With all due respect, this is not ultimately contingent upon whether we stay shut down or not, but solely and wholly on God’s jurisdiction. Even from a secular standpoint and empirically speaking: some of the countries with the best Covid responses and lowest fatality rates have not had to shut down altogether (South Korea comes to mind ) or are lifting their lockdown orders (Austria.) We need to come to grips with the dysfunctions in our societal systems that have done far more disable us than the actual severity of the virus itself. We are way too reliant on China for example, for even the most basic of medical supplies!
From a spiritual standpoint, it’s not as though this virus is bound by laws of nature even in the way that something like gravity is. Hence why it’s confounded so many and makes many of these data models and speculations moot. Covid-19 could very well go the way of SARS and MERS viruses and dissipate without much of our ‘help.’ Or it could become something even worse! Even if we do everything ‘right.’
All this to say that in the end, it makes me wonder whether God is expecting more of His people to stand in the gap. Yes within our homes for starters, but eventually He may ask us to stand before the Red Sea and take a physical leap of faith. Perhaps this means gathering to meet again (with all necessary precaution and keeping the most vulnerable at home) - so that we fight this virus in the spiritual realms.
This is a spiritual battle. Not biological.
You are correct. All the more reason to pray for our President lie never before.
You are correct.
All the more reason to pray for our President like never before.
I’m also sick of hearing about how many more people are going to die if the economy remains closed.
It’s nothing more than alarmist speculation because NOBODY knows that for sure and it can’t be proved.
It’s simply an opinion and justification for that position.
I don’t disagree this is wholly in God’s hand. However, please also keep in mind -
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.