(Isaiah 8:11-13)
Since covid-19, the spirit of fear has permeated the entire world; masks, a mandatory face covering, have hidden people’s faces, and have taken the freedom to speak, as a symbol of what is to come in the future of the world. In the biblical days of Israel as a nation, many circumstances enveloped this nation that resembled what we are going through today. Invasion of nations was a means by which God removed His people from the Land, when Israel grossly kept sinning against Him. In the days of the Prophet Isaiah, God warned him not to be in fear what the people were fearing and dreading, but to fear God and let Him be his dread in time of judgment. Fearing circumstances will lead a person to emotional and physical breakdowns of the body, for it comes with torment. To fear God however, is to revere and respect Him, acknowledging His sovereignty over all as the only true God. Fearing Him will remove the power of torment the spirit of fear brings us. The Lord tells us in Proverbs 24:10: if you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. It is a fact that faith is the source of our strength.
Today, the world cries in despair in view of unheard-of circumstances that mercilessly robbed it of its many lives, opening fear’s door to control humanity. Everywhere we go, we see it in the faces of the multitude through the use of an unnecessary facial covering. The hearing impaired can’t understand their muffled words, causing frustration on both sides. This is time of confusion, mind boggling, for fear has taken over the hearts of many, including ignorant Christians. Fear deafens the ears and reasons contrary to the reality of truth. God has spoken through today’s prophets, but as it were in the days of ancient Israel, who rebuked and punished their prophets, Christians are doing the same today, embraced by fear, not realizing what God is doing to warn us, and in His mercy to let us know the outcome of things that are happening right now, meaning, Donald J. Trump will remain the president of this nation. He revealed to them the outcome in part, not in full, so that we will learn to trust His Words spoken to His prophets. President Trump won; it is a fact. The victory will be reality to all after God reveals all those who are corrupted. He did not tell them how or when, but He told them the important fact in the equation, Trump’s victory. America stands now at the mercy of God. Like the Israelites, after leaving Egypt, on the third day when they faced the Red Sea in front of them and the Egyptians behind them, without a place to run, even if they could have done, due to the multitude plus their flocks, they could not. Moses, whom God had given the task to free them from slavery, put up with the Israelites doubts and complaints, as if he had wronged them by leading them out of Egypt. Here are their words against God’s anointed: Did we not tell you in Egypt, let us alone; let us serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness (Exodus 14:12). God however, did not tell Moses His plan in full, neither how He was going to do it. He did not tell Moses about the Red Sea through which He was going to lead Israel to the Promised Land. Likewise, God did not tell His prophets the how and the when, just that it will happen. That should have been satisfactory to all of us, to know the end of the story, as many of us turn to the last page of a book to see how the story is going to end. As it is, seemly this nation is now at the point of hopelessness: the Red Sea point. It is the time to battle, not to complain; divided we will not be established in the faith. Blaming the prophets will do us no good, but to turn us against God, as if we were His enemies.
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