What would happen if the earth was tilted two degrees off normal?
If the earth were tilted two degrees off its normal tilt, it would either burn up from heat or freeze in cold. Just a two-degree variance is enough. A shift of a degree or so would also bring intense scorching heat and throw weather into total mayhem.
Les teaches that science and astronomy indicate that if the earth were tilted just two degrees off of what is normal, the earth would either burn up with heat or freeze up in the cold. He emphasizes that it is only a two-degree variance, yet the Lord will actually cause the earth to move in and out of its orbit. That orbital change would throw weather into total mayhem, and even moving the planet a degree or so would bring intense scorching heat. Les notes we are already seeing a little of this through bizarre weather around the world. He connects this to Isaiah’s prophecy of the day of the Lord, when the stars and constellations will not give their light, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shine, because God will punish the world for its evil.