BBD 12.13.21 How to Stop a Pandemic (New)

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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1831^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

13 December 2021

How
to Stop a Pandemic

Here’s
how the trouble began for David and his kingdom:

Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number
Israel. So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number
Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I
may know it.” – 1 Chronicles 21:1-2 NKJV.

What would be the penalty
for this sin?

Then
the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,

“Go and tell David, saying, ‘Thus says
the Lord: “I offer
you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may
do it to you.” ’ ”

So Gad came
to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Choose for
yourself,

either three years of famine, or three
months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or
else for three days the sword of the Lord—the plague
in the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying
throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take
back to Him who sent me.” – 1 Chronicles
21:9-12 NKJV.

Here was David’s choice:

And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let me fall into
the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the
hand of man.”

So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel
fell. And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. – 1 Chronicles 21:13-15a NKJV.

Why did the plague stop?

Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in
his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders,
clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be
numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but
these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father’s house,
but not against Your people that they should be plagued.” – 1 Chronicles 21:16-17 NKJV.

The indication is from David and his officials being “clothed in sackcloth,” is that the were already in a state of repentance. They were likely
headed for the tabernacle at Gibeon when they saw the death angel and “fell on their faces.”

And God sent an angel
to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the Lord looked and relented of
the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now
restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan
the Jebusite. – 1 Chronicles 21:15 NKJV.

The contemporary plague, the pandemic that is now continuing to cause
death and misery across our world continues to spin out new variants. Is the
pandemic a result of sin? As we look across the world, sin appears to be
reaching a crescendo beyond any time since the Noahic flood.

The solution to our plague is the same as it was for King David. We too
must repent of our sins and fall on our faces before the Lord. No doubt the
reason the plague has not grown any worse and God has not said “Enough!” is because of men and women that are on their knees in prayer. We need
to join them, pleading with God to end this horrific pandemic.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for all those
affected by the tornadoes! May those who have lost loved ones be comforted, may
those who have been injured be healed, may those who have had homes or property
damaged receive the help they need to recover.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan.
May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and
De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.;
Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed
and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1831^th

The Burning Bush Devotional

13 December 2021

How
to Stop a Pandemic

Here’s
how the trouble began for David and his kingdom:

Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number
Israel. So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number
Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I
may know it.” – 1 Chronicles 21:1-2 NKJV.

What would be the penalty
for this sin?

Then
the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,

“Go and tell David, saying, ‘Thus says
the Lord: “I offer
you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may
do it to you.” ’ ”

So Gad came
to David and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Choose for
yourself,

either three years of famine, or three
months to be defeated by your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or
else for three days the sword of the Lord—the plague
in the land, with the angel of the Lord destroying
throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now consider what answer I should take
back to Him who sent me.” – 1 Chronicles
21:9-12 NKJV.

Here was David’s choice:

And David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Please let me fall into
the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the
hand of man.”

So the Lord sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel
fell. And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. – 1 Chronicles 21:13-15a NKJV.

Why did the plague stop?

Then David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, having in
his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. So David and the elders,
clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. And David said to God, “Was it not I who commanded the people to be
numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but
these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Lord my God, be against me and my father’s house,
but not against Your people that they should be plagued.” – 1 Chronicles 21:16-17 NKJV.

The indication is from David and his officials being “clothed in sackcloth,” is that the were already in a state of repentance. They were likely
headed for the tabernacle at Gibeon when they saw the death angel and “fell on their faces.”

And God sent an angel
to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, the Lord looked and relented of
the disaster, and said to the angel who was destroying, “It is enough; now
restrain your hand.” And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan
the Jebusite. – 1 Chronicles 21:15 NKJV.

The contemporary plague, the pandemic that is now continuing to cause
death and misery across our world continues to spin out new variants. Is the
pandemic a result of sin? As we look across the world, sin appears to be
reaching a crescendo beyond any time since the Noahic flood.

The solution to our plague is the same as it was for King David. We too
must repent of our sins and fall on our faces before the Lord. No doubt the
reason the plague has not grown any worse and God has not said “Enough!” is because of men and women that are on their knees in prayer. We need
to join them, pleading with God to end this horrific pandemic.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for all those
affected by the tornadoes! May those who have lost loved ones be comforted, may
those who have been injured be healed, may those who have had homes or property
damaged receive the help they need to recover.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan.
May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and
De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.;
Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.;
Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley
E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Larayne S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed
and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

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