Firstly, he sent them to the descendants of Israel to punish them for disobedience. One example was when God answered their complaint for meat by sending quail into the camp as the Israelites journeyed. But the greedy wretches couldn't even wait to cook the birds.
Numbers 11:33 (BBE)showed how the Lord dealt with disobedient folks. "But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them."
God has also displayed his might through plagues, most notably those against Egypt. The death of the first-born males was the last and greatest of those. As Exodus 11:9 (BBE) says, "And the Lord said to Moses, 'Pharaoh will not give ear to you, so that my wonders may be increased in the land of Egypt."The Lord also uses disease to bring people to repentance. King David wasn't supposed to number the Israelites but he did. God sent a plague to cause David to repent. In 2 Samuel 24:25 (BBE), we read, "And there David put up an altar to the Lord, making burned offerings and peace-offerings. So the Lord gave ear to his prayer for the land, and the disease came to an end in Israel."
Sometimes God uses sicknesses to encourage people's faith. Mark 5:33 and 34 (BBE) says of the woman with an issue of blood, "The woman, shaking with fear, conscious of what had been done to her, came and, falling on her face before him, gave him a true account of everything. And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be free from your disease."I have no idea of what this COVID-19 pandemic is supposed to accomplish. But all of us who trust in the heavenly Father know it'll redound to God's glory and our eventual benefit.
If Christ doesn't return by Thursday, I hope to publish about what we can do about this disease.
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