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Next Step For Humanity |
Bible Passages
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number;
fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the
birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the
ground." (Gen. 1:28)
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number and fill the earth." (Gen. 9:1)
There is no hint
here of this command to increase being reversed one day...
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O Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because
of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.
When I consider your heavens, the
work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set
in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care
for him?
You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him
with glory and honour.
You made him ruler over the works of
your hands; you put everything under his feet:
all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,
the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths
of the seas.
O Lord our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! (Psalm 8)
By now, humanity's
rule has increased to include the moon and stars, it seems to me, if
you compare the passages in bold.
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[Jesus said,] "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the
earth, nations
will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the
sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the
world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will
see the Son of Man coming in a cloud in great power and glory."
(Luke 21:25-27) Turmoil to be
taken literally or figuratively, I wonder?
Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound
them. The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire
mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. A third of the
earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the
green grass was burned up. The second angel sounded his trumpet, and
something like a huge mountain, all ablaze, was thrown into the sea. A
third of the sea turned into blood, a third of the living creatures in
the sea died, and a third of the shops were destroyed. The third angel
sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from
the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water - the name
of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many
people died from the waters that had become bitter. (Rev 8:6-11) This sounds like environmental pollution.
The message of the Book of Revelation is that God has everything under
control.
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