Gen 6:11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Gen 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for
the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Gen 6:17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein
is the breath of life, from under heaven;
and every thing that
is in the earth shall die.
I thought, how did the earth itself become corrupt?
Gen 4:11 And now
art thou cursed from the earth,
which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Gen 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Pro 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
just tossing..
Num 16:30 But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that
appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
Num 16:32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that
appertained unto Korah, and all
their goods.
for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Violence -> murder -> hate.
Lev 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
1Jo 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Would hating and causing others to hate also be a form of destroying the earth?
We are the earthen vessels. And violence is IN the earth. And because violence resides IN the earth it pours out UPON the earth.
"The nations were angry"
Gen 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united:
for in their anger they slew a man, and
in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Eph 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Eph 4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Eph 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Physical/material pollution is a dereliction in our stewardship to this planet.
Spiritual/emotional pollution is a dereliction in our stewardship to our brother/neighbour.
All pollution is against God who is creater and owner of all things physical and spiritual.
As in the days of Noah...
I think people could have the will to clean up the pollution and take care UPON the earth.
I'm not so sure people have the will to clean up the pollution that comes from within the heart.
And until we clean the inside, it will just keep flowing outside.
History.
Just thinking and sharing.
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