Psalms 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads “us” with benefits, even the God of our salvation.
Who is the “US” being referred to in the previous passage? Is it only God-fearing Christians who are trying their best to serve and obey God, or does the passage include the Taliban and Vladimir Putin? Now, it is truly understandable why those in high places are under pressure to take mitigation efforts since our backs are against a wall, and even though we are trying to beat the virus, it keeps lingering on and on. We understand this.
But there is another follow-up question: If society decides on a particular course of action as it pertains to a religious matter that is touted as being for the greater good, should the consciences of those who beg to differ be coerced into compliance through very stringent economic sanctions? This is the basic principle of the beast of Revelation 13, where we are told that the antichrist will have no problem with starving folks into compliance.
Freedom of choice produces the risk of collateral damage, because of the bad choices of others, and as we move forward, decisions would have to be made as to how far we are willing to go in the mitigation of such circumstances. Just for your information, sin produces collateral damage in both man and beast, because of the bad choices some may make, and it continues to do so to this very day.
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!