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2. THE HOLY INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE UNDER ATTACK
"There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel" (Deuteronomy 23:17).
I have just finished reading again the account in Genesis, chapters 18 and 19 about God's judgment on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. It would be a healthy thing if all church pastors would read this account to their congregations. I say the word "healthy" in the sense of preserving life throughout the many cities in our nation that could face impending judgment because of the same evil that was happening in these two cities. Those who read their Bibles sufficiently know that the sin of homosexuality was termed "sodomy" because of what happened in those two cities at the southern end of the Dead Sea.
There are many who scoff at this truth recorded in the Bible for our admonishment and say it was just a fable and has no relevance for today's world. But it is not a fable. It did happen. I have been to a museum not far from where I live here in Tennessee. The owners were involved in an archeological dig and displayed some of the sulphur balls found at the location of these two cities. They informed me that the ignitable sulphur in these balls is not found anywhere else on the earth. It was indeed rained on those cities from Heaven just as the Bible states.
The words Sodom, Sodomite, and Sodomites are mentioned at least 39 times in the Old Testament and ten in the New Testament.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell
