Anyone who lives near one of the Great
Lakes knows that summer cannot get started until all the ice melts.
Temperatures away from the lakes are often much warmer in the spring
because so much of the heat from the sun is absorbed by the melting
ice. Once the ice is gone the temperature increases rapidly until
the average temperature is only slightly lower than the surrounding
area.
The same principle applies to global
warming. Changes will at first be small, but if all the ice melts,
the increase in temperature world wide will be dramatic. The first
and most important sign of this happening will be the melting of
nearly all the ice in the Arctic Ocean. If that happens, then warming
temperatures in the North Atlantic could lead to the collapse of the
Greenland ice sheet, and that would trigger events of Biblical
proportions. The sudden shift of weight off Greenland and into the
ocean basins would crack loose the earth's plates and produce a level
of earthquake and volcanic activity far greater than anything any
human being has ever experienced before. The resulting political and
economic chaos will be even more catastrophic.
Now one might dismiss all this as mere
speculation, but then again it was Jesus who told us of the events
that would signal his immanent return. So along with earthquakes
famines and plagues Jesus stated that “there will be signs in the
sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations
bewildered by the roaring of sea and waves.” (Luke 21:25)
While one might wonder about these
other events, the idea that nations would be distressed and
bewildered by the sea is something that would only happen if sea
level rises enough to inundate coastal areas around the world. If
cities around the world are destroyed one after the other, nation
will be distressed by their shear inability to cope with such an
unprecedented level of destruction.
How likely it that any of this will
happen? The models currently being employed by climate scientists
point to an increase in sea level of 3 to 6 feet before the end of
the century. However, if all the ice on Greenland were to melt the
sea level would rise 22 feet. In any case, anything over 3 feet would
be extremely destructive and anything over 6 feet would be
apocalyptic.
