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When you receive the Seal you will see global warming approaching as the end-times. You will be interested to see the presidential contenders for 2008 are taking up the issue of global warming. McCain has pulled ahead as the front-runner in the Republican race after Super Tuesday when he captured most of the delegates. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are nearly tied in their race for the democratic nomination.

Illinois senator Barack Obama has taken up the issue of global warming, claiming his plan is better than the plan of McCain. He has met with Al Gore and was encouraged to take action before the election.

All three of these candidates–Obama, Clinton, and McCain–have plans to fight global warming based on the “cap and trade” system where permits are sold to polluters. The more they pollute, the more permits they have to buy.

Obama claims his plan is superior because his plan would require “auctioning” where all the permits have to be bought up front. That is what the European Union is moving toward doing more of.

It may seem like good news this issue has come out in the open like this for the candidates. People are becoming more and more concerned about global warming and making changes will require sweeping legislation.

From around 1990 to 2005 Germany was able to cut its emissions by ten percent. And the United Kingdom cut emissions during that time by 3 percent. So it is possible to cut emissions with the cap and trade system.

But those cuts are not nearly enough and can not possibly happen soon enough. 2005 was another record year for emissions. Nearly 7.9 billion tons of carbon emissions polluted the air that year alone.

And the pollution has been growing at a rate of nearly 3 percent per year since 1900. Even with the United States making cuts in emissions, The US is currently the leader in pollution, and those cuts can not possibly be enough.

Eventually industry will switch to clean energy. Most of the carbon emissions are caused by burning fossil fuels to create electricity. The second-highest polluter is transportation which can be changed too.

But those changes will not happen for years to come. Meanwhile pollution is growing and developing countries are predicted to be the fastest-growing polluters in the coming decades.

Carbon dioxide is blamed for being a “greenhouse gas” and trapping in the heat of the sun but not letting it escape, much like a greenhouse stays warm inside. It is upsetting the delicate balance of the ecosystem of the earth.

There is a consensus among scientists all around the world on global warming. And they agree with the prophecy of Jesus about the end-times. Jesus taught the simple parable of the fig tree.

When the fig tree blossoms, Jesus said, you know that summer is near. Jesus likened the end of the world to a “summer.” And today that is what scientists agree the end of the world is coming like.

Now it does not matter much who you vote for. All the candidates have plans to fight global warming. But none of them can possibly do enough to change the world. And time is running out.

When you receive the Seal you will see global warming as the sign of the end-times as Jesus predicted. You will prepare yourself by reconciling with God when you receive the Seal.

When you receive the Seal you will begin to care about the environment. You will have to–global warming is the sign of the end-times approaching. And you will be interested in the court judgment in early February 2008 against the Environmental Protection Agency. The federal appeals court rejected the plan of the EPA to curb mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. The court said the EPA was acting in direct opposition to orders from congress.

In 2007 the US Supreme Court ruled against the EPA for failing to regulate greenhouse gases. This latest court judgment is another mark against the Bush administration for its environmental policies.

One-third of mercury emissions in the US come from coal-fired power plants. Mercury is known to drop out of the air and get into lakes and rivers where it ends up in the flesh of fish. People who eat the fish eat the mercury too.

Mercury is a neurotoxin and contact with a little mercury will kill a person. And if a pregnant mother eats fish with mercury in it her child can suffer developmentally because of the poison.

The EPA in 2005 came up with a plan to trade mercury emissions, a little like the European “cap-and-trade” system for greenhouse gases. Those who pollute more must buy credits from those who pollute less.

Environmentalists have worried that those living near heavily-polluting power plants will live in a pollution “hot spot” but be able to do nothing about it. They sued the EPA and have won the case.

So the cap-and-trade system will not go into effect for mercury emissions. Meanwhile, no plan is in effect to regulate mercury emissions, and the greater danger looms on the horizon–greenhouse gases.

Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are polluting the air in ever-increasing amounts. They are blamed for the warming temperatures of the earth, keeping in the heat from the sun like a greenhouse but not letting it escape.

The earth has been warming steadily for 20 years with no end in sight. Predictions from scientists are dire. There will be mass extinctions among living creatures on earth.

There is a consensus among scientists of the world about global warming. And this agrees with the prediction of Jesus Christ. When He was asked about the end-times He described them as a summer.

He told the simple parable of the fig tree. When the fig tree starts to blossom, you know that summer is near. That “summer” is how Jesus described the end-times. And that is how the modern scientists confess the world is ending too.

Natural disasters have already increased in number and severity. There have been increases in floods and droughts, wildfires and windstorms. Never before in recorded history has this been seen.

When you are sealed you will begin to care about the environment. However, there is little you can do to save the earth. You can vote and take action to reduce your own carbon footprint. But you can not reduce emissions in developing countries where they will grow the fastest.

When you are sealed you will prepare yourself spiritually to meet God. You will recognize the end-times approaching and prepare yourself for a home in Heaven instead of on earth when you receive the Seal.

When you receive the Seal you will see the sign of the end-times in global warming. That is what the United Nations sees, and they are looking for leadership for the coming crisis. British billionaire Richard Branson, CEO of Virgin, has some plans for the UN. He plans to set up an “environmental war room” that can provide some leadership for the world as it warms.

Branson said his war room would be run by a key figure in global warming and it would help to secure good ideas and also to figure the costs each nation would have in stopping the warming.

The war room would not be a political machine but would rely on the UN and governments of nations to enforce its policies, to “make sure that implementation happens.”

Michael Bloomberg, New York City mayor, was present at the UN debate. He claimed global warming is just as big a threat as terrorism and nuclear proliferation. But his was a unique voice for an American.

Those speaking at the UN debate realize they can not achieve their goals without the cooperation of the US and China, the two biggest polluters in the world. And so far that cooperation has not come easy.

Recent climate conferences have exempted any efforts at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by developing nations, leaving China to go on polluting without any accountability.

And the US government has not been willing to agree to any mandatory cuts in emissions in the coming years. The UN has not been able to get any cooperation from the biggest polluters in the world.

Of course, that cooperation is coming. It is inevitable. As temperatures climb worldwide, so the concern about the changing climate will climb. But that will not translate into reduced emissions.

Carbon dioxide is the main “greenhouse gas” blamed for trapping in the heat of the sun like a greenhouse but not letting it escape. Most of the CO2 emissions in the world are caused by coal-fired power plants.

And there are 850 new coal-fired power plants scheduled to be built in the next few years in the US, India, and China. That means there will be further growth of emissions in spite of efforts to reduce them.

Emissions of CO2 have grown at 3 percent each year since 1900. This has caused the earth to begin to warm, as it has for the past 20 years. Scientists have dire predictions for the warming earth, and they are not alone.

They have a savior. Jesus Christ Himself predicted the end of the world like a summer. He taught the simple parable of the fig tree. When the fig tree blossoms, you know that summer is near.

Jesus likened the end-times to a summer. And that is how scientists see the end-times coming too. Global warming is turning the other seasons into summer and upsetting the delicate balance of the ecosystem of the earth.

When you are sealed you will see the sign of the end-times in global warming. And you will prepare yourself for the destruction of the earth. You will have an eternal home in Heaven when you receive the Seal.