Hello, friends, and welcome back to Nations 4 Jesus. Today I want to talk about something that happened at the recent United Nations Conference of the Parties 30 (also known as UN COP30) climate summit in Brazil, held November 10-21, that should alarm every Bible-believing Christian.
What we witnessed in Belém wasn't just a political or environmental conference—it was a religious gathering. A spiritual realignment. A coordinated effort to replace biblical Christianity with a new global religion centered on worshiping creation instead of the Creator.
And friends, this isn't speculation. This isn't conspiracy theory. The UN and the religious leaders gathered at COP30 said this explicitly.
Let me start with what Senior Editor Alex Newman from The New American observed on the ground in Brazil. He wrote: "Unlike carbon dioxide in the air, the spiritual feeling at the UN COP30 climate summit was so dark and thick you could cut it with a knife."
The Chinese Communist Party gave Brazil an official gift for the summit: a statue called the "Dragon-Jaguar Guardian Spirit" with the world in its hands. This demonic-looking figure, Newman said, was "a perfect representation of the whole climate process."
But it gets worse. Throughout COP30, Indigenous rituals, pagan earth-worship, and open invocations to forest spirits and nature deities were not just present—they were center stage.
Multiple Indigenous leaders told Newman that "Mother Earth" and "Father Sky" were angry with humanity over climate change and were taking action against mankind. The solution? Indigenous wisdom and spirituality to placate these planetary deities.
Friends, this is paganism. This is animism. This is the very thing Scripture explicitly condemns.
Now, here's what makes this so dangerous: This wasn't just a fringe side event. The religious dimension of COP30 was coordinated, official, and celebrated by the UN itself.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change unleashed something called the Interfaith Liaison Committee, which brought together imams, rabbis, Catholic clergy, Protestant leaders, Buddhist monks, Hindu priests, and Indigenous shamans—all united under the banner of "climate justice."
They held an official "Prayers and Meditations for COP30" event where religious leaders from around the world prayed for bold climate action. They issued an "Interfaith Call to Action" demanding that all UN member states restructure their economies around sustainability and climate targets.
COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago said Pope Francis' environmental encyclical Laudato Si' was regarded by the Brazilian government as "both an ethical compass and a pragmatic guide" for the summit.
The new Pope Leo XIV released a video celebrating this "global community that works together" and lamenting that "the creation is crying out in floods and droughts, storms and relentless heat.”He went even further, though…the month before, Pope Leo XIV blessed a large block of ice that had come from Greenland, as a sign of concern about melting glaciers and the environment. The ice later melted, and the water was carried on a symbolic journey to Brazil.
The Vatican sent its largest delegation ever to a UN climate summit, with what insiders called an "unprecedented number" of cardinals and bishops. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, speaking on behalf of the pope, declared: "Climate change is a global problem demanding a global vision."
Protestant leaders weren't far behind. The ACT Alliance, claiming to represent more than 140 Christian denominations worldwide, stated bluntly: "Climate justice is a faith imperative that unites us across traditions."
The World Council of Churches—long compromised by leftist theology—launched an "Ecumenical Decade of Climate Justice Action." Their moderator, Bishop Professor Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, said something stunning: "When we say God created us, we also affirm that God created us together with nonhuman creation. That gives us a sister- and brother-relationship with the whole of nonhuman creation."
Friends, that is not Christianity. That is pantheism dressed in religious language.
Now, let me tell you what's really happening here—and why it matters.
The climate movement has become the perfect vehicle for uniting all the religions of the world under a common moral framework that replaces biblical truth.
Here's how it works: Traditional Christianity teaches that sin is rebellion against God. The solution to sin is repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.
But the new climate religion redefines sin as carbon emissions and offenses against "Mother Earth." The solution is not the cross—it's global governance, wealth redistribution, and submission to UN mandates.
This isn't new. In 1967, an academic named Lynn White, Jr. wrote a landmark essay arguing that biblical Christianity—specifically the Genesis mandate to "have dominion" over creation—was the root cause of environmental destruction.
His argument was simple: Christianity is too "anthropocentric"—too focused on humans. It taught people to see nature as a resource for human benefit rather than as something sacred in itself. Therefore, Christianity bears "a huge burden of guilt" for the ecological crisis.
And what's the solution according to White? Indigenous and tribal wisdom. Pagan spirituality. A return to animism and earth worship.
That's exactly what we saw at COP30.
Guarani leader Mirim Ju Yam opened an event with ancestral ritual songs: "The forest is alive. The spirits of the land speak. We must listen."
Another religious leader, "Mother Cícera of Oshun," practices Candomblé—an Afro-Brazilian pagan religion. She explained: "Fresh water belongs to Oshun, rainwater to Iansã, lagoon water to Nanã.... We have the god of the forests, Oshosi. All our gods are from nature."
Multiple COP30 documents promoted the idea that rivers, forests, and ecosystems have "rights" that must be protected. Pagan shamans in full regalia offered prayers to various deities. Sessions opened with ancestral chants and invocations of forest spirits.
And here's what should wake up every Christian: The UN's own official messaging repeatedly refers to "Mother Earth," "the spirit of the forest," and "healing our relationship with the planet."
This is not metaphorical language. This is religious language rooted in paganism and pantheism.
Let me share three truths about what's happening.
First, this represents the deliberate re-paganization of Western civilization.
For two thousand years, Christian civilization shaped the West. It gave us the idea that human beings are made in the image of God, that we have inherent dignity and worth, that nature exists for human flourishing under God's authority.
But that worldview is being systematically dismantled and replaced with paganism—the belief that nature is divine, that humans are just another species with no special status, and that we must submit to the demands of "Mother Earth."
Romans 1:25 describes this perfectly: "They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator."
Second, this is a direct attack on biblical Christianity.
The climate movement explicitly blames Christianity for environmental problems. They say the Genesis dominion mandate—"Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it"—is the root of all ecological evil.
But that's a lie. The dominion mandate doesn't mean exploitation. It means stewardship. We are called to care for creation as God's representatives, managing it wisely for human flourishing and God's glory.
Genesis 2:15 says God put Adam in the garden "to work it and keep it." The Hebrew word for "keep" means to guard, to protect, to preserve.
True biblical stewardship means using resources wisely, avoiding waste, and caring for the environment—not worshiping it.
Third, this spiritual deception will lead to totalitarian control.
When climate becomes a religious cause, disagreement becomes heresy. When carbon emissions become sin, government control becomes salvation.
The Interfaith Call to Action from COP30 explicitly demanded that governments "exercise political will, leadership, and moral courage" to enforce climate targets. They called for "economic and societal changes" and "bold political decisions."
Translation: global governance enforced by religious authority.
Revelation 13 warns of a time when a global system will demand worship and allegiance. While I'm not saying COP30 is the fulfillment of that prophecy, it's certainly a dress rehearsal for the kind of spiritual-political unity that will characterize the end times.
Now, let me close with three applications for Christians.
First, recognize that this is spiritual warfare.
Ephesians 6:12 says, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."
Second, stand firm on biblical truth.
When the world says "Mother Earth," we say "Our Father in Heaven." When they say "carbon emissions are sin," we say "sin is rebellion against God." When they say "we must save the planet," we say "Jesus Christ saves souls."
Do not compromise. Do not be intimidated. Do not let religious leaders or church denominations pressure you into accepting this false gospel.
Third, prepare for persecution.
If you refuse to bow to this climate religion, you will be labeled a "climate denier," a "science denier," an "enemy of the planet."
Already, some are calling for criminal prosecution of those who question climate orthodoxy. It won't be long before biblical Christians who refuse to worship creation are targeted.
Jesus warned us: "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you" (John 15:18).
Friends, we are watching the emergence of a global religious system that replaces the God of the Bible with the gods of nature. We are watching Western civilization abandon its Christian foundations and return to the paganism it left behind two thousand years ago.
But we do not fear. We do not compromise. We do not bow.
Because we know the truth: There is one God, the Creator of heaven and earth. There is one Mediator between God and man, Jesus Christ. And He is coming back to judge the living and the dead.
Let me pray
Thank you for joining me today. The events at COP30 remind me that we are living in days when spiritual deception is increasing—but God's truth endures forever.
Until next time, keep your eyes on the nations, stand firm in biblical truth, and remember—we worship the Creator, not the creation.
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