to shut up or censor them.
More to the point, the Judeo-Christian
In the famous Sermon on the Mount which savages the common practices of religious legalism, Jesus warned us long ago, "Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.†In John 15, Jesus categorically says, "Apart from Me, you can do nothing.†Political legalism is no better than religious legalism. The roots and the ineffective hypocritical results are the same.
Solomon teaches us in Proverbs that what is required in life this side of the grave is wisdom, which we need more than ever. Contrary to popular opinion, the practice of Solomon’s wisdom even grants health, "My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart (Proverbs 3:1-3).†Solomon adds further, "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and turn away from evil. It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones (Proverbs 3:5-8).â€
May God’s people recover once again an interest in God’s wise word to help deliver us from a world gone mad in which foolishness is exalted, and wisdom is pilloried.
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