The TRUTH is:
1 man + 1 woman = marriage. PERIOD.
The authority who decided this forever is GOD.
Mark 10:2-16 " Jesus replied. "At the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' '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 (male & female fulfilling the divine design of marriage), let man not separate." Notice, according to Jesus, that marriage is not only EXCLUSIVELY for male & female, but also is a sacred commitment for a LIFETIME. This word alone is sufficient to guide everyones' conclusions about marriage forever.
Jesus set in motion here the eternal echo of the divine vote.
A spokesman for God, named Jude, also uttered divinely inspired words about this topic:
Jude 1:3-7 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. 4 For certain (erring) men (who promote incorrect things) whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men (males & females who promote things opposite of the godly or divine way), who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. 5 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.
6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home (the place & manner of life God had designed for them), these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. (Note: According to God, there is sin & wrong & it will be punished. Notice now what God says will be a chief, or particular wrong, prevalent in the last days...) 7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (Note: According to God, there is sin & wrong & it is still wrong & will be judged & punished.)
Again, in these words (from Jude), we hear the echo of the divine vote. (The parenthetical comments above are mine, for clarification.)
When Jesus spoke what He did in Mark 10, He wisely hearkened back to the beginning of creation. Noting that what God (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) set in motion there in the beginning remains a timeless precedent of how things are meant to be for all time.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:31 God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning — the sixth day.
Notice the clear intention of God, setting unchangeable divine precedent for marriage & coupling (His clear divine vote) decided for as long as the earth endures...
Genesis 2:18 The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” 19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. 25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
Notice there is no shame in sexuality or coupling (personal or romantic togetherness) when the partnership is initiated according to divine order: within marriage, ONE male with ONE female. Keeping all people in the reality of divine order (God's original created design) is essential & irreplaceable for a healthy & God-honoring earth. God's design alone promotes the shamelessness & beauty of real love & divinely blessed partnership. God's way, of course, is the only way, best for all mankind.
When people reject divine order they come under a curse.
The current prophetic word (contemporary message from God) about homosexuality...
Be warned against the homosexual wickedness practiced on earth, for I, Myself, will not condone it, says the Lord. There are many people who wish & want & clamor to go against the ways I have established. But they are wrong, says the Lord. Be not deceived by them. Many voices applaud, shout & campaign, but they are the wicked ones I told of long ago. Those who err & forget the ways I spoke of old. Return to Me. Return to My Word. Never let go of the truth. Remember the Bible, the Holy Word of God, the ways upon which you were founded. The sins of Sodom & Gomorrah are these: deviation from God's design. Erring into pride & a personal sexual delusion, trying to make same gender sexual alliance a common practice amongst the undiscerning.
My judgment will be the SAME in the end as it was in the beginning. Forget not Genesis for I will hold all men accountable to what I have written & declared there.
You are a people who need to respond to hope. And grace. A way opened for you by HEAVEN. (Which is Christ. John 14:6)
Heed not the deceiving voices of earth for I WILL TRUMP THEM ALL when I have the last say.
Fear the eternal JUDGMENT SEAT of CHRIST. For there, all will be laid bare & no man can escape. Everything you do in secret will be considered & exposed on that day. There is no refuge in the sexual sins of this age though they be many.
Marry to ONE ALONE. And make sure that ONE is a man (if you are a woman). And insure that ONE is a girl (female) if you are a man. This is My way. Walk in it.
THUS SAYS THE LORD.
(Prophecy above was clearly given by the Holy Spirit in 6_2010, heard & received by a follower of God in the United States of America)
Note: When you hear the VOICE of GOD, you have heard the TRUE ruling from THE (real) SUPREME court!
The TRUTH from heaven goes beyond anyone's personal (human) perspective & moves us up higher to the level of WHAT GOD HIMSELF SAYS.
Note: the message shared here proceeds from a heart of kindness & concern, lovingly expressed, yet frankly stated. Please realize these true declarations are not someone's personal opinion or "religious beliefs." Rather, this perspective echoes to the hearts of all throughout the earth, an unfolding of the divine way. Meant to be practiced amongst every tribe, people, language & nation. A heavenly calling to EMBRACE TRUTH & AFFIRM God's intended design without wavering. James 1:16-17 God's ways hold the same no matter what nationality or gender we were born into. God's design for gender identity brings boundary lines wnich no man should cross (or twist). The straight way emanates truth from OUR DESIGNER to keep us on His blessed path. This clear way honors the revelation of how GOD HIMSELF declares things are. Our responsibility as humans is to live according to God's DESIGN. Heaven's Voice is heard clearly. And needs to steer us in the way God created us to be.
God is NOT an American, nor does He support sin
Keep in mind: God is neither a democrat nor a republican. God is also NOT an American. Neither is the DESIGNER swayed by contemporary or modern sexual ideas or "new morality." A right perspective on any topic must begin & end with the CREATOR Himself. God, His design & ways, are the sole determining factor. No personal perspective can stand in the face of GOD the CREATOR. Humble yourself, then, AND LISTEN.
Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.
Isaiah 30:8 Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.
Isaiah 30:9 These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to listen to the LORD’s instruction.
Isaiah 30:10 They say to the seers, “See no more visions!” and to the prophets, “Give us no more visions of what is right! Tell us pleasant things, prophesy illusions.
Isaiah 30:11 Leave this way, get off this path, and stop confronting us with the Holy One of Israel!”
Isaiah 30:12 Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit,
Isaiah 30:13 (here's what it will do to homes, families, children, the future & society) this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant.
Isaiah 30:14 It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
Isaiah 30:15 This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it."
Homosexuality & lesbianism are some of the most popular "banners of wrong" touted in our day. The homosexual errors of today rival the promotion of cigarettes & alcohol by advertisers & moneymaking companies throughout most of the 20th & 21st centuries. Every ad says: "these are so GOOD." But we all know cigarettes & alcohol mean: DANGER, DISEASE & DEATH. Homosexuality is the same. No amount of endless "advertisements" (or political promotions) can change the truth.
Why political & personal promotion of same gender sex & "gay marriage" errs:
We live in a world & time where some people insist they want to be treated "EQUALLY." I notice that God already treats every human equally. God simply declares (EQUALLY to EVERYONE) that (anyone, everyone) who practices homosexuality (or any other sin) is wrong. God equally declares the SAME standard(s) to each & EVERY one. God makes His wise determination of right & wrong EQUALLY for ALL people. God declares through the biological design of our bodies & through His Word that He created ALL people with heterosexual design & EXPECTS all men (& women) EQUALLY to practice an appropriate sexuality, faithful marriage to one, according to DIVINE ORDER. One male with one female. For life. To learn character qualities like self-control, purity, loyalty & faithfulness call each person (equally) to ONE marriage lifelong (one man with one woman for a LIFETIME). This is God's revealed way.
With God & divine order, no matter how popular homosexuality may be to some (as a chosen sin), there is no opening for any approval of such variations with God. Scream & complain if you want. God still won't change. God holds consistent for all people, all places, all times. Equally. The Creator already settled & finalized DIVINE ORDER & HEAVENLY DESIGN way back in Genesis 1 & 2. It's NOT going to change any time since. The Creator keeps His design flowingly the SAME through the centuries & ages. God is so fair & just, as a righteous Judge, that He applies the rules of ORIGINAL DESIGN fairly & equally to all. To all He says: "This is my way. These are my rules. These are MY laws." (No later human "laws" can amend, append, abort or advise God the way things are supposed to be.) We need divine Law, not human-conceived ideas purporting to be (or change) "law."
Conclusion: Go back to God. His pure & holy Law. Return to the original design. And the Designer. Return to your Creator. Forget modern abberations.
Keep in mind, as you behold the truth, that morality, marriage & sexuality are UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED. By God. As long as earth endures, God will CONTINUE His SAME DESIGN. For marriage, this (forever) means ONE MAN (Adam) with ONE WOMAN (Eve) for a lifetime, MALE & FEMALE He created them. God, thus, defined MARRIAGE. Genesis 1 & 2. (See scriptures at the top of this article.) It was this way from the beginning. It will remain this same divine way UNTIL THE END.
Did you notice Jesus made clear the wrongness of divorce & the wrongness of homosexuality by His words? Did you notice Jesus said: If you want to understand the right definition & practice of marriage, you must go back to the BEGINNING (God's ORIGINAL DESIGN & His FOUNDATIONAL, timeless words):
Mark 10:2-16 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" "What did Moses command you?" he replied. They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away." "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' '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."
A word to politicians & government officials: GOD sees EVERYTHING you do!
God loves all people. God (unlike some of us) is pre-eminently fair, kind, good, loving, forgiving & merciful. God is ALSO fierce & a truth-holding RIGHTEOUS JUDGE with flaming eyes! He SEES EVERYTHING we do. No mere human can ever escape His flaming & righteous judgment.
To Senators, congressmen, governors, judges, legislators & the president of the United States:
God will discern & judge everything you have enacted, promoted & brought upon mankind. If you err, you will be judged for it. Leaders who are STUMBLING BLOCKS to children & weak followers will be judged more severely than others. No one should presume to be a leader among you. Make sure you are qualified by piety, character, righteousness & holiness for the position you claim. Step down if you have erred or done wrong. Let a man better than you take over. Remember the wicked kings of the past & their downfall.
In the end, "political correctness" will do no good. It is time to cease being "politically correct" & GET RIGHT with GOD!!! The Creator will judge those in a role as leader more strictly. Make sure of the way you walk.
The simple truth: homosexuality is still wrong
(no ifs, ands or buts about it)
God Himself permanently & forever opposes homosexual practices of all kinds. Why? Because homo sexual choices & attractions change & distort a person's thinking & emotions. Lead them to violate God's DESIGN. God intended each man to ONLY be attracted to ONE WOMAN & MARRY (staying together for a LIFETIME). That is marriage, a proper shelter for children (if a couple has kids) & creates a building block of family. Christ-centered families whose center & passion is RELATIONSHIP with GOD & TOGETHERNESS with each other (one male with one female for a LIFETIME).
God designed each woman to ("date") respond to, betroth & pursue marriage with ONLY ONE MAN & MARRY (staying together for a LIFETIME). This pure & holy design is the WAY of HEAVEN, the way that is RIGHT, TRUE, BLESSED & GOOD for ALL PEOPLE (all times, all nations, all places, all peoples).
God Himself opposes homosexuality, same gender sex & same gender (so-called) "marriage" (which, no matter what humans say, is NOT marriage at all). God's opposition of homosexuality, alone, is the END of the SUBJECT. There will be no later change of mind.
Since all same-sex attractions & interests are wrong in God's eyes, why do some still clamor for those?
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one;
Romans 3:11 there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
Romans 3:12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
Romans 3:13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The poison of vipers is on their lips.”
Romans 3:14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
Romans 3:17 and the way of peace they do not know.”
Romans 3:18 “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Over the centuries GOD did not have flattering things to say about homosexual practitioners who prefer such things.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a man commits are outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
We live in a very strange, confused & twisted time in human history. People (non-followers of God mostly) want to say: any & all sexual behavior is "OK" & equally "GOOD." Is that the truth? According to God Himself? If all sexual preferences & practices are to be upheld, supported or even promoted, then why does the Bible say there is a category of behavior called: "sexual immorality." If any sexual behavior is moral, right & good, then why does God say opposite? The truth is there is a divine definition of sexual purity which all humans must learn to respect & practice: faithfulness in one lifelong marriage, one male with one female, according to divine order, a righteous, God-honoring approach (a divine holy way). This is the way heaven's love & the Law of God teach all men to approach sexuality. His requirements are the SAME for each & all. Anything (& everything) outside of God's design & pure way is identified by God as "sexual immorality." Wrong immoral errors include heterosexual fornication & adultery, premarital sex with anyone, heterosexual or homosexual pornography or voyeurism, any & all kinds of homosexual practices or relationships. Also forbidden are bestiality, divorce & multiple marriages (or multiple sex partners by any method, including dating, whether premarital or extramarital), polygamy, incest & more. All such practices are EQUALLY erring "sexual immorality." Only confused persons attempt to do such things.
This perspective may not win the popular vote. But, as far as politics (or voting), when it finally comes down to it, God wields the ONLY vote that counts.
And here's the scary part...
In the end, each person & any chosen"sexual preference" will stand before the ETERNAL JUDGE of the universe, even as a significant part of how He judges the individual & his behaviors. Because your sexual behaviors (if any) form a significant part of who you are as a person. For good or evil. God will then overrule all earthly courts & human legislations if ever they sought to interfere or contradict His divine decrees. And GOD ALONE will be our eternal JUDGE.
Homosexuality (as well as any other kind of immorality) is a sin (one of numerous kinds of sexual sin) leading a person away from God's design.
Homosexuality is a serious mistake for any who practice it.
The ULTIMATE SIN, the one that damns a man to eternal hell, is rejecting Jesus, His cross, atonement & glorious salvation. Spurning the love of God to choose a life of sin & independence from God.
There are numerous secondary sins (Gal. 5 lists some of them). And, 1 Cor. 6 (for example) has scary things to say about judgment, specifically, for homosexual practitioners. The scripture says that people who choose to continue doing these kinds of sins will have NO INHERITANCE in the kingdom of God.
My conclusion is that God wants all people to choose NOT to join or support gays or their political or personal agendas. Why? Because God Himself OPPOSES the homosexual "lifestyle." Same sex interests really lead to personal destruction. "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12
God's Word reveals an equal treatment decision for everyone. About many kinds of sin. Including homosexuality.
Before we were born, God already determined that homosexuality is wrong altogether (for everyone). GOD determined His ways & moral absolutes for EVERY man & woman equally. No matter who deviates to practice or promote alternative "lifestyles," God Himself will not condone it. Sexuality is like gravity, there is ONLY ONE way it was designed to go.
The simple truth forever remains: Any humans (any age, anywhere) who choose homosexual or lesbian behaviors are wrong (by God's own definition). Can we appeal or change this? No. Do politicians or governments have any say? No. Why is this so firm? Because the DESIGNER of life has declared that marriage & any sexual practices under the heavens must forever be channeled in ONE direction: one man with one woman for a lifetime. Nothing else can suffice or be excused.
Freedom is a scary thing. With free will in a "free country," people can choose to do nearly anything they want to do. Freedom, however, does not determine whether something is healthy or not. Homosexuality is not good. It is a distortion of the human personality. Leads to personal destruction, eternal judgment, displeases God & harms society. It affects the individual, family & society. And sets a confusing & dangerous example to children (who otherwise could have grown up more innocently). Sodomy, lesbianism & any homosexual advocacy tries to dictate to the next generation a way of doing things which errs from God's design. Let's be honest enough to KEEP calling wrong things WRONG. Isaiah says: "Woe to those who call evil good & good evil." That is a word to our generation.
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Mark 10:2-16 Jesus replied. "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' '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."
By God's definition, homosexual practioners can not rightly "marry" or even rightly approach or understand sex. Sex was designed by God to hold ONE man to ONE woman for a lifetime (lifespan-enduring marriage partnership). Hopelessly (generally unhappy) "gays" can never be justified before God or anyone as they reject God's created parameters. Why? Homosexuality is thoroughly disapproved of BY GOD. God holds steady on this judgment, & renders it, equally to all men. Mark 10 reveals His determination & direction for ALL MEN.
When "lesbians" & "homosexual" practitioners CHOOSE a sex-focus of their kind, they are choice-makers in opposition to God, descending into distorted sexual practices. Personal sin is one thing. Seeking to spread this error to ALL of SOCIETY is a grave wrong. About homosexual pursuits & any & all kinds of wrong sexual relationship(s) or other sins against mankind, God Himself says: "NO. I, Myself, will judge. What I reveal as sin is truly wrong. Listen to no other voice."
Because of this truth, it is not possible for two (or more) homosexual practitioners to be recognized by ANYONE (anywhere) as a "marriage." The union (no matter what opposing politics, governments, courts or humans may attempt to confusedly say) is in danger of the OPPOSITION of the CREATOR Himself.
How to respond to homosexual politics
& contemporary clamoring for gay "rights"?
& contemporary clamoring for gay "rights"?
So how do we get to the bottom line of this whole topic?
Read the Bible. Pray & get a relationship going with Jesus & the Holy Spirit. Turn OFF the news & all the political channels. Stop listening to humans & all your gay friends. Forget the distortions. Come back to reality. Get in touch with YOUR CREATOR. Take a look at your body. Notice the penis (on the man). Clue in on the corresponding opening in the woman's body. Realize that there is NO DESIGNED INTERFACE for male with male or female with female. Take a hint. Take a clue. Come back to the truth. Humble yourself like a child & admit that God is right. And the Creator alone can determine these things. Reject homosexual politics. And call it what it really is: a plan (of satan) to DESTROY SOCIETY. Vote against it.
Remember that if you, personally, are pursuing something WRONG, it can never be a "right."
Getting back to God's original design
Sex & marriage need to be practiced, honored & respected ACCORDING to GOD's DESIGN.
Hebrews 13:4-8 says: 4 "Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. (There's some clear statements there.) 6 So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" 7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." NIV
Notice that REAL leaders are supposed to speak & affirm the Word of God (this only comes from the Bible & the Living Holy Spirit). Rather than opinions or philosophies or sexual deviancies, we hold true to the WORD of GOD.
Hebrews 13:4 KJV 4 "Marriage (as God designed it) is honourable in (for) all, and the (marriage) bed (is, or is to be kept) undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge."
Notice there is JUDGMENT for those who reject God's way & design of marriage. How strange then that some human courts render judgments (or attempt to) in favor of immorality (homosexuality or other modern sexual sins). God never judges for these things. But always only against.
The real source of truth simply comes from God Himself. GOD is the DESIGNER, the Creator, the DEFINER of marriage & all sexual roles & relationships. God has determined His designed way for our good. The Lord constrains ALL (equally) to follow His design. God FORBIDS ALL (equally) from any personal variation or moral departure. God has the ONLY say on marriage (or on any important life matter). No politics is needed to help us know what is right.