What the Bible says about Ecological Devastation
(From Forerunner Commentary)
God's whole creation is enslaved in grievous bondage! This slavery, called by Paul "the bondage of corruption," is subjection to decay, devastation, disease, destruction, and degradation because of sin—mankind's sin. The earth and all its creatures are expectantly waiting for the time when God's sinless children will take over the rule of this world and deliver creation from the curse of sin! And like a human birth, the worst pains—in this case, the worst ecological devastation—will occur just before and at the delivery of the new life. This explains the earth's groaning and laboring as the end nears.
Richard T. Ritenbaugh
The Bible and the EnvironmentRelated Topics: Birth Analogy | Birth Pang Metaphor | Bondage | Bondage to Corruption | Bondage to Sin | Bondage, Release from | Bondage, Spiritual | Corruption | Decay | Degeneracy | Degeneration | Degeneration, Tendency Toward | Degradation | Destruction | Devastation | Disease | Disease as Product of Sin and Neglect | Disease Metaphor | Ecological Devastation | Environment