"Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know
not when the time is. For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far
journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to
every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch ye
therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even,
or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming
suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all,
Watch."
Mark 13:33-37
"Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober."
I Thessalonians 5:5-6
"Remember therefore how thou hast received
and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch,
I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I
will come upon thee."
Revelation 3:3
In this issue of the Last Trumpet Newsletter,
we will consider the amazing times in which we live. It is truly more
needful than ever that we as God's children watch and pray in these
perilous times. It is imperative that we pay attention to what is
happening around us because our world is changing rapidly, and these
changes will affect every man, woman, and child on this planet which we
presently occupy.
Over the course of the last seven years that I
have written this newsletter, I have noticed that the mainstream news
cycle can be quite repetitive. Each year, news outlets, seemingly
working in concert, unleash a flood of stories regarding the devastating
consequences of climate change. This fear mongering serves its purpose
by emotionally and mentally battering the people of the world into
submission. We are told over and over again that we all must "go green,"
and if we refuse to do so, it will lead to the demise of our planet and
life as we know it. However, I think it is important that we ask: what
does going green really mean?
In the minds of environmental extremists, people
should be required to do far more than recycle bottles and cans, putter
around town in a Toyota Prius, and buy wind generated power from the
electric company. In July 2017 Lund University in Sweden published a
study which calls for drastic action. A portion of the paper declares,
"From analyzing 148 scenarios of the climate impact of individual
behaviors in ten individual countries (with some studies additionally
considering the whole EU [European Union] region), drawn from 39
sources, we have identified a dozen actions, including four recommended
actions that are of substantial magnitude throughout the developed
world:
having one fewer child, living car free, avoiding air travel, and eating a plant-based diet."
(1) Liberal news sources immediately latched on to this study, even
prompting The Guardian to publish a headline which admonishes,
"Want to fight climate change? Have fewer children." (2) As
such, we see yet another method in which the traditional family is being
villainized. What this report is really telling us is that having a
large family is the worst thing anyone could do. I cannot help but think
of the words of Jesus that we find in Luke 23:29 which says,
"For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say,
Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps
which never gave suck." Indeed, in this modern age, children are often regarded as a burden rather than a blessing.
I have no doubt in my mind that organizations
such as the United Nations will use climate change as an excuse to
establish a one world government. People will be told that the world
must unite to avert devastation, and human activity will be greatly
restricted and controlled. Consider the Paris Agreement, which was
signed in December 2015. This agreement, which calls on the nations of
the world to unite in an effort to prevent global surface temperatures
from rising 1.5 degrees Celsius, from where they say it was before the
Industrial Revolution, has been joined by nearly every country in the
world, including North Korea. Only the countries of Nicaragua and Syria
refused to sign on. (3) Remarkably, American President Donald Trump
withdrew the United States from the agreement on June 1, 2017, which
prompted outrage around the world. (4)
"Generations from now, Americans will look back at Donald Trump's
decision to leave the Paris Agreement as one of the most ignorant and
dangerous actions ever taken by any President," said Michael Brune,
who is the executive director at the Sierra Club. (5) The famed
astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, was also livid about Trump's decision.
"Trump's action could push the Earth over the brink, to become like
Venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees (Celsius) and raining sulfuric
acid,"
Hawking insisted. (6)
Meanwhile, former American Vice President Al Gore
has made a sequel to his film known as An Inconvenient Truth. The
original film, which was released in 2006, famously informed its
audience that if drastic measures were not taken to stop climate change
immediately,
"The world would reach a point of no return within 10 years." Of
course, more than 10 years have passed since this prediction and the
world is still here. In an effort to legitimize his prognostication,
Gore was quoted as saying,
"Unfortunately, some levels of the Earth system have crossed a point of no return."
The new film, which is titled "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power,"
is scheduled for a nationwide release in the United States on August 4,
2017. (7) Based on the movie trailer, it seems that this film is
intended to serve as a rebuke to Donald Trump.
It is certainly clear that environmentalists
would like to foist severe restrictions on the people of the world.
However, former American President Barack Obama must feel that these
rules should not apply to him. In May 2017 Obama traveled to Milan,
Italy, to speak at an event known as Seed & Chips: The Global Food
Innovation Summit. Not only did Obama travel to this event in a private
jet, but his entourage included a convoy of 14 automobiles and a
helicopter overhead. This vast consumption of fossil fuel enabled the
former President to lecture the world about the overconsumption of meat.
(8)
"I think people naturally understand that big smokestacks have
pollution in them and they understand air pollution, so they can easily
make the connection between energy production and the idea of greenhouse
gases. People aren't as familiar with the impact of cows and methane,
unless you're a farmer," Obama said. He then went on to say,
"That doesn't mean that we can't teach you and me to have a smaller
steak, for our own health. It doesn't mean we can't make progress in
educating the advanced world about the need to reduce, just for dietary
reasons, the amount of meat that we consume at any given meal."
After hearing Obama's comments, former White House chef and food policy
advisor Sam Kass indicated that he had probably prepared thousands of
steaks for Obama over the years. To this assertion Obama replied,
"I don't know about thousands. Maybe hundreds." (9) While this story may seem silly, it does demonstrate the rampant hypocrisy amongst elitists such as Barack Obama.
Climate change is a topic that instills a great
deal of hostility today. This is evident in recent comments made by
famous scientist Bill Nye. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times,
Nye was quoted as saying, "Climate change deniers, by way of
example, are older. It's generational. So we're just going to have to
wait for those people to 'age out,' as they say. 'Age out' is a
euphemism for 'die.' But it'll happen, I guarantee you - that'll
happen."
(10) It is truly a sad state of affairs when a world renowned
scientist suggests that the death of an entire generation is a necessity
that will help rectify climate change. Yet, this is likely the
mentality of many liberal people today, even if they do not say so
outright. Nye's remarks were reminiscent of comments made by television
star Oprah Winfrey in 2013, who made the claim that too many older
Americans are still racist and
"they just have to die." (11)
My father used to say, "The problem isn't global warming, it's global sinning."
It is undeniable that this planet we live on is in trouble. We often
hear stories of drought, famine, flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes,
earthquakes, record breaking cold temperatures, record breaking hot
temperatures, animal die-offs, and other calamitous disruptions. Yet,
people become so fixated on climate change that they never cry out to
God, seeking rather to solve these problems themselves. Declining to
have children, ditching your car, and adopting a vegan diet will not
save the world. Isaiah 55:6-7 tells us,
"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he
is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." More
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