20 Oct 2020  |   05:34am IST

Exodus to eternity with pandemic

Exodus to eternity with pandemic

Joseph Lewis D’Silva

God created the world. He saw it was good; which means that there was no sin, no storm, no famines; no destruction; everything functioned perfectly.

Besides the visible world, God also created an invisible world of spirits called Angels. Lucifer, an angel in heaven revolted against God out of pride, and was sent to hell, and whom we call Satan or Devil. Because of his downfall he thirsted for revenge against God.

God created Adam and Eve and placed them in the Garden of Eden. Satan tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Both ate the fruit and were driven away from the Garden of Eden. Thus the first sin of disobedience entered the world that brought death for all of us; because God does not ignore sin. Adam and Eve, asked God’s forgiveness and God agreed to send the Saviour of mankind; as God so loved the world that He wants us to come back to Him.

Adam and Eve had many children; the first two were Cain and Abel. The Lord regarded Abel’s offerings with favour but not that of Cain. This made Cain very angry and jealous; and so, Cain killed Abel. To destroy human life is to attack the image of God as man was created to His likeness; and therefore Cain was punished as a restless wanderer on earth.

God’s first judgment on sin was when God saw how all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. God decided to cut off the wickedness and pull sinners out of the land. God wanted the honest to live in the land. God found one virtuous man called Noah, who did exactly what He commanded him to do. God then sent rain on the earth for 40 days and 40 nights; and the corrupt were all destroyed. Then God made a covenant with Noah that he would never again destroy the earth with water.

Pope Francis has said in public audience, “The creator forgives us always but what is created never forgives.”

Yes, “every action has equal and opposite reaction.” Nature could not bear the atrocities of men who were full of knowledge, but without any discipline towards the environment. Men indulge in deforestation, fossil fuels, mining activities and many other things detrimental to the natural world. Their ways led to emission of green house gases in the atmosphere, global warming.

In the past, Nature always reacted towards man’s careless and abusive ways of interference with environment; its method of dealing with men were, virus like, Spanish flue, smallpox, cholera, swine flu, etc. Nature wanted men to realize his faults and behave properly towards the natural world. But men remained unconcerned, unworried, undisturbed and never learnt from past happenings. Of late, we have seen that an invisible microbe of corona virus, is threatening people’s lives; with tragic consequences.  

This Corona virus, with its mortal march from one place to another, seems to be Nature’s balancing, against the whole world for damaging ecology. It appears to be Nature’s Fury which causes the exodus of many human beings into eternity.

Just as Adam and Eve asked forgiveness so do we: “My Lord and my God, You are the divine doctor, cure those who are affected and control the Nature’s balancing act with Covid-19 on this earth. Amen.”


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