by Velma aka Shammah

Created on: June 21, 2008

The Bible/Torah is replete with reference to homosexuality, although that word is not used, simply the descriptive act which we have now called homosexuality. But as for Yahshua (Jesus) speaking specifically of the act of homosexuality, the answer is no, he did not explicitly speak of the it. But, he did cover it for we are told, and I believe, that "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of YHWH," and according to Scriptural references, homosexuality is a 'sin'.

In the Beginning (as it is Today....)!

Well, according to the Biblical time lines, it didn't take us long to give into the lusts of the flesh and fall short of the glory of God, now did it? Right there in the first book, Genesis, we come upon the metropolis of Sodom, a somewhat mega city of the times, filled with all kinds of goings on, including, the sins of the city that rose up to the throne of heaven, and really, really angered YHWH! Gen 13:13 tells us that, "Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD." This verse alone doesn't suggest at all that the men were sinning (fornicating/committing acts of homosexuality) with one another. It simply says they were wicked and were sinning. Like all scripture, you must read it in context; you can't take a sentence or a word and correctly interpret what is being said. Heck, if you really want to get to the meat and potatoes of any of scripture, you need to find something as close to the original language of the Bible - the Old Testament being Hebrew - and find out the meanings and intent from the original writings. In the English language alone, today, a word or phrase can mean one thing in Canada and something completely different in England. We have to be very, very careful.

Reading through previous verses of Genesis and then beyond 13:13, I have concluded that it was indeed the sin of homosexuality. In Genesis 19 we read,

"The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning." "No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square." 3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part

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