📖 Biblical Definition
"The earth is the LORD's" (Psalm 24:1). Humanity was placed in the garden "to work it and keep it" (Genesis 2:15). Creation groans, "waiting for the revealing of the sons of God" (Romans 8:19-22). Biblical ecology is rooted in creation (the earth is good), fall (creation is cursed), and redemption (creation will be renewed). Environmental care is a creation mandate, not a liberal agenda.
📜 Webster 1828 Definition
Not a standalone entry in Webster 1828.
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Webster defines ECONOMY (from the same Greek root) as "the management and government of a household." Biblical ecology is managing God's household — the created order.
📖 Key Scripture
• Genesis 2:15 — "The LORD God put Him in the garden to work it and keep it."
• Psalm 24:1 — "The earth is the LORD's and the fullness thereof."
• Romans 8:19-22 — "The creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God."
• Revelation 11:18 — "The time came for destroying the destroyers of the earth."
⚠️ Modern Corruption
Environmental concern captured by pantheism; many Christians ignore creation care entirely.
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The modern environmental movement is captured by nature-worship and anti-human ideology. Climate activism has become secular eschatology. In reaction, many Christians abandon creation care as liberal. Both are unbiblical. Christians should be the best environmentalists — not because the earth is god, but because it is God's and we are His stewards.
Usage
• "Biblical ecology begins with 'the earth is the LORD's' — not 'the earth is mother.'"
• "Christians who dismiss environmental stewardship as liberal politics have forgotten Genesis 2:15."