From Atrocities to Plagues and Tribulation --
God's Wrath Upon the Earth?
DEFINITION:
The word
"abomination" occurs approximately 117 times in the Bible. By definition, "abomination" refers to practices that are not in harmony
with God's will, and should not be seen under the sun.Examples include eating unclean animals (Lev.11, Deut. 14: 3; Acts 15:20), idolatry (Deut. 7:25), telling lies (Prov. 11: 1), wicked thoughts, (Prov. 15:26), pride (Prov. 16: 5), a woman’s putting on the garments of a man or vice versa, (Deut. 22: 5), justification of wrongdoing or condemnation of the righteous
(Ezek. 18:24), fornication (Lev. 19:29), and doing all that is contrary to the will of God in one's relationships (Prov. 6, Lev. 18).
Lev.18 mentions many
kinds of abominations in people's relationships with their neighbors, and all
of this is forbidden by Jehovah, for they are immoral and such kinds of
marriage do not render marriage "honorable".
Jehovah abhorreth
abomination; and many nations have been
destroyed because of the abominations of their inhabitants. The Book
of Kings and Chronicles narrate the destruction of the nations that commit
abominations:
§ 1 Kings 14:24
(fornication in general);
§ 2 Kings 16: 3 (child sacrifice);
§ 2 Kings 21: 2 and 2 Kings 21:11 (idolatry);
§ 2 Chron. 28: 3 (child sacrifice);
§ 2 Chron. 33: 2 (idolatry);
§ 2 Chron. 34:33, 36: 8, and 36:14 (generally). (Ezra 9: 1, 9:11, and 9:14)
In all these cases, “abomination” refers to any foreign immoral acts and practices, committed by Israel and the Israelite king, which are condemned, as they are immoral in the sight of Jehovah and of heaven and earth.
§ 2 Kings 16: 3 (child sacrifice);
§ 2 Kings 21: 2 and 2 Kings 21:11 (idolatry);
§ 2 Chron. 28: 3 (child sacrifice);
§ 2 Chron. 33: 2 (idolatry);
§ 2 Chron. 34:33, 36: 8, and 36:14 (generally). (Ezra 9: 1, 9:11, and 9:14)
In all these cases, “abomination” refers to any foreign immoral acts and practices, committed by Israel and the Israelite king, which are condemned, as they are immoral in the sight of Jehovah and of heaven and earth.
Likewise, the word
"abomination" is used to refer to idolatry (Ezek. 5:11, 6: 9, 6:11,
7:20, 14: 6, 20: 7-8, 22: 2 , 44: 6-7, 44:13), addiction (Ezek. 18:13),
self-exaltation and pride (Ezek. 16: 47-50; the "Sin of Sodom"),
adultery (Hebrews 22:11, 33:26), as well as violence (Ezek. 33:26), as well as
practices of foreign rituals and cultures in general (Ezek. 16:51), or
lawlessness (Ezek. 5: 9, 7: 3-4, 7: 8-9, 9: 4, 11:18, 11:21, 12:16, 16: 2,
16:43, 18:24, 20: 4, 33: 29, 36:31).
Ezekiel also said that idolatry and "fornication" were abominable (Ezek. 16:22, 16:36, 16:58, 23:26, 43: 8).
Ezekiel also said that idolatry and "fornication" were abominable (Ezek. 16:22, 16:36, 16:58, 23:26, 43: 8).
HOMOSEXUALITY IS AN ABOMINATION
However, in a traditional and God-fearing society, homosexuality and same-sex marriage are a social outrage and these are equally an abomination to Jehovah God.
LEV. 18 shows the different types of lewdness that should never be practiced to make a marriage holy. Among these abominations in the sight of Jehovah are lying with someone of a similar gender as it is said in the Bible:
“ You shall
not lie with a male as with a woman; for it is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)
The children of Israel
are a holy people to Jehovah, and we, too, are spiritual children of God;
therefore, the commandment is also given to us so that we do not commit any
abomination in the sight of Jehovah. Otherwise, we will be destroyed and
vomited out of the land.
Leviticus 18: 26-30 is clear:
Leviticus 18: 26-30 is clear:
"And ye shall keep
my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations;
neither for the home-born, nor for the stranger that sojourneth with you"
(Leviticus 18:26) "for all these abominations have the men of the
land done. (Leviticus 18:27) “So that you may not defile the
land, and it will not vomit you out, as it has vomited out the nations that
were before you. (Leviticus 18:28) “Whoever commits any of these
abominations, they shall be cut off from his people.” (Leviticus
18:29) Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one
of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.”( Leviticus 18:30)
In Leviticus 20, Jehovah
again restated the law on morality and marriage, and he emphasized the
prohibition of same-sex marriage. And this is what Judah says:
{1:6} And the
angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he
hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the
great day. {1:7} Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like
manner, giving themselves over to
fornication, and going
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of
eternal fire.
THE LORD WILL SMITE THE UNRIGHTEOUS WITH PESTILENCE AND GREAT TRIBULATIONS
And the LORD said unto
Moses, How long will this people provoke me? And how long will it be ere they
believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them
with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation
and
mightier than they. (Numbers 14:11-12)
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
talks about the blessings for those who observe God’s commandments and
statutes. Then from verses 15, Deuteronomy enlists the curse for anyone who
fail to observe his commandments and his statutes.
{Deut 28:15} But
it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy
God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command
thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:… {
Deut 28:20} The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and
rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be
destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy
doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. { Deut 28:21} The LORD
shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from
off the land, whither
thou goest to possess
it.
{28:58} If thou wilt not
observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that
thou mayest fear this
glorious and fearful
name, THE LORD THY GOD; {28:59} Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful,
and the plagues of thy seed, [even] great plagues, and of long continuance, and
sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. {28:60} Moreover he will bring upon
thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall
cleave unto thee. {28:61} Also every sickness, and every plague, which [is] not
written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou
be destroyed. {28:62} And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as
the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of
the LORD thy God.
PESTILENCE AND GREAT TRIBULATION ARE THE WRATH OF GOD POURED UPON THE EARTH
{Rev16:1} And I heard a
great voice out of the temple saying to the seven
angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of
angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of
the wrath of God upon
the earth. {16:2} And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of
the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his image.
{16:3} And the second
angel poured out his vial
upon the sea; and it
became as the blood of a dead [man:] and every living soul died in the sea.
{16:4} And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of
waters; and they became blood. {16:5} And I heard the angel of the waters say,
Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou
hast judged thus. {16:6} For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them
blood to drink; for they are worthy. {16:7} And I heard another out of the
altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments. {16:8} And
the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him
to scorch men with fire. {16:9} And men were scorched with great heat, and
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they
repented not to give him glory. {16:10} And the fifth angel poured out his vial
upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they
gnawed their tongues for pain, {16:11} And blasphemed the God of heaven because
of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. …
WHOEVER COMMITS THESE ABOMINATIONS SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM HIS PEOPLE
The Bible says that
flesh and blood will not inherit God's kingdom, because they are not
holy. Whoever commits any of these abominations, they shall be cut off
from his people.
“Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)
“For the works of the flesh are manifest, which
are fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,” (Galatians 5:19) “idolatry,
sorcery, enmity, strife, strife, envy, strife, divisions, divisions, (Galatians
5:20) “Jealousy, drunkenness, greediness, and such like, as I said before, as I
also said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God. (Galatians
5:21)
Revelation 21: 8 and 27
and Revelation 22:15 also state that the unbelievers, adulterers, murderers,
and idolaters, and the immoral, will not enter into the Kingdom of God:
“And there shall in no
wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh
abomination,or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of
life. » (Rev. 21:27)
THE UNRIGHTEOUS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD
Obviously, immoral people will not inherit the
kingdom of God as defined in the Scriptures:
“ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, idolaters, adulterers and sodomites * [* See Lev.18.22] » (1 Corinthians 6: 9) “and the thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers and the violent will not inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:10)
“ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither fornicators, idolaters, adulterers and sodomites * [* See Lev.18.22] » (1 Corinthians 6: 9) “and the thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers and the violent will not inherit the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:10)
God created man and woman. “Let the husband
render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the
husband. The wife hath not power of her own body,
but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body,
but the wife.” (1 Corinthians 7: 3-4)Likewise the sodomite, which is an abomination in the sight of God, "You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; for it is an abomination.” (Leviticus 18:22) So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring cities with their fornication, after which they went out after other men, were set forth as a warning by their enduring torment in eternal fire.” (Jude 7)
“But the weak, and
the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and
sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the
lake of fire and brimstone; this is the second death.” (Revelation 21: 8)
“And
there shall in no wise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever
worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's
book of life. (Rev. 21:27)
“ Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves falsehood.” (Revelation 22:15)
“ Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves falsehood.” (Revelation 22:15)
REPENT, RETURN TO GOD, AND BE BAPTIZED
{Acts 2:38} Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. {Acts 3:19}Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. {Rev 3:19} As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
{Mark 16:16} He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.
{3:5} He that
overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out
his name out of the book of life,
but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.