The fear, facts, disinformation, masks, gloves, concerns and hype surrounding COVID-19 all center on the fear of death and dying. Although death has been around a long time and it happens to everyone, people are still scared and confused by it.
God explained death to Adam in the second chapter of Genesis…’And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” ‘ Genesis 2:16-17. Right after this warning, Adam ate the fruit from the tree and died.
After Adam ate the fruit and died he had a son when he was 130 years old. Adam and Eve had many more sons and daughters and Adam was put in the grave at the ripe age of 930 (Genesis 5:5). The first man God created was a dead man walking and breathing for at least 800 years after he ‘died’.
Obviously, death involves more than being put in the ground when you stop breathing. Spreading fear and disinformation about death is one of Satan’s oldest tricks to steal our God-given freedoms. ‘”You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman’. Genesis 3:4. Fear of COVID-19 is the latest chapter.
The fear and loathing with COVID-19 is more about taking power and making changes than actually dying. The number of deaths from Type-A flu, cancer, alcohol and smoking during the same time period we have shut down the world for a small virus, are multiples of the number of deaths from COVID-19. Not to mention the number of unborn children that have been killed all while the world is fixating on a new strain of the flu. Satan uses death and the fear of death as a distraction and a grab for power; same as it ever was.
The world changed drastically after Satan fooled Adam and Eve into choosing death over life. The new Covid World Order will usher in drastic changes as well. The complications from social isolation and economic hardship will manifest in more suicides (Suicide Calls Rise) and divorce. 5G will advance more rapidly since current systems are overloaded. Universal Basic Income (Steady Income Without Working ) and digital currencies will appear in Europe sooner than you think. These changes will effect how you live by killing your God given freedoms.
The concern and fear of COVID-19 is the fear of death not the disease. The symptoms of death include a lack of pulse, no breathing or any sign of life. Let’s look at the symptoms of why the world has shut down today.
The mortality rate for COVID-19 fluctuates somewhere between 1-2% of the people who test positive. We don’t know they die from the disease but we DO know they die with the disease (99% Who Died in Italy Had Other Illness)…among other issues. Are we overestimating fatality rates and when the curve will flatten (Should Fear Be In The Rear View Mirror). The facts will emerge with time, but watch how quickly world powers and principalities try to make changes. The agendas have been set for years (Winds Of Monetary Change With Currencies) and waiting for the right distraction. I think COVID-19 is the distraction.
My point is simple and straightforward…God told us the absolute truth about death from the get-go. We die as a result of sinning against God not from a virus or a cancer. Paul wrote, ‘ Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned- ‘ Romans 5:12. When you understand your last breath doesn’t define death, you don’t need to fear your last breath. But, the COVID World Order is whipping up a mean dose of fear right now.
God spelled it out so we don’t have to fixate on when we die but how we live. ‘Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty if our strength endures;’ Psalm 90:10. With that knowledge, are the fears and concerns of dying from COVID-19 YOURS or are we being fooled by the media and other experts with their own agenda? Just like the original lie Satan planted about death, the result effects LIFE, not when you die.
The threat of death is not new. Neither is the idea of living without the fear of dying. In 1948 the new Atomic World Order was inciting fear (C.S. Lewis on Coronovirus ) Covid fear is being used to take away individual and economic freedoms that won’t be given back when the crisis has passed. Peter addressed the end of such freedoms when he said, ‘The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.’ 1 Peter 4:7-8.
The end of ALL things is near…the end of freedoms, jobs, relationships, economic systems, currencies, financial systems and life. This verse reminds me that while it’s all coming to an end, I need to love deeply…Deeply love those who are throwing shade on me for not being scared of this virus (Doctor Says Don’t Be Scared ). Deeply love those who stay 6 feet away and those I can’t even see because of social distancing. Deeply love those who are calling the Christian faith a crutch to lean on when a pandemic is ‘ravaging’ the world.
Once sin entered the world we became dead men walking. The work of Satan was to steal and take away Adam and Eve’s freedom in the Garden of Eden. The same battle is taking place in 2020. ‘The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.’ 1 John 3:8. Jesus gave His life so that we didn’t need to fear death…….Fear God, not death; or a virus. It IS that simple folks.
‘Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ‘ John 11:25-26. Are you living through COVID-19 like you believe this?
‘Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgement, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.’ Ecclesiastes 12:13-14.
We are all dead men walking……..We need to face the fears of COVID-19 and our fears of dying….and get back to living. If you have trusted Christ with your eternity, live like you know you are dying….convert retreating into advancing towards eternity and a better world.