2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (NIV)
13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, (emphasis mine)"Maybe you are saying: OK, I can see that pestilence is a epidemic disease meaning the Coronavirus but I have not seen any droughts or locusts. Well, just because God has so far protected us in Texas from drought and locusts there are places in our country and/or the world where it is happening. Here are just some of the recent articles relating to the droughts.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/photos/2020/01/07/photos-of-fires-in-australia-sparked-from-climate-change-and-heat-waves
https://www.buzzfeed.com/annmariealcantara/facts-everyone-should-know-about-the-california-drought
https://watchers.news/2020/03/21/yucatan-peninsula-heading-into-worst-drought-since-1986-mexico/
https://watchers.news/2020/03/04/parts-of-north-island-experience-worst-drought-on-record-new-zealand/
https://watchers.news/2020/01/17/worst-drought-in-40-years-turns-tap-water-saline-impacts-health-and-agriculture-thailand/
https://watchers.news/2019/12/26/drought-kills-over-72000-heads-of-cattle-in-cunene-province-angola/
And here are the articles concerning the locusts.
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Speak-Of-The-Bible-Locust-Swarms-Imminent-In-Egypt-Saudi-Arabia-581377
https://www.foxnews.com/world/africa-locust-plague-worst-infestation
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2019/january/plague-of-tens-of-thousands-of-locusts-descends-on-mecca-islams-sacred-city
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/east-africa-faces-dual-shock-from-coronavirus-and-locust-swarms.html
https://news.yahoo.com/massive-locust-swarm-africa-middle-144211394.html?_guc_consent_skip=1584853988
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/pink-locusts-from-pak-swarmdesert-districts-hit-rabi-crops/articleshow/73236059.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/pesticides-ineffective-make-insects-only-drowsy/articleshow/73341880.cms
You'll notice I did not have to go years back to find these. Most of them are this year with a couple of them being last year. And as far as the Coronavirus goes... Well, on Dec. 31, 2019 the government in Wuhan, China, confirmed that health authorities were treating dozens of cases. And on Jan. 11th (my birthday go figure) China reported its first death. So, we have all of this from just one verse in the Bible happening all at the same time. Fortunately God in His mercy told us in the very next verse what to do when we see this happen.
Footnote: This all was brought about by a wonderful sermon that my Pastor gave. A link to it (and I highly suggest you watch it is --- https://www.facebook.com/chad.kirk.357/videos/10221459804715718/UzpfSTEwMDAwMDk0OTA0NTgxNjozNjM0Mjc5NTEzMjgwMzE0/
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