The Planet belongs to the Body of Christ and we are responsible for it.
Ge 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Ps 8:4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
The modern Church is fast adopting an unsustainable lifestyle, with its accent on materialism at the expense of the environment. This distinction between the first world of oppulence and the third world eeking out an existence, is soon forgotten. Yet everything we consume requires the effort of others. The denuding of forests and jungles for our ease and comfort is turning into a judgement, due to our neglect of the environment.
Sometimes I wonder if the modern preachers who are so busy gathering greenbacks in large cities all over the world , to buy fancy motor cars and aeroplanes , and even huge auditoriums even think of the cost to the planet.
The next generation if they still have some forests and wildlife instead of TV sets and all the modern paraphanalia available to them will condemn the greed and expensive lifestyles that are being advocated today.
What will it take to arouse them from the folly of oppulence at the expence of everthing else? Sterile megacities filled with tar and concrete cannot sustain themselves without those who supply the produce and the meats that adorn their tables.
Jer 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
If we close our ears to the warnings of others , we become blind guides leading the blind.
Re 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
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No summer ice
The dramatic changes in the Arctic Ocean have often been in the news in the past two years. There has been a huge increase in the amount of sea ice melting each summer, and some are now predicting that as early as 2030 there will be no summer ice in the Arctic at all.
Discussions about the consequences of the vanishing ice usually focus either on the opening up of new frontiers for shipping and mineral exploitation, or on the plight of polar bears, which rely on sea ice for hunting. The bigger picture has got much less attention: a warmer Arctic will change the entire planet, and some of the potential consequences are nothing short of catastrophic.
Changes in ocean currents, for instance, could disrupt the Asian monsoon, and nearly two billion people rely on those rains to grow their food. As if that wasn’t bad enough, it is also possible that positive feedback from the release of methane from melting permafrost could lead to runaway warming.
http://www.newscientist.com/ar.....anity.html