Resource Depletion & Planetary Doom–In The Approaching End Times There’s Only One Source of Hope

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THE PALE HORSE OF THE APOCALYPSE

Two-thirds of the world’s resources ‘used up’–

The sound of the pale horse’s hoofbeats is getting louder. The human race is living beyond its means. A report backed by 1,360 scientists from 95 countries – some of them world leaders in their fields, concludes that the human race has used up two-thirds of the world’s resources, most of it in just the last sixty years.

Robert Watson, the British-born chief scientist at the World Bank and a former scientific adviser to the White House, claims that mankind is using up all of our natural resources. He produced a six-point indictment against the human race, and declares that it will lead to the extinction of all life on earth.

1. LAND OVER-CONSUMPTION: Because of human demand for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel, more land has been claimed for agriculture in the last 60 years than in the 18th and 19th centuries combined. An estimated 24% of the Earth’s land surface is now cultivated.

2. WATER OVER-CONSUMPTION: Water withdrawals from lakes and rivers has doubled in the last 40 years. Humans now use between 40% and 50% of all available freshwater running off the land.

3. OCEAN OVER-CONSUMPTION: Since 1980, about 35% of mangroves have been lost, 20% of the world’s coral reefs have been destroyed and another 20% badly degraded.

4. FOREST OVER-CONSUMPTION: Deforestation and other changes could increase the risks of malaria and cholera, and open the way for new and so far unknown disease to emerge.

5. RIVER OVER-CONSUMPTION: Flow from rivers has been reduced dramatically. For parts of the year, the Yellow River in China, the Nile in Africa, and Colorado in North America dry up before they reach the ocean.

6. FISH OVER-CONSUMPTION: At least a quarter of all fish stocks are overharvested. In some areas, the catch is now less than a hundredth of that before industrial fishing. An estimated 90% of the total weight of the ocean’s large predators – tuna, swordfish and sharks – has disappeared in recent years.

The study contains what its authors call “a stark warning” for the entire world. The wetlands, forests, savannahs, estuaries, coastal fisheries and other habitats that recycle air, water and nutrients for all living creatures are being irretrievably damaged. In effect, one species is now a hazard to the other 10 million or so on the planet, and to itself.

Most sobering of all is the timing of all of this overconsumption. This study concludes all this damage took place — not gradually over six thousand years of human existence — but within a single generation! That conclusion reminds me of what Jesus said about the end of days for the planet earth.

Bible prophecy has, to the extent it can be proved, been accurate 100% of the time so far — and there is therefore no logical reason to assume that God has suddenly lost His place and the plan — as outlined — won’t continue to be fulfilled with equal precision.

Logic demands an explanation, and coincidence won’t do. The only other explanation is that it is true. That time is running out. That the Lord is about to return, exactly as the Bible says He will.

He is willing to accept you the way you are — all you need do is ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to change you according to His will.

Living in hope is Christ’s plan for your life today.

Let’s examine these words and see how words were written thousands of years ago leap right into the twenty-first century and our lives.