[Nell]

Originally Posted by Jo S

Hi Nell, my comments on Piper were more of a warning seeing as you and others were being drawn to his teachings. I didn't assume you were a follower.

Originally Posted by Jo S

Nell, perhaps these two links may help. In them two sisters in the Lord share their experience and wisdom concerning Piper's ministry.
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With research I'm confident you'll find that going from Nee/Lee to John Piper is no more than a lateral move.

You didn’t “assume”. You implied. And as I said, I made no lateral moves to John Piper.

So to sum up my position on whether or not God is directly involved in this Covid situation is this;

I believe scripture teaches that Jesus' death on the cross satisfied God's wrath until the time of judgment when the 7 trumpets and the 7 bowls of judgment are poured out onto mankind.

In my mind to say that this virus is God's doing is essentially saying that He is in the process of judging mankind. This premise directly contradicts revelation given in scripture as there are many things that have to first take place before His judgment through pestilence in Revelation occurs.

To me it's not a matter of waiting to see whether or not John Piper is right, he's already falsely prophesying because he's contradicting what we already know in scripture.

It's also written that there will be signs and wonders preformed by the anti-Christ in the last days that'll be so great even the very elect will be deceived if it were possible.

When I look at how a virus not much deadlier than influenza shut down the entire world, I tend to lean more toward the "signs and wonders" category rather than it being God's judgment.

One thing is for sure, we can agree that we are in the last days.

So I’ll repeat my point: Look up! Wake up! We don’t know. We probably shouldn’t take comfort in opinions, reasonings and speculations. Putting God in a box is probably not a good an idea. He can do what he wants, when he wants. Better to “take heed” and/or “watch therefore”.

Does that answer your question?

I didn’t ask a question. I said I would be interested in your response. Thank you for responding.

Nell