Is global warming part of armageddon? Does God say it is a sin to waste water? Does he say that we shouldn't touch the forrests? Did God provide planet Earth as a resource for us to use wisely?
2007-01-30 11:32:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is interesting that you ask this: The Bible only states (in Rev 16:8)
Rev 16:8 The fourth {angel} poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire.
Rev 16:9 Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory.
While the timing of this event has been questioned, it is a clear reference to events (Which may take place in the future) of Global warming and man's refusal to repent.
Now, there are scholars which will say that the vials are to be poured only during the time of Tribulation (leading up to Armageddon) and there are some obscure ones that will say that the vials have been poured since (say) the start of WWII.
Is it a sin to waste water? Not in the literal sense, but it is not good management of the resources God gave us.
Gen 1:26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
Man was given charge over the planet, it is his to mess up, or to take care of it.
2007-02-02 01:43:04 · answer #1 · answered by Christmas Light Guy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Matt. 24:7 speaks of earthquakes in the time of the end. Jehovah's Witnesses have interpreted that the time of the end started in 1914...& look at all the earthquakes that have occured in that considerably small time frame. It mentions how "elements will be intensely hot." Global warming could fall under that. And there's many other things that are happening RIGHT now that were prophesied would happen right BEFORE Armageddon.
2007-02-03 00:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to the first.
It's not a sin,but do know there are consequences that go along with wastefulness,like starving.
No, to the third.
Yes, most definitely to the last.
2007-02-07 19:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Sidetracked0260 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God, after creating the world, said it was "good." God gave Adam and Eve responsiblity to care for and name the animals. The Bible repeatedly references nature as mirroring God's greatness, power, and beauty. To treat the environment as expendable, is to destroy our own health as well as mock God's expression of himself.
This is a good essay I am reading (in book form) right now.
http://www.crosscurrents.org/berry.htm
2007-01-30 19:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the bible does not talk about environmental problems, as none existed back then.
2007-01-30 19:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by Ambiguity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋