Did The Bible Foretell Of Pandemics?

[goodlife]

Are today pandemics punishment from God?

[ToraToraTora]

no, there is no god, next!

[naomi24]

Punishment for what?

[pixie374]

Wouldn't they just have been called plagues, then, instead of pandemics?

[THECORBYLOON]

If they are, what does the Bible say about them?

[ToraToraTora]

....and there'd be 12 of them pixie!

[andy-hughes]

God's supposed to love Mankind, so why be cruel?

Oh, hang on ...

[AuntPG]

Do all these innocent men, women and children who die in these pandemics as punishment from God go to Heaven Goodlife?

[Peter Pedant]

yes it did ( rather obviously)
and no they arent ( rather obviously)

[Peter Pedant]

before AD 1 ? - go to heaven?
no because the only way to heaven is

i am the way and the life, and if you believe in me then you will have life everylasting

you musta kinda heard that one before somewhere

and so nope no one went to heaven before JC

stop press ! - nope - was always thus

No relgion say - "heaven froo me but - if you like go down to caffe nero and have a macchiolate and you will still go! God is like that"

[pixie374]

PP... if heaven means spending eternity with God.
And hell means spending it with satan (who punishes bad people, so is actually good?)...
Think I'll stick with a long sleep.

[Peter Pedant]

no - hell is being permanently stuck on AB !
ter daaah !

( thx to barmaid I think)

[Peter Pedant]

anyway it is good yo see you back goodlife
unrepentant !

[jno]

the plagues in the bible weren't pandemics, they were mostly natural things like locusts and lice and certainly not worldwide. The nearest would be the plague of boils but even that was just in Egypt.

[goodlife]

well to cut you all short it man doing. And only chosen people go to heaven, and I'm not one of them ( Matthew 24:15-22)

[Arksided]

Yep must be, all shall be punished. The Babylonians didn't predict it so must be.

[pixie374]

Jno, I don't remember them using the word pandemic in the bible at all, or when it came in? .... like the Black Plague was a pandemic. Whatever they forecasted, would be down to interpretation?

[Arksided]

It always is Pixie IMHO, if you're looking for it in biblical text you will find it.

[pixie374]

Yes....

[Mozz71]

Nope. God's more your plague of locusts kinda guy. Was the Spanish Flu epidemic also the work of God, or are you just pouncing on people's misery to further justify your flawed beliefs?

[naomi24]

Goodlife, //only chosen people go to heaven, and I'm not one of them//

Lest you give the wrong impression, why not tell them that because you believe as you do, you will be one of the fortunate who shall inherit the earth and live in eternal bliss here? (Not sure how you wheedled your way in there because you've totally ignored the requirement to be 'meek' - you know, the people who Jesus said would inherit the earth. 'Meek' most definitely doesn't describe you, old bean).