This deeply prophetic and directional message was delivered in the Summer of 2020--a year, widely characterized as unprecedented. However, there was a time like this time, before 2020. It was a time when GOD humbled the world... before, and examining that time will shed light upon the many complex dimensions and the pivotal purpose of this one.

In that time, GOD allowed the entire world to come under the Yoke--the humbling control and dominion--of the kingdom of Babylon. And because the purpose of that time and its yoke was to humble the world, humility alone was the key to survival and the ultimate remedy for deliverance. The same is true of this time.According to the Scripture, to every thing, there is a season; and a time to every purpose under the heaven -- revealing that it is purpose that gives definition to time. A time can only be fulfilled and brought to pass, when it's purpose is accomplished. Therefore, if the world is to be delivered from the yoke of this time, we must humble ourselves.

The global overtake of COVID-19 has signified the world's entrance into yet another time, like that time. Once again, GOD is humbling the world -- and once again, humility shall ultimately emerge as our true and only answer.
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Text: Ezekiel 17:11-16, 22 & 24
Preached July 12, 2020 at Zion Pentecostal Church of Christ (Cleveland, OH), during an outdoor parking lot service.