History Repeats Itself

During this Corona virus season we are missing the wisdom of our ancestors who have experienced  these health crises.  The period from 1900-1940 featured several epidemics such as the Spanish Flu (675,000 deaths); typhoid fever (over10,700 deaths per year); and  diphtheria (15,000 deaths).

Our current generation has never experienced such an outbreak.  That explains much about the general reaction.  It also shows our lack of respect for history and learning from the past. Finally it shows our absence of knowledge shared in the Bible on how we are to live our lives.

It truly is a circle of life.  Events we think are "new" have occurred before.  Each generation is given a message.  The message being to put aside our man made idols and to modify our lifestyles.  To find the way to live our original purpose for being here.  That is to fellowship with God our creator.  Not to establish our own human rules for existence.  Our idols of sports, entertainment, food, etc. have all been put aside.  They no longer consume our daily passions because if we allowed them to, the virus would have spread quicker with deaths to match those of the Spanish flu and typhoid fever.

The world should look to receive these "time out" warnings every 100 years or so.  Each event repeats the past event.  The only difference is that a new generation experiences the event.  It is predictable that in another 100 years, another event similar to the current one will exist.

From the Bible.  Ecclesiastes 1: 9-11. History merely repeats itself.  It has all been done before.  Nothing under the sun is truly new.  Sometimes people say, "Here is something new!" But actually it is old, nothing is ever truly new.  We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.