You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
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 will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Romans 8:4 (NKJV)
that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Our God is a very jealous God
Yes, our God is a very jealous God, while He gives us the ability to decide, He also warned us of consequences that we would face his wrath. Knowing that God was, is and will always be should be enough to forewarn us that we will pay for our sins, and as we pray for his will on heaven as in earth there is then the assurance that we will pay for our sins also on this earth.
Today with this pandemic that we are facing, we are to be reminded that just like the Great Flood, and the plagues of Egypt, today God has acted and has taken away those things that our society worships.
Our society worships athletes, musicians, actors, money; ok lets shut down stadiums, theaters, music halls, and the economy, and since going to church seems to have become a social gathering rather than a place of worship, we might as well shut down churches as well.
In three short months just like the plagues He has allowed for them all to be shut down, thus, taking away all that we worship in place of Him.
Way back in the Old Testament in 2 Chronicles 7:14 written by Ezra in the 5th century BC roughly 2, 520 years to when this current pandemic hit us, just as for Israel’s forgiveness of sin and healing of the land would be theirs, today as per Romans 8:4 forgiveness of our sins and healing of the land will be ours not because of the flesh but according to and because of the Spirit.
More than a vaccine to get over this season what we need during this time of forced isolation from the distractions of this world is to pray in order to have a personal revival while focusing on the ONLY thing that really matter, JESUS, our salvation, and to love one another.
David Barberis
The Beacon Lighthouse
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