Ecological Judgments
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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This may be a temporary page, collecting verses that refer to misc. judgments that are: 1) small in size, 2) (potentially) ecological/environmental in nature, and 3) not listed elsewhere.
SUGGESTION: This page could be used as either a main category, or as a subcategory in which Scripture specifically describes the event as a judgment. (At this time, the focus is on collecting information... later it can be sorted out.)
- There have been times when God told people to destroy something related to the environment, as part of the necessary judgment against a wicked people. At other times, the destruction (or environmental change) was the indirect consequence or result of the judgment that occurred. Either way, the ultimate reason for the change was the sin of the people - sin that had continued for so long that it needed to be judged.
See also:
- Drought
- Fire from the Sky
- Locusts
- How God Wages War
- Some links related to this issue might be found at Miraculous Events or Providence.
See: Ecological Disaster for links to some other pages.
See: Ecological Problems for links to some other pages.
- Approximate opposite: Ecological Blessings.
A related parent topic: Judgment.
Scripture Pages that Link to Here
- Korah's rebellion - God opens the earth, and it swallows all that belongs to Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
- Num 21:6 Yahweh sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
- This was because of their continued complaining.
- If you go after false gods, God will shut up the sky and you will perish.
- Deu 28:23-24 RESULTS OF DISOBEDIENCE? "Your sky that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed."
- God's judgment on the land of those who reject his covenant -
- the land will endure plagues and sicknesses with which Yahweh has made it sick;
- the whole land of it will be sulfur, and salt, and a burning,
- it will not be sown, nor will it bear anything, nor will any any grass grow therein,
- it will be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: ...
- Because of Israel's wickedness in asking for a king, God sent thunder and rain to destroy their wheat harvest. (The issue involved their desire to be like the neighboring pagan nations, and to trust in a king, rather than trusting God.)
1 Kings 8:35-40 & 2 Chronicles 6:26-31
- A variety of judgments mentioned, as the result of sin. To remove them, one must start with the prayer of repentance.
- (God's judgment) Psa 107:33-34 He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground, and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- Because the people refused to repent, they would be taken into captivity and the land would be destroyed. The land would become "utterly waste."
- A description of the horrifying (and inescapable) judgment that will come upon those who do these evil things (described previously in Isaiah). People will be totally overwhelmed by this judgment - which will be "raining down" from the sky and "bursting forth" from the earth. (Compare this with v. 1-3.) This passage seems to emphasize a violent, global catastrophe.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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