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Overshoot: Why It’s Already Too Late To Save Civilization

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I do not 'think' this will happen; I know it will:

The Word of God [the Bible] tells us that He is the Creator of all things. He has the ability to do anything that he chooses. He made the earth and set humans upon it.
It’s been nearly 2000 years since the last time we were given Divine instructions, that is: as written in the Bible. Since then, people have mostly pursued their own interests, worshipping false gods, promoting evolution and denying the existence of their Creator.

We are told that thousands of years ago people were in a similar situation, having degenerated into apostasy and sin. Only one righteous man and his family were kept alive as God destroyed all the rest by a worldwide flood. Jesus predicted that ‘once again it will be as in the days of Noah’ and when He comes again, we should be prepared. Matthew 24:37-44

The Creator God ‘reset civilization’ in Noah’s day and now we are facing the same judgement. God promised after the Flood, to never again use water or wipe out life so completely. Genesis 9:11
But in Deuteronomy 32:22 & 34-35, He tells us of a terrible fire punishment stored up for His enemies, on their Day of Doom. Isaiah 54:9-10

There are many descriptions in the prophesies of this sudden and devastating worldwide Day of fire and earthquakes, most are either ignored or allegorized because people cannot see any literal fulfilment. The biggest difficulty that most have, is realizing the difference between the Lord’s Day of vengeance and wrath and the Return of Jesus in His glory.

Isaiah 13:9-13 The Day of the Lord is coming, that cruel Day of wrath and fierce anger, to reduce the earth to desolation and to destroy the wicked there. The sun, moon and stars will give no light. Humans will become scarce, as rare as fine gold and the earth will quake at the wrath of God on the Day of His blazing anger.

This and many other prophesies cannot be reconciled with the glorious Return of Jesus, when ‘every eye will see Him’. It is clearly stated that on the Day of wrath, He will not be seen. Psalms 18:11, Habakkuk 3:4, Psalms 11:4-6

We are told in Revelation 6:17, that the Sixth Seal judgement is the Day of the Lord’s wrath and then the Seventh Seal is an ‘about a 20 year’ time gap when the world recovers, enabling righteous Israel, that is; every faithful Christian, from every race, nation and language, Revelation 5:9-10, to return to the holy Land and the rise of a One World government. Then, after most of the rest of the prophesies are fulfilled, Jesus will Return and commence His Millennial reign.

The main reason that most people fail to get what the Bible tells us, is that the Lord has placed on us a spirit of misunderstanding and ‘If you confuse yourself, then you will stay confused’ Isaiah 29:9-12. Only in the last days, before this shocking event, will a few finally understand what the Lord has planned. Daniel 12:9-10

*Revelation 8:1 The Seventh Seal... there was silence in heaven for about a half hour...
This time period is for ‘about a half hour in heaven’, and Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8, tell us that one day to God in heaven is the same as a thousand years on earth. Therefore, a half hour of heavenly time calculates to 20.8 years of earthly time. So then ‘about 15- 20 years’, is right for all that must happen, leading up to the glorious Return of King Jesus to reign for the next thousand years; starting very soon.

Ref: logostelos.info
 
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I don't think this is a fair test for "overshoot". The deer were brought to the island in the 40's . They flourished for a short while then slowly died off because of the food shortage. It's an island and migration is not possible. Easter Island had the same problem. Humans died from starvation because migration was not possible. Earth is massive. We migrate. I'm betting an E.L.E. is more likely. Blessings.
 
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I think the author of this article has forgotten or disregarded God's promise in Genesis 8:22.

"While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

Civilization has always fluctuated within this promised reality. The sinful impulses of mankind cause it to prey upon itself with wars and genocide - and abortion - with regularity over the span of history. Add disease into the mix (whether by deliberate design in a lab or as a natural occurrence) and overpopulation of this planet becomes a myth.

God has a design for the duration of this planet and its peoples, and nothing in the practices of mankind is going to alter that plan.
 
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Were going into new dispensation, the millennium, near future. Jesus will return 7th trump to establish His kingdom.
Hosea chapter 5, The priests and some churches have failed in their capacity to nourish their flocks and warn them antichrist will come 6th trump. Teaching traditions of men and false doctrine. Thiers a moral decay in the world.
Even ethics and morals are not being taught. Look at the news. Sodomy, stealing, mass shootings, drug epidemic, adultery, idol worship, pride and arrogance, habitual lying, slander and gossip, list goes on.
The other connection. Parents have failed their children. Not teaching God's word to their children. Hosea chapter 5:7 and chapter 4.
Satan as antichrist will come 6th trump, 5 month period. God is using satan to test people. How many people studied the bible??. Those who worshipped antichrist will go to sheol.
Zechariah chapter 14, Jesus returns 7th trump to Jerusalem. This marks the millennium. It's time of teaching and discipline for the spirtualty dead. I documented this.
 
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