March 27, 2020 Show with Joe Jacowitz on “Why Did the Coronavirus Pandemic Happen?”

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27th day of March 2020.

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Not that we can't go outside.

But other than walks or sitting around in your property, there's not much else you could do.

But I'm thrilled to have back on the program pastor Joe Jackowitz.

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Although there have been Fatalities and illnesses, I think by far the

most devastating thing that has occurred From this pandemic

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multitudes millions of Americans and people globally.

But Pastor Joe Jackowitz is pastor of Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California.

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Always a blessing to.

Why don't you before we go into anything else?

Tell our listeners.

For those of our listeners who have not heard you yet on this program.

Tell them tell them about Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California.

Well, I've been pastor there for just over 30 years.

Great, and of course.

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Today we are specifically addressing Why did the corona virus happen on?

Today's weekly update with Joe Jackowitz on the corona virus.

But I know that you want to do before we actually went into that theological question or biblical question.

You wanted to give us some updates statistically.

Yes,

and

by the

way,

I

believe

that

we're

wrestling.

Well

first

I want

to I

wanted

to

mention

to

you.

Please send pastor Tippins my way so that I can invite him on the program.

I.

Sure

now

think

of

you

think

of

the

absurdity

of.

Releasing the prisoners because of the spread of coronavirus in those

prisons.

When the government wants us to be confined.

Anyway, why don't they just keep those prisoners confined where they already were?

Right. It doesn't make

it doesn't spread it

if they have it.

Exactly.

There

are

positive

to

some

up a

little

would

not

ordinary

tech.

And

the

terrorist

attack

millions

of

people

flooded

into the

churches

with the fear of God upon them and

Believers need to be praying that that would not happen again this time and that God would use this

Pandemic to

real.

And my

wife

has

diminished

a little

Bible

study

because the

Bible tells

and on

an

earthly.

Plane we still don't know for certain how it happened in regard to whether it was

people eating bats and Turtles and all kinds of strange

animals in China.

And that somehow these animals transferred the virus.

We don't know if it was a laboratory accident or purposeful act of terrorism

from a laboratory in China.

And of course the Chinese have been blaming the United States military.

I don't know if there are still doing that but that's obviously a slander.

But we still they really have not.

The Experts scientists have not really Concluded on an earthly level why this happened.

Am I right?

Yeah, sure.

Right,

but

for it

really

doesn't

matter.

You do

know

why

it's

not

a

mystery

to the

Bible is

well.

I want to make sure that I want to make sure that our listeners have our email address.

So if they have questions of their own They can email them in my email address is Chris Arnzen

at gmail .com chr is Arnzen a gmail

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Please as always give us your first name at least your city and state and your country of residence if you live outside the USA.

And only remain anonymous if your question involves a personal and private matter.

Then with something like a pandemic going around and people's not only

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I'm sorry Joe.

Go ahead.

No problem.

And so

we know why the

coronavirus happened

because the

Bible

tells us

talk

about a lot

of fines.

This

is

original

like

he did

in Noah's day

and

wipe

everybody

out

and

punish

us punishment.

So the result was that God and

animals

and against all the gods of Egypt and.

So hardness of heart look at the world Chris the more the immorality and the sexual perversion on a

scale.

Embedded

pondering

it.

Are you

in

fact Joe?

Let's let's

revisit

the last

plague

in Egypt

when we

come

back from

our

first

break.

If anybody wants to join us on the air for the question of your own our email address again is Chris Arnzen

at gmail .com.

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Why did the coronavirus happen a part of our new weekly feature on iron sharpens iron

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We are Conducting our Weekly Friday update on the corona virus

and today we are specifically addressing Why did the corona virus happen and before you return to the plagues

of Egypt where you left off?

I think it's very important that we give a caveat and I'm sure you would agree with this Joe.

It is not our business to be assigning blame to any

other person or people as to their sins.

Specifically bringing a virus upon themselves, perhaps they've had a death in the family or

just Are experiencing severe illness we are not to either speculate or even worse

publicly and vocally Say the reason these people are sick is because they have sexual

immorality in their home or some other reason.

It is not our business to do that.

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with God in that realm.

Am I right on that?

You're absolutely right.

It's not our place to assign blame.

Oh, you could pick up

on the plagues of Egypt

as you were

leaving, right?

So we use Pharaoh as an example of the hardness of heart

pours

out

a

great

to

them

to

warn

of

their

idolatry,

of

course

and

so

my

my

thought

because

God

delayed

and

realize

again

how

Dependent we are on God to survive

our memory defied memory when we were walking close

with God and we were sensitive to all the little ways in which God blessed us

and provided for us and

Sustained

our

health

and that

that

could

turn

to

that

place

20 years since 2000.

There's been half a dozen or more of these in

an area like a continent or they take place

globally.

These pandemics will

run and mark

their

tear to

God and he

will.

What part

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before we return to Joe Jackowitz of Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California and First

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Why did the coronavirus happen?

We just have some important announcements to make.

First of all, we have a phenomenal line up next week on iron sharpens iron radio.

Mark your calendars for every day next week because all these Interviews will be extraordinary.

I'm sure on Monday and Tuesday the 30th and 31st of March we have

world -renowned reformed Baptist author and preacher and pastor Jeff

Thomas Who this is a very rare thing.

He pastored one church for over Half a century that

was the Alfred Place Baptist Church in Everest with whales.

And.

Pastor Jeff. He is one of the most extraordinary preachers alive and I am so thrilled

that he's coming back two days in a row.

In fact, he is the one That contacted me and said may I return to your program that

actually sounds more British, but I can't do it Welsh accent very well.

And he specifically requested two days on Monday March 30th He will be discussing singing

in the church and on Tuesday the 31st of March. He will be discussing the free offer of

the gospel and real evangelism re al evangelism on Wednesday.

We have what I am sure will be a fascinating discussion with my dear friend of many years

Reverend Dave Corson.

He's not only an ordained minister, but he also is an administrative law judge in New York City.

And he is going to be discussing voluntary versus mandatory a guide to

the limitations on public gatherings during pandemics and He

is going to be trying to separate fact from fiction in Regard to what is actually legally

Binded upon us required of us When it comes to these things and that which is totally

voluntary, although the media makes it Very confusing to distinguish between those

two things voluntary and mandatory.

I'm sure this administrative law judge will open your eyes about some things.

Thursday by the way, that was Wednesday the 1st of April.

In fact, Dave's said I think that April Fool's Day would be appropriate for me because Dave actually

Used to be believe it or not a stand -up comic a professional stand -up comic.

He was actually regularly featured on a comedy TV show at one point.

On Thursday the 2nd of April Kurt Daniel will be our guest to discuss his

monumental Massive new hardcover book the history and theology of

Calvinism nearly 900 pages of information on this phenomenal book published by

Evangelical Press and You might want to especially write this down because the first

six questions that we receive that are good enough to read on -air.

The writers of those questions will receive a free copy of this massive hardcover The history and

theology of Calvinism.

Your question can't be can you tell us something about the history and theology of Calvinism?

No, that's not an adequate question.

It's got to be a good one good enough to be read on the air.

And then of course on Friday Joe Jackowitz is going to be returning to

iron sharpens iron radio for our weekly update on the coronavirus and The Bible's

response to what is going on in the world as a result of this pandemic and that's every Friday

until further notice.

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It's also the email address where you can send in a question the pastor Joe Jackowitz.

And we are discussing once again, why did the corona virus happen?

Our email address is Chris Arnson at gmail .com.

Chris Arnson at gmail .com before you pick up where you left off.

We have a listener in New York City Johnny in Queens, New York and

I have to have to enlarge Johnny's

Question because the font on the email is microscopic.

So, let me just repeat our email address.

While I'm getting this enlarged Chris Arnson at gmail .com.

Chris Arnson at gmail .com and please as always give us your first name your city and

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remain anonymous if your question is a personal and private one and

Johnny says

Epidemiologist Neil Ferguson who has been instrumental in governmental policy

decision -making just offered a massively Downgraded projection of the potential death

roll after admitting he was wrong with his initial projections

and Johnny offers very long URL of which reveals the information on that.

If anybody wants that URL I Will send it to you because it's too large to read.

Then Johnny says Let's see here.

I got it enlarged that part too considering Italy that counts all deaths caused

by COVID -19 12 with deaths of patients by

existing conditions not directly caused by COVID -19 88

Could it be that we're overreaching to this global pandemic?

I don't think we're overreaching.

Well, thank you Johnny and keep listening to iron sharpens iron radio and keep spreading the word about it in

New York City.

Which is the number one?

Area for Coronavirus related deaths and illnesses in the United States.

Chris may I take a minute since you touched on spreading the word about this program?

Yes I'd

like to

wouldn't

be

listening

if

they

didn't

come back

because of these reasons.

To iron

sharpens iron has its

own when

Others to live.

You're

shut

in

and

there's

not

much

to

send out.

Hundreds of

invitations

full to listen.

Thank you so

much Joe.

I really do

appreciate

that

very

much.

And if you want to pick up where you left off before the midway break on yes.

We

were

talking

about the

pandemic and

many

people

are

teachers

that

Christian

who know that

who

share

the

gospel

with

misery.

And then don't apply

brethren

if anyone among you wanders

from the

truth is the Great Commission go and make Disciples of all

the nation name of the

father

and of the

sons in the world because for

a track send them

an article online.

Invite them to tune in to.

Iron sharpens iron.

On my

job and

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settle into this

mindset if we

have this that

nothing

is that's going

to do.

My

retirement

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You forget

sick

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thank God

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That's from God, but don't put your trust in

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Between life and death and the Bible says do not boast about tomorrow for you.

Do not know what a day now you who say today or tomorrow and

a year there by and you do not know what will happen

Tomorrow

for

what

is

your

life

before

and

to

see

the

economic

team

that

recently

the

point?

And we

have to pick up right

where you

left off

there

because we're

going to our

final

break.

If anybody wants to join us on the air with a question of your own send it in immediately because we're rapidly running out of Time.

Chris Arnzen at gmail .com.

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first love publications and today is a part of our weekly Friday episode of iron

sharpens iron radio where we are giving updates on the corona virus with Joe Jackowitz and

Today specifically we are discussing.

Why did the corona virus happen Joe if you want to pick up where you left off?

Yes, so

we've

mentioned

several

refill to God

and and take a

risk people that

you may know

I

wanted

to

to

forget our

work

and if

you

have

extra

don't

hold on

that.

And by the

way, our

listeners can feel

free to mail in toilet paper as well.

He'll box

you

can

go 713 and 14

when

I

shut

up

the

habit.

Sure.

You know that this Sunday at

one

many of

you

of radio this

Sunday at

one o

'clock.

Yes, folks, and don't forget about Monday and Tuesday of next week the 30th and 31st of March.

We have Jeff Thomas the world -renowned reformed Baptist author preacher and pastor of

Alfred Place Baptist Church in Everest with Wales where he was pastor for

half a century.

He's going to be addressing singing in the church on Monday and real evangelism on Tuesday.

Administrative law judge from New York City and Ordained minister Dave Corson that we'll be

discussing on Wednesday the 1st of April Voluntary versus mandatory a guide to the

limitations on public gatherings during pandemics.

And we have Kurt Daniel on Thursday the 2nd of April discussing his new book the

history and theology of Calvinism a nearly 900 page hardback.

You don't want to miss that especially since we have six copies.

We're giving away to the first six people who write in good questions.

And then as Joe said he will be revisiting us on Friday the 3rd of April for our weekly update on the

corona virus.

Joe I would like you to just in about a minute summarize what you most want etched in the hearts and minds of our listeners.

Well, I Want our friends

and not

taking

members and

the website

for

Christ

Bible

Church

in

Pleasanton,

California.

It's Christ Bible Church org Christ Bible Church org and obviously don't forget about first love radio

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Thank you so much pastor Joe for being another excellent guest on this program.

I want everybody who is listening to have a safe and happy and blessed weekend and God

Glorifying Lord's Day.

And I want you all to always remember for the rest of your lives that Jesus Christ is a far greater Savior Than you

are a sinner.