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“‘But on that day I will deal differently with the land of Goshen, where my people live; no swarms of flies will be there, so that you will know that I, the Lord, am in this land.   I will make a distinction between my people and your people. This sign will occur tomorrow.’” Exodus 8:22-23 Our times (and some of our Pastors) have trained us that all good things in life must be attributed to God and all bad things to the devil. In a sense this is true. After all we have such beautiful verses like James 1:17   Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. We also have passages in the Bible that specifically pin bad events on our enemy, the Devil. Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8 However this premise is not always true. Sometimes God allows bad things to happen to good peop

" There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven." Jesus (the) Christ   Last week we did our little family service and looked at the plagues that hit Egypt as God fought Pharaoh to release His chosen people. My wife as usual was worship leader and my daughter the backup soloist. My son played the guitar. I declared myself the highest and mightiest apostle-prophet-pastor all rolled into one! (I am told there is another in Kenya with more titles than me?) Thereafter I demanded a cup of herbal tea but no one seemed to pay any attention so I went on with the sermon. Jesus predicted a time when among other things, global pestilences will stalk humanity. I don't think the Covid-19 meets the criteria of pandemics that Jesus was talking about. He was probably referring to a time much closer to the end and to something much worse than this. The plagues of Egypt recorded in Exodus 7-12 are an