- I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood.
- The first angel sounded: And hail and fire followed, mingled with blood, and they were thrown to the earth. And a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
- Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
- Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. A third of the day did not shine, and likewise the night.
- And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
- Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died.
- Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood.
- Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.
- Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” And there were noises and thunderings and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not occurred since men were on the earth. Now the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And great Babylon was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath. Then every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
[All passages from Revelation 6 through 16 (NKJV)]
I haven't touched upon stewardship yet (it's coming...), and I am not encouraging a cavalier attitude toward our terrestrial home, but boys and girls, the onslaught that will be unleashed at some point future makes the gripes of the eco-extremists (and Christians and the average Joes who've bought their "sky-is-falling" rhetoric) sound just a wee bit silly.And even after all of that, the earth will still be quite habitable...because we do not live in a closed system. God has the final say in these matters.
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I'm not good at concisely wording what I think, so instead of writing pages and pages here as a comment, I just posted on my own blog...
I enjoy reading your blog. Great insight. Thank the Lord for His mercy.
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