“DO NOT SAY, ‘A CONSPIRACY’”

In Isaiah 8:12-13, the Lord instructed Isaiah that he was not to engage in all the conspiracy talk that the people of his day were engaging in.  All I can say is “Guilty!”

“Do not say, ‘A conspiracy,’ concerning all that this people call a conspiracy, nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.  The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow.  Let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.’”

Satan is a master of deception.  He was once the highest ranking angel in the throne room of God.  He knows how to appear not just religious, but spiritual.  His musical talent is phenomenal, his intelligence keener than  ours.  And he has been around for a long, long time.  Satan understands mankind better than we know ourselves.  He knows how to manipulate, entice, enslave, and deceive.

Satan is a master of mixing truth with error so adroitly that many fall for it.

And so it goes during this Coronavirus pandemic. There is a mixture of truth and error going on out there.

The coronavirus is a highly contagious threat that needs to be taken seriously.  The guidelines to limit the spread & contagion to others are based upon Biblical guidelines:  frequent cleansing of one’s own person & isolation of the sick from the healthy.  Those with underlying conditions are particularly vulnerable to this virus, while those in good health generally weather it & return to good health without difficulty.  This truth is generally not under debate.

However, there is a great deal of sensationalism, even exaggeration that is being pumped from the airwaves right now.  This is contributing to fear, even panic & despondency among the general population.

Corona is a definite birthpang, sent by God to warn mankind to turn from sin, before a greater judgment falls.  It is a plague in the Biblical sense; mankind’s reaping some of what it has earned through sin.  Idolatry & murder  (abortion) are serious enough transgressions to bring on a retribution of plague (death) & economic catastrophe.

Corona is also being used by politicians to further their own ends and agendas— no big surprise here.  I have heard on both tv & videos certain world leaders promoting their idea of a universal vaccination record being required, utilizing microinjected semiconductor crystals that can be read as a mark under one’s skin (using infrared light).  Can anyone say, ‘THE mark’?  This required vaccination record would be tied into a digital ID program that could be linked to many other things— banking, for example.

The Jewish Sanhedrin is also seizing upon this crisis as an incentive to reinstitute a real sacrificial offering up on the Temple Mount itself, as an atonement for the sin that has led to this worldwide crisis.  (They have not yet received Jesus’ once-for-all sacrifice on Calvary.)  If the Jewish sacrifice is allowed, watch out.  The building of the tribulation temple will be a foregone conclusion.

God has called us to lead peaceable lives, submitting to those in authority for our own good.  The only time we are to draw the line is when there is a clear & direct conflict between choosing God or choosing sin.  We must always choose faithfulness to God, even to death if necessary.

What does God want for His people?  He doesn’t want us to get so caught up in conspiracy theories and panic & fear over pandemics that we lose sight of who & where we are.  We are children of God, in a covenantal relationship with Him.  Thereby are given to us exceedingly great & precious promises— not the least of which is protection during times of plague!

BUT, we are also living in the latter days, the generation which has seen the miraculous rebirth of the nation of Israel, which the Bible points to as a great SIGN that the end of this age approaches!  So, should we be surprised, panicked, or fearful of all the very strange & rapid developments unfolding before us?

If we keep our eyes upon Jesus and judge things— not after the seeing of our eyes, nor the hearing of our ears—but, according to the word of God, we will go through all of this in perfect peace.  “You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You,” (Isaiah 26:3).

We MUST keep our eyes upon the Lord and His word.  It is the only way to get through victoriously what is happening now, and what will certainly happen in the future.