This virus is a God thing!!

Deuteronomy 32:39-42
Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God
besides Me; I kill and I heal; Nor is there any who can
deliver from My hand. For I raise My hand to heaven,
and say, “As I live forever, if I whet (sharpen) My glit-
tering sword, and My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies, and repay those
who hate Me. I will make My arrows drunk with blood,
and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the
slain and the captives, from the heads of the leaders of
the enemy.

As God spoke to the people of Israel through Moses in
the Old Testament so He is speaking to us today.
Through the events of this virus, with thousands dying,
no doubt God is crying out to us to “repent” and return
to Him. To those who are lost He cries out, “Believe and
be saved today!” To those who are saved He cries out
“repent” and turn from your sin today. God hates sin!
God hates all kinds of sin and every sin! However, thank
God that He loves the sinner who will “repent” and turn
and believe now!

Do you and I hear what God is saying?
Is the God of heaven speaking to you through this virus?

Therefore, MEDITATE ON THESE THINGS!!

At the beginning of John's Gospel, John the Baptist introduced Jesus by calling him the "Lamb of God". John presented Jesus as the Passover lamb whose death marks the central event of the Passover season. In the first century, Jews came to Jerusalem each year to celebrate the Passover and to reread the the story of the Exodus. When Israel was being rescued from Egypt, the blood of a lamb was spread on the doorposts of each Jewish home in Egypt and saved those inside from death. Jews who came to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover needed to supply a perfect young lamb for the sacrifice. The animal could not be diseased or have broken bones.

Jesus used his final Passover meal to show that his sacrificial death would give new meaning to the festival. In John, the cross became an altar where Christ, the Passover lamb, was slain. Jesus' legs were not broken, fulfilling a Passover rule. Blood ran freely from his wound, showing that his life was being exchanged for others. Just as a lamb died to save the lives of Jewish families at the Passover in Egypt, so,too, the death of the Son of God on the cross serves to bring salvation to the world.

He carried our sins in his body on the cross....By his wounds you are healed. 1 Peter 2:24

And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day---we have sinned, we have done wickedly! O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolation, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.” Amen!