Posted on 10/04/2017 9:00:29 AM PDT by fwdude
Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? Was the most extensive judgment found anywhere in the Bible outside of the book of Revelation actually for the sin of inhospitality, not homosexuality?
People find what they want in the Bible. If one looks hard enough, he can find "biblical" support for reincarnation, Eastern religions, Jesus as a guru, divorce for any reason, and flying saucers. Every cult of Christianity uses the Bible to validate its claims and so does some of the occult.
It's not surprising, then, that a recent trend in biblical scholarship holds that a careful reading of Genesis in its historical context offers no solid basis to conclude that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah had anything to do with homosexuality.
(Excerpt) Read more at str.org ...
Now THAT is a Smithsonian exhibit I'd drive a LONG way to see!
They were animalistic, hedonistic people without restraint without God. Like Californians.
>>They were animalistic, hedonistic people without restraint without God. Like Californians.
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Sad but true.
I find it to be the ONLY 'authority' we have on the subject.
Well; we tend to paint ALL of them with a mighty big brush.
The are thousands; if not MILIIONS; of saved Californians in amoungst the population.
Do you think so? I’d have thought most of them have left by now. I think it’s going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Quick search got this https://www.universetoday.com/13560/evidence-of-asteroid-impact-for-sodom-and-gomorrah/
Here is a video about this. It is a typical TV production, in that they first go off in the direction of the skeptics, but it does eventually get around to the matter at hand.
Not explicitly, but 2 Peter 2:4 references the sins of particular angels, followed by references to the Flood and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Jude 6-7 also references this, discussing the angels that left their proper domain, then going right to discussing Sodom and Gomorrah, where the inhabitants gave themselves over to sexual immorality and going after strange flesh.
It’s very clear what is being discussed.
You seem to believe that I didn’t know the answer to my rhetorical question. Thank you for laying it out for those who might not actually know, but you might want to be more careful about making erroneous assumptions.
Really.
Thanks!
Good advice!
You seem to believe that I didn’t know the answer to my rhetorical question.
You still seem to believe that.
Really.
Genesis 13:13 & Genesis 18:20-21 certainly precede the 19th chapter.
I agree, God knew all about them well before ch 19, probably the angels just went to get verification and to help save Lot.
Maybe a poor way to put it but i do that quite a bit.
Well in the case of a ‘66 mustang, maybe he’ll be allowed to take it with him..../yeah okay humour but no disrespect intended!
Well if both previous spouses(yours and your present wife’s) went on to have sexual immorality and you both didn’t prior to meeting each other I would say both of you are in the clear. They broke the marriages because of their own immorality and not yours if I quite understand the situation.
After this amount of time, if you and your present wife are in church, serving the Lord and proclaiming Jesus as Lord...you’ve both been forgiven from what ever sin you might have been guilty of in this regard. Your previous spouses broke your marriages, they put themselves out on the cause of their own immorality.
Just go on loving and being faithful to each other....if you both are fruitful and loving Jesus, that alone tells you how his grace is abounding in your situation!
Heh....well maybe not the “66” - ahemm- mustang...everyone knows that’s the ‘fun car’ of the Beast!
The Hebrew for “sons of God” in Genesis was the same as was used in Job in describing the “sons of God”( who were all assembled in the presence of God when Satan would come to accuse Job as well described as “shouting for Joy” at the creation of the universe) The term is only used twice..Genesis and Job. It has generally been interpreted as being “angels”. Genesis, in describing the congress between the “sons of God” and the “daughters of men”, starkly leaves no quarter in describing the effect of such an abomination, the production of nephilum, giants and of ungodly supermen with the ancient world being torn with violence. Jude describes these beings as having “left their own estate” and were kept in darkness awaiting their final judgment. These weren’t men, they were fallen beings who interrupted god’s plan for men and attempted to genetically modify us for their own ends so God put them under his judgment. Have you ever wondered why Genesis put an emphasis on “seed” as in the “seed of the woman” would be at enmity with the “seed of the Serpent” or Satan?
Anyway...there is no major spiritual issue if one views the “sons of God” as the “godly” line of Seth running from Seth thru Enoch and Methuselah(”when he dies it shall come” menaning the flood) vs the more otherworldly version. Acknowledging Jesus as Lord and the repentence of sin and confessing with the mouth as well as believing that God has raised jesus from the dead is the most important thing!
I’m not an ‘ancient astronauts’ interpreter of genesis 6-9...I think evil spirits in line with Satan caused us to choose sin and they messed up our world because they hated God and they hated that he put his divine spark into “matter made” men! Yet the spirits found themselves in bad situation finding that they needed to try to fashion men into “suitable containers” that they could possess. By rebelling, they lost all cover and self containment...you might say they needed suitable human figleaves to “cover their own nakedness”.
Natural humans would each have their own special “divine spark”(though separated from God) that would prove too troublesome(especially as God continuously calls for the souls of men and women) for most demons to contend with but if they could modify the human genome to say “filter” out the animus/spirit that God puts into humans at conception then they would have an unending supply of “containers”!
Read the review...woa don’t want you angry with me.../jokingly cautious. I’m no preterist but I do wonder if the humanity of Jesus might or might not have allowed him to enjoy taking a spin in a classic ‘60’s Mustang(though I read that the “horse” he’ll ride upon is quite magnificent!)?
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