Posted on 04/26/2020 7:26:50 AM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
Dear friends, in the last month and a half; because of the coronavirus quarantine, many of us have experienced things which we never thought possible! The closure of schools, businesses, churches, national sports leagues including March Madness college hoop! A collapsing stock market, massive unemployment, a two trillion dollar national stimulus package, a national shortage of toilet paper etc... etc...! We as a nation have been moving at light speed as a society and a nation and in the ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS Divine WISDOM and PROVIDENCE of Almighty God our Creator, He has allowed such events to say; Slow down and consider your and my ETERNAL ways (Psalm 139:23-24, Prov.14:12, John 3:19-21). If we can take anything away from all of this, it is that we as humans truly have zero control over life events and global crises. Indeed our Lord stated, to focus on one day at a time, The ETERNAL end of a matter and to practice a "Lord willing" mindset as we walk through this fallen world (Matt. 6:25-34, Col. 3:1-4, James 4:15). We do our part as best we can, but we live in a fallen world, under fallen demonic powers, who we as humans have listened to since the Garden of Eden (Gen. 3; 11; John 3:19-21; Rom. 1:18-32, 2 Cor. 4: 3-4, Eph. 2:, 1 John 5:19).
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33)!"
One place for many, which is dear and precious to them as blood brought children is the gathering together each Sunday in the House of the Lord, to hear His precious Word, to sing praises in Spirit and Truth to our beloved God and Savior, to fellowship with the saints in Spirit and Truth, to be challenged and to seek Almighty God's PERFECT WILL and Way for His people and our lives; here in time for His ETERNAL GLORY (Psalm 23; 27:4, 1 John 1:1-4, 2 John 1:6)!
In light of the coronavirus quarantine churches are closed and I personally wonder how that sits with many people. Now is a good time to evaluate our hearts before the Lord and see if this seems a good thing to us or are we longing as soon as possible to be together again with the saints in a precious and special way in God's House (Psalm 27:4; 139:23-24, John 3:20-21, 2 Cor. 13:5). Closed church doors is good news to some folk, while it is tragic to others!
Dear friends, let us all use this time very wisely to seek the Lord in a special and personal way and not let any quarantines close down God's people and gatherings! The Church building may be closed for a little season, but the body of Christ and Throne of Almighty God's Grace is always opened for business!
I love how God's people are seeking to overcome all this quarantine and using the mediums of this day to still connect as assemblies via prayer, Bible studies, and worship services through radio, live stream, Youtube, Zoom etc... Dear friends, let us all use this time very wisely to seek the Lord in a special and personal way and not let any quarantines close down God's people and gatherings (Eph. 5:13-21)! The Church building may be closed for a little season, but the body of Christ and Throne of Almighty God's Grace is always opened for business (Heb. 4:14-16)! May we do our part to encourage, strengthen and pray for each other during this time and seek Almighty God's PERFECT WILL in such days! Enjoy your Lord's Day today!
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
Thoughts on church closures?
I’m convinced this is all a prelude to the “Mark of the Beast” except it will be called a “ Digital Vaccination Certificate” and people will readily accept in the form of the coronavirus vaccine.
The powers that be with the help of the media have been successful in their efforts to scare the crud out of enough of the masses there will be no full re-opening therefore no return to any sense of normalcy until those fears are gone.
This “Digital Vaccination Certificate” will allow those who now question whether the person next to them is infected will be able to use their smartphone to see whether or not that person is possibly infected or if they’ve been vaccinated.
Employers will not hire or keep on staff anyone without it so as to keep there employees and customers safe and comfortable without fear.
Do I need to keep going or have I been clear enough that you can see where this is all headed?
I sometimes wonder if the closing of Gentile churches across the world is a fulfillment of the Revelation 4 prophecy of “I will vomit you out of My mouth.”
It is a redeployment of the church.
The shutdown may in fact set the precedent for suppression of the highest order and only encourages the cowardly and complacent tendencies that have rotted the church’s in this country witness to begin with.
Up to a point. For churches to be “re” - deployed, they would have had to have been “deployed” to begin with, not asleep! 😠
The shutdown may in fact set the precedent for suppression of the highest order and only encourages the cowardly and complacent and world-conforming tendencies, which have rotted the church’s witness in this country to begin with.
Yeah, you nailed it! People think things are getting better but they are not! A grand subtle deception and boiling of the frog etc!
Maranatha!
We have to do our part with common sense. Hopefully, believers are siked to get back to church as a family to praise God and be all together again! It’s a, Do you value and are you thankful moment.
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