GDR writes:
In short, cloud cover is the most important determinant of global warming or cooling. Tiny changes in the percentage of the Earth shielded by clouds (or not) can cause a variation in global temperatures of several degrees, down or up. Cosmic rays are the main cause of cloud formation - the more rays from outer space reaching our planet's atmosphere, the more clouds form and the cooler the surface becomes.
In turn, the amount of cosmic rays penetrating our atmosphere is determined by the sun's activity. When our sun is particularly active, its magnetic field diverts cosmic rays away from our atmosphere. This reduces cloud formation, permits more solar rays to reach Earth and increases global temperatures.
I've been predicting global warming way back before the decades when science was going with global cooling, my hypothesis being a fast emerging pre-flood like greenhouse canopy over the planet as it was before the Noaic Flood. I've alluded to this over the years in some of the archived threads.
This was based partly on Revelation 16:8, predicting significant global warming. Other prophecies predict the drying up of rivers, severe drought and extensive burning up of grass & trees. For this reason, I appreciate this thread being in the Coffee Shop where I can contribute some Biblical insight.
According to the text, an angel of Jehovah will have power to effect our sun so as to heat up the earth. If this prophecy is as accurate as so many others which have either been fulfilled or obviously emerging into fulfillment regarding our planet, I have no doubt, whatsoever, that the earth will indeed get significantly warmer. So far it's on track to the point that science has changed it's tune from an emerging ice age to concerns about global warming.
I understand that a significant increase of cosmic rays from the sun
would cause an increase in high clouds, in turn, resulting in global warming.
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High clouds are much colder than low clouds and the surface. They radiate less energy to space than low clouds do. The high clouds in this image are radiating significantly less thermal energy than anything else in the image. Because high clouds absorb energy so efficiently, they have the potential to raise global temperatures. In a world with high clouds, much of the energy that would otherwise escape to space is captured in the atmosphere. High clouds make the world a warmer place. If more high clouds were to form, more heat energy radiating from the surface and lower atmosphere toward space would be trapped in the atmosphere, and Earth’s average surface temperature would climb.
ASV Revelation 16:8
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And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.
Revelation 8:7
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........and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
As often is the case, we can receive insight on the future for our world in the Biblical record. There's a popular gospel quartet song, "I've Read The Back Of The Book," knowing how the future will play out.
BUZSAW B 4 U 2 C Y BUZ SAW.
The Immeasurable Present Eternally Extends the Infinite Past And Infinitely Consumes The Eternal Future.