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Hush! Because of Lord YHWH,
For near [is the] Day of YHWH,
For YHWH has prepared a sacrifice,
He has sanctified His invited ones.
- Zephaniah 1:7 (LSV)

Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.
- Psalm 46:10

Keep silent toward Me, O islands,
And the peoples pass on [to] power,
They come near, then they speak,
“Together we draw near to judgment.”
- Isaiah 41:1

Sing, and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, || For behold, I am coming, and have dwelt in your midst, || A declaration of YHWH. And many nations have been joined to YHWH in that day, || And they have been to Me for a people, || And I have dwelt in your midst, || And you have known that YHWH of Hosts has sent Me to you. And YHWH has inherited Judah, || His portion on the holy ground, || And He has fixed again on Jerusalem. Hush, all flesh, because of YHWH, || For He has been roused up from His holy habitation!
- Zechariah 2:10–13

And YHWH [is] in His holy temple, || Be silent before Him, all the earth!
- Habakkuk 2:20

YHWH [is] good to those waiting for Him, || To the soul [that] seeks Him. [It is] good when one stays and stands still || For the salvation of YHWH.
- Lamentations 3:25–26

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The world’s gods have been silenced. All major sports are cancelled. Bars are closed. Live entertainment is postponed. Sin City is shut down. Markets are collapsing. Mecca is empty. Mosques are empty. All Mormon gatherings are cancelled. Cult-of-personality megachurch gatherings are cancelled. The little religious activity that remains is Christian fellowship, church live-streams, and house church gatherings.

Travel is restricted. Hundreds of millions are quarantined in their houses and Coronavirus is now in 155 countries, so that number is bound to grow. Whether the virus is actually as dangerous as some claim or not is irrelevant to the fact that the whole world is coming to a standstill at this unique point in history. This is a moment of worldwide significance and the world will never be the same again.

God alone will be exalted in this day.

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2,000 years ago, Jesus said, “Go!”

...and He said to them, “Having gone into all the world, proclaim the good news to all the creation;”
- Mark 16:15 (LSV)

...having gone, then, disciple all the nations, immersing them into the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all, whatever I commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days—until the full end of the age.
- Matthew 28:19–20

Now for the first time ever, the whole world is yelling, “Stop!”

Likewise:

Roughly 6,000 years ago, God said to fallen mankind, “Work!”

And now the whole world is saying, “Stop working!”

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The ancient Israelites crossed an earthly body of water—the parted Red Sea—when God delivered them from the threat of Pharaoh and his army.

The Church will cross a heavenly body of water, similarly parted, when God delivers His born-again people from the threat of Satan and his fallen angels (Rev. 12:3–5):

And God says, “Let an expanse be in the midst of the waters, and let it be separating between waters and waters.” And God makes the expanse, and it separates between the waters which [are] under the expanse, and the waters which [are] above the expanse: and it is so.
- Genesis 1:6–7 (LSV)

Satan swindled us out of our dominion all those thousands of years ago. Creation has suffered ever since, but we’re about to get the right to rule back (Rev. 2:26–29). As a baby is being born there is much noise and commotion, but right before the first cry—a silent pause.

For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.
- Romans 8:19

If not now, then soon. Very soon.

And Pharaoh has drawn near, and the sons of Israel lift up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians are journeying after them, and they fear exceedingly, and the sons of Israel cry to YHWH. And they say to Moses, “Because there are no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in a wilderness? What is this you have done to us—to bring us out from Egypt? Is this not the word which we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, Cease from us, and we serve the Egyptians; for [it is] better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in a wilderness?” And Moses says to the people, “Do not fear, station yourselves, and see the salvation of YHWH, which He does for you today; for as you have seen the Egyptians today, you add no more to see them for all time; YHWH fights for you, and you keep silent.”