Ireland, through a national referendum, became the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage, or "enshrine" it as one news source noted. In a large turnout, 62% of the people signed on to what that same news source noted as "a new nation." They made their priorities in this life very clear and we are not far behind them. God's word and warnings about this are also very clear. The following are three recents posts on the general topic.
The same-sex marriage debate has very little to do with the relationship between two people of the same sex. Certainly there are many people of whom this is the key issue but ultimately they are pawns on a much bigger chessboard. This is a political and ideological battle which has been part of the ongoing war on America. Whether it bei communists or globalists, they had fully understood from their beginnings that their only real enemy in this world, their key adversary by far, and their biggest obstacle, was the American people. As long as that original American mindset held the majority, they, Communism and Globalism, different as they are and enemies though they may be, would never achieve the tyranny they wanted. So they went after that majority in many ways. Feminism was one and it has been very effective in changing the character of the American male with just about every area of our society effected for the worse while equally (an ironic choice of words) sapping the strength of American womanhood. A second obvious area was in race relations and a third in income distribution. Each was to be purposely stirred to the point of social unrest The last area was in the establishing of a gay agenda which would further tear apart the American family. These entities, Communism and Globalism, cared not one iota for women, nor minorities, nor the poor, nor homosexuals. I realized long ago, that as long as Americans held to their heritage, their enemies would be kept at arms length. I, and many others, saw the pillars of our society crack and then one by one fall, the last collapse being debated right now in the Supreme Court of the United States.
The church, in its liberal and mainstream adaptation, played a key part in this battle, switching sides midstream. Whereas it should be part of the singlemost strength of America, it has steadily deteriorated to the point where it now not only does not oppose those who hate America but files amicus brief after amicus brief in favor of those who do.
As America's enemies strategized, they knew that above American patriotism, beyond its protestant ethic and the source behind its military strength, was their religious belief, for it held everything together. The concept of God had to be destroyed in the American mind and every temptation, every deception and every lure was to be directed towards this. The gay agenda is to be the final nail in America's coffin, for if same-sex marriage is legitimized and legislated, which by the way is totally unnecessary and should by all rights be patently absurd in the American mind, it will utterly destroy effectual belief in God in not only American youth but in every age bracket. The churches that blindly support this will have followed the same path of the German churches that caved to the Third Reich. The rest will be a persecuted minority, and America will finally reap the whirlwind that it has increasingly sowed.
Intellectual Integrity
Yesterday's post addressed the ideological background of the gay agenda that is waging full scale war with America. Today I'd like to address the Biblical implications of same-sex marriage. You see, one can feel as one wants on gay marriage and one can feel as one wants on God's Word but one cannot claim to believe the Bible and then knowingly reject what it says. I'll give verses from both the Old and New Testaments and then add a few comments of which will pose a question of logic to you.
In the first verses from the 19th chapter of Genesis, Abraham had been interceding to God for the city of Sodom where his nephew Lot had taken up residence. Two angels arrived in Sodom and told Lot of their intention to stay in the town square overnight but Lot "pressed them strongly" to spend the night at his house which they agreed to. Verse 4 describes what happened next..."But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them'." Lot went out to meet them and implored of them not to do this wicked thing. The men then said to him..."This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge!" The angels then rescued Lot, struck the men outside with blindness and in the morning "....the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground."
The second text is from the book of Romans of the New Testament in chapter one. Paul was writing about God's wrath on unrighteousness. Verse 26 continues with what God had given him to pen..."For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error."
Now, we are free to hold to any opinion on this issue and live our lives accordingly but how does one read what God has told us and commanded of us and then hope to retain any semblance of intellectual integrity while denying what is so clearly relayed to us? Deny the Bible if you want for you have that right but admit that you reject that Bible. Hold to the interpretation that God's Word is not literally true but rather merely figurative and cultural adages that can be interpreted in many ways...do this if you desire to do so. Deny Christ....reject all of the Bible....become a radical atheist. All these things are available to you and you can still at least claim order and structure to your logic, but to in any way shape or form hold to these positions and then claim any connection whatsoever to historical Christianity is a dishonest argument void of logic.
I've chosen this tact for the sake of those readers to these posts who are Christians but who have been deceived in a culture that awards such deception and ignorance. You attend church every Lord's Day and believe that there is nothing that could separate you from your faith in Jesus Christ but you have underestimated the frailty of man and the evil ingenuity of Satan. I'm sure that I have too, that all Christians have to one extent or another, but getting the wrong answer on this issue that God considered important enough to destroy whole cities because of ultimately sends souls to hell, destroys churches, whole denominations....and nations.
This is a simple issue of logic as sure as the Pythagorean Theorem is of Euclidean geometry. It does not require interpretation....only common sense and honesty. As to what is and is not discrimination towards the gay community is a different arena of debate, but to claim Christianity, the love of God's Word and love of Jesus Christ and adamantly refuse to accept the content of what is so clearly written is an act of volition...a purposeful rejection of that which one claims to love. It is a lie.....and how will you then interpret John 8:44 where Jesus in speaking of the Devil says...."He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies."
I'm updating this third post with a note as a result of a short clip I just viewed from the PBS program The McLaughlin Group which has rapid fire, almost sound-bite, debate with four mostly regular guests holding differing political viewpoints. No sooner had I tuned in and one of those guests, a National Review columnist no less, had this to say about same-sex marriage...."...that younger conservative voters-people more like myself, even if we're not gay- -you know, we've grew up with gay people and we don't have a problem with them having the same rights." Now I'm not familiar with this columnist but would have this to say....you also grew up without the benefits of a God-fearing country young man....that's why you don't have a problem with it, and I think it a little presumptuous to say that all younger conservative voters feel the way that you do, but your testimony supports what I wrote about a few days ago in the following post that the ultimate 'prize' in this war on America and its heritage of the Christian faith has been to conquer the minds of the youth. You are part of that prize! Lastly, the 'right' spoken about is for a man and a woman to marry. What we are talking about with this issue is an extension or expanding of a right to the extent of fundamental deconstruction and wholesale revision of it, not simply a securing or protecting of one.
The Prize
Tonight's post is the third on the topic of same-sex marriage and it focuses on God's judgement upon America. Several individual states have a ban on same-sex marriage at the present time and the Supreme Court may rule that those bans are unconstitutional. If this happens America will have officially sanctioned these unions.
For an individual such as myself, an adult Christian, it is only the latest of our culture's and our nation's rejection of God, and my subjugation is not the prize that those who are attempting to force this upon us are disparately seeking, for they want the children, and they want them for a purpose. Imagine if you will where the tentacles will reach if America loses this court decision. Eventually all of our children's education, even in the private sector, will not only have to condone but advance homosexuality. These people are not the type that rely on reason or persuasion, and they could care less about ethics or tolerance. They haven't invented this characteristic....they've been taught it by the very best.
Yes, many families will protect their children in such a culture but an overwhelming majority of this nation's children will be guided, taught and coerced into either ignoring God, for it would be obvious to the children that the Bible is meaningless, or many of the others will follow their parents into this new and accepted Christianity which is a false Christianity that authors of the New Testament predicted for the end times and repeatedly warned against. America would be Godless, childless and utterly defenseless, the last of which being the much sought after prize by our enemies.
This is by no means the only attack on Christianity in America....only the latest, definitely the greatest and probably the last. We will have offered up our children on a sacrificial altar every bit as much as various pagan peoples that we have only read about in history books. From what I have gleaned from the Old Testament prophets on God's judgements upon peoples such as this, such as we have become... He warns over a period of time, details the judgements, and fulfills His promise. He has warned us very specifically now for over forty years and those judgements have already begun. We as a people are totally devoid of wisdom. You can see this in our government, you can feel it in the mayhem prevalent on our urban streets, and you can view the intellectual carnage everywhere emanating from the many entertainment mediums that have become our gods. If you haven't trembled...if you haven't wept....then you will at that time of our judgement have no idea from whence our troubles came nor why our distress was inflicted upon us and therefore no where to turn and no concept of a mercy to be sought nor the One to seek it from.
