Wise Like Issachar

Mat 24:4-7  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. (5)  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. (6)  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.(7)  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines,and pestilences , and earthquakes, in divers places. (KJV) If you read the ESV like I often do, the word pesilences is not in verse 7.  Do not let that lead you astray.  Jesus said pestilences ( " a fatal epidemic disease" )  were part of the sign of His coming.  I have no doubt that, like with the plagues of Egypt, the pestilences of these days are meant to challenge things we put the place of God in our lives.  Early on when this pandemic started and I began to realize its severity, I was lead to Isaiah 28 1-10.  Pay attention to the types of crowns mentioned in this

Of Issachar,[were] men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.