Will Church Survive The Pandemic

Will 'Church' Survive The Pandemic?

4/16/2020

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Church as we know it’ will not be the same when this is over. The question is, ‘should it remain the same’? Regardless of the ‘source’ of this virus, it has served to shake thie foundations of economic, social, political and religious structures. This is something I have been sharing (in writing) since 2010. We need to take a good look at 'shaking' according to the Word of God. It has some interesting and possibly uncomfortable ramifications.

Too often we believe that what makes us uncomfortable is demonic. I would suggest that the demonic realm is only taking advantage of the inability to hear the voice of the Lord accurately. From the days in the Garden, whenever man was out of sync with God, they misinterpreted His voice (Genesis 3:8-10).

Second, the shaking impacts both earth and heaven. It is clear that earth is being shaken, but how do we know that heaven is being shaken? I would suggest that a sign that heaven is being shaken is based on the response from those who should be hearing from the Lord. Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice and they won’t follow strangers (John 10:1-5, 27). Yet, the response from the ‘believers’ have been a mishmash of ideologies infused and tainted with political, social and economic interest. Heaven produces and releases a stable and unchanging word (Psalms 33:11; Mark 13:31), but how it is interpreted and released in the earth is creating what appears to be chaos. I reiterate, that heaven is okay, but our relationship with heaven is out of alignment. Thus, what appears TO US as heaven being shaken is in fact our skewed view of divine intent.
Third, the defined purpose for shaking is to…’remove those things that are shaken. Shaking is to remove things that are made, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain (Hebrews 12:27). THINGS THAT ARE MADE include any structure or system not sanctioned by the Kingdom. The problem with religious systems is that they don’t believe their system qualifies as one that needs to be shaken.

It is not a surprise to me that this COVID-19 has shown up as the Lord’s ekklesia is being revealed and re-established in the earth. It is the Lord’s ekklesia that will show the manifold wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10). It is the Lord’s ekklesia that has access to the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and that has been given authority to bind and loose in the earth (Matthew 16:19). Above all, it is the Lord’s ekklesia that will defeat the gates of hades. In the midst of this, God will not allow man-made church systems to compete with His ekklesia.

When this is over, any losses you or I experience will be those things unnecessary for the journey ahead.

I believe this is a shaking that is necessary to jolt some of us back into alignment with the Kingdom of Heaven. When this is over, any losses you or I experience will be those things unnecessary for the journey ahead. The accurate alignment of the sons of God will be critical in the days ahead (Romans 8:18-19). Of course, many churches will attempt to salvage vestiges of their old system.

Think in terms of Noah for a moment. What he built had the capacity to float in the flood. Remember, the flood was not sent by the devil, and that God gave Noah the design of the ark he was to build (Genesis 6:13-17). The ark was not of Noah’s design. Today we are facing a ‘virus flood’ that many church systems are finding it difficult to stay afloat. If the existence of what we have built in the past is being challenged in this crisis, it may suggest that what we have built was not designed for the flood we are in.

I believe we are in the early stages of a global realignment of the church as we know it. I struggle with trying not to sound like a doomsayer. I am really a positive guy. The reality is that I believe the coronavirus is the first of several global things that will unravel the church system as we know it. It is time to set our eyes on the purpose and design of the Kingdom. It is the only source of stability we can depend on in the days to come (Hebrews 12:28-29). Blessings!

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About The Author

Tim Kurtz is the Founder of The Ekklesia Center. The purpose of this blog/vlog is to explore subjects that show how the mistranslation of ekklesia to church has impacted the Body of Christ. He has served in ministry over three decades amd is the author of several books. He and his wife Carolyn have been married 46 years and live in SC Michigan.