We should ask this…
Where do you stand with the big issue of Climate Change?
We all have an opinion about this! As well, we would all base our individual strong opinion on what we would claim to be strong scientific evidence and reasoning. To be really honest, we should say there is some belief in it too.
However, when that discussion has cooled down, shouldn’t we also be wondering, “What does God think about what we humans refer to as ‘Climate Change’?”
One problem immediately comes up, as seen in the market yesterday. You can see the results of the opinions. Many voters didn’t even believe in a God. They, therefore, can opt out of answering the question.
Some there thought that it wasn’t even God’s fault, but all a result of the big corporations of the world making massive mischief with the climate for the sake of their profits.
Others seem to be disappointed with God in letting Climate Change happen.
Many consider the solution to be within our human capability.
This is reflected in the words of a world leader recently when he claimed it was “one minute to midnight” for humanity. Some other leaders declared it was our “last and best chance” to save humanity. I realise that most of the world leaders, elite and media moguls would not consider God to exist at all, let alone having anything to do with this.
Should we think of God coming into any of this at all? If the God of the Bible exists, does he think there is an issue, diagnosis first, and second, what the treatment would be, if needed?
What if God has got the climate under control?
God made a promise after the universal Flood back about 4,400 years ago. He was fed up with the acts of violence and rebellion by the people he had created. After that catastrophic event, he declared:
“Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
[22] “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
Genesis 8:21 (NIV) (http://www.laridian.com)
God sustains all things. As his created humans, we have been given the responsibility of looking after them to the best of our ability. This includes nature, the environment, as well as each other.
We are also told that the earth “will wear out”…
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath;
the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies.
But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
Isaiah 51:6 (NIV) (http://www.laridian.com)
That will be the time when the God of the universe creates a new earth where he will dwell with those who love him, accept him, and are happy to obey him…
But in keeping with his promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
2 Peter 3:13 (NIV) (http://www.laridian.com)
What are your thoughts about all of this?