"Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men,
and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?
And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king."
(1 Kings 22:6)
On the face of it, it may appear to be very far from obvious why I've commenced this further article on Covid-19 and the vaccine roll-out with this particular Scripture; if you would graciously bear with me, I will endeavour to explain.
Ahab, the king of Israel, was contemplating going up against the Syrians, who were holding the city of Ramoth in Gilead. At the behest of his prospective ally in this campaign, Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Ahab brought in his gang of experts, supposedly versed in "the word of the LORD," to give their counsel on the matter. And that advice was? To a man, they were in agreement that the campaign should proceed, for the outcome would be positive. But they were all telling Ahab what he wanted to hear, not what he needed to hear. And Ahab, having the "itchy ear syndrome" that so much of the professing Church of Jesus Christ similarly suffers from today, was all too willing to listen to the rosy advice! In the event, the battle against the Syrians would actually prove to be an unmitigated disaster, with Ahab himself being fatally wounded. The lesson to be learned from this sobering episode? Simply this:
BE VERY WARY OF THE COMMON CONSENSUS OF "EXPERTS!"
In looking into what evangelical Christian denominations might be declaring about the vaccine roll-out, I found the link to this official Elim video on the Cytun (Churches Together in Wales) website, which is a "webinar" conducted by a panel of "experts" giving their "informed perspectives" on the should-I-or-shouldn't-I-roll-up-my-sleeve burning question of the day. If you take the time to watch it, I think you'll probably agree that the "shouldn't I" consideration doesn't really get a look-in as far as Elim's hand-picked consultants on the issue are concerned! It's just so obvious that for them the matter is completely decided; the official narrative is in no way to be questioned: we are to listen to "the right voices" as one of these "experts" urges. These "right voices" being...? Only the secular politicians and the stridently pro-abortion World Health Organization, for goodness sake! (See https://www.who.int/health-topics/abortion#tab=tab_1). "Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm" the Word of God declares. (Jer. 17:5). But Elim is seen to be at one with the world. Flesh is its arm. Is it yours?
Friends, it's not just a question of where society is at right now with the vaccines; it's a much larger question of where society is going with them! Is the vaccine on offer today the mark of the beast, as some are wondering? No, it absolutely couldn't be, as the Antichrist is yet to be revealed and the Tribulation period is still future tense. BUT... its being a very real precursor to it should be pretty obvious to any discerning student of Bible prophecy. The vaccine in conjunction with proof of having had it - like the 'green card' in Israel - will have increasingly far-ranging implications, when doors are shut to anyone who can't produce an "immunity passport!" Just imagine if these doors are not just those for example of pubs and clubs and cafes, but are those of all the supermarkets... Food for thought - or no food at all, as the case may be!
Elim, as evidenced by this official video release of theirs, like so much of the professing Church of Jesus Christ right now, is not watching as the Lord instructed (Mark 13:37) but has fallen asleep. Heavily duped and doped, having swallowed large draughts of deception and for so long, Elim and fellow sedated denominational dormitory snorers neither sees nor in consequence warns of the signs of the times that we now live in, of which Covid is a truly in-your-face example of such a one. With the teaching and understanding of - and belief in - Biblical eschatology now being at an all-time low, it seems that most professing Christians are shockingly oblivious to Covid's colossal Last Days significance in relentlessly prepping the whole globe for what is coming down the line and with such unstoppable momentum. In their echoing of the official narrative, Elim's ear-tickling "experts" are but a contemporary re-playing of the whole cautionary saga of Ahab's yes-men and their supposed "informed perspectives." I say again:
BE VERY WARY OF THE COMMON CONSENSUS OF "EXPERTS!"
Even if we put - if we dare! - the question of eschatological significance to one side, what of the safety of the vaccines? And especially, what of the long-term and irreversible consequences of receiving them?
At this point, let's return to the Biblical account of Ahab's consultation session with his prophets. After the 400 had pronounced their unanimous verdict on the matter, King Jehoshaphat asked if there was anyone else they might enquire of. Reluctantly, Ahab had to admit that there was one other, by the name of Micaiah, who he despised because of his negative pronouncements concerning him. Nevertheless Jehoshaphat pressed the matter and Micaiah was duly summoned, being urged by the messenger to agree with the Formidable Four-Nought-Nought. But rather than play ball and say, "Hey, all these guys are right on the money with this one!" he said in effect that they were completely up the creek without a paddle between them to splash their way out of it: the outcome of the venture would be the exact opposite of what they'd all posited. Sadly, even after hearing this, Jehoshaphat went up with Ahab to take the needle - sorry, to take Ramoth-Gilead - and the consequences were just as the lone dissenting, dissed and dismissed voice of Micaiah had warned they would be.
OK. With this scenario firmly in mind, please, please take the time to carefully listen to this presentation by eminent scientist Geert Vanden Bossche PhD, who actually hails from the world of vaccine development. Obviously he is no Anti-Vaxxer to have that accusation leveled against him, and his urgent words of warning be scornfully dismissed on that count; here he makes it very clear that the Covid-19 vaccine is not going to eradicate this virus, but rather its roll-out is actually going to exacerbate the problem exponentially! In this stark divergence of scientific opinion as to what is and is not the thing to do in dealing with the planned-emic - sorry, pandemic! - the World Health Organization we might view as being akin to Ahab's 400, with Mr. Bossche's lonely stance being the equivalent of that of Micaiah.
Who will you heed, my friends? Whose opinion will you trust in? Will you be like Ahab and Jehoshaphat and go with the rafter-raising shout of the supposedly clued-in majority? Or will you actually lend an ear to the lone dissenting cry of the hated Micaiah? You have a choice to make, like it or not, and I can only urge yet again:
BE VERY WARY OF THE COMMON CONSENSUS OF "EXPERTS!"
CONCLUSION
Christians are at a fork in the road. We can either go with the main flow, or we can go the way very much less travelled by. Do we love the world, and the things thereof, and cling on to them tightly? Do we fear God, which thing is the beginning of wisdom? (Proverbs 9:10). Or do we more greatly fear losing what we have, or want to have back - like our pre-Covid easy Western lives? Where does our treasure lie? For there will our heart also be! (Matthew 6:21, Luke 12:34). Are we mindful, or are we not, of the Word that warns us:
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
(1 John 2:15)
Sobering words indeed! Friends, friends, it really is high time to wake out of slumber! There really is only one way that all this is going! Take a peek out of the window. Is it evening, and the sky red? Then you know that tomorrow will be fine! Is it morning, and the sky red? Then you know to expect the worst! As Jesus declared:
"When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring.
O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky;
but can ye not discern the signs of the times?"
(Matthew 16:2-3)
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Please see also on this site concerning Covid-19:
https://watchman4wales.blogspot.com/2020/04/coronavirus-and-closed-churches-let-us.html
https://watchman4wales.blogspot.com/2020/12/the-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-in.html
https://watchman4wales.blogspot.com/2021/02/deception-spirit-of-age-in-which-we-now.html
