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Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
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Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
What if the rapture, as spoken about in the Bible, is metaphorical, and not literal?Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Corona isn't killing nearly enough people to be part of the tribulation.
Not to mention, Christians wouldn't be here, because the rapture should have happened already.
I have no doubt that it fits in there in the scope of things.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
I have no doubt that it fits in there in the scope of things.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
What if the rapture, as spoken about in the Bible, is metaphorical, and not literal?Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Corona isn't killing nearly enough people to be part of the tribulation.
Not to mention, Christians wouldn't be here, because the rapture should have happened already.
Why do Christians, Jews, and Muslims chose to believe some things are allegorical, while other things are literal?
. . . and why do they decide, this authority, or that authority is endowed with divinity, to make such a decision?
Biblical viruses kill millions.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
What if the rapture, as spoken about in the Bible, is metaphorical, and not literal?Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Corona isn't killing nearly enough people to be part of the tribulation.
Not to mention, Christians wouldn't be here, because the rapture should have happened already.
Why do Christians, Jews, and Muslims chose to believe some things are allegorical, while other things are literal?
. . . and why do they decide, this authority, or that authority is endowed with divinity, to make such a decision?
I have no doubt that it fits in there in the scope of things.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Bible wise or end times prophet wise? Not being a dick just asking is all.
I have no doubt that it fits in there in the scope of things.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Bible wise or end times prophet wise? Not being a dick just asking is all.
Biblically speaking, the Bible in general, and Jesus specifically, does not list off a virus as either a sign of the end times, nor as a precursor to the end times.
In passages, such as Matthew 24, it simply says that things on the Earth will get worse. That's it. Just "worse".
Even then, it says in verse 34, that they will be eating and drinking, marrying, and given in marriage. So what does that tell us? That we don't know when the end is coming. It's that simple.
So while we could say that Corona is an example of things generally getting worse, that a small flu like illness in a remote area of China, can spread world wide in mere days... there is nothing specifically that the Bible ties this illness to a sign of the end times.
That leaves Revelations from the end times. And simply put, the numbers are not there, for this to be an end times judgment.
So a quick review of the tribulation judgement of G-d on the Earth, listed in the book of Revelations:
There are seven Seal judgements. These are judgement in seven scrolls that are sealed. When the seal is broken, then judgement is given out to the Earth.
Then there are seven Trumpet judgements. These judgements are ushered in by the blowing of Trumpets by the Angels in Heaven.
And then there are seven bowl judgements. Now the bowl judgements are poured out from bowls onto the Earth. But these judgements, do not generally cause death, but rather suffering. You can read about that in your own time.
But as it relates to the topic at hand, the seven seal judgements wipe out 1/4 of all the population of the Earth. The Trumpet judgement wipes out 1/3 of all those who are left after the seal judgement.
Now at a rough estimate, that means the total population of the Earth, would decrease by 4 Billion people.
Corona to date, has killed 4,000. It would be nearly impossible for Corona to get to a Revelations level event, at this rate.
Nope. Might be able to be considered early birth pains.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
1/4 of The Earth's Population are killed in one Seal Judgement, and then 1/3rd killed in a Trumpet Judgement alone.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Corona isn't killing nearly enough people to be part of the tribulation.
Not to mention, Christians wouldn't be here, because the rapture should have happened already.
Pestilence/plague are among a number of things Jesus foretold for the last days in Matthew chapter 24; Luke 21; Mark 13.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
An interesting study is all the things that happened to this planet in the mid fourteenth century (including the Black Plague where 25 million people died. There was also the Great Famine, wars, and the upcoming Little Ice Age. Then there were the usual natural disasters. I can imagine our ancestors looking down at us and (in comparison) noting the lesser trouble of today and shaking their heads at us.Pestilence/plague are among a number of things Jesus foretold for the last days in Matthew chapter 24; Luke 21; Mark 13.
Pestilence/plague are among a number of things Jesus foretold for the last days in Matthew chapter 24; Luke 21; Mark 13.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Pestilence/plague are among a number of things Jesus foretold for the last days in Matthew chapter 24; Luke 21; Mark 13.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Yes. True. The Spanish flu in the 1918 has killed 50 million. At present, there is no indication that Corona will match that.
Point being, if this is a sign of end times, why wasn't the Spanish flu?
Now there is a case to be made, that the Spanish Flu could not be a sign of the end times, because a clearly defined requirement of the end times had not yet happened... namely Israel did not exist yet, and absolutely nothing in revelations could happen without Israel's existence.
But I still am of the opinion, wrong or right, that Corona is simply not deadly enough to be a sign of the end times.
At this point there is more damage being done by governments reacting to Corona, than Corona.
I think when a real sign of the end times happens, we won't be debating it, because it will be obvious.
Because again, if you read revelations, we're talking about losing 50% of the worlds population. That means roughly 4 billion people are going to die.
Thus far, Corona has only wiped out 21,000 people or so. So even if the death rate quadrupled, which is possible..... that still wouldn't even be at Spanish Flu levels, let alone the Revelation levels.
So, not seeing it. Not with Corona.
I think it is a wake up call though, that a highly infectious illness, is nearly impossible to contain. The idea of containing something this easily transmissible, I think we can safely say that it is nearly impossible unless only 5 people have it, and you know exactly who those 5 people are, and who they came in contact with. Outside of that, containment is pretty much a dead concept. Not that people are not still pushing this dead concept, but it clearly hasn't even made the smallest of impacts trying to contain this.
Pestilence/plague are among a number of things Jesus foretold for the last days in Matthew chapter 24; Luke 21; Mark 13.Is the Corona virus and other killer viruses part of the great tribulation plagues, spoken of in the book of Revelations.? Your thoughts.
Yes. True. The Spanish flu in the 1918 has killed 50 million. At present, there is no indication that Corona will match that.
Point being, if this is a sign of end times, why wasn't the Spanish flu?
Now there is a case to be made, that the Spanish Flu could not be a sign of the end times, because a clearly defined requirement of the end times had not yet happened... namely Israel did not exist yet, and absolutely nothing in revelations could happen without Israel's existence.
But I still am of the opinion, wrong or right, that Corona is simply not deadly enough to be a sign of the end times.
At this point there is more damage being done by governments reacting to Corona, than Corona.
I think when a real sign of the end times happens, we won't be debating it, because it will be obvious.
Because again, if you read revelations, we're talking about losing 50% of the worlds population. That means roughly 4 billion people are going to die.
Thus far, Corona has only wiped out 21,000 people or so. So even if the death rate quadrupled, which is possible..... that still wouldn't even be at Spanish Flu levels, let alone the Revelation levels.
So, not seeing it. Not with Corona.
I think it is a wake up call though, that a highly infectious illness, is nearly impossible to contain. The idea of containing something this easily transmissible, I think we can safely say that it is nearly impossible unless only 5 people have it, and you know exactly who those 5 people are, and who they came in contact with. Outside of that, containment is pretty much a dead concept. Not that people are not still pushing this dead concept, but it clearly hasn't even made the smallest of impacts trying to contain this.
Now we have 500,000 dead from the Coronavirus. The Tribulation was over in the first century AD and Jesus told the new Christians to flee Jerusalem for the mountains to avoid the Tribulation.. That's what they did.
Revelation has NOTHING to do with Covid.