The Encourager Newsletter - Vol.4 Issue 4 - March 5, 2010 - The Bible Says Global Warming IS Coming - The Real Thing

The Bible Says Global Warming IS Coming! Part I

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We are hearing a lot about global warming. Truth is, the earth is always warming or cooling. The real mean (average) temperature of the earth has never been compiled. The current warming is in the northern hemisphere so it is not global. After studying this for three years I have concluded that if we will send our wallets and our freedoms to the politicians of the world they will "fix" a problem that does not exist. Over 17,000 scientists now disagree with the claims. See http://www.petitionproject.org/ But there is an awesome global warming coming.

The encouragement in this article is for you to be ready to leave this world in the twinkling of an eye and to encourage you to miss what is coming here on this earth. We are living in the very end of the end-time period leading up to the seven years of God's judgment of the earth called The Great Tribulation. The church of true believers making up the body of Christ will soon be called out of the world (1Corinthians 15:51-52; 1Thessalonians 4:14-18). Then the bad news. To get this message today, you will need to sit down with your Bible and work some. Look up the passages in your Bible.

In Revelation 16:8-12 as the fourth, fifth and sixth angels pour out their vials (bowls) there will come forth an enormous amount of heat. It will be a global warming that has never been on the earth before. The destruction from that heat will be awesome! But even this burning is not the ultimate heat that will one day envelope the earth. This short article can only present a highlight of that time with some background and references for those who want to study further. Jesus predicted signs in the sun (Luke 21:25).

Three vials/bowls have already been poured out (Rev.16:2-4): The first one brings about a noisome and grievous sore upon those who had willingly taken the mark of the Beast. It parallels the scene of God's judgments upon Egypt through Moses (Exodus 9:8-12) (Ex.10:21-22) See also: (Deuteronomy 28:15) (Deut. 28:27)(Deut. 28:35). All these things were not carried out against Israel at one time. The northern ten tribes were invaded and carried off by the Assyrians. After many years the remaining two tribes of Judah were carried off by Babylon. The final scattering was carried out by the Romans in A.D. 70 and the effect remains to this day. To imagine that the God of Heaven is a figment of the imagination is a big mistake. The 2^nd and 3^rd vials/bowls transform the earth's oceans and then the rivers into blood. Over half of the world's population will die during the seven-year tribulation period (Rev. 6:8) (Rev. 9:18).

God is going to judge the world (Acts 17:30-31). Late night TV comedians will have no standing to stay God's hand. No political party will be able to delay His destructive power. The churches that have made peace with the devil and denied the Bible will be the first to taste God's displeasure (1Peter 4:17). Isaiah warned about this day in referring to it briefly: (Isaiah 24:4-6). He talked about the sun shining sevenfold (Isaiah 30:26).

God has been warning the human race about this for many centuries. God is love and more than love. He is a God of truth and love and mercy and justice. Eventually His mercy was exhausted and then came Noah's flood (Gen.6:13), the confusion of languages and scattering of the human race (Gen.11:1-9), the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen.19:24-25), and the destruction of Jerusalem after Jesus' final warning that they were left desolate (Luke 13:34-35). God gave them another 40 years of grace after Jesus' crucifixion. Titus the Roman general came and leveled the city during Jewish Passover resulting in the slaughter of a million Jews trapped in the city. The Arch of Titus in Rome commemorates this event.

God promised not to destroy the earth again with water (Gen.9:13-17). The next world-wide destruction will be by fire (2Peter 3:10). There is a primary and secondary fulfillment of that promise. This is the case with many prophecies. The first is (Revelation 16:8-12). The final is (2Peter 3:10-13).

Peter warned of the day of ultimate destruction of the earth by fire. Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished. (7) But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men (2Peter 3:6-7).

Malachi warned of a future day of fire. For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch (Malachi 4:1).

Henry Morris writes this comment in his study Bible concerning Rev. 16:8-12: "The heat will aggravate their sores even more. The temperatures will likely melt the polar ice caps, causing a rapid rise in sea level which will inundate and destroy most of the great and wicked cities of the world, situated as they are almost at sea level.

The MacArthur, Jr. Study Bible comments on Rev. 16:8-12): With no fresh water to drink, earth's inhabitants will face extreme heat. The scorching heat will melt the polar ice caps,… inundating many of the world's major cities and producing further catatrophic loss of life. The resulting disruption of ocean transportation will make it difficult to distribute the dwindling resources of food and water. Amos 9:5-6 uses wording that may relate to this. Ω

The Real Thing—Barbara Carr

In 1969 Coca Cola changed its advertising slogan to: "It's the Real Thing." The upbeat musical ads saturated TV and radio audiences at a cost of millions of dollars. The public loved it! Underneath, people love the idea of real things.

Last summer I attended a Women's Conference in Chattanooga with a group of women from our church. Their theme was "Be Still—Get Real Makeover." Since then I have thought more about what "get real" means. One dictionary says: Genuine and original not artificial or synthetic.

Does "get real" include your dreams and imaginations? For reasons known only to God, He made us with a capacity to dream and imagine. In other words, a "not--real" world. It turns out to be a wonderful place to incubate and create ideas—powerful ideas. But it's a world removed from reality and can be used for good or for evil. God-given imagination gave us the electric light bulb and most of the inventions we use every day. But it has also given us war and tragedy.

And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (Genesis 6:5-6)

Do you have a problem separating your dream/imagination world from your world of reality? We may dream or imagine just how we want something to be and when it doesn't turn out that way we are disappointed. God has a plan for each of our lives; a plan that the majority of us do not follow. We pray about our dream/plan, but do we wait for God's answer? If God doesn't show us a sign, we may decide our plan must be God's plan and do our own thing.

Georgia, my sister, has a new job as Post Master at Stevenson, AL. She now has to cross the Tennessee River and drive up and down the mountain regardless of the weather. Already this year a sudden snow storm covered the side of the mountain and she had to hitch a ride home with the Highway Patrol and leave her car crossways on the icy mountain road. She didn't think I wanted her to get the job. Never mind that I drove up and down that same mountain for twenty-two years. I told her I would pray for the Lord's will to be done. I couldn't help but smile when I heard she had the job. I guess I just kept thinking that my will would be God's will. He answers prayer according to His plan. I had to get real.

At the Women's Conference I mentioned, the word "Real" was used as an acronym:

R - Resist the temptation to be something you are not. Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (James 4:7) Submit means to yield, to accept someone else's authority. We are not going to be able to resist the devil in our own strength. There are evil influences all around us tempting us on every hand. God supplies His grace in our time of need and His strength is our mainstay.

E – Expect the process to be a difficult one. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. (Isaiah 43:2)

This promise was given to Israel when God delivered them in the past, but it is also a great spiritual promise to all of God's children in all times. Have you ever thought you were in way over your head? That you couldn't touch bottom? In this verse we have the assurance that God will go through any experience with us. He is always with us.

A – Allow God to use your present situation to mold you into the person He wants you to be. "But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." (James 3:17)

L – Lay and leave your burden/problem at His feet. "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." (Psalm 34:18)

If we are willing to be humble before the Lord; if we are willing to come as a sinner and trust Him, the Lord will be near us. Sometimes we ladies feel like we need a new makeover—we have a bad hair day, etc. I think the Lord wants us to do the best with everything He has given us and that includes our physical appearance. BUT, the makeover we are in need of is God's molding us into the person He desires. "Get Real!" Let's not make ourselves believe, as we struggle along in life, that changes are not needed. As the song says, "He's still working on me."

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth (Psalm 46:10). He tells us to be calm. We are living in a wicked world with many changes taking place. God is still in control and He is our rock in time of trouble. Ω