We hear a lot about 'saving the planet'. Use less water, plant trees,
reduce carbon emmisions, reduce waste etc,etc.
Will these things be enough? Do we let the earth rest? Should we let the earth rest?
If we follow our Creator's Scriptures (The Bible) the handbook for life; we will
find that we should indeed let the earth rest.
Lev 25:3 'Six years you sow your field, and six years you prune
your vineyard, and gather in its fruit,
Lev 25:4 but in the seventh year the land is to have a Sabbath of rest,
a Sabbath to יהוה. Do not sow your field and do not prune your vineyard.
Have we, ever so clever human beings, followed this instruction?
A few individuals here and there may have; but 'no', largely we have
done the opposite.
We have tried to produce bigger crops and gain greater profit.
We have poured upon the earth fertiliser, herbicides, pestacides and countless
other chemicals. All in order that we may keep the earth producing endlessly,
with minimum effort for maximum profit.
As occupiers of the earth we have suffocated the land with endless layers of tarmac
and concrete. Pillaged land and sea for everthing from coal and gold to oil.
All for our convenience.
Consider the countless gallons of blood that have been shed.
Wars, terrorism, murders and assaults. How many gallons of blood has the earth
had to absorb? I don't know, too many?
Is it any wonder then that we have a planet crying out for rest and peace?
That we have a planet whose ecology is in such turmoil and disorder?
There is dispute over which year is Yahuah's Land Sabbath.
Still could we not at least show willing; some believe that Yahuah's land
Sabbath starts at the month of Abib this year.
Let us all decide to make 2009 the year we let the land have her rest.
Is it important to our Creator that the land Sabbath is observed?
It sure is. So is peace on earth. Let's take a look at what will happen
in the end.
Rev 11:18 "And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come,
and the time of the dead to be judged, and to give the reward to Your
servants the prophets and to the set-apart ones, and to those who
fear Your Name, small and great,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth."
Let's not be among those destroyed for destroying the earth.
Let us all be blessed by allowing the earth to have her Sabbath,
her rest. It is long overdue.
