has God abandoned the human race?

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Many disagree with Deut. 28 being a legitimate example for today's Nations. Reading the blessings part of that chapter, clearly defines the blessings the U.S. has had for decades. What God does for one country, He can readily do the same for another. Without the abundant blessings bestowed on America, the ability to have the Gospel preached to the ends of the earth would have been much more difficult. It is from America that thousands of missionaries, spanning many decades, went out to all parts of the world bringing the good news of Jesus Christ to foreign lands, of large and small geographical areas and hard to reach locals. It was through the financial support of generous Christian Americans that enabled the willing missionaries to carry this out. Without the generous blessings from God above this would not have happened.

Edit: As well as establishing overseas churches which were supported by Americans.

Great Britain did a better job of that, and more deliberately as national policy, than the US has.
 
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floods, fires, hurricanes, recorded high temps, covid...

man loses 7 mos old twins in flood, parents losing children to virus, teens losing both parents to covid, condo collapses, people losing everything in fires, people losing jobs & homes

is everything getting worse?

Worse than what?

Things seem worse than they were when I was a child, but I wouldn't want to have been around during the plagues and all the bombing that went on during the war.

God has not abandoned mankind. Mankind, in general, doesn't care at all about God except in times of disaster. Then they want to know why he isn't doing something.
 
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floods, fires, hurricanes, recorded high temps, covid...

man loses 7 mos old twins in flood, parents losing children to virus, teens losing both parents to covid, condo collapses, people losing everything in fires, people losing jobs & homes

is everything getting worse?

Read your Bible, and be careful of listening to men.

Lord Jesus gave us the main Signs of the end of this world leading up to His return that believers on Him are to be 'watching'. Most Churches don't teach those Signs, to their own deception.

Read your Bible, and be careful of listening to men.
 
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floods, fires, hurricanes, recorded high temps, covid...

man loses 7 mos old twins in flood, parents losing children to virus, teens losing both parents to covid, condo collapses, people losing everything in fires, people losing jobs & homes

is everything getting worse?

To an extent, this is just standard for Planet Earth. Natural disasters, storms, plagues, etc--that's just what life is like here. And until recently, these things were far more destructive. Diseases that once wiped out millions are now easily preventable because of advances in medical science, most notably vaccines. We've eliminated Small Pox, Polio is practically unheard of today, and we effectively eliminated Measles in places like the United States up until the last few years until the rise of the anti-vaxx movement which has brought a resurgence of sickness back.

However, we are seeing the effects of manmade climate change. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution human beings have been causing rapid and drastic changes to the planet--global temperatures have been steadily on the increase due to increases in green house gases in the atmosphere, leading to massive loss of our polar ice caps--leading to a feedback loop.

The polar ice sheets in the Arctic and Antarctic give the planet much of its albedo--its reflectivity. That is, light/energy from the sun enters in and is reflected back out into space. The ice caps help keep the planet cool, the loss of those ice sheets results in the earth absorbing more of the sun's solar radiation. This is amplified by the melting ice sheets in the world's oceans, which can lead to an interferance of global ocean currents--which are one of the most important things for regulating temperature.

So, yes, we are seeing a pattern of more unstable weather due to changes in earth's climate.

But this isn't God's doing, this is man's doing. God isn't poisoning the earth, we are.

It is our sinful abuse of the earth's resources that is causing global climate change.

-CryptoLutheran
 
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floods, fires, hurricanes, recorded high temps, covid...

man loses 7 mos old twins in flood, parents losing children to virus, teens losing both parents to covid, condo collapses, people losing everything in fires, people losing jobs & homes

is everything getting worse?

Let's take a look at something Jesus says in Matthew 24: 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

So we in these times brothers and sisters, and it's only going to get worse. More have to happen according to prophesy, but pay attention to the first thing Jesus says Take heed that no man deceive you. Jesus says in (Matt. 7:21-23) (v.21) Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father, which is in heaven.
You mean you must do more than call on the name of the Lord to enter into the kingdom of heaven? (Which will be set up on this earth)?

(v.22) Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy name done many wonderful works? (v.23) And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Now this is not the harlot, the thief, or the murder, these are religious people; some had the power to cast out devils. And what did they put before the Lord? Their works! It’s obvious that their iniquity overrode their wonderful works. But they put their works on the table before the Lord, that’s what you are going to be judged by, your works!


Let’s go to Proverbs 16: 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But the LORD weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, And thy thoughts shall be established. 5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: And by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

Let’s go into Ecclesiastes 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. 14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Stay strong in the faith brother and sisters!
 
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