Yesterday was designated as Earth Day. The idea – take care of the Planet, Littering… Pollution… and… Contamination... People who do not care - are all part of our ongoing experience and frustration. At the Creation of the world, a Cultural Mandate was issued by the Creator – Genesis 1:28 – “And God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth." It was a right priority then and it is a right priority now. Care for the Environment and the Planet is an obvious responsibility for each inhabitant.
In the concern for the Planet, there are those who are given to Absurdities, Speculation and Ignorance. The Alarmists and Speculators in their Earth Day Predictions offered 40 years ago – in 1970 – included some of the following:
An Ecologist, Kenneth Watt stated - "We have about five more years at the outside to do something." and "At the present rate of nitrogen buildup, it's only a matter of time before light will be filtered out of the atmosphere and none of our land will be usable." Also, "By the year 2000, if present trends continue, we will be using up crude oil at such a rate...that there won't be any more crude oil. You'll drive up to the pump and say, Fill 'er up, buddy, and he'll say, I am very sorry, there isn't any." – and - "The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years. If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age."
A Biologist, Paul Ehrlich stated: "Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years." – and - "By...[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s."
One additional speculation by Peter Gunter, professor, North Texas State University: "Demographers agree almost unanimously on the following grim timetable: by 1975 widespread famines will begin in India; these will spread by 1990 to include all of India, Pakistan, China and the Near East, Africa. By the year 2000, or conceivably sooner, South and Central America will exist under famine conditions…By the year 2000, thirty years from now, the entire world, with the exception of Western Europe, North America, and Australia, will be in famine."
There are also the followers of Al Gore and the Global Warming focus group. Their basic thesis is there will be: “An increase in global temperature that will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts. Warming is expected to be strongest in the Arctic and would be associated with continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely effects include changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields. Warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe, though the nature of these regional variations is uncertain.”
The accuracy of the above statements leaves much to be desired. Those who espouse them are undaunted in their speculations and beliefs. Although some are very sincere, they are sincerely wrong. But Note - a Day of Global Warming and Planetary disruption will occur. In II Peter 3:8-12, we read this description: “the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.” This passage, along with Matthew 24 and 25 are not speculating about “The Day of the Lord.” It is a day of judgment! It is a day when the universe as we know it will be altered by the Power of the Lord. Question: Are you prepared for That Day? Have you placed your life under the control and authority of Jesus Christ? You would be wise to do it! Consider these things with me!
In the concern for the Planet, there are those who are given to Absurdities, Speculation and Ignorance. The Alarmists and Speculators in their Earth Day Predictions offered 40 years ago – in 1970 – included some of the following:
An Ecologist, Kenneth Watt stated - "We have about five more years at the outside to do something." and "At the present rate of nitrogen buildup, it's only a matter of time before light will be filtered out of the atmosphere and none of our land will be usable." Also, "By the year 2000, if present trends continue, we will be using up crude oil at such a rate...that there won't be any more crude oil. You'll drive up to the pump and say, Fill 'er up, buddy, and he'll say, I am very sorry, there isn't any." – and - "The world has been chilling sharply for about twenty years. If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder in the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us into an ice age."
A Biologist, Paul Ehrlich stated: "Population will inevitably and completely outstrip whatever small increases in food supplies we make. The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years." – and - "By...[1975] some experts feel that food shortages will have escalated the present level of world hunger and starvation into famines of unbelievable proportions. Other experts, more optimistic, think the ultimate food-population collision will not occur until the decade of the 1980s."
One additional speculation by Peter Gunter, professor, North Texas State University: "Demographers agree almost unanimously on the following grim timetable: by 1975 widespread famines will begin in India; these will spread by 1990 to include all of India, Pakistan, China and the Near East, Africa. By the year 2000, or conceivably sooner, South and Central America will exist under famine conditions…By the year 2000, thirty years from now, the entire world, with the exception of Western Europe, North America, and Australia, will be in famine."
There are also the followers of Al Gore and the Global Warming focus group. Their basic thesis is there will be: “An increase in global temperature that will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, probably including expansion of subtropical deserts. Warming is expected to be strongest in the Arctic and would be associated with continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely effects include changes in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, species extinctions, and changes in agricultural yields. Warming and related changes will vary from region to region around the globe, though the nature of these regional variations is uncertain.”
The accuracy of the above statements leaves much to be desired. Those who espouse them are undaunted in their speculations and beliefs. Although some are very sincere, they are sincerely wrong. But Note - a Day of Global Warming and Planetary disruption will occur. In II Peter 3:8-12, we read this description: “the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.” This passage, along with Matthew 24 and 25 are not speculating about “The Day of the Lord.” It is a day of judgment! It is a day when the universe as we know it will be altered by the Power of the Lord. Question: Are you prepared for That Day? Have you placed your life under the control and authority of Jesus Christ? You would be wise to do it! Consider these things with me!
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