Governments need to include the financial, development, insurance and risk management sectors to reduce the impact of this self-destruction, the UN report observed. The poor are going to be the worst hit because of their high dependency on outdoor work and natural capital, both of which are highly vulnerable to climate change and global warming. Governments need to include the financial, development, insurance and risk management sectors to reduce the impact of this self-destruction, the UN report observed The frequent disasters are set to add to the poverty burden of Asia and Africa as an additional 37.6 million people are expected to be living in conditions of extreme poverty by 2030, noted GAR2022. These disasters will have a cascading effect on biodiversity, environmental sustainability and social systems, which will manifest in the form of social evils like violence against women and homicides. Continue to pray, asking God to give you opportunities to make a difference.Though the increasing scale and frequency of natural disasters have made it clear that a risk management system needs to be put in place, the Asian Church and governments are currently bereft of funding and incentives for risk reduction.ĭroughts are set to increase and the number of extreme temperature events per year will almost triple from 2001 to 2030. The more we who are believers renounce sin, speak against immoral practices, and share God’s Word with others, the more we slow our society’s deterioration. We cannot blame God for these conditions because human sin has brought them about. Sin affects every aspect of society so extensively that even those faithful to God suffer. Today we see the results of sin in our own land-pollution, crime, addiction, poverty. It was not only the people who suffered from their sins even the land suffered the effects of evil and law-breaking. Isaiah’s prophecies were first directed to Judah, then to Israel, then to the surrounding nations, and finally to the whole world. We hear songs of praise from the ends of the earth, songs that give glory to the Righteous One!Ĭhapters 24–27 are often called “Isaiah’s Apocalypse.” Like the apocalyptic literature of the book of Revelation, these chapters discuss God’s judgment on the entire world for its sin.

In the lands beyond the sea, praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. In eastern lands, give glory to the Lord. Those in the west praise the Lord’s majesty. But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Throughout the earth the story is the same- only a remnant is left, like the stray olives left on the tree or the few grapes left on the vine after harvest. The city is left in ruins, its gates battered down. Gladness has been banished from the land. Mobs gather in the streets, crying out for wine. The city writhes in chaos every home is locked to keep out intruders. Gone are the joys of wine and song alcoholic drink turns bitter in the mouth.

The melodious chords of the harp are silent. The cheerful sound of tambourines is stilled the happy cries of celebration are heard no more. The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. They are destroyed by fire, and only a few are left alive. Its people must pay the price for their sin. The earth suffers for the sins of its people, for they have twisted God’s instructions, violated his laws, and broken his everlasting covenant.

Even the greatest people on earth waste away. The earth mourns and dries up, and the crops waste away and wither. Judgment of the World Read Isaiah 24:1-23

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