Dr. Joan Boney, Jesus Ministries ...
Coronavirus does not fit the woes brought upon this world in the great tribulation described in Revelation 8-16, But this plague might be part of "the beginning of sorrows".
Jesus said: Matthew 24:6-8 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.
For nation shall rise against nation (perhaps WWII), and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
We have to consider time in the sight of God is different from time in the humans concepts.
II Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
This explains how WWII could have fit into this "beginning of sorrows" that was to come before the great tribulation, for in God's sight it has been a "blink of the eye" in time between WWII and now.
The apostle Paul said Jesus could not return until the apostasy came into the New Testament churches. (II Thessalonians 2 NASB) We are seeing that now!
The KJV says same thing but refers to the apostasy as "the falling away". Churches would fall away from scripture.
This sets the stage for the return of Jesus.
Also the increase of wickedness is a sign preceding the wrath of God that is to come upon the whole world in the great tribulation.
We often think, "It can't get worse," only to see an increase in vileness of humans on this present earth.
All this points to the coming of Jesus as HE will gather HIS church and take the godly to the New Jerusalem which God has prepared for them who love HIM.
But all who do wrong will be judged by God for the wrong they are doing, even when that person says he is a Christian. So beware!