Go Faithfully or Go Home

I’ve got enough to be concerned about without trying to manipulate the climate.

As part of the human race, I’m obligated to abide in the Lord’s directive given to the first man Adam—that is, to “…be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” [Gen. 1:28]  [my emphasis]

But if I consider myself to be a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ, I should be able to recognize the difference between acting as a good steward of the earth and trying to control it. Because to think that I’m actually able to alter the progression of the Created order is the epitome of arrogance.  

Not only that, ungodly pride hones the cutting edges of unbelief, allowing them to slice deep into the fibrous bonds which sustain Christian fellowship.  And when these tendons of His Body begin to unravel, its members become vulnerable to a host of other worldly fables.

The result is chaos in a Body whose purpose is to serve Its Head and one another by remaining steadfast and confident in the Lord’s promises, and to be a beacon of light to the fearful, dithering masses as well.

So where does the Bible confirm the durability of seasons and climate?

How about the Lord’s promise to Noah immediately after the flood waters receded:

“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” [Gen. 8:22]  [my emphasis]

This isn’t a verse that can be easily extracted from its proper context.  It was a Divine proclamation which coincided [somewhat] with the covenant God made between Noah and all successive generations that water never again shall “become a flood to destroy all flesh.”

If I believe what the Lord says about not flooding the Earth again, is it too much to include His guarantee of seasonal consistency too, or do I need more rainbows to convince me?

l’d say we either believe what the Scriptures teach, or we don’t.  It’s impossible to pick and choose.

C.S. Lewis once made a profound observation exposing the hypocrisy of Biblical cherry picking.  He noted that one cannot simply acknowledge Christ’s teaching as true and useful yet deny His Deity at the same time.

The reason is obvious.  Jesus said He and the Father were One—i.e., He was God.  If He was God, nothing but truth could come out of His mouth.  If he wasn’t God, he was a lunatic, because He said he was God.  How can I believe anything a lunatic says?

It defies logic to have it both ways.

There’s plenty of empirical evidence to suggest that the Earth’s climate is cyclical to some degree.  Temperature and weather patterns have been documented to fluctuate—sometimes even drastically over time.

But the Lord has promised me cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night as long as the earth remains.

And the last time I looked, it’s still here.