Do you remember the beginning of COVID? When things started shutting down, stores were selling out of essentials and people were afraid to leave their houses? It felt very much like it could be the beginning of the end. None of us had ever experienced that, and it was a major shock. Fast-forward to now– would you feel the same shock if the same regulations and social behaviors were repeated? As Pastor Mark will point out in this message, whether intentional or not, many of the decisions made during the pandemic have helped prepare the world for the prophecies of Scripture.