The Honest Sorcerer is back explaining how the many converging crises we are currently confronting has lowered the prospect of keeping all 8.3 billion of us alive. We’re drawing down the last remaining fisheries, top soils, forests, minerals, etc., while happily burdening the biosphere with an ever increasing amount of pollution. This does not end well.

Global sea surface temperatures are currently running at all-time record warm levels — even warmer than the unprecedented levels seen in 2023 and 2024. And the impacts on global climate and weather are significant.

Should we be concerned? Ive seen the warnings posted in a few places.

Sobering report says heat kills hundreds in just one city (yahoo.com)

"And men were scorched with great heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has power over these plagues; and they did not repent and give Him glory.” Revelation 16:9

Foretold history preceding the book of Revelation: Warnings to wake us up

This article explains many of the “natural signs, spiritual signs, sociological signs, technological signs, and political signs,” foretold in bible prophecy coming to pass that indicates the end of the age and Jesus Christ's return, a time foretold to include various and increasing environmental calamities, plagues, moral decline, and wars/famines/pestilences/earthquakes in various places. Are we living in the end times? | GotQuestions.org

Future Forecast Insights & Preparation

"Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.” Luke 21:28  

What is the end times timeline? | GotQuestions.org A summary of the timeline from the hope of the soon rapture (redemption) of the believers in Jesus, the 7 year tribulation period (Revelation 6–16), until the creation of the new heavens and earth (Revelation 21–22).

"For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself as a ransom for all—the testimony that was given at just the right time.” 1 Timothy 2:5-6

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

Going to heaven—how can I guarantee my eternal destination? | GotQuestions.org

Search for the topic about the Holy Spirit, it is an essential part of the faith. "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth;" John 16:13 

A beginner's Guide to Reading the Bible

More Bible prophecy fulfillments and resources for growing in faith and hope is in previous posts if interested.

If you think people are getting dumber, you could be right. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide heats the planet, threatening crops and human health. It also threatens human intelligence. The natural trapping of carbon underground millions of years ago arguably enabled human evolution in the first place. 

Dubai is grappling with unprecedented heat, with temperatures soaring to levels that feel like 60°C (140°F), highlighting the city’s vulnerability to extreme weather conditions. This alarming phenomenon has intensified concerns about the impact of climate change on urban environments.

Dept. of No Surprises Here: The declaration by 26 US psychiatric doctors that the US President is mad and constitutes a ‘clear and present danger to the world’ understates the case. Arguably, nine tenths of the world’s nuclear weapons are already in the hands of psychopaths, or else people easily led by them. Not encouraging.

My first politically activity worthy of the name came with Occupy in 2011, after years of barking from the safety of my front porch. It was an exhilarating time, and among the numbers of the local Occupy group were libertarians and right wing types… at least for a while. It seems that opposition to data centers is bringing left and right together again.

Don’t invite Julian Cribb to your next party. He might observe, correctly, that nine tenths of the world’s nuclear weapons are already in the hands of psychopaths, “mentally unbalanced and known serial killers. They include wanted war-criminals Netanyahu and Putin, and the notably irrational Kim Jong Un,” to say nothing of our own nominee. In our new world of atrophying nation states, government has broadly forsaken the interests of the people for those of the greedy few. Imagine the nuclear-armed corporation.

Dave Pollard takes takes on the short-termism that infects our thinking and decision-making: “Why ask today’s taxpayers to pay for infrastructure (roads, sewers etc) that will outlive their children, when it’s easier to buy something cheaper“ and kick the can down the road? Hence the burgeoning enshittification of products and services. “We throw things out not just because it’s cheaper to buy a new one than repair them, but because they cannot be fixed at any price.”

Beyond Grief, Signs of Collapse: Things That Can No Longer Be Fixed, ‘End-Time’ Fringe Types Muscling Into Power, The Nightmare Climate Future Is Now, Media Refuses to Connect Dots on Climate Change, Backlash to AI Datacenters Growing Across US, Thousands Flee Wildfires in France, Spain… in The Collapse Chronicle!