True Environmentalism and the Fall
"And God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created
he them" (Genesis 1:26-27).
"And the LORD God took the man, and
put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it" (Genesis
2:15).
"The earth also is
defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have
transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting
covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that
dwell therein are desolate" (Isaiah 24:5-6).
"For we know that the
whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now"
(Romans 8:22).
Climate Change, Global
Warming and Weather Control
"The earth also was
corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. ... And
God said ... The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth
is filled with violence through them; ... I will cause it to rain
upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living
substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the
earth. ... [A]ll the fountains of the great deep [were] broken up,
and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the
earth forty days and forty nights. ... And the waters prevailed
exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under
the whole heaven were covered. Fifteen cubits upward did the waters
prevail; and the mountains were covered. And all flesh died that
moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and
of every creeping thing ... and every man: All in whose nostrils was
the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. ... And
the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. ...
And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were
stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; and the waters
returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the
hundred and fifty days the waters were abated" (Genesis 6:11,13; 7:4,
11-12, 19-24; 8:1-3).
"And the Lord said, ... I
will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake: for the
imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I
again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and
cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not
cease" (Genesis 8:21-22).
"And I will establish my
covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by
the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to
destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant
which I make between me and you and every living creature that is
with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud,
and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
... when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen
in the cloud; and I will remember my covenant, which is between me
and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall
no more become a flood to destroy all flesh" (Genesis 9:11-17).
"He stretcheth out the
north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not
rent under them. He holdeth back the face of his throne, and
spreadeth his cloud upon it. He hath compassed the waters with
bounds, until the day and night come to an end. The pillars of
heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. He divideth
the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through
the proud. By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his
hand hath formed the crooked serpent. Lo, these are parts of
his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder
of his power who can understand?" (Job 26:7-14).
"Are there any among the
vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens
give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will
wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things" (Jeremiah 14:22).
"God spared not the old world ...
bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes condemned them with an
overthrow, making them an example unto those that after should love
ungodly" (2 Peter 2:5-6).
Population Control
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness: ... And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be
fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth" (Genesis
1:26a, 28).
"And God blessed Noah and
his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall
be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air,
upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the
sea; into your hand are they delivered" (Genesis 9:1-2).
"Lo, children are an
heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As
arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the
youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they
shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the
gate" (Psalm 127:3-5).
"For thou hast possessed
my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise
thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy
works; and that my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid
from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet
being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which
in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them"
(Psalm 139:13-16).
Animal
Rights / Food Control, Vegetarianism, Veganism, Food Faddism
"And God said, Let us
make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have
dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth" (Genesis 1:26).
"And God said, Behold I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it
shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every
fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat"
(Genesis 1:29-30).
"Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for
you; even as the green herb have I given you all things" (Genesis
9:3).
"But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood
thereof, shall ye not eat" (Genesis 9:4).
"And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye
not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the
man, it cannot defile him; Because it entereth not into his heart,
but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all
meats? And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth
the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness: All these evil things come from within, and defile the
man" (Mark 7:18-23).
"But that we write unto them, that they abstain from ... things
strangled, and from blood ... That ye abstain from meats offered to
idols, and from blood, and from things strangled" (Acts 15:20,29).
"For one believeth that
he may eat all things [meat]: another, who is weak, eateth herbs
[vegetables]. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not;
and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: ... Who art
thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he
standeth or falleth. ... He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he
giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth
not, and giveth God thanks. For none of us liveth to himself" (Romans 14:1-7a).
"Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this
rather, that no man put a stumbling-block or an occasion to fall in
his brother's way. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any
thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. But if they brother be
grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not
him with thy meat, for whom Christ died ... For the kingdom of God
is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the
Holy Ghost ... for meat destroy not the work of God. All things
indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with
offense. It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any
thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made
weak. Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he
that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. And he
that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith:
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Romans 14:13-23).
"[I]n the latter times
some shall ... [give] heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; ... commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created
to be received with thanksgiving of them ... For every creature of
God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with
thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer" (1
Timothy 4:1-5).
'Mother' Earth and
Worshipping Gaia
"In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).
"[I]f ye shall hearken diligently unto
my commandments ... to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with
all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give you the rain
of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain,
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.
And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest
eat and be full. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the
heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her
fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the
LORD giveth you" (Deuteronomy 11:13-17).
"Let every thing that hath breath
praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD" (Psalm 150:6).
"For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against
all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest
in them; for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things
of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being
understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they
knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but
became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was
darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And
changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like
to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and
creeping things. ... [And] changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator" (Romans
1:18-25).
"For of him, and through him, and to
him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:36).
"[Christ] Who is the image of the
invisible God, ... For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, ... all things
were created by him and for him: and He is before all things, and by
him all things consist" (Colossians 1:15-17).
Training Up Our Children...
"Therefore shall ye lay up these my
words in your heart and in your soul, ... And ye shall teach them
your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up. And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of
thine house, and upon they gates: That your days may be multiplied,
and the days of your children" (Deuteronomy 11:18-21).
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Global Governance
"And the whole earth was of one
language and of one speech. ... And they said, Go to, let us build
us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us
make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth. ... And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and
they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now
nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to
do. ... So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face
of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is
the name of of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound
the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter
them abroad upon the face of all the earth" (Genesis 11:1-9).
"God that made the world and all
things therein, ... giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all
the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before
appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should seek
the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him" (Acts
17:24-27).
The Alpha and Omega
"In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).
"Behold, the LORD maketh the earth
empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and
scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. ... The land shall be
utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this
word. The earth mourneth and fadeth away" (Isaiah 24:1,3-4).
"And it shall come to pass, ... the
foundations of the earth do shake. The earth is utterly broken down,
the earth is clean dissolved, and the earth is moved exceedingly.
The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be
removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy
upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. And it shall pass in
that day ... the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed,
when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem,
and before his ancients gloriously" (Isaiah 24:18-20,23).
"[T]he heavens shall vanish away like
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that
dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be
forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished" (Isaiah 51:6).
"For of him, and through him, and to
him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen" (Romans 11:36).
"[Christ] Who is the image of the
invisible God, ... For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, ... all things
were created by him and for him: and He is before all things, and by
him all things consist" (Colossians 1:15-17).
"[B]y the word of God the heavens were
of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water,
perished. But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same
word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of
judgment and perdition of ungodly men. ... But the day of the Lord
will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall
pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be
burned up. ... the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire
shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat" (2
Peter 3:5-7, 10, 12b).
"And I heard a great voice out of the
temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the
vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. ... And the second angel
poured out his vial upon the sea, and it became as the blood of a
dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. And the third
angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters;
and they became blood. ... And the fourth angel poured out his vial
upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of
God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to
give him glory. ... And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the
great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, ... And
the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a
great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It
is done. And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and
there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon
the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. ... and the cities
of the nations fell: ... And every island fled away, and the
mountains were not found. And there fell upon men a great hail out
of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men
blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague
thereof was exceeding great" (Revelation 16:1-21).
"And I saw a great white throne, and
him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away; and there was found no place for them" (Revelation 20:11).
"And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away;
and there was no more sea. ... And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new" (Revelation 21:1, 5a).
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