Fight climate change....with cannibalism

tryphena rose said:

We must be very careful not to twist scripture. The parable of the faithful servant is a direct reflection of Jesus's return, not the destruction of our planet at to our hands.

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The Book of Revelation isn't supposed to be treated literally.

The Parable of the Faithful servant indeed talks about Christ's return, how we managed the things He entrusted to us, and whether we are rewarded or punished.

Let's not forget that.

"Destroying those who destroy the Earth" (Revelation 11:18) is also said in Isaiah 24:5-6:

The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.

Jesus and the saints often preached don't love money, don't love the things of this world. The love of these things leads to greed, selfishness, worldliness, and the neglect of the Lord's "other servants". The consequences of these are strife and over consumption of Earth resources - mismanagement and the neglect of our brothers and sisters (in the faith) in distress.

Matthew 7:22-23. These people knew the Lord, they are Christians. But the Lord did not know them for their deeds are evil. They did as the rest of the world.

LaBèlla said:

And there are many Americans adopting children from those places who already have families. I know several and they’ve built wonderful ministries around their work.

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Adopting children is a good thing. I have nothing against this practice.

The world is a big place. What would be unfeasible in one area isn’t a hardship in others. You are operating from a limited perspective based on your circumstances. Understandably so

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I actually lived and worked many years in other countries including United States and Australia, and other parts of the world, like the Middle East.

But we’re addressing a limitless God who doesn’t have those constraints. He sees and knows all.

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Yes, but there are things He left to our care, plenty of things.

The Parable of the Faithful Servant sums it up pretty well. The world could have been a lot better if we all are faithful servants.

Lady Bug said:

I feel guilty for saying this because I feel like I'm not supposed to feel this way but am I the only one who is not caring about the issue of climate change?

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I'll go even further to say that it weakens our combined effort to preach the gospel. This whole climate change movement is satanic of origin and has to be rejected by the faithful.
If one starts to look at this movement it's deflecting our attention away from Christ and direct it towards neo-pantheism. The flesh, this world, this reality is what's left if one adheres to this scheme.

The lack of Christ in this "climate change" agenda reeks of Satan. We have to save the earth and save ourself and our own future. My response is no, we do not. Christ is our origin and our final destination, our redemption.
Christ is alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. He's the Logos that created everything ex nihilo. I'll put my heart, my souls and my trust in his hands and his hands alone.

timewerx said:

The Book of Revelation isn't supposed to be treated literally.

The Parable of the Faithful servant indeed talks about Christ's return, how we managed the things He entrusted to us, and whether we are rewarded or punished.

Let's not forget that.

"Destroying those who destroy the Earth" (Revelation 11:18) is also said in Isaiah 24:5-6:

The earth is defiled by its people;
they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes
and broken the everlasting covenant.
6 Therefore a curse consumes the earth;
its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,
and very few are left.

Jesus and the saints often preached don't love money, don't love the things of this world. The love of these things leads to greed, selfishness, worldliness, and the neglect of the Lord's "other servants". The consequences of these are strife and over consumption of Earth resources - mismanagement and the neglect of our brothers and sisters (in the faith) in distress.

Matthew 7:22-23. These people knew the Lord, they are Christians. But the Lord did not know them for their deeds are evil. They did as the rest of the world.

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I don't disagree with anything you've stated. My main issue with climate change is the constant push that there's imminent destruction that awaits us and we must act now in order to stop it. The earth will be destroyed based off of prophecy given to us by God, and no matter what we do, it will not stop it nor slow it down. God shows us through His Word our moral accountability is what matters and not whether we plant more trees or how much each one of us pollutes the air. And that's the point I'm trying to make. As you pointed out in Isaiah, the earth has been defiled by it's people because they disobeyed God's laws, His statutes and the everlasting covenant. Nowhere in the Old Testament does that entail that God expected the Israelites (for the sake of example) to go out and start wildlife conservation centers in order to stop animals from becoming extinct. I don't really think that's within our control and whatever happens to the earth, will happen because God decides that it does. I see climate change and it's supporters as a futile attempt at trying to take life and death into their own hands, which man has done since the fall. But because sin entered the world, death entered also. Only Jesus's return will put that to an end. Revelation 21:4

Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Matthew 6:25-34

If the Lord tells us not to worry about what we eat, what we drink, what we wear, then I highly doubt He wants us to worry about something as impossible as saving the planet. You can even look at 1 Corinthians to see a list of those who will not inherent the Kingdom of God. They are all based off of the immorality within their actions, which goes against God's commandments. Nowhere does any of these things mention how these individuals treat the planet. God has blessed us with a lot, yes, but based off scripture, He seems concerned about the state of the human heart, bringing others to salvation and having full, complete and utter trust in Him. Worrying about what we can't control, and this goes for everything in our lives, is a lack of faith in His Holy capabilities.

Stabat Mater said:

I'll go even further to say that it weakens our combined effort to preach the gospel. This whole climate change movement is satanic of origin and has to be rejected by the faithful.
If one starts to look at this movement it's deflecting our attention away from Christ and direct it towards neo-pantheism. The flesh, this world, this reality is what's left if one adheres to this scheme.

The lack of Christ in this "climate change" agenda reeks of Satan. We have to save the earth and save ourself and our own future. My response is no, we do not. Christ is our origin and our final destination, our redemption.
Christ is alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. He's the Logos that created everything ex nihilo. I'll put my heart, my souls and my trust in his hands and his hands alone.

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As far as taking away from Christ, I said something in another post in this thread:

Lady Bug said:

Some people in the political sphere say that these natural disasters that are happening don't have anything to do with God (e.g. Beto O'Rourke), and that really turned me off...

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