God-Made Global Warming - Ruminating in the Word of God

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and
majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him today and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Peter 3:7,

"By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire,
being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly."

The political left has been pushing the meme of mankind's destruction
of the earth through unfettered capitalism. Global warming used to be
the big concern (now it is simply "climate change") - where a fraction
of a degree in a number of decades will melt the glaciers, the polar
caps, raise sea levels, destroy beachfront property and all the rest
of it.

Peter has a different concern. The fate of this world will not be
determined by the perceived excesses of mankind's productivity and
economic success, but by mankind's sinfulness. And we are not talking
about a fraction of a degree.

Peter tells us a fire is coming. A big one! This present earth is
"reserved for fire" and this at the hand of God for his day of
judgment and destruction of the ungodly. The "ungodly" are those who
reject God in this present age and bring this catastrophic episode of
"global warming".

Peter tells us, "The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements
will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it
will be laid bare." Verse 10. He goes on to say in verse 12, "That day
will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the
elements will melt in the heat."

This, my friends, is real global warming!

Peter asks a very poignant question in verse 11, "Since everything
will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?" I
think this is a very pertinent question. His answer, "You ought to
live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and
speed its coming." Verses 11-12.

I don't know about you, but man-made global warming is hardly a
concern given what is headed our way with God-made global warming!

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
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