Is God an environmentalist?

[Locutus]

Rev 11:18 (NASB) “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

 

[Rockrz]

NO, He does not worship what He has created... nor does the Lord teach people to worship what He has created...

The earth is doomed to destruction due to sin... not pollution.

It was scheduled for destruction right when Eve ate the fruit and her nutjob husband stood there and not only let her but ate too.

Those that celebrate sin and those that approve / agree with those that celebrate sin are much more destructive to the earth than pollution could ever be.... just wait and you'll see.

 

[Laish]

Not so much as to place His creation above Himself or above mankind. Robbing God of worship or putting his children second after nature. Still our Lord dose desire that we respect his creation. God has given us something we should take care of it .
It all comes down to priorities. God , mankind, nature ,. Respectful and worship our Lord and care for not an worship man and nature .
I hope that makes sense .
Blessings
Bill

 

[Rockrz]

God has given us something we should take care of it

Big difference between being a good steward versus making the environment and idol which is what today's environmentalism is... it's a religion for many just because it's popular.

Carbon tax is for suckers!

 

[Locutus]

How about addressing the scripture:


and to destroy those who destroy the earth

 

[Laish]

How about addressing the scripture:


and to destroy those who destroy the earth

will do on the flip side brother. Posting on the fly here . Several verses come to mind . Just need to find .
Hope tomorrow or Saturday is not too late.
Blesdings
Bill

 

[resurrection33]

Rev 11:18 (NASB) “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

My suspicion would be this more refers to those who destroy the earth via war. Enviromental concerns are a rather recent development, aren't they? Still, I think your point is valid.

I think the Lord wants us to be good stewards of the planet. For our own sake and the generations that follow, we need to be good stewards.

 

[Rockrz]

and to destroy those who destroy the earth

Has already been addresses and it's not pollution that's the problem... God's going to re-create the Heavens and the Earth, so all pollution will be wiped out, so that's not a problem for God in the least because... He is ALL POWERFUL, Yo

 

[Depleted]

Rev 11:18 (NASB) “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”


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"Subdue the earth." One of the things God told man to do when he first created us.

And he gave animals an innate fear of Man when they were released from the ark, so yes! Most definitely! God cares about his earth.

He's an environmentalist without all the hogwash that goes with that title in today's fallen world. And, yes. He wants us to take care of the earth. It's not as important as his people though. And not nearly as important as he is.

I am very much into the subduing thing. I don't throw trash, actually pick it up when able, don't waste resources, but have no fear of using them, and I garden for a multitude of reasons, including keeping our local bee population going so we can eat fresh produce. (That, and it's just fun watching bees warring with different species of bees. lol)

 

[Issachar92]

I think its evident from Noah's flood, and from all of scripture that God doesnt care about this earth/animal worship movement, He is more concerned with humanity whom He created in His image.

 

[Depleted]

How about addressing the scripture:


and to destroy those who destroy the earth

There are no more Mesopotamian. No more Phoneticians. Egypt still exists, but it's not a powerhouse. No more Greek or Roman Empire. The Ottomans and Huns are defeated. China is getting its own special form of discipline from God, as is Japan, and the US. I'm thinking God really does destroy those who destroy the earth.

 

[Depleted]

My suspicion would be this more refers to those who destroy the earth via war. Enviromental concerns are a rather recent development, aren't they? Still, I think your point is valid.

I think the Lord wants us to be good stewards of the planet. For our own sake and the generations that follow, we need to be good stewards.

Hard to have war on a massive scale without destroying the earth too. I think it is directly connected to why there is no Roman Empire anymore. You can't well burn so many people as to light the way from Israel to Rome without causing destruction to the areas around where you were burning them. God was NOT pleased with what they did to people or the planet, and therefore no more Roman Empire.

 

[BeyondET]

Fossils fuels had their moment and purpose in time, if man had never started using them for cooking and heating etc. and the population continued to grow more than likely the earth would have very little trees left if any. most of the land animals would have long been gone.

today we continue to burn it, which is taxing the oceans salinity, anybody who owns a fish tank knows what happens when the Ph etc. gets out of wack, no more fish in the tank. This is happening today in the oceans. we need to keep striving for better ways for energy, atleast slow the rate of carbon pollution before the whole world becomes cannibals.

 

[Rockrz]

I think its evident from Noah's flood, and from all of scripture that God doesn't care about this earth/animal worship movement, He is more concerned with humanity whom He created in His image.

If you continue to speak common sense inspired by the Lord like that... you're going to hurt the feelings of those that have been seduced by doctrines of devils

Fossils fuels had their moment and purpose in time

That's hilarious... still thinking the oil in the ground came from fossils!

 

[JaumeJ]

When God returns one of the first things He is going to do is desstroy the destroyers! Rev.

 

[JaumeJ]

Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

 

[Johnny_B]

Does that help you?

Romans 8:18-20 "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope."

In a since our sin corrupts the earth and since the context is judgement. It seem to be eluding to us, with not us, the world (sinners) will be judged for the corruption of the planet.Genesis 3:17 seems to fit this. "And to Adam he said,“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;"

God cursed the ground because of Adam's sin and we are partakers of that curse, so it would stand to reason, that our sin destroys the earth and it will be regenerated when we are fully regenerated. Does that help you?

 

[Rockrz]

Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

And let the baby killers live... not hardly!

He'll whack the baby killers before the polluters.

Love mutha earth nutjobs make environmentalism their religion as this is what they worship - the created before the Creator.

"Earth" in this passage in the greek word "ge" -- pronounced: ghay (ain't that interesting!) meaning: contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application): -- country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.

Each application of this greek word includes occupants (that's people for those in Rio Linda) and is applicable to countries and world

To take this one verse and claim God is an environmentalist is an attempt to make god into the image of man and is satanic. In God's eyes, the well being of people comes first.

God cursed the ground because of Adam's sin and we are partakers of that curse, so it would stand to reason, that our sin destroys the earth and it will be regenerated when we are fully regenerated

Exactly...

 

[JaumeJ]

What do destoyers destroy?

When God cursed the groundit was because of Man's sin. The curse was that it would no longer yield its produce freely rather man would need to earn it by the sweat of his brow. (Adammay be translated as mankind. Adam from dam in Hebrew means red and it means earth.)

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Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

And let the baby killers live... not hardly!

He'll whack the baby killers before the polluters.

Love mutha earth nutjobs make environmentalism their religion as this is what they worship - the created before the Creator.

"Earth" in this passage in the greek word "ge" -- pronounced: ghay (ain't that interesting!) meaning: contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application): -- country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.

Each application of this greek word includes occupants (that's people for those in Rio Linda) and is applicable to countries and world

To take this one verse and claim God is an environmentalist is an attempt to make god into the image of man and is satanic. In God's eyes, the well being of people comes first.





Exactly...

 

[resurrection33]

Hard to have war on a massive scale without destroying the earth too. I think it is directly connected to why there is no Roman Empire anymore. You can't well burn so many people as to light the way from Israel to Rome without causing destruction to the areas around where you were burning them. God was NOT pleased with what they did to people or the planet, and therefore no more Roman Empire.

I don't think the Lord wants the world run by kings and emperors, either.