The cause blaming the effect!
This information was taken from history books, newspaper articles, Wikipedia and of course the Bible. The article you are about to read has been researched, organized, and laid out using information that may be offensive to some people. These analysis were not gathered out of judgment, malice or grievance toward any group or individual. This article was intended for research and discovery purposes.
Issues, Impacting The Christian Church Today!
Of course, there are many, many issues church attendees are forced to question. Currently one of the most controversial of these is…
Same-Sex Marriage!
Ideally, opinions, involve much more then just our own limited thinking. Today, as oppose to in the the past, our opinions stem from many socially acceptable standards, politically correct adaptations, and non-discriminatory regulations. All conveniently packaged in an easily digestible conformist presentation.
On the surface, most people today graciously appease the different behaviors, lifestyles and religions practiced by neighbors, co-workers and friends. Today people have come to accept the reality, that we live in a world filled with different viewpoints, domestic circumstances, and ideologies. Because of this, we have learned to accept the perspectives of multiple different ethnic groups, learning to accept and placate the multiple cultures of those who live among us.
Separation Of Church and State!
However, when we share information from the ancient book of scriptures, simply titled, “The Bible,” which means “the Book,” in Latin, many issues stemming from it, have become less socially acceptable and more uncompromising. This is because we can’t just simply adjust that which was written in the pages of ancient text to reflect the sentiments of new age thinkers. The multiple books contained within the Bible were written thousands of years ago (some of these scriptures being more then six thousand years old). Because they are so old, the instructions found within them, have become settled law by many who trust GOD and adhere to the book, the Bible. This means, the commands found in the Bible, cannot be altered or changed to suit current ideas and more favorable opinions. If you believe in the book, then you agree to follow all of it’s rules and regulations, not just the ones that are convenient. GOD’s WORD is unwavering, meaning it never changes. What was written in the Bible, remains constant. The laws continue now and forever.
Unfortunately, not all information found in scripture is as originally written. Some words and laws, later fell victim to mistranslations, many for unscrupulous purposes. Yet, for the most part, the Bible continues to be a truthful and acceptable historic reference. The laws and ordinates found in the Bible, cannot be changed or manipulated to become more cosmopolitan or socially acceptable. It remains precedent and continues to be a credible source of ancient history and a strong moral authority.
In this constant battle of truth verses fiction, we must put forth our best effort to understand the lessons and observances taught through the Bible. Continually implementing these explicit instructions in our own day-to-day lives.
The Role Of Male And Female
In the Book of Matthew 19:4-6, Yehoshua responds, “‘Haven’t you read,’ he replied, ‘that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?’ So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.’”
This seems to be pretty straight forward, but each reader articulates it’s connotation differently.
Matthew, the first book found in the New Testament of the Bible, isn’t the only New Testament Book addressing Same-Sex relationships.
Did you know: the definition of the word Sodomite – is a person who engages in sodomy, typically defined as anal intercourse.
Other New Testament scriptures such as, 1st Corinthians 6:9 and 1st Timothy 1:10 also contend with same-sex issues (predominantly between males). In both of these scriptures the English word, first translated as “sodomite,” was originally extracted from the Greek word, ἀρσενοκοίτης (arsenokoites), which describes – (a male) who lies with another male as with a female. This word, arsenokoites, was later translated into English Bibles as homosexual.
A Homosexual – Is a person who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of their same sex.
In most Bible Dictionaries the word ar-sen-ok-oy’-tace; (arsenokoites) from G730 and G2845; is defined as a sodomite:
1st Corinthians 6:9 Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice (sodomy) homosexuality (G730),
In this scripture, the act of sodomy which is a description of homosexuality, is categorized as “sexual sin”!
Believe it or not, according to the Bible, the little horn (which I have revealed in many of my blogs to be the office of Pope) was prophesied to become the major catalyst invoking paganism, idolatry and eventually, the gay and lesbian sexual revolution.
Idolatry
Revelation 13:12 It exercised all the authority of the first beast on its behalf, and made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed.
Verse (14) tells us using the Greek word “semeion,” (meaning un-natural signs in English) that it was given power to perform on behalf of the first beast, deceiving the inhabitants of the earth, ordering them to set up an image, “idol,” in honor of the beast who was wounded by the sword and lived.
Revelation 13:13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire (pyr) to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men. 14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs (semeion) which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who was wounded by the sword and yet lived.
Many believe that fire symbolizes, persecution and tribulation. Others feel that fire, from the Greek “pyr” in addition to persecution meant power. The hotter a people could make their fire, the stronger they could make their tools and weapons. It correlates with the depth of a people’s (tribe) proficiency (that is: their practical skills and understanding of science and technology) which determined their ability to rule, dominate and en-slave.
Idolatry And Homosexualty
It was the Bible that revealed, how the abomination of Idolatry, was one of the most egregious sins; yet this particular sin is routinely performed in every Christian Church and has been wholeheartedly received by Christian parishioners around the world. This ungodly behavior, according to the Bible, is what led to from the Greek, “arsenokoites” or in English, “homosexuality.”
Romans 1 verse 25 say’s…
They exchanged the truth of GOD for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the CREATOR, who is blessed forever! Omein.
Creature- could be an animal or a man. In Greek the word translated as creature was ktisis, it means created thing, which could also refer to a building or an institution.
So, who exactly are, “they” spoken of in Romans chapter one?
“They,” appears to refer to the people of the world. “They,” exchanged the truth about GOD for a falsehood, a lie!
Why would they do this? What is the Bible trying to tell us?
Confirming that these people worshiped and served the creature, (meaning the church, the pastor, and their idols) rather than the CREATOR…. explains how the people of the world exchanged the truth of GOD for a lie..
So, “They,” refers to the people of the world. “The world,” exchanged the truth for a lie!
Revelation 13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
Why would they do this? What exactly is the Bible telling us?
Created things…
Many believe this scripture is alluding to the people we cherish, such as celebrities, sport players, or musical performers?
Maybe?
Yet, Even though you could say celebrities (people) are creations, created by GOD, it sounds as though this scripture is referring to inanimate objects. Things not made by GOD, but, created by human hands, such as wooden crosses, stained glass, painted pictures and marble statues. Things we glorify, venerate and idolize!
Verse 26 clearly explains..
Because of this, GOD gave them (the people) over to shameful lusts.
Job 31:11-12 Of The Old Testament characterizes lust as a “shameful sin” and a consuming fire that threatens an individual’s life and property.
Because- is a clause expressing an explanation or a reason. It explains the reason why so many people were given over to what the Bible described as shameful lust.
The sin of idolatry; which included multiple acts of idolatrous worship, engendered, “shameful lust”!
The worship of created things; which celebrities aside; would include images of saints, doves, cupid, Mary, Jesus, fish, candles and multiple images of crosses.
Blurred beyond recognition!
Exodus 20:4-6 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image-any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them.
Today People Question Gender
It would appear that the very distinctive line which once defined male and female, has been blurred beyond recognition. It would also seem, aside from physical anatomy, currently there are no clear, or practical concepts defining gender at all.
Many powerful groups currently challenge history’s definition of gender and it’s role in today’s society. According to the National Center for Transgender Equality; “some people have a gender that blends elements of being a man or a woman, or a gender that is different than either male or female. Some people don’t identify with any gender and some people’s gender changes over time.”
Okay, fine, but as these societal opinions change, does it in anyway revolutionize GOD’s Indelible Law?
No, it does not! No man has the power to change the Laws of GOD! GOD’s law remain steadfast and true. So, Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. As well as the 2nd commandment which tells us no idols, remain constant, perpetual, enduring, and FOREVER.
YEHUWAH’s WORD, HIS LAWS will never change, if you believe the book, then you should have no problem accepting all of it’s laws.
The Church And It’s Radical Ideas
According to an article by Peter Smith, A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination during a five-year window, (which closed December 2023); authorized departures for congregations were over disputes involving the church’s LGBTQ-related policies.
In (2023), 5,641 congregations received permission from their regional conferences to leave the denomination, according to an unofficial tally by United Methodist News. In total, 7,658 congregations have received permission since 2019.
The vast majority were conservative-leaning churches responding to what they saw as the United Methodists’ failure to enforce bans on same-sex marriage and the ordaining of openly LGBTQ persons.
The Bible Explains Why Idolatry Is At The Center Of These Controversies!
Many people question why so many rules, and regulations were given to men by GOD. In the Bible, GOD confirms the result of disobedience, detailing how non-adherence to these laws, lead to cataclysmic consequences and unnatural results. The Bible explains to us how so many unfortunate situations emanate from the practice of sin and how it inherently manifests into harsh consequences for so many. The Bible has always clearly explained how the unholy practice of idolatry introduced through the Little Horn,” (the office of the Pope), the Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Christianity continue to reap unnatural, aberrant results. Results which loudly and continually reverberates throughout the world.
Let’s begin with the fatal consequences of…
False Prophets and False Teachers!
From the Biblia.com, 2nd Peter
2:1, But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. 2 Many will follow their depraved conduct and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
The Bible warned in many scriptures, how listening and adhering to false teachers would increase the acts of paganism, witchcraft and idolatry causing irrevocable damage.
3, And through covetousness shall they with feigned (fabricated) words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingered not, and their damnation slumbered not. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words.
Covetousness – is an inordinate, excessive, or overwhelming desire to possess something, particularly wealth, material goods, or resources that belong to someone else.
Paul spoke about the twisting and contorting of GOD’s WORD and the under appreciation of HIS GRACE (forgiveness), by abandoning HIS LAWS. Romans 6:1, What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?
Once you accept Yehoshua, you become a new creature, no longer bound by sin.
So, if Idolatry is an abomination, why do so many Christian’s continue to engage in it?
Unfortunately, the answer is found within the traditions created by the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Churches. Paganism and idolatry was woven into the very fabric of these theologies and since (their religion) Christianity is merely the fruit of Catholicism, it too is riddled in these sinful practices.
According to Wikipedia, Idolatry is the worship of an idol as though it were a deity.
Again this includes images such as the cross, angels, Mary and Jesus. It is an established tradition taught for centuries and it remains unchallenged to this very day.
Deuteronomy 4:15-18 So pay attention and watch yourselves carefully – for you did not see any form {of GOD} on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire – so that you do not act corruptly and make for yourselves a carved or sculpted image {to worship} in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female.
Christianity
It was estimated in the U.S. (in 2021), of a population of 332 million, about 63% were Christian (an approximation of roughly 210 million). That’s a lot of people. Proportionately more then half of the American population are described as Christian (church goers, or righteous people), yet murder, theft, rape, drug abuse, gun violence, sex trafficking, homelessness, poverty and hate rages throughout American streets in victory. None of this deplorable sin, is decreasing due to the actions and/or prayers emanating from the greater portion of these church worshiping Americans. If anything evil continues to prevail.
Why is this?
Could it be that Christianity isn’t at all what it claims to be? According to the Bible, Christianity functions not within the laws of GOD, but reign outside HIS LAWs as a cult of Idolaters!!
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sow, this he will also reap. Galatians 6:7!!!
It appears that many people today continue to gather their fruit from a (poisonous) corrupted harvest. One built on a lie, made bitter with unrighteousness, not at all yielding to the truth!!!
2nd Peter 2:4 For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment. 5 if HE did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; 6 if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly…
According to the “Book Of Enoch,” These sinful angels are the very idols mis-informed people continue to worship through their idolatry.
The TRUTH
The WORDS of GOD remain crystal clear on many issues that worldly people continue to waiver upon. In the end these directions were never suggestions, but laws, given and set in stone (the commandments) by the ONE TRUE GOD. Don’t get me wrong, it has always been your choice to follow GOD, or not. Believe in HIM, or not!
But, if you choose to reject the truth, you are not given the privilege to teach these lies to others? This was never an option, it is a certain spiritual death to those whom have placed themselves as leaders, preachers, and judges over the rest of us. (Workers of Iniquity)
The LGBTQ Church Community
Currently some Christian Churches have invited members of the LGBTQ community to commune with Them.
On the Human Rights Campaign website, Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: The Episcopal Church: boasts: With an estimated 2.3 million members, the Episcopal Church is open and welcoming of the LGBTQ+ community. Unlike the Worldwide Anglican Communion, of which it is a part, the Episcopal Church does not condemn homosexuality.
Currently Catholics, (estimated at 1.406 billion) recognize civil unions.
Even Pope Francis, the previous Pope, called for the recognition of civil union laws that would provide legal protections for same-sex couples.
Leviticus 18:22, (KJV) Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination.
1st Timothy 1:8-11, Now we know that the law is good, if one uses it lawfully, understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers, the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, en-slavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine, in accordance with the gospel of the glory of the blessed God with which I have been entrusted.
In this passage many unfavorable behaviors are outline. Homosexuality in particular was called out along with the practice of slavery (en-slavers) murderers, liars and perjurers. These behaviors are all described as lawless, disobedient, ungodly and unholy according to the Bible.
Should we simple ignore scriptures such as these today?
Have we as a people outgrown the teachings found within the pages of the Bible?
Many believe the answer is, yes!
Todays powerful religions elevates the simplest biblical passage into a highly complexed tug-of-war. For so many years, the average person have been confounded when attempting to decipher the truth found within the pages of the ancient text, the Bible!
Apparently Pope Francis, the Catholic Church, and many Christian followers, have grown into a greater, more affable institution, One who welcomes and supports Same-Sex Civil Unions.
As part of this recognition, Pope Francis emphasized that gay and lesbian people are “children of God and have a right to a family,” and that “nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it.”
He made the remarks in a documentary, “Francesco,” about his life and ministry.
Really, This Of Course Is A Political Move!
His comments stop short of calling for marriage equality but are still likely to bolster movements seeking legal protections for same-sex couples, particularly in predominantly Catholic societies.
Currently, at least 29 countries extend the right to marry same-sex couples, while at least 14 provide civil unions that extend some degree of legal protection to same-sex relationships, ‘” according to an article written by Ryan Thoreson.
The Pope Is Balancing On A Very Tight Rope!
In an (AP) article written by Nicole Winfield and David Crary, we gain even more confirmation on how “Pope Francis’, empathetic cries have formally approved letting Catholic priests bless same-sex couples.
The Vatican have announced, a radical shift in policy which aims at making the church more inclusive while maintaining its strict ban on gay marriage.
But while the Vatican statement was heralded by some as a step toward breaking down discrimination in the Catholic Church, some LGBTQ+ advocates warned it underscored the church’s idea that gay couples remain inferior to heterosexual partnerships.
Notwithstanding of man’s fluctuating viewpoint. The instructions in the Bible remain steadfast. Remember the laws in the Bible is what godly people, not church people, continue to follow. Godly people were meant to follow godly instruction, not some demonically postulated idea, worldly comprehension, or socially induced norm.
Romans 1:24
Therefore GOD gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
This particular scripture, Romans chapter 1 verse 24, is acknowledged by many Christian ministers and evangelical preachers, who rail against homosexual behavior.
But how often do they mention Romans 1:25? Do they even bother to acknowledge how it was their own idolatrous behavior that produced these biblically undesirable acts.
Let’s read verses 21 and 23 in the same book and chapter?
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
Remember, I told you earlier how in the Bible, it is revealed that homosexuality manifested from the practice of idolatry.
Revelation 9:20 The rest of mankind who were killed by these plagues still did not repent of the work of their hands; they did not stop worshiping demons, and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone and wood.
Idols such as crosses, angels, men and women literally found on, and in, every Christian Church today are monuments created for the sinful act of idolatry!
This current phenomenon, the open practice of idolatry, is a clear violation of GOD’s law, a sinful act chosen in direct defiance of GOD!
Let’s continue with verses 26 and 27…
(26) Because of this, GOD gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.
(27) In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the penalty for their error.
The cause blaming the effect? An un-natural chain of events, or simply the rippling effects of sin? I’ll let you decide, but don’t take to long, tick-tock!
GOD’s Truth always remain constant, not because I said so, but because the ONE TRUE GOD SAID IT IN THE BIBLE!
Owr Bayit Shomer