Is Global Warming a Sign of the End of Times?

For years, the media announced that global warming would cause the complete melting of glaciers and a series of dire consequences. But such a statement is strongly challenged. Ricardo Augusto Felício, a Bachelor's and Master's in Antarctica's Meteorology and a Doctor in Climatology, graduated from the University of São Paulo, rejects the existence of global warming altogether, as he declared in an interview to Portal Terra. He also states, always with strong arguments, that the argument of a hole in the ozone layer is erroneous, because without the sun, it simply does not exist; it is a transient state. "It is not a conspiracy theory; it is a lie. There are several interests. The media speech is always based on fear, death, and the future. We are evoking the greatest fears of humanity", he explains. He adds that 35,000 oceanographers and meteorologists do not accept this thesis of global warming.

The Bible says that part of the land will be devastated by great heat, but this will be at the end of time, in the fulfillment of the fourth plague of Revelation. (Revelation 16:8,9) On the other hand, it announces a global cooling before this time. That is, we can expect that the ice, instead of disappearing, will increase. In Matthew 24:19,20, announcing the crisis that will plague our planet in the last days, Jesus says to the disciples: "Pray so that your escape does not happen in winter or on Saturday". How could Jesus give this advice to mankind, knowing that the seasons are reversed on the planet? While it is summer in Europe and the United States, it is winter in South America and vice versa. How could our Saviour warn everyone on earth, at the same time, to pray that they don't have to flee in winter?

Revelation sheds light on the theme. It reveals that some judgments will fall on the earth, called "trumpets", with the aim of awakening the people to repent of their sins before the door of God's grace is closed to them. The prophecy of the third trumpet predicts a great impact of a celestial body on the Earth's surface, while the prophecy of the fourth presents us with what appears to be its effects: the sunlight, the moon and the stars, blocked: “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. The fourth angel sounded his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them turned dark. A third of the day was without light, and also a third of the night.” (Revelation 8:10-12)

Scientists estimate that the impact of an asteroid or comet would press the Earth's subsoil from the point of collision. This pressure would be relieved by the expulsion of lava by the volcanoes located in different parts of planet Earth. The multiple volcanic eruptions would send millions of tons of blackened smoke into the air, blocking the rays of the sun, moon, and stars from entering. The consequence would be a cooling, "winter effect".

When it comes to predictions of the future, people may choose to rely on the advice of human wisdom. But the true Christian knows that these will only be right when they coincide with what God has revealed in His Word. The Bible is the true compass that points us in the right direction for the future. Only by consulting it daily and letting ourselves be guided by it could we enter into heaven and eternal life. “We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” (II Peter 1:19-20)

God bless you.