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Came to DieGod Is the GospelA Hunger for GodLet the Nations Be Glad!The Pleasures ofGod  \nReading the Bible SupernaturallySeeing and Savoring Jesus ChristSpectacular Sins  \nA Sweet and Bitter ProvidenceWhat Jesus Demands from the WorldWhen I Don't Desire GodWhy I Love the Apostle Paul  \n150  \n# CORONAVIRUSANDCHRIST\n\nJohn Piper  \nCROSSWAY  \nWHEATON,ILLINOIS  \nCoronavirus and Christ  \nCopyright ◎2020 by Desiring God Foundation  \nPublished by Crossway  \n1300 Crescent StreetWheaton,Illinois 60187  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,storedin a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopy,recording,or otherwise,without the prior permissionof the publisher,except as provided for by USA copyright law.Crossway°is aregistered trademark in the United States of America.  \nCover design:Jordan SingerFirst printing 2020Printed in the United States of America  \nUnless otherwise indicated,Scripture quotations are from the ESV°Bible(TheHoly Bible,English Standard Version°),copyright 2001 by Crossway,apublishing ministry of Good News Publishers.Used by permission.All rightsreserved.  \nAll emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author.  \nTrade paperback ISBN:978-1-4335-7359-0  \nePub ISBN:978-1-4335-7362-0  \nPDF ISBN:978-1-4335-7360-6  \nMobipocket ISBN:978-1-4335-7361-3  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number:2020936307  \nCrossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.  \nLSC28  27  26  2524  23  22  21  2014  13  12  11  109876  5  4  3  2  1  \nCONTENTS  \nThe Occasion:Coronavirus …  \nPART I: THE GOD WHO REIGNS OVER THE CORONAVIRUS  \n…7  \n1 Come to the Rock..  \n.11  \n2 A Solid Foundation.  \n…………………21  \n3 The Rock Is Righteous  \n……………29  \n4 Sovereign over All…………  \n.37  \n5 The Sweetness of His Reign  \n…45  \nPART 2:WHAT IS GOD DOING THROUGH THE CORONAVIRUS?  \nPreliminary Thoughts: Seeing and Pointing…………………………55  \n6 Picturing Moral Horror……………………………  \n…61  \n·  \n………………………69  \n7 Sending Specific Divine Judgments.  \n8 Awakening Us for the Second Coming  \n…73  \n9 Realigning Us with the Infinite Worth of Christ  \n…………77  \n10 Creating Good Works in Danger……………………………………87  \n11 Loosening Roots to Reach the Nations……………………………95  \nA Closing Prayer ………   …  99Notes .…    ….…     ………101Scripture Index…       …………       ..102Desiring God Note on Resources...…  ……   …107  \n2  \n# THE OCCASION:CORONAVIRUS\n\nI AM WRITING THIS little book in the last days of March2020,on the front end of the global pandemic known asthe coronavirus,or technically,\"coronavirus disease 2019\"(abbreviated COVID-19).The virus affects the lungs,andin the worst cases kills by suffocation.  \nThe first death by the virus was reported in China onJanuary 11,2020.Today as I write,there are hundreds ofthousands of cases of infection worldwide,with tens ofthousands of deaths.There is no known cure—yet.  \nBy the time you read this,you will know far better thanI how things will develop.So I need not detail the measuresbeing taken to slow the spread of the virus or the economictoll being exacted.Social mingling,travel,conferences,  \nchurch gatherings,theaters,restaurants,sporting events,and businesses are nearing a standstill.  \nThis is not unprecedented—either globally or in Amer-ica.In the global influenza epidemic of 1918(to use theestimates of the Centers for Disease Control),fifty millionpeople around the world died.Over five hundred thousandof those were in the United States.People felt symptoms inthe morning and were dead by nightfall.Bodies were pickedup from front porches to be carted away to graves dug bybulldozers.A man was shot for not wearing a mask.Schoolswere closed.Ministers spoke of Armageddon.  \nOf course precedents prove nothing.The past is warning,not fate.Nevertheless,this is a time when the fragile formof this wor","cbCaiejn0P23R2qz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiejn0P23R2qz","pdf",3308735,116,"English","# Contents\n## The 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