Periodically things happen which are so significant, memorable and impactful that everyone in the affected culture at the time remembers them. The prophecies of Samuel were like that – otherwise after five years the people would have thought little about them.
In our history things such as the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Cuban missile crisis and the Apollo moon landing are some examples. In my lifetime we add the Challenger explosion, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the September 11th attacks. The coronavirus pandemic will prove to be another such event. The question yet to be answered is, what will we learn from this one. And will we return to erroneous former ways when it ends like those who listened to the whisperings of Satan after the night without darkness seeking to harden the hearts of the people to disbelieve in signs they saw for themselves.
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