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The coronavirus… the discovery of evidence of the existence of an occult satanic operation that needs to be reported

God’s message in context with the coronavirus

If there is one lesson that the coronavirus pandemic leaves for humanity, it has to be weighed not by the number of deaths it leaves behind, but by the vulnerability of the financial systems on which man has built his economic security.

The major consequence is not deaths, although it is always a pain to lose loved ones, but the major consequences are economic, for many countries, consequences that will take years to overcome.

I do not want to seem insensitive to you, it is not that I put the material more than human lives, a life is priceless; as a pastor I think how many of those who die daily will not have had a chance of salvation, but I discover by the Word of God that there is something more destructive that is coming upon us, and the coronavirus is bringing it out, and we have to prepare ourselves properly. That strong thing that is coming upon us has to do with the financial systems of the world.

The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability —and unfairness— of human financial systems in producing goods, services and wealth. The pandemic caused the collapse of financial markets, banking, commerce, industry – all of it in a matter of weeks. Unemployment, which the United States boasted was the lowest in many years, has averaged a record 3.283 million unemployment insurance claims per week, and Bank of America expects up to 20 million people to lose their jobs by the third quarter with an unemployment rate that could peak at 15%. (Udland, 2020)

Many economists are alarmed by the coming global recession, some even predict that this recession may degenerate into a long depression like the one that hit the United States between 1929 and 1939. (Sabga, 2020)

Does this discussion have any spiritual merit? Why should we discuss the case? The pandemic has exposed the vulnerability – and unfairness – of human financial systems in producing goods, services and wealth; many, many people around the world have been left unemployed, and worst of all, unprepared with enough savings to provide themselves with food.

This situation, of which we are not yet aware, will lead to proposals to develop new models of social, national and international life, not only to prevent so many people from losing their lives, but also to prevent the financial systems from collapsing and wasting years of effort. In the next few years we will see global proposals in the area of finance so as not to depend on money, nor on human labor as the raw material of production; there will be a tendency towards the virtual, and home-based work models will be developed, offices will tend to disappear and mega-workplaces will be operated by robotic systems. The coronavirus will be marking a turn in the thinking of financial school developers, and forcing them to develop new models of social convenience.

Additionally, and this is the purpose of our writing, the coronavirus is a call of attention from God to the communities of faith in Jesus; this situation has taken many communities of faith by surprise, and has put the continuity of many of them at risk; in the worst case, it has undermined the conviction of many men/women of faith as to how to view such an adverse situation.

The coronavirus has been sent by God, and has for the people of faith in Jesus a purpose of training and developing convictions. The coronavirus performs a prophetic function as stated in the teaching shared by the apostle Paul in his epistles, and by the apostle John in his Revelation. The coronavirus is, in that sense, a sign for the people of faith to prepare themselves to face the difficult times that will come upon the church in the times before Jesus’ return to earth.

The three pillars on which rest all the signs of the events that will occur prior to Jesus’ coming, and of which we must be firm in our convictions, are the following.

When they say peace and safety, sudden destruction will come

The coronavirus is intended to be a warning to the people of faith, a kind of drill, so that the man/woman of faith will not trust in the prosperity of the world.

Just before the appearance of the coronavirus, the economies of the world were healthy and prosperous; in the United States alone, the unemployment rate had fallen to 3.6%, the lowest since 1969; and everyone will remember the commercial war that arose between the United States and China to achieve hegemony in world markets.

What happened? Why have things suddenly changed so drastically?

The coronavirus is teaching the faith community that there was a time when it “conformed” to this world, that is, it “took the form” that this world suggested to it. The man/woman of faith “thought” as the world thinks, seeing at the end that a time of economic relief and financial prosperity was coming. The apostle Paul had clearly warned in his doctrine by the Spirit of God that the man/woman of faith cannot conform to this world,

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

The coronavirus has been established by God as a simulacrum of self-preservation, so that the people of faith may become aware from the Scriptures that before the coming of Jesus there will be a time of world peace and prosperity, established by the antichrist, but which for the church will mean “tribulation”, because in order to enjoy that prosperity, the antichrist will impose the demand that each one submit under his seal, and let himself be codified, as the unique way to buy and sell. The apostle Paul presents it in the following terms,

For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 1st. Thessalonians 5:3

The coronavirus has been sent by God to train His people to know how to behave in this type of situation; the coronavirus has been a training model, so that the man/woman of faith can develop strategies and protocols to survive in these situations.

It is not a matter of building “bunkers” to keep a whole month’s supply, that is not the strategy; the apostle warned that there are always “signs” from God to man, and one of them is to understand that every time of “fat cows” is followed by “lean cows”; when the sign is given, that is the time to provide. It is not a new warning, Jesus had spoken about it just before He was crucified,

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: Matthew 24:32

Anyone who depends on the financial system of this world will surely see their livelihood affected;

19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. Luke 12:19-21

Anyone who develops sustaining protocols according to biblical models, the waves will pass over him/her and his/her situation will not be affected.

27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cæsar. 29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judæa: Acts 11:27-29

The mystery of iniquity is revealed

In the Apostle Paul’s writings, in his second epistle to the Thessalonians, the Apostle refers to a teaching that he shared with the community at some point during his stay among them. The apostle speaks of the existence of a diabolical operation that will bring about the emergence of a personage of satanic descent by whom a world financial system will be established that will not depend on current human efforts to produce sustenance and wealth.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there comes a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 2nd. Thessalonians 2:3-8

The apostle, in presenting this teaching under the classification of “mystery,” makes the reader see that it is an operation that is not legible to every eye, not even among the communities of faith themselves; the mystery of iniquity, as Paul defines it, is a diabolical operation for which the church will suffer resistance, opposition, and persecution, especially for those who denounce and oppose its satanic operation.

The son of perdition, as the apostle Paul defines him —antichrist, according to John’s definition— is a character of satanic descent who will establish a financial system different from the present one, a “phantom” financial system that will not depend on the concept of buying and selling, nor on the work that man develops to produce profit, but on the injection of virtual capital distributed at the cost of the coding assigned per inhabitant.

The apostle John presented it in his vision of Revelation as a coding control to be read by genetic readers of each person’s forehead and/or right hand. The coronavirus is alerting us to the imminence of such times.

16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Revelation 13:16-17

To understand where the world is heading in the coming years, just review for a few moments some images that were part of the scenarios to detect outbreaks of the pandemic. The reading of the person’s temperature by a digital thermometer pointed at the person’s forehead, makes us refer to a prophetic word that is explained in the book of Revelation.

Although we are not yet in the time of Revelation, however, this image of the temperature reading on the forehead must be telling us something. The platform has already been built, and the coronavirus set the precedent, and God is warning us.

In addition to the above, the subsidies and economic assistance that some governments in the world are giving their inhabitants are not only a palliative to the situation, or ways to contain the recession, are the basis on which it is established that henceforth will be paid not for work done, but for the contribution of the person to distribute that economic good among the established businesses.

Unfortunately, the doctrine of the pre-tribulational rapture of the church is not allowing the communities of faith to prepare themselves adequately; the idea that this human doctrine is developing arrogance among the members of the communities that support it, because they proclaim that the church will not go through such events, as it will be raptured before the operation of the antichrist begins. A human doctrine that is not supported by the Word of God.

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together: Europe the epicenter of the coronavirus

Europe became the epicenter of the coronavirus as soon as the virus left China, and at some point the numbers of infected and dead even exceeded the data reported by China. How extraordinary is this event? The situation marks the point from which the mystery of iniquity will begin to emerge, and from which the antichrist will emerge. The fact can only be understood prophetically by a Word established by Jesus just before He was crucified,

For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Matthew 24:28

Why will this be so? The region most affected by the coronavirus will begin to develop and rethink new economic models. The European Union will lead this motion not only for Europe but for the whole world. All this in fulfillment also of the vision that the apostle John presented in his Revelation about the last times, before the coming of Jesus,

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. 9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. Revelation 13:1—9

God’s ten plagues on Egypt leave us with a teaching that is useful to refer to in this section. Before Moses was sent by God to deliver the people, Egypt was a powerful nation in the region, much of its splendor that we know today was born at just that time. However, as soon as the ten plagues were over, Egypt became a weak and vulnerable people, and the children of Israel took on the riches of Egypt.

This teaching highlights the fact that after the coronavirus ends, some nations will be impoverished, others will struggle to sustain themselves, while others will be enriched – that is the case with the European Union. We have seen it before in history, Germany was destroyed and divided after the Second World War, its recovery and economic overcoming only marks the route that will follow the European Union as soon as the time of the coronavirus has passed.

In conclusion, the coronavirus is not only a virus that will soon pass and remain in instruction manuals as a lethal virus, as one of the greatest pandemics in the history of mankind; the coronavirus has been sent to fulfill a purpose of training and education. God in His Mercy has given us an up-to-date picture of how prophetic events are to run, because He knows that the church, today, is a sleeping church, which has become a religious institution, one that proclaims institutional achievements rather than the Word of God.

God is awakening his people.

there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalm 91:10

 

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References

Sabga, P. (2020, Mar 30). aljazeera. Retrieved from Coronavirus economy: Recession or depression?: https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/ajimpact/coronavirus-economy-recession-depression-200324161905531.html

Udland, M. (2020, April 2). Yahoo Finance. Retrieved from The U.S. economy is entering the ‘deepest recession on record’: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-economy-entering-deepest-recession-on-record-172304066.html

 

The biblical quotations are taken from the Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

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…nor shall any plague touch thy dwelling

Prophetic aspect of the Covid-19 pandemic

In these days when the whole world has felt the threat of COVID-19, many people of faith have had their convictions confronted by the fear that their life will suffer the same fate as one who does not have the conviction in an Almighty God.

What should we believe? Can God keep us from all plagues? Can COVID-19 affect a man of faith? Can we perish?

There are many questions circulating in the community, and although they are not expressed in a religious-type forum, uncertainty has overwhelmed more than one person of faith, and this can be seen in the ultra-observation of the recommendations that health agencies have established as protection protocols.

What is the Coronavirus, and why is it present in the whole world? Can it affect both unbelievers and believers?

The Coronavirus is a plague, and regardless of whether there was human manipulation in its creation, or if it was formed as a result of the genetic deformation that man causes with the alteration of animal-type foods, its presence on the planet is by the disposition of God who has determined that it be spread everywhere to remind us that man is not the product of the evolution of species, that man is due to God for being his Creator, and because he carries within himself the image of His Nature, and this for both believers and unbelievers.

The ten plagues of God sent on Pharaoh and on Egypt during the time of Israel’s slavery shows us that the Coronavirus is a plague sent to bring down the arrogance of man, because of his stubborn heart of not wanting to have God in his knowledge.

For I will at this time send all my plagues (מַגֵּפֹתַי) upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. Exodus 9:14

Man has been warned by God on countless occasions through His prophets, but man has increased his rebellion by resisting God head on, even with the stubbornness of forming gods according to his whim, that’s why God intervenes to bring down with plagues the hardness of man’s heart, hence the prophet Isaiah prophesied about situations that break the arrogance of man.

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Isaiah 45:23 (Romans 14:11; Philippians 2:10-11)

The plagues are sent by God to show man that his gods do not save him from the evils he fears; the plagues are sent to remind the man/woman of faith that their God is the Almighty Creator of all things that exist,

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Exodus 12:12

God’s tenth plague upon Egypt shows us that the plagues may touch unbelievers as well as Believers, but it also shows us that in the Grace of the operation of His exaltation, He leaves provision for those who hope in Him to be saved from the judgment which comes upon the earth,

For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. Exodus 12:23

The prophet Ezekiel confirms the Truth of this salvation by describing in his writings that in times of plagues, God puts a mark on the foreheads of those who call upon His provision,

4 and the Lord said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof…  6 slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. Ezekiel 9:4-6

All times have had a specific provision of salvation; in Noah’s time the provision was an ark, in Moses’ time the provision was the blood of a lamb painted on the porches and lintels of the houses; what is God’s provision for the time of the Coronavirus?

In our time, the provision is Jesus, particularly, the conviction in Revelation that He has spoken to His people about what the Coronavirus means. God is no stranger to what is currently happening on the planet, nor has Satan taken more freedom than the Almighty allows him. God has shown His prophets the purpose of this plague,

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Amos 3:7

The provision of salvation consists of understanding that this plague has been sent by Him, by God, to establish an order of Kingdom on the face of the earth. Man has lived and built atheistic and agnostic societies, with structures of law and order completely alien to God; God no longer tolerates this human discretion, and demands a change, and has come down to provoke it; those who understand this will be saved, those who do not will perish.

And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Acts 17:30

The provision of salvation for the time of the Coronavirus consists of understanding that this is happening from God, and that therefore it is absurd to rebuke it; he who rebukes the Coronavirus opposes the Will of God. Something similar happened in the time of the prophet Jeremiah, and many did not understand it. Jeremiah proclaimed from God that Nebuchadnezzar had been sent from Him,

6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him…   8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: Jeremiah 27:6-9 

The Coronavirus comes from God and fulfills a prophetic purpose of Kingdom establishment. Nothing will happen to those who understand that God is establishing the Kingdom on the face of the earth, and that this establishes a divine order on the face of the earth. Let me introduce it to you in the following lines.

The Sovereignty of God is established by the prophetic character of all human events announced before they occur. The prophet Isaiah states in his writings that it is the nature of God to discover what will happen about things before men become aware of the possibility of them,

Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. Isaiah 45:11

The prophet Isaiah prophesied from God about Cyrus hundreds of years before he was born, before his nation was even known;

that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Isaiah 44:28

Similarly, these times of Coronavirus are prophesied in the writings of the Law of Moses, and also described why it has attacked the entire planet. To understand this, it is necessary to first study and understand the prophetic value of the captivity of Judah to Babylon. The prophet Jeremiah prophesied from God that Judah would go into captivity to Babylon and would be out for a period of seventy years,

11 And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. Jeremiah 25:11-12

and a little later, the Word is confirmed again,

For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. Jeremiah 29:10

Why seventy years of captivity? Why leave the land uninhabited? The answer is found in the writings of the Law of Moses,

34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. …  43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. Leviticus 26:34—43

The word had its fulfillment, and it is the writer of the book of Chronicles who certifies it, and also explains the reason why seventy years,

to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 2 Chronicles 36:21

Why seventy years of captivity and desolation of the land? The people were taken captive by the very arrogance of the people, by their stubborn heart not wanting to have God in their knowledge, the people served other gods and forgot the laws that God had given them; the land was desolate and left in neglect because the people did not observe the Sabbath day for four hundred and ninety years (seventy periods of seven, according to the celebration of the Shemitáh years), and God enforced it over the stubbornness of the people to establish that not one jot or tittle shall perish from the law, until all things are done.

The prophecy about these times of Coronavirus is inserted in the prophecy about the desolation of the earth, as we have read in the writings of Leviticus, Chronicles and the book of the prophet Jeremiah. Everywhere in the world governments made the decision to establish quarantines on all cities, in some cases, the quarantines are accompanied by curfews and the partial closure of shops. So far, all countries of the world have agreed that the duration of the quarantines will be extended from March 15 to 31, a total of 17 days on average, with the possibility of extending the days if there is no control of the pandemic within that period.

If you compare the activity in all of our cities these days with the instruction given to the people of Israel around the Sabbath, you will see that the activity has been reduced to the slightest expression; many people are literally taking refuge in their houses and apartments. Let us look at this in more detail in the following texts,

but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: Exodus 20:10

Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. Leviticus 23:3

What do you observe? These days of quarantine are exactly, literally, days of rest, as they were established and demanded by the Lord in the Law that He gave to His people. All the cities of the world, without exception, have been taken literally to observe Sabbaths. Can this come from Satan?

Similarly, as it happened with the seventy years of Judah’s desolation, in order for the land to fulfill its Sabbath days —Shemitáh years— in our days God has demanded the fulfillment of all that time that men have forgotten to repose and rest in their Creator.

Why this demand of God for our days? Because man has built up material gods and become a slave to them, forgetting that God delivered them from slavery,

And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. Deuteronomy 5:15

The Sabbath is not a religious concept, it is a provision of salvation to find in God a provision of prosperity, wisdom and wealth,

But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. Deuteronomy 8:18

The following texts are even more forceful, showing how God through the Coronavirus made people submit to His Word even above their own wills,

How is the population of the world today?

It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute forever. Leviticus 16:31

They are “afflicted”, as the very instruction to observe the Sabbath day demanded. God is humbling man, and forcing him to acknowledge His Sovereignty.

What is the provision of salvation for a man/woman of faith in the face of the Coronavirus?

Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Exodus 31:15

Salvation from the Coronavirus consists in understanding that behind this plague is the hand of God; this that is happening right now is the finger of God. Whoever can see this Revelation of God and submit to it will not die; but the man/woman of God who does not see God working in the midst of this situation, and with arrogance wants to rebuke it, trusting in the sanitary protocols rather than in the provision of God, will certainly die, and we will have testimony.

God’s provision consists of the Revelation of the Spirit by His Word.

God has brought the Coronavirus to establish Kingdom on the face of the earth. God is enforcing His Word, and just as it happened with the seventy years of captivity prophesied by Jeremiah, until the earth had enjoyed its Sabbaths, so in our time Jehovah-God, the Almighty, has brought the Coronavirus to complete two full weeks, and those that the Lord wants to add, so that man may understand that outside of Him there is no other.

Where, Oh man of God, is your trust? Why, if by believing and proclaiming an Almighty God you behave as if your God had been taken by surprise by the Coronavirus?

It is time for us to return in friendship with God and review our foundations of faith, many of which are foundations of human doctrines, not foundations of the Word. We need to return to the Word, not interpret the Word to fit our claims; we need to understand what Revelation, Righteousness and Judgment means; we need to awaken the Spirit of prophecy and be led by the Spirit of Truth.

And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. Revelation 10:11

I conclude by stating what the Spirit says to His people,

there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Psalm 91:10

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The biblical quotations are taken from the Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

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Is there any spiritual teaching behind the COVID-19 pandemic? What does the Bible say about it?

Establishing faith and doctrinal priorities

The plagues do not come just like that, regardless of the cause that has provoked them, according to the scientific knowledge that explains it, the plagues obey a spiritual Law clearly defined in the Scriptures.

As often as the word “plague” appears in the Bible, the word is associated with God’s intervention.

And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues (נְגָעִים) because of Sarai Abram’s wife. Genesis 12:17

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues (מַכָּ֔ה) upon you according to your sins. Leviticus 26:21

even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague (בַּמַּגֵּפָ֖ה) before the Lord. Numbers 14:37

then the Lord will make thy plagues (מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔) wonderful, and the plagues (מַכּ֣וֹת) of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. Deuteronomy 28:59

so that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues (מַכּ֞וֹת) of that land, and the sicknesses  (תַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָ) which the Lord hath laid upon it; Deuteronomy 29:22

Plagues come from God, God sends them. The purpose of the presence of a plague on the region, or on the whole world, is to manifest to the people of the region the folly of their decisions and actions; the plagues are intended to be reliable witnesses to God’s calls on the inhabitants of the region, or on all of humanity.

The best known plagues of the Bible are the plagues of God on Egypt, from which we learn that the plagues are aimed at confronting the arrogance of people who walk in open opposition to God,

For I will at this time send all my plagues (מַגֵּפֹתַי) upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. Exodus 9:14

The plagues bring out what is inside the heart of man. In the case of God’s plagues on Egypt, again and again, after each plague we read almost as a conclusion: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them. What this means is that the plagues show man himself that his strength is not in seeking God’s help, but in confronting him with his ranting about not wanting God in his news. Modern man figures his trust in science, and unfortunately many men and women who confess themselves as disciples of Jesus trust in what man develops based on his knowledge, rather than in what God can do among them.

The plagues are intended to establish judgment on the gods of the people; the plagues bring to light the kind of gods that the people have raised up, and in whom they have placed their trust.

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord. Exodus 12:12

Regardless of what science posits, man is a spiritual being, formed in the image and likeness of the Creator; but because of his deformation by disobedience, man has a tendency to seek a god, and resemble him; this is the lesson of the dialogue between Eve and the serpent,

for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5

So, every trust that man and woman develop in something is not necessarily the result of obedience to an abstract and innocuous ideology and/or philosophy of life, but the god that people have raised up over themselves, and to whom they profess obedience. Many plagues bring to light the “gods” of those who confess themselves as Christians, but who are in reality followers of vain gods elaborated on the philosophies and customs of peoples.

Behold, I am against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. Nahum 3:5

10 but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed,…  15 which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 2nd. Peter 2:10-15

Plagues have a unique characteristic, useful for understanding God’s operations on earth. Plagues show cycles of life.

According to the plagues on Egypt, the plagues are at the end of a life cycle to mark the end of an idolatrous society, and to highlight the beginning of a generation based on a new order.

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Exodus 12:2

In the same way, plagues mark the time limits of God’s calendar. In the case of the plagues on Egypt, the first nine plagues marked the end of a Hebrew year that the Hebrews themselves did not know about; only the tenth plague fell within the new year and served to mark the ritual of the deliverance from the slavery of Egypt.

What spiritual teaching does the Covid-19 pandemic possess?

The Covid-19 pandemic comes just ten years after two events that were also time-stamped at the time, namely the earthquake in Haiti and the release of the thirty-three Chilean miners trapped for seventy days underground.

Why are these events related? Both the earthquake in Haiti and the rescue of the thirty-three miners, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, have captured the world’s attention. God is calling the attention of the whole world to unite them in one direction, in the same direction to which he directed Pharaoh’s attention: so that you will understand that there is no one like me in all the earth.  That same Word is the one God is sending to all mankind, ten years ago, and again today. A similar worldwide attention-getting event is to be seen before the year 2020 ends.

…at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deuteronomy 19:15

A cycle of life is being left behind, it is an idolatrous cycle of life, and a new one is emerging in which man will begin to be more conscious of God, it is a time of spiritual harvest where we will see massive conversions in places where they used to worship pagan gods; regions given over to idolatrous celebration will begin to fall, and regions with Islamic cults will see the opening of faith in Jesus. God is calling the nations to himself.

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. Deuteronomy 32:21

Covid-19 is running parallel with the ten plagues on Egypt, and the experts of the times will be able to see it, and it will serve them to adjust the calendar that God gave to Moses when he left Egypt, a calendar that was lost after the Jewish diaspora with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans.

That many countries are setting curfews on their cities is not surprising, unknowingly they are executing as set out in the plagues on Egypt, the purpose is to bring to light where the confidence of each. There will be three days where no one will go out into the streets, as in the ninth plague on Egypt, it is necessary, to mark the end of the year of slavery.

Covid-19 is a warning to pastors and church leaders. Many churches will close, they will not be able to sustain themselves, and this is also the work of God. There are many churches that right now have obeyed the government order not to meet in a public place, and this will bring economic problems to many pastors, forcing many to reorganize, in some cases with the inconvenience that we will see pastors abandoning the ministry. Covid-19 is alerting pastors to the need not to depend on the people, nor on the resources that have been provided by the traditional cults enclosed in four walls. What if they extend the ban on public meetings for a longer period of time? Covid-19 is not a threat, it is a warning from God. Where is your confidence?

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Luke 16:13

Covid-19 is God’s warning of a time of peace that is approaching over the whole world, it is the preamble to open up the acceptance in world consensus of the “man of perdition”.

Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. 2nd. Timothy 1:6

 

The biblical quotations are taken from the Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

 

Pastor Pedro Montoya

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