| ......or if you prefer the other title 'Climate Change' | | | | revealing if we apply that evidence correctly. |
| or better would be 'Climate Upheaval'. | | | | One of the first things that hit us about the |
| | | | pre-flood world is the great ages or life spans of |
| Mankind in his 'cleverness' thinks his every day | | | | the people mentioned in Scripture - some are |
| physical 'mismanagement', 'misuse' and 'abuse' of | | | | over nine hundred years old. Now many 'clever' |
| the earth's resources is or are the reason(s) that | | | | people have dreamt up all manner of hypotheses |
| our global climate is changing. In particular the | | | | to explain these life spans away, including myself |
| burning of fossil fuels. In turn mankind has made | | | | before I was called, but never any explanations to |
| use of nuclear power, as an alternative, and many | | | | support them as being fact. Of course, we all |
| people believe that nuclear tests, leaks and | | | | know why they do this, to discredit the Holy Bible |
| accidents at power stations are and have been a | | | | as much as they can. So let's go now to the |
| major contributory factor in the increase of | | | | Scriptures and see for ourselves what they do |
| cancers and tumours in the human anatomy, and | | | | reveal about this world shattering event. Please |
| most likely there is much truth in this reasoning. | | | | note the flood was a global event, not localised as |
| Fossil fuel by-products are now universally used as | | | | some would have you believe. |
| weed killers, fertilizers, pesticides, medicines, | | | | Genesis 9:14 And it shall come to pass, when I |
| cosmetics, plastics, you name it and these | | | | bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be |
| by-products are in there somewhere. This has | | | | seen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my |
| resulted in what many would say is a | | | | covenant, which is between me and you and |
| comprehensive poisoning of our environment, | | | | every living creature of all flesh; and the waters |
| including the food we put on our tables. This | | | | shall no more become a flood to destroy all |
| alleged poisoning also includes meat products | | | | flesh.16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I |
| fattened and reared with the use of chemicals, | | | | will look upon it, that I may remember the |
| antibiotics and hormones. | | | | everlasting covenant between God and every |
| Here in the UK, organic food is now very much in | | | | living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. |
| demand and its popularity is increasing at an | | | | Here we have evidence that the pre-flood world |
| amazing rate. People are now saying what a | | | | never had rain. It never had rain because the |
| Frankenstein monster the science lobby has | | | | rainbow was now a sign in the clouds to remind |
| become, a monster they have helped to create | | | | mankind of God's covenant with Noah. The |
| and encouraged to grow since the 1960's, but | | | | rainbow was a new phenomenon and Noah and |
| now have no control over. With GM foods, the | | | | his family would never have seen it before. |
| latest addition to science's nursery, things can only | | | | Genesis 2:5 And every plant of the field before it |
| get worse according to those who have turned | | | | was in the earth, and every herb of the field |
| and joined the Green/Eco lobby. In the UK GM | | | | before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused |
| foods are literally called Frankenstein Foods by the | | | | it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a |
| media. | | | | man to till the ground. 6 But there went up a mist |
| From a Christian perspective the issues are these: | | | | from the earth, and watered the whole face of |
| If mankind 'cleaned' up his act in terms of material | | | | the ground. |
| physical pollution and general abuse of his | | | | Here we can see a mist or fog came up from |
| environment would it bring an end to climate | | | | the earth that watered the ground, but not rain. |
| change? I don't think so. Are all these physical and | | | | The rain, that part caused the flood, was the first |
| material activities of mankind the cause of the | | | | rain to fall upon the earth, so the next question is |
| problem, or just the symptoms or outward | | | | where did all this water come from? The Bible |
| behavioural signs of another problem; the | | | | tells us: |
| symptoms of a deeper and more serious malaise | | | | Genesis 1:6 And God said, Let there be a |
| in the hearts of men and women? The real | | | | firmament (a sky) in the midst of the waters, |
| question here is this: Is the 'Global Warming' - | | | | and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 |
| 'Climate Change' problem, call it what you will, a | | | | And God made the firmament (the sky), and |
| Spiritual problem rather than just a physical | | | | divided the waters which were under the |
| material problem? | | | | firmament (the sky) from the waters which were |
| As a Christian and believer in an all mighty | | | | above the firmament (the sky): and it was so. |
| powerful God, I know that planet earth, our solar | | | | Here, Holy Scripture tells us that there was water |
| system and all the stars in the heavens are held | | | | above the sky and water below the sky. Now |
| together in perfect harmony by the Power of | | | | this water barrier was a solid permanent feature |
| God - The Holy Spirit. God's Power, His Holy Spirit, | | | | above the sky that completely covered the earth |
| controls everything and I also know that sin | | | | and it was most likely in the upper atmosphere. |
| grieves The Holy Spirit. Furthermore, there is a | | | | We are not talking about clouds here which come |
| limit to which God will allow His Spirit to be grieved | | | | and go at will and are often at ground level, this |
| before He takes action. Now, as if this were not | | | | was something completely different from what |
| important enough, there is also the permanent | | | | we know about our atmosphere today. Noah saw |
| damage element of what rampant sin does to | | | | clouds for the first time after the flood. The sky |
| mankind. A level of damage caused by sin from | | | | in pre-flood times divided the waters so they |
| which there is no return. How do I know this? | | | | were completely separate! |
| Easy, let's go to Genesis and we will quickly find | | | | OK, back to the 'puzzle' of the great ages and life |
| out how I know. | | | | spans of pre-flood people. If, as I have said, these |
| | | | great ages are true how did they achieve them? |
| Genesis 6:5-6 And God saw that the wickedness | | | | Again this is simple and it's all tied up in that water |
| of man was great in the earth, and that every | | | | barrier in the upper atmosphere. It filtered out all |
| imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only | | | | the harmful rays of the sun which any scientist |
| evil continually. 6 And it repented (filled the Lord | | | | will tell you are what age us - UV and any others |
| with sorrow) the LORD that he had made man | | | | that may be harmful. These people lived in a near |
| on the earth, and it grieved (cut or carved) Him | | | | perfect environment when compared to ours. My |
| at his heart. (Brackets mine) Here we can plainly | | | | guess is that there was no weather and no |
| see how man's evil activities i.e. sin, affected God, | | | | seasons. Weather and seasons only started after |
| grieving His Spirit and cutting Him to His heart. This | | | | the flood. Are you saying the earth moved on its |
| meant man gave God no pleasure at all, just as a | | | | axis - very likely? Sheer speculation on my part |
| human father would gain no pleasure from | | | | but then I do not underestimate nor do I limit |
| watching his son go wrong and end up in prison | | | | God in what He can do to achieve His will. |
| and/or on death row! | | | | We know from the fact that the rainbow was |
| Notice, the thoughts of the heart of these people | | | | seen for the first time by Noah and his family and |
| were causing them to do only evil continually - | | | | that rain was a new phenomenon, so the |
| non stop evil and nothing else - 24/7 and Genesis | | | | disintegration of the water barrier was the cause |
| gives us more detail: | | | | of the flood, but only in part. The fact that the |
| Genesis 6:11-12 The earth (the creation or in | | | | pre-flood world had no rain must mean they |
| secular terminology - the environment) also was | | | | obtained water from elsewhere and of course |
| corrupt (in a state of ruinous decay) before God, | | | | they did - vast underground aquifer springs which |
| and the earth was filled with violence (for unjust | | | | in turn when they broke out, contributed to the |
| gain). 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, | | | | flood. The waters that caused the flood came |
| behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted | | | | from two sources - above and below. |
| his way (walking a decaying ruinous vile path) | | | | Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's |
| upon the earth. (Brackets mine) | | | | life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of |
| | | | the month, the same day were all the fountains |
| Here in Genesis The Lord gives us some stark | | | | of the great deep broken up, and the windows of |
| parallels to our world today, with man's sinful | | | | heaven were opened. |
| ways being the direct cause of ruin to himself and | | | | |
| God's creation. His sins were directly affecting his | | | | Here we have evidence of the underground |
| environment through grieving his Creator and the | | | | aquifers, here called fountains of the great deep. |
| only answer The Lord had left was to rid the | | | | These aquifers were deep underground and they |
| earth of these people, not just for punishment | | | | broke out with great force. This breaking out |
| but for their own good. They were so far gone | | | | would have been a cataclysmic event with |
| that they were near to the point of no return and | | | | massive geological upheavals to the earth's crust. |
| they had more or less created undiluted Satanism | | | | Geologists today puzzle and scratch their heads |
| on earth. The Lord had no alternative but to | | | | over these faults and anomalies as they study |
| destroy them all. | | | | rocks and rock formations, never realizing they |
| The Lord then sends the flood and redeems Noah | | | | are looking at the evidence of damage caused by |
| and his family, but the point many people miss in | | | | the great flood. |
| this story is the cataclysmic climate change that | | | | So to return to my original question: Is sin causing |
| comes with the flood - don't forget, a flood | | | | Global Warming or Climate Change? I would say it |
| caused by sin. What people have missed are the | | | | most definitely is. The acts man needs to clean up |
| differences between the two worlds. The | | | | are not so much his polluting acts, as God can |
| differences in what the pre-flood world must | | | | deal with them with the click of His fingers, but |
| have been like compared to the post-flood world. | | | | rather his sinful acts. The question is: Will he? |
| Holy Scripture leaves much unanswered on this | | | | Answer: Not in this age as he is incapable of doing |
| subject but what evidence it does leave is | | | | so, but he will in the next!! |