After reading his prayer, I continued to the next verse under the sub-heading of Yahweh Answer:
I did not quite understand what the Lord was saying until I read further and realize a man had stolen from the loot of Jericho.
It was then a revelation occurred that Greed and Vanity had reached such a great height in the hearts of men that God had to humble us. He has allowed the curse of destruction to fall on us via our own ingenuity. Just as this sin committed by Achan had caused the release of destruction among the Israelites, the same can be said of today. In addition, just as Joshua and the elders had no clue of the real cause of their demise, so too were our leaders at the beginning of this pandemic. Before the battle that lead to Joshua's prayer, there was no mention of consulting God. There was just a presumption that God was with the people and every decision would be successful. We have become a global village and it comes as no surprise that one event can cause a ripple across the world.
What is it that has triggered this curse upon us? What did we or someone, or country, or organization moved by greed took what was under a curse; that brought disaster to us all?
God gave me further confirmation for as these thoughts settled another scripture came to mind, this time clean as daylight with chapter and verse: Isaiah 5:15
From this scripture was the beginning of a series of curses and their causes.
1."Now, the vineyard of Yahweh Sabaoth is the House of Israel, and the people of Judah the plant he cherished. He expected fair judgment, but found injustice, uprightness, but found cries of distress."
2. Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field until there is nowhere left and they are the sole inhabitants of the country. Yahweh Sabaoth has sworn this in my hearing, 'Many houses will be brought to ruin, great and fine ones left untenanted; for ten acres of vineyard will yield only one barrel, and ten bushels of seed will yield only one bushel.'3. Woe to those who get up early to go after a strong drink, and stay up late at night inflamed with wine. Nothing but harp and lyre, tambourine and pipe, and wine for their drinking bouts. Never a thought for the works of Yahweh, never a glance for what his hands have done. That is why my people are in exile, for want of perception; her dignitaries starving, her populace parched with thirst. That is why Sheol opens wide its throat and gapes with measureless jaw and down go her noblemen and populace and her loud revelers merry to the last!
15Yahweh Sabaoth is the more respected for his judgment, God the Holy One has displayed his holiness by his justice!
3. Woe to those who drag guilt along by the reins of duplicity, drag along sin as though with a cart rope; 19. to those who say, 'Why doesn't he do his work quickly so that we can see it; why doesn't the Holy One of Israel's design hurry up and come true so that we can experience it?'
4. Woe to those who call what is bad, good, and what is good, bad, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
5. Woe to those who think themselves wise and believe themselves enlightened.
6. Woe to those whose might lies in wine bibbing, their heroism in mixing strong drinks, who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deny justice to the upright. Yes, as the flame devours the stubble, as the straw flares up and disappears, their root will be like decay and their shoot be carried off like dust, for having rejected the law of Yahweh Sabaoth, for having despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
This is why Yahweh's anger has blazed out against his people, and he has raised his hand against them to strike them; why the mountains have shuddered and why corpses are lying like dung in the streets. After all this, his anger is not spent. No, his hand is still raised! 26. He hoists a signal for a distant nation, he whistles them up from the ends of the earth; and see how swift, how fleet they come!"Isaiah, 5 - BÃblia Católica Online
Money and Greed have become the God of the nations. They are the heartbeat of all the people. It drives our economy and establishes the parameters in which we live. Those who have want more and those without seeks to get more, trapping us in a vicious cycle of consumerism. Creating a structure of great divide between the rich, the middle class, and the poor. The bible warns that the root of all evil is money. Ask yourself why would such a virus be created in the first place. Why does our intelligent and knowledgeable modern society want the creation of a virus with such harmful effects? It is because of war? What causes warfare in the first place? Economic warfare is at a height never seen before. The intention of Money as in everything was made by God and deem as good, but the effects of its misuse and worship can be referred to as a Sacrilege. That is a serious matter.
The word of God is never wrong, these were things written a long time ago but are relevant today. Those who study scriptures can find the answer to almost all the world issues for it was foretold by God. I urge you brothers and sisters who took the time to read this blog post, to read with an open mind and with faith. Maybe, your interpretation will be different, but what stood out is the direct correlation of the issue ( Coronavirus) we face with the root cause which is SIN. Social issues always arise from sin and once we peel back the layers of the problems of the world it will expose this truth.
Thank you for Reading. May God Bless you and the word of the Lord Guide you
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