In Revelation 16:3 the Lord discloses that one judgment the world will suffer during the tribulation is the destruction of all aquatic life.
"Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living creature in the sea died."
Two catastrophic events to the world's oceans have occurred in less than a year: the BP oil spill and most recently, the release of more than 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. The immediate effects of both are difficult to determine, but scientists are quite certain the long term effects will be devastating.
God created a unique balance of life in the oceans of the world. Destroy part of the food chain and the effects ripple to the top. According to a recent article about the BP oil spill much of the critical life along the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near the spill was destroyed. Animals such as sea cucumbers, invertebrate worms, and corals to name a few are gone.
No doubt the oceans are resilient. God designed them to be. But how much more of man's abuse can they sustain before the damage is irreversible?
To read more visit the following web sites:
http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110412/full/472145a.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12520630
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