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Gay Marriage

homo hetroThe Bible directly states that a gay relationship is wrong:

Lev 18:22
22 You will not lie with a man (זָכָר) as with woman (נְקֵבָה): it is abomination (תּוֹעֵבָה).
MKJV

But it is much deeper than that. Homosexuality is a sign of something much, much worse (not saying it is a greater sin). Such a thing is naturally shameful and done in secret. When it is no longer done in secret it shows that our society has become full-fledged ungodly. Abomination here is toavah (תּוֹעֵבָה) meaning ‘disgusting’. Pictographically it means, ‘behold, the sign that the house of the eye has been established.’ The eye is that symbol on the back of our dollar bill. Its modern origins date back to ancient Babylon with the tower of Babel. However, it’s meaning dates back to when Adam and Eve sinned. The Serpent promised them illumination; that is what the eye in this context represents, the promise of the Serpent. Satan appears as a messenger of light because our Savior, God is light. The anti-messiah spirit doesn’t just mean ‘against to the Messiah’ but to copy Him in every way shape and form to deceive the very elect if it were possible.

Part of the reason why this is such an issue in the Church is because it has been taught the Torah, the first five books of the Word of God, has been crucified. To what degree a person believes this to be so determines where they stand on homosexuality. But it was established at creation and embedded in nature that heterosexuality is how God formed our world to operate.

Gen 1:27
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male (זָכָר) and female (נְקֵבָה) created he them.
KJV

Zachar (זָכָר) means ‘male’. The action is ‘to remember’ by speaking and acting on behalf of another, ‘to give’; the concrete is ‘male’ or to ‘perforate’; and the abstract is ‘memorial’. One modern English term would be ‘penis’.

N’qavah (נְקֵבָה) means ‘female’. The action is ‘to pierce, to receive’; the concrete is ‘female, hole’ or ‘to be perforated’. One modern English term would be ‘vagina’.

The concepts that go along with these words have more to do than just with anatomy; they include the God-given function of a male and female (not roles!). A male is to be the initiator, that is why the sign of the covenant is in his flesh; circumcision. That which initiates must first be set apart and cleansed before it can give the seed (Word of God) to another. That is why our hearts must be circumcised. If it is not then the seed we produce is not the Word of God but our own seed or that of the Adversary. This is why the Messiah was born a male; He is to initiate or act on behalf of God.

A female is to be a receiver. This is why the Messiah was born of a virgin. A virgin is someone who has not known a man and received his seed. The seed that produced the Messiah came from God passed down through Eve, not a man (Gen 3:15). The female is to take what she has received and use it to produce a blessing. We, the Bride of the Messiah, are to take on the function of the female. God is the one who initiates, gives us His seed/ Word, and we are to use it to produce a blessing in our life and the lives of others.

1 John 4:19
We love Him because He first loved us.
KJV

In the society we live in today, nobody knows the functions of a male or female. This can be viewed as the spiritual preparation for the physical manifestation of blatant homosexuality. Our generation no long knows what to think of such things. Most don’t feel that is right, but neither do they feel that it is necessarily wrong. Yet, because of the draw of society, they are forced to at the very least tolerate it and be so ‘open minded’ that their brain falls out. If a person or organization does not tolerate it, they are attacked, ridiculed, and viewed as ‘primitive’ and ‘barbaric’. It should be obvious that such behavior is not born of God but from our Adversary. Our Adversary always expresses a perverted function of the female when he is week; namely he gets what he wants via coercion and deception. When he becomes strong, he expresses a perverted function of the male; namely he gets what he wants by force and abuse. We are on the verge of reentering the Dark Ages when Christians and Jews who cling to God will be persecuted, even unto to death. Our Messiah said such would be so in the End of Days.

We are not responsible to judge those who are not born of faith. Even those born of faith, we must be given the responsibility of a judge before we judge them. Our society today is composed of Godlessness. We and those who cherish our country long to hold on to what we have and many strive to do so. The only way we can change the fabric of society is to change the individuals who make up that society which is something only God by His spirit can ultimately do. In regards to the Church; homosexuality is a sin like any other. If a person truly has a sincere relationship with Jesus, they will strive to remove sin from their life as we all should. Paul never tolerated sin. If a person continued in his sin and did not repent, Paul admonished the churches he was responsible for to excommunicate them. If we practiced the same today, churches would be pretty empty.

The thing we must realize is that we are at a crossroads. God is sifting His people to find those who are truly His and those who aren’t. A separation is coming and will soon be at hand. Those who are truly His will be hated by both the world and those who say they are His but are of the synagogue or church of Satan. We need to make sure our heart and life is right. He has promised that in this sifting none of those who are His will be lost.

Amos 9:9
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
KJV

We are on the verge of being called out of Egypt. Something I realized just the other day when I was reading about God make a way so He could dwell among His people:

You know how the books in the Torah are named based on one of the first word that appear and how that is the theme of the book? If we squish them together they tell us a story.

  • בְּרֵאשִׁית – in the beginning; family of heads; first family
  • שְׁמוֹת – names; character
  • וַיְּקְרָא – and he called/ proclaimed
  • בְּמִדְבַּר – in the wilderness; word/ thing (of God) produce a family
  • דְּבָרִים – words; things (of God)

So what we have is, “The names and character of the first family which God proclaimed His word producing a family according to the things of God.”

  • b’rashiyth tells a story about the first family God called.
  • shemoth tells a story of the character of the family He called to which He gave His name and showed His character. Namely, He is the one who delivers us, leads us into the wilderness to speak to us and enter into an intimate relationship with us and makes a way so He can dwell among us.
  • viyiqra tells a story about how the people He called fellowship with Him, how they set themselves apart, and He gives them His moedim.
  • b’midbar tells a story of how God purifies His people removing the rebellious making a people ready to enter His rest; it is by His word.
  • d’bariym tells a story about how Israel must hear and obey His word. If they do not then they will be under a curse but if they do then they will be blessed. It also foretells of a generation (the last) that will embrace the words/ things of God and be His people and He will be their God.

Remember to look up, our Redeemer is drawing close.

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Physics and Definition of Sin, Repentance and Forgiveness – Part 4: Types of Forgiveness and their Definitions: Nasa

Sin is a broad subject with a lot to talk about.  I don’t want to talk about sin without talking about repentance.  I don’t want to talk about repentance without talking about forgiveness.  The few things I want to cover are:

If you do not understand something I’m saying, please ask.  The concept may be hard to grasp at first but it will change how you see yourself and your life when you do.

Types of Forgiveness and their Definitions

Nasa – נשא

You could say that this is what our space program is named after though most likely unintentionally.  Nasa literally means to ‘lift’ in a variety of applications.  It can be to carry or lift a burden, a cloud or lifting of smoke, lifting up of a person such as a leader, a lifting of a standard or flag wherein one can find refuge or safety.  The context of the verse determines whether it means forgive, guilty or other; it depends on who is bearing the burden.

This is where the concept of sin ‘weighing you down’ comes from.  When we do not repent, we bear or carry our sin.

Lev 5:17
17 And if a person sins, and commits any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear (נשא) his iniquity.

When we repent, someone else bears our sin hence our sin and the burden thereof is removed.  This type of forgiveness was done on the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur.

Lev 16:21-22
21 Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, confess over it all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, concerning all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a suitable man.
22 The goat shall bear (נשא) upon itself all their iniquities to an uninhabited land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness.

Ιn this way avon – iniquity sin and p’sha – rebellious sin are forgiven.  Note that even though this process removed sin, it did not pay the debt for these two types of sin.  This was done by the Messiah who came later.

John 1:29
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away (αιρω, נשא) the sin of the world!

John was a priest after the lineage of Aaron.  Jesus, like the scapegoat, took our sin upon himself, was led into the wilderness, and died.  But unlike the scapegoat, he also paid our debt to sin because he is God and he said he would.

Ex 34:5-9
6 And the LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth,
7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving (נשא) iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
8 And Moses made haste and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.
9 And he said, “If now I have found grace in Your sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray, go among us, even though we are a stiff-necked people; and pardon (סלח) our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
(Happened right after the golden calf.  Moses reminded God of this statement later in Numbers.)

Moses petitions God to forgive the sins of Israel.  This is very important.  It establishes that our debt to sin is and always has been paid by petition.  The purpose of the sin and trespass offerings is to physically remove that sin.  We will look at this a little more in depth in a moment.  First, lets tie this up as to why Jesus’ death both removed and paid the debt for our sin.

Matt 26:28
28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission (סלח) of sins.

Jer 31:31-34
31 “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah–
32 not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.
33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
34 No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD. For I will forgive (סלח) their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

This is the covenant Jesus initiated.  We have yet to enter into verse 34 which will happen upon Jesus’ return.  Our debt will be paid and we will be set free not simply from sin, but from our sinful nature which is what the blood of animals doesn’t have the ability to do.  Also notice, p’sha sin is not mentioned in these verses meaning the (unrepented) rebellious will not be part of his eternal kingdom.

This word is typically translated as bear, lift up, forgive, laded and carry.

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Physics and Definition of Sin, Repentance and Forgiveness – Part 1: The Types of Sin and their Definitions

Sin is a broad subject with a lot to talk about.  I don’t want to talk about sin without talking about repentance.  I don’t want to talk about repentance without talking about forgiveness.  The few things I want to cover are:

If you do not understand something I’m saying, please ask.  The concept may be hard to grasp at first but it will change how you see yourself and your life when you do.

The Types of Sin and their Definitions

The three types of sin are chatah (חטאה, חטא, חטאת), avan (עון), and p’sha (פשע).

Chatah – חטאתה

Chatah literally means ‘to miss the mark’ or goal.  Let’s say you just bought a shiny new pistol and want to become proficient at shooting it.  You’ve never handled one, it doesn’t feel right in your hand and it scares you a little.  If you want to change that, you need to go to the range and practice.  So you go to the range and set up your target 10 yards out.  Pistol in hand, you aim, squeeze the trigger and, to your disappointment, miss the bull’s-eye.  You’re new at this and it doesn’t bother you too bad.  The more you practice, the better you get.  The better you get, the more frustrated you will be when you miss.  Missing is not usually intentional.  You might chalk it up to not trying hard enough, or being out of practice, or your sites being off.

This is the concept of chatah sin.  New believers tend to miss the mark more than experienced believers.  Experience believers tend to be harder on themselves when they sin.  They tend to get frustrated and say things like, “If only I try harder”, “I haven’t been spending enough time in the Word lately”, and “I’ve lost my focus”.  It’s unreasonable to shoot yourselves in the foot every time you miss the bull’s-eye, it would make you lame.  In like manner we shouldn’t beat ourselves up when we accidently sin.  Repent and move on; keep practicing.

Who is the goal?

Rom 10:4
4 For Christ is the end (goal) of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

And what is the Messiah?

John 1:14
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

The Messiah is the Word of God in the flesh.  We are to strive to be like Jesus who is without sin.  When we chatah sin, we are striving to be like the Messiah but have fallen short.  If we dwell on these sins, we are making them our focus.  When they become our focus, we are no longer focused on our Messiah, the goal.  When we are no longer focused on the Messiah, our sin has become a stumbling block and we are more likely to miss the mark next time or in other areas.

This type of sin is generally translated as ‘sin’ and is the most common form of sin in the Body of Messiah.

Avan – עון

No, we are no talking about the Avon Company although some may consider it sinful.  Literally it means ‘twisted’ or ‘crooked’.  This type of sin is done with prior knowledge or is what chatah sin becomes when it is made known and not followed by repentance (Lev 5:1).  Conceptually, it is justification of wrongdoing by twisting.  It is the opposite of righteousness which means to ‘walk a straight path’.  It’s like stealing from the rich to give to the poor.  It may be slander, but it’s not murder.  ‘I did not have sex with that women,’ according to ol’ Bill.  Typically this is done for conscious sake or for the public eye.

This type of sin is mostly translated as fault, iniquity, mischief, pervert and sin.

P’sha – פשע

This type of sin is rebellion against God or your neighbor.  Pictographically it means to ‘consume and destroy what is seen’.  As an expression, it would be to ‘break the yoke’ of rulership or authority.  Remember when Jesus said, ‘Take my yoke upon you and learn for me for I am gentle and humble in spirit and in my you will find rest for your soul.’  (Matt 11:29)?  This yoke is the teachings and doctrines of mankind or God.  Just as an ox can only wear one yoke, we can only embrace the instruction of God or the instruction of man (Matt 6:24).  Jesus is telling us to embrace his instruction, that it is the only place where rest for your soul can be found.  In other words, ‘the instruction of men will enslave you but my instruction will make you free because they are for your good’.

When p’sha sin is committed, it is rebellion against God.  “I don’t have to obey you God, I know better.”  It is the younger brother demanding his inheritance and going out into the world to do things his way in the story of the Prodigal Son.  It is the weightiest form of sin in that the offender wants people to see and know his offence.

Τhis type of sin is typically translated as rebellion, sin, transgress, trespass, offend, rebel and revolt.