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     Some lessons seem destined to be repeated and remain unlearned.  The words of Isaiah were spoken 700 years before Jesus' life.  Jesus' words were spoken more than 2,000 years before our time.  Prophetic warnings seem fated to be disregarded because they mean change and conversion, which appear unacceptable or inconvenient.  Our ears and eyes are being filled with news of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, yet there are people who still refuse to wear a mask, stay home, and observe "social distancing!"   Science is often the prophetic voice nowadays on many important issues and finds itself denounced as a "hoax!"   The denunciations by Isaiah, Jeremiah and other prophets were aimed at lifestyle and political choices made by rulers and the people.  Jesus wept over the future of Jerusalem [Matthew 23:37-39; Luke 19:41-44] because it did not "recognize the time of your visitation."  

      Isaiah's words, "Unless your faith is firm, you shall not be firm!" should lead us to recognize the prophetic voices and make the necessary changes to avoid loss of life and health. [Those who "recover" from COVID-19 may still be dealing with lung and kidney damage!]   Our "delivery" may come from the very same science being denounced as a "hoax!"  Vaccines do not invent themselves.  God's mighty deeds may come in that form.  We can do our part by accepting the penitential practices of wearing a mask, staying home, observing appropriate social distancing and hand hygiene.  AMEN,