Revelation 19:19 “And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army.” (NASB)
Revelation foretells the end times of the earth with imagery and stories that are both riveting and scary. I was reminded of one particular portion of Revelation when having a bit of a debate on Facebook the other evening. After going round and round I was struck by what others were writing.
It all started when a friend posted an article on legislation being proposed by an openly gay legislator from San Francisco in which he would revise history books to include milestones and contributions of gays. The story has been all over the news.
When I saw the post I replied with the following: “Here's all the history you need, Romans 1:26-27 ‘For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error.’”
So I simply quoted scripture regarding the “History” of homosexuality. Actually, I was just agreeing with my friend but with backup from scripture. The passage says, “God gave them over to …”. In other words, it is not God’s design but he gave those in rebellion against Him over to those passions, no longer restraining their desires. Boy did that stir things up! I had a couple of folks I didn’t know jump all over me for being intolerant and attacking gays and being a hypocrite.
Referring now to today’s scripture, how do you imagine man could make war on God? My mind immediately went to mankind declaring or creating his own truth. By defying God with what is false being declared as being right, man makes war on God. Jesus is THE truth, “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6 When you attack THE truth with a lie you attack Jesus; you attack God.
Why is what this guy says an attack on the truth, on Jesus? First, he is denying the truth that homosexual behavior is a sin, “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1Corinthians 6:9-10 Second, he is glorifying the sin of homosexual behavior by parading it, endorsing it and proposing it be placed in history books.
Just in case you are uncomfortable let me share briefly that I believe we are all sinners in need of a Savior. The sin of homosexual behavior is no worse than lying, cheating, drunkenness etc. All are sinful and separate us from God. The distinction is advocating the sin or championing a group of unrepentant sinners. It would be just as wrong for a pro drunk and disorderly crowd to rise up and tout their behavior as right and true.
War on God in this case is making your own truth and selling it to others when it is counter to THE Truth. Making war on God, I am certain I don’t want to be a part of that. AMEN!
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