Someone asked, “Is there mentioned pandemics in Bible prophecy?” We find in Jesus’ prophecy recorded for us in Matthew 24 and Luke 21 these words… And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. (Matthew 24:6-8)
From these passages, we have two similar sounding words, the word “pestilence” in the Greek it is λοιμός (loy-mos) and famine which is λιμός (lee-mos’). Pestilence, that word means disease. Now a pandemic is simply an outbreak of disease which spreads over a large region.
In our case, Coronavirus is a world-wide pandemic. It has spanned the globe. When we see these things it is the beginning of sorrows or that word means “birth pangs.” When a woman goes labor there are birth pangs and it tells you the baby is on the way. ILL – I knew a man whose wife was close to her due date and she woke him up, I am having contractions, they are close, he said, “I am not going to the hospital like this, and went to take a shower and clean up. When he came in the living room, the paramedics were on the way and so was the baby! That baby was born in the living room! Birth pangs tell us of something coming.
There is no doubt THIS pestilence, a world-wide event is a sign of His coming. When you couple with this the fact that Israel is a nation again (1948) and we are in a generation of that momentous event, all these and other signs – sin will be on the increase and the love of many will grow cold (Mt 24:12) and the great apostasy or falling away from faith (2 Thessalonians 2:3) – there can be no doubt that we are ever closer to His return.
This is no time not to be right with God. This is no time not to be in fellowship with God and fervent. The birth pangs are here – His coming is certain and soon!
Lawrence E Cecil says
Pastor Dave: Correct in your analysis. In fact as it relates to America, (doing a word topic search), the Latin word for “Crown”, (as in the crowing glory of America, i.e. Statue of Liberty), is “Corona”. Mt. 24:7 …”pestilence” is a form of judgment from God, as surely as it was for Egypt back in the day. Is it any wonder with America having rejected God for the public square, that such a judgment has come; as though God has removed the “Crown” (blessings), once given to America. People cannot expect God’s blessings, (i.e. Covenant), to be poured out upon a nation who has rejected God and continues to kill its unborn children. Yes, it is the beginning of sorrows. Larry Cecil
Lawrence E Cecil says
Crown Defined: “A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.
The Coronavirus is a manifestation of God removing the crown of America.