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The Church has never been this isolated. During the Great Persecution under the Emperors Caligula, Nero, Domitian, and Diocletian the Church was able to meet in secret. The ecclesia gathered together to encourage one another, but right now this is banned. Believers are forced to be seperate, to communicate via technology and unable to assemble, “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.” (Hebrews 10:25). 

This is an unprecedented period in Church history, where we are unable to gather, partake in Communion in person together, or lay hands on one another for prayer. What then can we do? The answer is to proclaim Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote letters, much of which make up two thirds of The New Testament, and their impact has echoed across Church history and in the Kingdom of Heaven. Let us adopt the Pauline model, preach Christ in the cybersphere, reaching souls across the world!  


We must proclaim Christ, “For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.” (2 Corinthians 4:5). While we suffer for want of company, for the desire to be with other saints, we are always in Jesus’ company, “I am with you always, to the very end of the age”(Matthew 28:20) and can offer His consoling and comforting presence to others through our words. This is a time when words matter, in the absence of touch we must touch hearts with encouraging homilies, sermons, letters, verses, and more. Let’s overshadow the Gutenberg press in 16th Century, and explode the world wide web with the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ! Amen. 

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