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“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease” (Genesis 8:22).
The condition of this earth is of great concern to many people and nations today. The combination of an increasing population on the earth, together with pollution and other factors, have blended together to damage the environment and cause real alarm to many. However, we have God’s assurance that as long as the earth endures, there will be different seasons, with cold and heat, and also day and night. This is very reassuring to us, for the Lord knows how long this earth has to last to accomplish His purposes.
It would seem that they did not have seasons before the flood, and that the temperature was relatively constant all year around. Since the flood God has allowed seasons, and the farther we move away from the equator, the more pronounced are the times of cold and heat. But wherever we live, God has promised stability as to these seasons, as long as the earth endures. We do not have to get all upset at what is happening today, for God will always keep His promise.
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