Is this Pandemic The End of the World?

 

            Corona Virus 2019 was feared by the majority of the people around the world because of its deadliness. Many scientists are still looking for a cure, a vaccine that will cure the infected to avoid massive deaths.

 

            The virus started in Wuhan, China, last November 2019, killed many people, and had a massive spread over the world in just a period. The majority of the people were confused, paranoid, afraid, and above all economy was affected, lots of people lost their jobs due to companies temporarily closing down their businesses.

 

            People asked questions like: Is this start of the end of the world? Why the Lord allowed this to happen? Is He punishing his most loved creations the human beings? 

 

            There are different views on this circumstance about the Pandemic. Others said it was God’s way of disciplining the world for all people to go back to him and repent. Some said it is just a natural calamity that happens in the pasts, same as the Antonine Plague in 165-180. The Roman Empire experienced this in that five to ten million people died lasted for fifteen years. The Bubonic Plague or the Plague of Justinian in 541-542 that fifty percent of the population of Europe from twenty-five to one hundred million died.

 

        Now and still counting one million-plus people who have died so far from the COVID-19 outbreak as of November 2020. Sounds not quite a lot but, numbers add up quickly.

 

        What does the Bible say about this Pandemic? Matthew 24:1-44 answered this question. Is this Pandemic the end of the world? In the passage prophesied thousands of years ago, when Jesus Christ, the son of the Living God, was with his disciples, the disciples were asking that when would be the end of the world. God answered their query by giving them signs about His second coming before the end of the world. First, about the deceptions by false Christ and false prophets. It is happening now that many false Christ claimed to be a god. Secondly, about wars and rumors of wars were happening in the world today, and nations against nations will fight. Then famines and earthquakes almost everywhere. Finally, persecutions and tribulations of the followers of Christ through martyrdom and others will be cold in their faith and left the faith.

 

 

Contributor/Article by: Armando D. Fermin 
Edited by: NjA 
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