this week high-profile professional athlete that I highly respect sent me this question is the core oh is the coronavirus in Bible prophecy this message is my answer to his question let’s face it this whole pandemic thing feels like something we’ve read about in the Bible or to say it another way this is the most apocalyptic thing that has ever happened to us Gary Hamrick agrees he said it Phil’s apocalyptic to go into almost every grocery store or big-box retailer and find shelves empty of basic essentials in my community he wrote local police
were called to our area costco to control the masses as people scramble to find toilet paper and water just to name a few items schools are closed business are opting for telecommuting and large gatherings are canceled weddings and funerals are being postponed what in the world is going on is there a connection between kovat 19 and the end times are we living in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ is all that is happening to us at this moment a sign that the world is coming
to an end how do we know if the coronavirus is a sign well first of all let’s define what a sign is a biblical sign is an event or a symbol or an object or a place or a person whose existence indicates something important on God’s plan for the future jesus said that in the future there would be many signs Luke 21:25 we read and there will be signs in the Sun and in the moon and in the Stars and on the earth distress of Nations with perplexity the sea and the waves roaring Jesus said in the future they’re going to be signs the question is is this one of them and the Lord
actually scolded the Pharisees and the Sadducees because they were uninterested in the signs of the times in Matthew 16 1 through 3 Jesus got after these religious leaders because like some today they were saying well none of this is really important here’s what the Bible says the Pharisees and Sadducees came and testing Jesus they asked that he would show them a sign in heaven and he said to them what is it when it is evening you say it will be foul weather for the sky is red and in the morning it will be fair weather for the sky is red and threatening hypocrites you
know how to discern the face of the sky but you cannot discern the signs of the times so once again the question is is the coronavirus one of the signs of the times in the Gospels of Matthew Mark and Luke there is a section of scripture usually referred to as the Olivet discourse in this portion of God’s Word we have the record of our Lord’s discussion with four of his disciples about the signs of the times here from Matthew 24 verses 3 through 8 is Matthew’s record of that interchange between the Lord and His disciples I’m reading from the book of Matthew now as he sat on
