I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the phrase now used by politicians is ‘climate change’ not‘global warming.’ This is because many scientists are now recognising that the planet isn’t getting warmer. The hottest year on record was 1998, since then the planet has been gettingcooler. (Read this for more information).
2,600 years ago the most influential politician in the world made a statement that our Prime Minister would do well to recognise. King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of the Babylonian empire (and creator of the famous Hanging Gardens) stated that Almighty God was to be praised because:
His dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.35 All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?” (Dan 4)
God does as he pleases with the powers of heaven. In other words, he controls the seasons and makes the sun shine wherever he wants. I suggest to you that anyone who truly believes in God’s sovereignty and power will not be frightened that this world is going to be destroyed by man’s industrial efforts. A number of scientists are saying that the influence of the sun has a far greater impact on our weather than our puny carbon emissions. And if you think about it, that makes sense. If carbon emissions have been increasing over the last 10 years (which I gather is the case) then they can’t be very greatly linked to global warming, because temperatures are getting cooler.
I thoroughly recommend watching this online video which helps present a Christian view of climate change by a number of well educated scientists. (And for more thoughts on the environment, click here.)
So , how does this all affect you and me?
Simply this. When people abandon belief in God, when we try to define for ourselves what is happening on this planet while ignoring what He has revealed, we pay for it in the long run.Because the British government (not that the Conservative party nor the Liberal Democrats seem much different) falsely believes it can alter the world’s climate, we will end up spending much more in electricity and other utility bills. We will be more inclined to make power stations that don’t work properly or cost more than they need to, simply because we have not listened to the Lord and done things as he directs us to.
Christians need to be wary of ‘going green.’ The ‘green’ movement is becoming pantheistic, with the earth becoming a ‘god’ that must be worshipped. The Lord has given us resources to use wisely and for his glory (so that counts out belching smoke stacks), but they are also given to us to be used. It is completely nonsensical to build wind turbines that don’t work when the wind isn’t blowing (and the wind doesn’t blow when its frosty or snowy) while deep underground there’s coal to be burnt and unemployed men who would be prepared to dig for it.
The Lord is in charge of the climate on this planet. If he weren’t, how could he have answered Elijah’s prayer for rain? (James 5:17-18)
And for further evidence, listen to Jesus:
Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. (Matt 5:44)
Do you remember the story of the king who set his throne at the edge of the sea and commanded that the tide not turn and the water not rise? Everybody reading that story concludes ‘how could he have been so stupid as to think he could stop the tide?’
Generations to come will be saying the same thing about us. How on earth did these people think they could change the weather by building windmills and not flying aeroplanes?
If you’re concerned about the weather, climate change and all that stuff, maybe you should consider these words of the Lord.
2Chr. 7:13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Ahhh, so its humbling ourselves and prayer and seeking God's face and repenting of sins that will lead to the land being healed. Prime Minister, people of Britain, here is the solution to the 'problem' of climate change. But when will we listen?
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