© 20 Colin Melbourne
Q: Is Corona virus a punishment from God, like the plagues of Egypt in the Bible?
A: I suspect the legalists will seize the opportunity to draw that conclusion, but not exactly; it is another of the self-inflicted judgments, and curses, Adam’s progeny have brought on themselves, by persistent rebellion against The Truth.
In the same way that the emergence of HIV Aids, in the 1980’s, was emphasised by the legalist bandwagon to be; “God’s judgment on perverts and the sexually immoral”.
Such sinners do indeed come under God’s wrath, but, rather than a direct Judgment of God on; sodomites, lesbians, junkies, and fornicators, it is an inevitable consequence of following the sinful nature, unto death and Hell; as plainly enunciated in the Holy Bible, Romans 1:23-32 KJV;
…And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Reprobate Minds
Notice the difference; sinners bring divine judgment on themselves because they prefer sin over righteousness.
When God’s Judgments are pronounced specifically on wicked idolaters, as in the example you cite, of stubborn Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses, they are even worse than the results of curses in the cases above.
Every firstborn in Egypt perished overnight, but not every fornicator dies of HIV Aids.
Heed God’s Warning
And never forget: God’s Judgments are eternal, not merely during this life.
Fear God, and flee from idolatry and sin of every form, or perish in outer darkness forever, Mtt. 22:13-14, 25:30 KJV;
Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen.
And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Spiritual Hypoxia
The recent Corona virus purge is a result of man’s accumulated rebellion against the word of God, not a divine pogrom on sinners.
In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die
It is no surprise that it emerged in Central China.
Trekking in remote parts of Asia, I often come across smouldering campfires strewn with the gnawed remains of unclean animals, and live specimens are sold in rural Asian markets; rats, shrews, voles, bats, Pangolins, Hedgehogs, venomous toads, snakes, lizards, monkeys, Gibbons, insects, grubs, and unmentionable body-parts of reptiles and top carnivores are a prized delicacy amongst rich Asians: All consumed entirely with the creatures’ blood and juices.
The Fulness Thereof
The Jewish food laws are in the Holy Bible, not merely to provide a hobby-horse for the Adventist SDA cult, but as lessons on personal cleanliness, food hygiene, and markers of obedience for the Jews.
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor. 10:25-26 KJV
Under our New Covenant of Grace, believers may now eat whatever is sold in the shambles (meat-market), but the moral aspects of God’s Law are still to be honoured by Christians, as are sensible rules of personal hygiene.
Conclusion
Pangolin-burgers, bats, sushi, and raw shellfish, are off-menu you understand.
Happily, faithful Bible-believers hold no fear of contracting infection or disease of any kind: That’s basic Gospel: Why Christians Need Never be Sick or Infirm
Are you a doubter or a believer?
© 20 Colin Melbourne
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