When Jesus was asked what would be the signs of His return and the end of the age, one of the things he lists is pestilence. That's an old fashioned word for an epidemic or pandemic. Matthew describes the signs as birth pangs. Birth pangs get more intense and closer together until the birth occurs. Matt 24:8. We're living through one of those birth pangs with the current pandemic.
So what should we be doing? If you're a Christian, here's what 2 Chron. 7:13-14 says: "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among My people, if My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and heal their land." NIV (emphasis mine) (Check the news for locusts in Africa and the Mideast right now)
If you're not a Christian, it's time to get serious with Jesus. Ask him into your heart. He will forgive all of your sins. He will give you new life! You will be a new creation. See the page in this blog titled "what must I do to be saved?"
So what should we be doing? If you're a Christian, here's what 2 Chron. 7:13-14 says: "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among My people, if My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and heal their land." NIV (emphasis mine) (Check the news for locusts in Africa and the Mideast right now)
If you're not a Christian, it's time to get serious with Jesus. Ask him into your heart. He will forgive all of your sins. He will give you new life! You will be a new creation. See the page in this blog titled "what must I do to be saved?"
