The condemnation by some Christians againsts gays is typically summed up
by a view that homosexuality is an abomination according to the Word of
God. Despite being ordained, the bible colleges they come from would not
have been particularly blibical.
Not all sins are equal. Jerusalem had pride in their over abundance, and
didn't care for justice for the weak, yet for God their greatest sin was
spiritual abominations and being the harlot going after other gods and
demonic beings. Because ultimately, God looks at our heart, our loyalty
to Him which is the first and primary commandment.
In Eze 8:9, the Lord asked Ezekial to go in to the temple to see the
wicked abominations they were doing there. But there were no gay orgies
by gay people in the temple!
Instead, when Ezekiel went to the temple in Eze 8:10, he saw all the
idols and abominable beasts. They were rather inclusive to accept all
the gods.
What was surprising was that the 70 elders of the house of Israel were
leading the worship of the idols in the temple of God itself. There was
a failure in leadership to lead the people in the way of righteousness.
Leaders whose heart are loyal to Jesus alone and do not worship
themselves or any other gods is central to any church seeking a
spiritual annointing and a strong presence of God to comfort and heal
the congregation.
The elders may have justified their worship by claiming that they
worshiping a god of many names, which comes in the many forms and
traditions may allow. But it was pure spiritual harlotry (Eze 16:15) of
Israel offering herself willingly to worship every kind of demonic
beings and fallen angels. At least they were inclusive and not
selective!
What are the faith practices of worshipping the demonic beings. It was
sacrificing life, the new borns, and having anal sex with the temple
priests so that the essence of the demon comes into the faith
worshipers. Same sex relationships had nothing to do with biblical
abominations.
Why was God so harsh bringing quick condemnation and judgement against
Israel, for in most countries today even in the main churches, idols
based on the various faiths (including Christian faith) are common?
because Israel was under the Mosaic Covenant before the Cross of
Calvary. We are under the dispensation grace and not the law.
Why are some Christians so quick to condemn gays as an abomination
against the bible? because they are living under the law in a sin
consciousness even though saved by God's grace. In our sin
consciousness, we only see the sin of others amplified many times until
we call what was not a sin, a sin.
Why are gay churches struggling to overcome condemnation? because the
words and curses by these anti-gay Christians have incredible power and
authority. The shame and self condemnation it produces kills the spirit
and faith in Jesus Christ, resulting in a gulf as if God had abandoned
us.
We don't battle in the carnal, but in the spirit. But the condemnation
of gays has been so effective that we tend to look inwards and worship
our own humanity until we mold God in our own image instead of
conforming to Jesus Christ.
Many gay christian leaders don't believe in the Gospel of eternal
salvation, the existence of hell, nor the existence of demonic angels.
We consider ourselves thinking with bible college degrees but hide
ourselves in the sand, because there is much darkness.
In Eze 16, a comparison to Jerusalem's spiritual and physical adultery
to worship other gods was compared to being more wicked than Samaria and
Sodom. How can it be more wicked that than the gay orgies (alleged by
some) at Sodom?
The sin of Sodom was that they worshipped Satan in abomination (Eze
16:50) but it was localised. The root cause was the same as Jerusalem -
pride in themselves, having too good a life, and didn't care of the poor
in their midst. But the sin of Sodom was not injustice per say,
but abomination in worshiping idols.
God destroyed Sodom without much grace nor mercy because they were not
under the Abrahamic Covenant for whom unconditional blessings were given
to Jerusalem that even though they had sinned over and over again by
worshipping other gods, God sent his prophets and was long suffering.
Ezekiel spoke of an everlasting covenant (Eze 16:60-63) apart from the
Mosaic Covenant which came by grace in Jesus Christ. Christ became our
everlasting atonement, our sin offering to God.
Under the Mosaic Covenant, under Law, we become expert at sinning
against the law, and become lawless, proud that we are not the sinner,
and failed to provide justice and equality.
Under the religious law, the weak and outcasts will be oppressed.
Religion is not necesarrily about love, but adherance to religous laws
and the punishment for non compliance.
However, under the everlasting covenant in Jesus Christ, we become
expert in God's grace, mercy and love, being quick to give justice to
those who have been wronged having their basic rights violated. It
is an everlasting covenant, because Jesus died once and for all, for our
sins, yesterday, today, and tommorow.
At the end in Eze 16:63, God provided an atonement for all the spiritual
adultery that Jerusalem had committed. He sent His only begotten Son
Jesus Christ to be an everlasting covenant. Under Law, we know God as a
harsh discipline master. Under grace, we know the heart for God - His
grace, mercy and long suffering to the nations.
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