Rainbow Covenant - and floods

Climate change is a natural cycle. Nothing to be hyper alarmist about. It is liberal nonsense. Should we preach the Gospel with a fervor? YES! But don't use liberal lies to do it.

 

This is a horrible abuse of Scripture.

 

Matthew 24:6-8. "And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See to it that you are not troubled, for all these things must come but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows [or 'birth pains'].
Romans 8:22. 'For we know that the whole creation groans and labours together with birth pangs until now.'

Three thoughts:
1. The floods in Britain, the fires in Australia and California, and this Corona Virus are all things which Man, despite all his scientific prowess can do little or nothing to prevent or overcome. They may well be signs of God's anger with the wickedness of the world (cf. Amos 4:6-13) and a wake-up call.
2. They are not necessarily signs of the end of the world. 'But the end is not yet.' When the Lord Jesus returns it will be as a thief in the night (e.g. cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:3).
3. When one goes into a Maternity Ward, one hears cries of agony and sees doctors and nurses hurrying about. You might suppose that someone is dying; but on the contrary, something is coming to birth. Let us as Christians not be alarmed, but be about our Lord's business, telling people that something better than this poor fallen world is coming, and that by repenting and trusting in Christ they can be part of it..

 

The earth and heavens will remain until it is dissolved in a kind of fire. Then we get new heaven and a new earth wherein dwells righteousness. The original earth and heavens will 'flee away' from the presence of God then we get the white throne judgement. After that we get the new heavens and earth.
Any global warming would be part of the plan of God in Him judging the world. God is in control of what happens down here.

Psalm 103 New King James Version (NKJV)
Praise for the Lord’s Mercies
A Psalm of David.

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
4 Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
5 Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

 

If we give all our money to the government, will that change the weather?

 

It will be getting worse, as birth pangs, right before the Second coming itself!

 

it makes sense, since he is a Partial pretierist!

 

Bernie and the gang want it all period!

 

Definitely! You should do it now.

 

I actually like your post. Thank you for it, I have been watching the U.K. flooding on Sky News from here in the States.

I do not think of the radical change in the weather as others do. No city falls unless Yahweh causes it (Amos 3:1-8, especially 6). I live in Orlando FL, and in 2004 we got hammered by three hurricane hits. As a Christian years later, I understand that as Judgment. There are many reasons to Judge my city, that you would never know unless you lived here.

As for the global problem of radical weather change, it is multiple acts of God that show His great displeasure with many cities and even nations. Whether we call it Climate Change and blame it on mankind's actions or say it is due to solar cycles does not matter. What matters is that it is Yahweh's will and is clearly Judgment, given the scale. Mankind will not avert God's Judgment by limiting CO2 emissions, but instead by repentance and faith in Jesus Christ.

 

Why is it clearly judgement?

 

Because no city (let alone nation) suffers calamity unless Yahweh causes it (Amos 3:1-8, especially 6). We are seeing whole nations being destroyed as in Zimbabwe. Where their drought has lasted so long, it may not be a viable country soon.

 

If God Himself does not control the weather and the seasons then He is not worthy of worship, honor and praise!

Scripture is quite clear that God does indeed control the weather, the seas etc. thats the point in a couple of Gospel accounts ie Jesus calming the storm and walking on water.

God is over all

 

Yes, God is sovereign over everything. But the normal hurricanes, etc, are a pattern of the original judgment, the curse. Do not be quick to say it is a judgement for a specific action. That is not to say it isn't, but you have yet to say how it is clearly that.

 

I honestly don't fully understand God's reasons, but the bible seems clear that the calamity of cities and nations are Judgment. The Book of Amos indicates that multiple times in its first 3 chapters. Now I do not mean this to apply to individuals. The Book of Job teaches we as humans do not understand why the righteous suffer.

 

Yes, there is a GENERAL judgment on the earth, it's called the curse. But with the Amos passage specifically, you need to be careful and remember the genre you are reading. What is the purpose of that whole passage? What is the intent? What is actually being taught here?

It is in no way teaching that every natural disaster, or even a series of natural disasters, are specific judgments.

 

Amos chapters 1-3 indicate in verse 3:6 that calamity befalls cities because the Lord caused it.

I would normally consider this a theocratic passage aimed solely at Israel and Judah. However, the context of chapters 1-2 in which gentile cities are marked out for destruction for specific crimes even they know to be wrong. The context of the verses before 3:6, which are verses 3:3-5, are all statements of general fact leading up to such a bold statement about God's ways in verse 3:6. The only theocratic aspect seems to be the reasons given for the destruction to befall Judah and Israel in 2:4-3:2. They have broken the Law of God in specific, unrepentant ways. Thus, breaking the covenant from the time of Moses.

This means that history and the nations are utterly in the hands of God as He metes out justice upon the cities and nations of the earth to this day.