As we begin day 33 of this ongoing ordeal, I ponder how something of this nature may have been handled in past times. In the days of Jesus life on the earth, people with leprosy were outcast. They were quarantined from society so to speak. Jesus didn’t worry about being near them, He in fact healed many of them. You could say Noah and his family were also quarantined on an ark. That is certainly a case where you agreed to the quarantine, or you died. Tragically, many did die. We as Christians of course understand the analogy God was developing with the ark, that is by accepting Christ as Savior, we are in a sense quarantined from eternal separation from God. Let us not forget about Jonah, his disobedience to God found him quarantined in the belly of a large marine animal for three days. Another analogy of course, this to Christ, three days in the tomb.
It makes me sad for high school students, most especially the seniors of the class of 2020. Their senior year came to a screeching halt in a most disastrous and distressing way. Just as they were headed toward 3rd base with their eyes on home, the umpire stops the game due to a storm. I must say, from what I can see, these brave seniors are handling their situation admirably. I don’t know how I would have handled it if my senior year had been cut short. I suppose at first I would have been thrilled, thinking, wow, I get to graduate, and I can go out to eat everyday, go to the movies, disc golf, miniature golf and no more school, I would think I was on top of the world. Then I would remember everything is shut down. My anxiety would be roaring. I would be waiting for normalcy, ready to swim in America again, just as I am now.
For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 12:40 ESV
Time On The Road..........by Donnie 