The prophet David says.
“5 I laid myself down and slept.
I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me on every side.”
Psa 3:5-6
Again he says,
“1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation.
Whom shall I fear?
Yahweh is the strength of my life.
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh,
Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host should encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear.
Though war should rise against me,
Even then I will be confident. ”
Psa 27:1-3
Not even a bird can die apart from
the Father’s will.
Jesus argues we should not fear those who can kill the body, but after that can do nothing. Rather, fear God who can kill the body and after that throw us into hell itself. Sparrows are sold for next to nothing, yet,
“… Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will, 30 but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Therefore don’t be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.”
Mtt 10:29-31
It is NOT that you cannot die.
Jesus spoke of many things, including that special time of persecution just before the end of the age, which will be worse than all persecutions up to that point. Some will be put to death.
“16 You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you they will cause to be put to death. 17 You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.”
Lk 21:16-17
Now “hated by all men” has never happened so far. Many have had compassion for the sufferings of Christians throughout history. At times the saying was that “the blood of the saints was the seed of the church.” But not at that end time! However even of those special persecutions at the end, even if you die … Jesus says of those who even suffer death in verse 17,
“18 And not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will win your lives.”
Lk 21:18
You will be saved entirely, wholly! God’s protection is beyond even the grave. Like Jesus we will be saved, not FROM death, but IN SPITE OF death!
Jesus was “protected,” but yet he died. How is that? Peter put it this way:
“27 For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur.”
Acts 4:27-28
So this was all planned by God. Things may be out of your control or my control, but they are not out of God’s control. No one or thing can snatch you out of God’s hands, Jn 10:29. Do not walk in constant fear! Not even for a corona-virus.
Scriptures are from the World English Bible (WEB), a copyright free revision
of the original ASV American Standard Version 1901