Comparing the Gospel to the pandemic, and in the way you laid out your thesis was interesting. Before the Covid surprised us and infected the world, we never suspected how such a thing could happen so quickly, closing churches and isolating the people of God from one another in a way we never thought would happen. Despite this, God's word still goes out, the Gospel is still preached, and eventually, by His grace, we will see a return to normal life. Even pandemics have a beginning, middle, and ending. But we must remember that He has been with us through the pandemic and we were still blessed, even as we were forced to assemble "virtually only." As a historical footnote, we know that in the past, Christian churches have often been closed, the Gospel hampered by government oppression, persecution, war, famine, and plagues. Isolated congregations of small groups of Christians have lived in brutal communist countries where it was, and still is, a crime to assemble for a home Bible study, let alone worship together. Muslim and Hindu cultures have also hindered the Gospel, nevertheless, since it is God's work, nothing can stop it entirely. In many respects, we are being tried and our faith tested. Nothing new...after all, the child of God is still a pilgrim and a stranger.