I have written many essays over the past 50 years that detail the truth concerning the biblical texts that condemn homosexual behavior. Recently an advocate for LGBTQ ideaology has publically challenged me on my Facebook posts where I present what the Bible states. Escobar asserts that I am wrong—claiming that God does not condemn same-sex relationships.
Today I am Issuing A Public Challenge to PJ Escobar to Debate This Issue With Me Here In A Public Forum
If PJ Escobar has the ability to impeach the biblical texts that clearly condemn homosexual acts as sin that must be repented, then it will be easy for him to defend this position. If Mr. Escobar is unable to defend this position, then this will be a public declaration that his arguments fail, and the Bible is true.
The following is the brief exchange we had concerning the subject of biblical texts that PJ Escobar states are not condemnations of Homosexual behavior: The text of this exchange is placed here for simplicity of reading, but I do have the original screenshots of the Facebook exchange that took place.
(See PJ Escobar’s Response at the end of this Essay)
First: The original Facebook Post that appeared on my Robert Clifton Robinson FB Feed:
The Facebook Link for the man I had this discussion with is: PJ Escobar
Screenshot From Facebook
PJ Escobar:
“Robert Clifton Robinson read your bible bigot! The town was destroyed because they wanted to fuck the angels. Not because of homosexuality.”
Robert Clifton Robinson
PJ Escobar
“Robert Clifton Robinson idiot, that meme is bullshit. Jesus never destroyed anything. He flipped over a table or two, but that’s it! “God” destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, according to the Bible, was for wickedness, specifically a lack of hospitality and inhospitality towards strangers. They tried to fuck the angels. And the whole city was destroyed, not just the men. Read the damn Bible and quit believing memes. Dumbass. Also, anal sex is never mentioned in the Bible you weirdo. I think you’re a closet case, you think about gay stuff more than gay people do.”
PJ Escobar
“Robert Clifton Robinson BTW, I reported your page and profile for sharing false information. I encourage anyone reading this to do the same. You’re a fake Christian that the FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation needs to check their browser history.”
PJ Escobar
“Robert Clifton Robinson, yes I do, the word “sodomy” originates from the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah. In the Old Testament, these cities were destroyed by God for their wickedness, which included the inhabitants’ attempt to sexually assault visitors. The term “sodomy” is derived from the name of the city, I’ll school you all day on the Bible! I work for the church, grew up in the church, and am very versed in it. You’re a fake Christian Hocking propaganda books. Another damn grifter.
These Comments By LGBTQ Advocates Are Very Common on Facebook, As Well As The Entire Internet. It Is Really Quite Easy To Defend These False Assertions.
The Bible Is Very Clear on Homosexual Sin and The Fact That God Has Never Changed His Mind About This Sin.
The following is my answer to PJ Escobar, citing what the Bible states about Homosexual sin:
In Genesis 18, Abraham asks the Lord, “Will you destroy the righteous with the wicked?” Abraham is concerned about the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah because his nephew, Lot and his family, live in this area.
Genesis 18:16-21 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom
“Then the men got up from their meal and looked out toward Sodom. As they left, Abraham went with them to send them on their way. “Should I hide my plan from Abraham?” the LORD asked. “For Abraham will certainly become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed through him. I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.” So the LORD told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant. I am going down to see if their actions are as wicked as I have heard. If not, I want to know.”
Abraham Asks The Lord: “Will You Destroy The Righteous With The Wicked?”
Genesis 18:23-25 “And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
We Learned in Genesis 18:16-21, that the men of Sodom and Gomorrah in their Homosexual sin, necessitated Yahweh to personally come to these cites to investigate the accusation against these men. Jesus said to Abraham: “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.”
In Genesis 19, Yahweh goes to Sodom and Gomorrah and destroys all the men of these two cites for their Homosexual sin
The two angels that came with the Lord to Sodom, went to the home of Lot. When the men of Sodom learned that these two angels were staying with Lot, they demanded that they be sent out to them, so that all these men of Sodom, could have sex with them:
Genesis 19:4-5 “But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
This verse from Genesis 19:5, leaves no doubt about what the sin of Sodom was, nor the reason that the Lord was going to destroy them: “Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
The assertion that the men of Sodom and Gomorrah were merely inhospitable, is a lie, according to the actual text of the Bible that describes these events.
Who Is Yahweh, the LORD, In These Texts of Genesis 17-19? The Original Hebrew Language That These Texts Were Originally Written In, Defined The Identity of “The LORD.”
The early translators of the New Testament from Koine Greek into English understood that the word “Lord” (κύριος, kurios) in the New Testament was often used to refer to Yahweh (יהוה, YHWH) in the Old Testament.
Understanding “Kurios” in the New Testament
In the Koine Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (Tanakh), the divine name YHWH (יהוה) was consistently translated as κύριος (kurios), meaning “Lord.” This established a precedent for using “kurios” as a direct substitute for God’s covenant name.
The New Testament writers, being Jewish and well-versed in the Septuagint, carried this practice into their writings. When quoting Old Testament passages that referred to Yahweh, they used kurios in place of the Hebrew name for God. This is evident in many quotations where an Old Testament verse referring to YHWH is applied to Jesus Christ in the New Testament, equating Him with Yahweh.
This sometimes obscured the fact that when the New Testament uses kurios, it is often referring to Yahweh Himself, particularly in passages where Jesus is identified with Yahweh.
The translators understood that kurios in the New Testament was often referring to Yahweh (יהוה) from the Old Testament. However, the lack of capitalization or differentiation in English sometimes makes this less explicit to modern readers. The theological reality remains that the NT writers, through the use of kurios, equated Jesus with YHWH, confirming His divine identity.
Yahweh, The LORD, In Genesis 19:24, Who Destroys The Men of Sodom And Gomorrah, Is Jesus
Jude and Peter confirm that it was Jesus who destroyed the homosexual men of Sodom and Gomorrah because they would not repent.
In Jude 1:5-7, he states that Jesus as Yahweh, led the Israelites out of Egypt, then later destroyed them in the desert because the complained and rebelled against Him:
“So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful.”
Then Jude states that Jesus as Yahweh in the Old Testament, also destroyed the men of Sodom and Gomorrah because they refused to repent from their homosexuality, describing these acts as, “sexual perversion, and immorality,” serving as a warning to everyone that God will not tolerate same-sex sin:
” …And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.”
2 Peter chapter 2, he also confirms that the men of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by Jesus because of their “shameful immorality, wickedness, and their judgment is an example to us of what God will do in judgment, to everyone who refuses to repent of same-sex sin:
“Later, God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. 7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.”
One of the chief difficulties that are found in the text of the Old Testament today are the portions of scripture which describe the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Many in the LGBTQ community allege that these two cites were not destroyed because of homosexual sin but for their inhospitality to the two angels. In the following comment we see just how complex this issue has become as Homosexual men gain degrees in Theology and then set out to reinterpret the text of the Hebrew scriptures for their own agenda: to validate the sexual relationships of same-sex men and women.
- What Was The Sin Of Sodom?
- Are The Levitical Laws of Death For Adultery, Sodomy, And Fornication, Applicable Today?
- See The Book: “Sodom and Gomorrah: The Gay Marriage and Same-Sex Controversy”
Although a man may gained a Phd in Theology and ancient biblical languages, he may not know that it was Jesus who came to Sodom to destroy the city for their sexual perversion.
“To many anti-gay Christians, I’m nothing more than a “sodomite” who is damned for all eternity…To me, it is clear that the real sin of Sodom is radical inhospitality, or turning one’s back upon the strangers and the neediest in our midst. Rather than welcoming traveling sojourners into their homes and feeding them, the men of Sodom wanted to gang rape them and exert their power over them. (In fact, gang rape is precisely what happens to the unnamed concubine in Judges 19, which is the parallel story to Sodom and Gomorrah in the Hebrew Bible.)” — By Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D., Article in the Huffington Post, “What Was The Real Sin of Sodom?,” June 20, 2010.
The reason that this is important is that many today are claiming that Jesus never said anything negative about two gay men living in a loving, heterosexual relationship. When we actually do our own investigation we find just the opposite. It was the LORD Jesus who went with the two angels to see Abraham in Genesis 18. After His visit with Abraham, the preincarnate Jesus send the two angels on to Sodom for a personal examination, while Jesus remains behind.
What Jesus Said About Same-Sex Relationships
Our investigation begins with Jesus in the New Testament where He validates His past appearances in the Old Testament, during the days of Abraham.
Jesus: The “I AM,” Of The Old Testament
In the New Testament, we see a stunning conversation between Jesus and the leaders of Israel. In John, chapter 8, Jesus has come to the temple at Jerusalem. While He is teaching there, the scribes and the Pharisees brought Him a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. These men wanted to trap Jesus by His response to their question over the correct procedure from Moses law, regarding those who were guilty of committing adultery. Jesus acknowledges the Law of Moses that both the man and woman are guilty and could be put to death by stoning. Then Jesus gives these men permission to stone the woman, if they themselves are also without sin. Otherwise, the judgement of this woman will reside with God, who will decide her ultimate fate.
After each man, from the oldest to the youngest, drop the stones that were in their hands and walk away; Jesus tells the woman that there is no one remaining to condemn her. Jesus can apparently see her sincere heart of repentance and tells her that He will also not condemn her; but to make certain that she does not commit adultery again.
Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” John 8:9-11
Jesus informs these leaders of Israel that He has the authority to judge all sins because He is God, who is the author of every law. In verse 24, Jesus informs these men that they, and all people, will die in their sins unless they all repent and turn to Him for their salvation.
These men reject Jesus claim to be God and accuse Him of blasphemy. Finally, Jesus tells these leaders of Israel that any person who keeps His word, will never see eternal death.
Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.” Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.’ —John 8:51-52
This conversation continues with Jesus statement that Abraham had seen Jesus day and he was glad. The Jews reject Jesus declaration that Abraham had seen Jesus because Abraham lived upon the earth more than 1,400 years before Jesus was born. Jesus finishes His conversation with these men by informing them that before Abraham existed, Jesus was alive. Finally He identifies Himself as the Great I AM, of the Old Testament.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. —John 8:56-59
Here, Jesus makes it clear that He was on the earth during the time that Abraham was alive, speaking to him. “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” If there was any doubt about what Jesus is really saying, the statement “before Abraham was, I AM,” makes Jesus statement absolutely clear.
In exodus chapter 3, Moses asks the Lord what his name is. his reply? “I AM.”
Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Exodus 3:13-14
I AM is the name that Jesus called Himself by when He spoke to the Pharisees, describing His existence before Abraham: “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” ~John 8:56-59
This means that in the book of Exodus, it was Jesus who is the voice from the burning bush which spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. Jesus appears to Moses as “The Angel of the Lord.”
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. —Exodus 3:1-2
Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’” —Exodus 3:13-14
The words I AM are the eternal name for God, as established by the Old Testament. In the Hebrew language, I AM is Ehyeh asher ehyeh. This term is usually translated into English as I am that I am, but it can also be translated as I-shall-be that I-shall-be. The idea behind this name is that the Lord will become whatever you need. I AM… whatever you need in your life… I will become… whatever you need in your life…
In the name I AM, God is stating that He has no beginning and no end; He simply exists and always has existed. The Bible describes God as everlasting. There was no point in time when God came into existence. God is the only self-existent, transcendent, sentient Being in existence. He is perfect and complete in every way. His intelligence and knowledge are unlimited. He is perfect in righteousness and can never do anything wrong. His very nature is Love and all that flows out from Him are: goodness, kindness, faithfulness, mercy, grace, and extreme patience. God is also Just and will not permit evil to continue forever. God is firm in establishing a set-time to punish evil, unrighteousness, and rebellion against His laws. God is transcendent of time, space, and matter. He is the Creator of all that exists and He made the universe by simply speaking.
The Koine-Greek is clear that the usage of “Lord, kurios, in the New Testament, is a direct attribution to Yahweh (Lord), in the Old Testament
The New Testament Greek translation of Jesus as Lord, was understood by those who translated the Greek text into English, as the same person referred to in the Old Testament as Yahweh, or Jehovah, the LORD. Clearly, it was the intent of the translators to convey to their readers that Jesus as the Christ, or Messiah, as the Jehovah God, and Yahweh of the Old Testament.
Further evidence of this fact is observed by the Apostle Paul when he speaks of Jesus as “God” while taking the form of a man to become a bondservant and dying for the sins the world. Because of Jesus’ faithfulness and great sacrifice, His name has been exalted above all other names on earth and in heaven (Philippians 2:6-7).
“Though Jesus was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.…”
Jesus took the form of a servant, and completed the sacrifice required for all of man’s sin. After Jesus rose from the dead, He was restored to His former place of honor as God, and took again, all of the rights as God. The complete fulfillment of this prophecy from Psalm 97:9, will occur when Jesus is established as ruler of the earth during His one-thousand-year reign. All those who inhabit His kingdom will bow their knees in submission to Jesus’ authority—if not willingly, by force (Philippians 2:10-11).
“Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
According to Psalms 97:9, the LORD (Jehovah) will be exalted above all gods.
- Jesus is also called LORD and God (Philippians 2:6-8).
- Jesus will be exalted above all other gods (Philippians 2:9-11).
- Therefore, Jesus is the same as Jehovah of the Old Testament.
Following this line of deduction—if both the Messiah (in Psalms 97:9) and Jesus (in the Book of Philippians) are called God (there is only one) and both are exalted above all other gods, then they are logically one and the same.
Jude confirms that it was Jesus who brought judgment to the rebellious Hebrews in Exodus, the angels who disobeyed God, and the men of Sodom and Gomorrah who were “filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion.”
So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful. And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment. And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment. ~Jude 1:5-7
Jude states that it was Jesus who went to Sodom and Gomorrah with the two angels. It was Jesus, the Lord-Yahweh, who brought down fire from heaven and destroyed all the men of these two cities for their immorality and sexula perversion.
Then the Lord (Yahweh) rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. ~Genesis 19:24-25
Jesus stated He was Yahweh when He took the name “I AM,” for Himself.
The great I AM, is who Jesus is claiming to be, there is no mistake.
Jesus is asserting that He has visited the earth before His birth at Bethlehem; possessing the ability to pierce linear time at any point in history that He chooses.
When we examine the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 17, we see that the LORD appeared to Abram when he was ninety-nine years old. Jesus is saying that He is the LORD (Jehovah) who met Abraham while He was on his way to Sodom and Gomorrah.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.” Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him… —Genesis 17:1-3
Let us notice that the LORD who is talking to Abram, the same LORD that Jesus claimed to be in John, chapter 8, is also described here as “God,” “and God talked with him…”
Jesus is appearing to Abram and Sarai to tell them that in their old age, they will have a son who will be the beginning of a long line of descendants that will lead to the promised Messiah.
This is a truly incredible text from the Old Testament. Jesus, in pre-incarnate form as a man, appears to Abraham to inform Him that He is going to have a son, who will bring Jesus the Messiah into the world.[1] Jesus is announcing His own arrival to Abraham, 1,400 years before it will take place
As we begin chapter 18 of Genesis, we find Jesus, the LORD, once again appearing before Abram at Mamre.
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground. —Genesis 18:1-2
Abraham quickly asks his wife, Sarah, to make a meal for the Lord and two angels who are accompanying him.
So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. —Genesis 18:6-8
The purpose of this visit to Abraham and Sarah, is to confirm the earlier promise of the Lord to give this aging couple a son that will come from their own bodies.
And He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” Genesis 18:10
Now, we begin to see the purpose of second part of this journey that the LORD has made with two of His angels. The LORD, the pre-incarnate Jesus, and two angels; are going to go to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Then the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way. And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing. —Genesis 18:16-17
Because Abraham has believed what God has told him, regarding the birth of a son in his old age, the LORD views Abraham as a righteous man. He asks: “shall I hide what I am going to do from Abraham?”
And the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” —Genesis 18:20-21
This is Jesus, before He came to earth and took the permanent body of a man as the Messiah, appearing to Abraham. Jesus is on His way to Sodom and Gomorrah to see if the evil that has been taking place there, is really happening. As the LORD tells Abraham what He is about to do, Abraham thinks of his nephew, Lot, who lives in Sodom. There is great concern that the LORD is going to these two cities because of the great sin that has been taking place, and destroy all those who live there. Abraham is worried that his nephew will be destroyed along with all the evil people who reside in Sodom and Gomorrah. In response to this realization, Abraham begins to question the Lord regarding what will happen when He arrives at Sodom and Gomorrah.
Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the LORD. And Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” —Genesis 18:23-25
Abraham does not ask the LORD for mercy for these two cities; he already knows what has been taking place there and that the evil alleged, is true. Abraham appeals to the justice of God. Yes the LORD does have a right to destroy these two cities for their unrepentant sin, but would the justice of a righteous and Holy God, also destroy those who are not guilty of these sins and believe in God?
So the LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” —Genesis 18:26
This debate continues until Abraham asks the LORD a hypothetical question: “what if there is only ten righteous in Sodom and Gomorrah, would the LORD destroy these persons along with the guilty-wicked?
Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.” —Genesis 18:32
Here is our point, up to this place in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah: This is not an allegory or parable, it is a real story about real people, who are in real danger of destruction. Jesus is the one who is the primary character that is bringing this judgement and destruction to these two cities. He is coming with two angels who will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah in a short time.
We know that this is true because of the clear language of Jesus in John chapter 8, where He calls Himself “I AM, and the name “LORD” that is given to the man who is with the two angels that comes to Abraham’s home. When Jesus spoke to the leaders of Israel He called Himself by the name “I AM,” and these men knew what Jesus was affirming; He claimed to be the Eternal God. We see further evidence of this fact in John chapter 10, where Jesus tells the leaders of Israel that He and the Father are one and the same.
Jesus tells the Pharisees:
I and My Father are one.”Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?” The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” —John 10:30-33
Jesus was not simply stating that He was one with the Father, in the way that we are seeking to be one with the Lord; in unity. Jesus was saying emphatically that He and the Father were One and the Same. Jesus uses the Greek neuter pronoun “hen,” signifying a unity of nature or equality.[2] Whatever the Father is, Jesus is. Whatever the Father has done, Jesus will do. Whatever God has promised, Jesus will bring it to completion. The Pharisees understood Jesus claim; this is why the took up stones to kill him. They believed that Jesus was just a man, while He claimed to be God. This was grounds to stone Him to death, according to the law of blasphemy. The only problem was, Jesus is God; the I AM, but these men did not believe Jesus.
Jesus now continues on His journey with the two angels, to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
So the LORD went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place. Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.” But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have sex with them.” So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! —Genesis 19:1-7
The stories of wickedness that warranted the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah are found to be true as the angels arrive inside the gates of these cities. The men who live here demand that the angels be brought out into the city center so that they can have sex with them.
The angels have seen enough. They instruct Lot to gather his family and leave the city immediately. The LORD has determined that these men will all fall under judgement on this very night. If there was any doubt about whether same-sex relationships are approved by God, what happens here is a clear revelation regarding this issue. This story is made increasingly important by the presence of Jesus Himself as the one who is bringing this judgement by His two angels.
Many of those in the LGBT community have made the claim that there is no place in the New Testament where Jesus openly condemned same-sex relationships.
This view is maintained due to a lack of knowledge of the Biblical text. As we read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, with the knowledge that this judgement came directly by the pre-incarnate Jesus, there is no doubt regarding His view on homosexual or lesbian relationships.
We must remember Abraham’s insistence that God would not destroy the righteous with the wicked. Those who are in a relationship with God whereby they have repented of their sins and have believed upon Jesus as their Savior; are considered the “righteous.” We are made righteous by Jesus death for our sins, not by our own righteousness.
For He made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. —2 Corinthians 5:21
Abraham’s insistence to the LORD was clear; If the men of Sodom and Gomorrah are wicked, then judgment should come. If, however, there are at least ten who are righteous, then those ten should be spared from God’s judgment.
Peter later commented that when the angels arrive at Sodom and Gomorrah, they find only four that are righteous; Lot, his wife and their two daughters. Even though there were less than ten as God promised Abraham, God spares the four of Lot’s family.
God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. 7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. 8 Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day. ~2 Peter 2:6-8
Peter was referencing the text from Genesis 19 where Jesus, Yahweh, the Lord, destroyed the men of Sodom and Gomorrah:
When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” —Genesis 19:15
Notice that the angels declare that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is a punishment from God for their sin of sodomy.
For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD (Jesus) has sent us to destroy it.” —Genesis 19:13
What Was The Sin of Sodom? Was It Merely Inhospitality As LGBTQ Advocates Assert, or was it Sodomy, from where the name of Sodom originated?
Advocates for same-sex relationships often cite inhospitality as the reason God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Impeaching the Ezekiel Passage:
The claim that Yahweh did not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for sodomy, but only for inhospitality, is a revisionist interpretation that lacks textual support and contradicts both the Old and New Testament records.
This argument, common among progressive theologians and some modern critics, originated as a way to minimize or reinterpret the clear biblical condemnation of homosexual acts.
Biblical Textual Evidence That Refutes the “Inhospitality” Argument
Genesis 19: The Explicit Context
Genesis 19:4-5 “But before Lot retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
Genesis 19:4-5 “Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”
The Hebrew word translated “know” is yadaʿ (יָדַע), which has a clear sexual meaning in many biblical contexts (used over 900 times in the Old Testament).
In Genesis 4:1, “Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived…” clearly indicates sexual relations.
Lot’s response in Genesis 19:7–8, where he offers his daughters who “have not known a man,” confirms that the intent of the mob was sexual: “Do not act so wickedly… I have two daughters who have not known any man.”
Impeaching The Hospitality Assertion
Offering hospitality was already extended by Lot (Gen. 19:1–3).
The mob’s crime was not neglecting hospitality—it was the violent demand for homosexual rape.
Jude 1:7: The New Testament Confirmation:“And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.
The Koine-Greek text makes the meaning of this text in Genesis 19:1-3, clear:
The Greek word, ekporneusasa (ἐκπορνεύσασα) means: “sexual immorality”
The Greek reads: “apelthousai opiso sarkos heteras” (ἀπελθοῦσαι ὀπίσω σαρκὸς ἑτέρας): “going after strange flesh” – commonly understood by Greek scholars as pursuing unnatural sexual desires (homosexual acts).
Jude connects the sin of Sodom with sexual perversion, not with bad manners or hospitality issues.
2 Peter 2:6–8 – Righteous Lot Was Distressed by Lawless, Sensual Conduct
2 Peter 2:5-8 “God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes. He made them an example of what will happen to ungodly people. But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. Yes, Lot was a righteous man who was tormented in his soul by the wickedness he saw and heard day after day.”
The phrase “shameful immorality” (aselgeia – ἀσέλγεια) refers to sexually unrestrained, licentious behavior.
Peter’s use of these terms in the Greek language is consistent with sexual sin, not “inhospitality.”
- Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 – The Broader Moral Law Against Homosexual Acts
- Leviticus 18:22: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”
Leviticus 20:13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”
These laws were given after Sodom, but the sin of Sodom is depicted as one for which God judged the sin of Sodomy beforehand, indicating its severity.
Answering the “Inhospitality” Misinterpretation
Origin of the Misinterpretation: This argument largely stems from progressive interpretations, such as those in John Boswell’s book, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (1980), where he argues that the sin of Sodom was inhospitality, not homosexuality.
The Ezekiel 16:49–50 text is cited in modern LGBTQ-affirming theology as a reinterpretation of biblical morality. Critics often cite this as “proof” that the sin of Sodom was something other than sexual:
Ezekiel 16:49–50: “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. So I removed them, when I saw it.”
While the text highlights social injustice, it ends by stating they “did an abomination”—a term consistently used in Scripture to describe sexual immorality, particularly homosexual acts (cf. Leviticus 18:22).
The Hebrew word for abomination here is תּוֹעֵבָה (toʿevah), used in Leviticus for male-male intercourse.
Ezekiel describes multiple sins, including injustice and pride. But it confirms that the final offense—the one for which God judged them—was an abomination, consistent with homosexual perversion.
The biblical text that is used to try and prove this point is Ezekiel 16:48-50. The problem with citing these texts in Ezekiel as proof that the sin of Sodom was inhospitality, not same-sex sin, is that Ezekiel is not talking about Sodom, he is describing the sins of Israel and the Hebrew people.
The Canaanite god, Molech; the offering of babies upon his fiery hot arms
God called Israel to be His special people, separate from all the nations and people of the earth. When God led the Israelites into the land of Canaan, he instructed them to not worship the gods of the Canaanites who murdered their children on the fiery hot arms of their god Molech. He told the Israelites to not conduct themselves as the Canaanites did in sexual perversion, debauchery, and immorality.
Canaanite kings forcibly married their sisters. Young boys were kept as sex slaves and temple prostitutes at the temples of Canaanite gods. The Canaanite god, Anath was a combination of sister and spouse as a goddess who was a mirror image of the deviant practices of Canaanite kings.[1]
The Canaanite goddess, Qudshu, “the Holiness,” is seen as a perverted moral goddess riding nude on the back of a lion, with a lily in one hand and a serpent in the other, seeking sex with her worshippers. Male prostitutes were dedicated to the sex cult of the Qudshu, offering themselves to this goddess in her honor.[2]
The vast number of Canaanite gods in Ugaritic epic literature displays the depth of depravity that characterized the Canaanite people and their demonic religion. Rooted in a debasement of normal human morality, Canaanites considered nothing off limits in the expression of their evil and licentiousness. Canaanites practiced barbaric rituals of murder while in mass orgies, as a part of their religious ceremonies.
Psalms 106:37-38 describes the gods of the Canaanites as “demons” whom they sacrifice their sons and daughters to on the altar of Molech. “They even sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters. By sacrificing them to the idols of Canaan, they polluted the land with murder.”
By the time that God sent Ezekiel to the Israelites, they were practicing all of the perversions that the Canaanites were used in the worship of their pagan gods. God’s people had given themselves to every perverted and evil practice of the pagan nations around them.
The NLT version is very descriptive of the text that proponents of same-sex relationships cite as proof that Sodom’s sin was inhospitality, not sexual sin:
Ezekiel 16:1-3 “Then another message came to me from the LORD: “Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her detestable sins. Give her this message from the Sovereign LORD: You are nothing but a Canaanite!”
Notice the context of Ezekiel chapter 16: Israel, Jerusalem, the Israelite people, and their “detestable sins,” like those of the Canaanites.
Ezekiel 16:20-21 “Then you took your sons and daughters—the children you had borne to me—and sacrificed them to your gods. Was your prostitution not enough Must you also slaughter my children by sacrificing them to idols?
The reason that God brought judgment to the nations of Canaan was due to their perversity in how they lived their lives. The offering of newborn babies to the god Molech was a common practice of the Canaanites. The people that God had called as His own, after they came into the land God promised them and they began to prosper, the Israelites copied the evil that the Canaanites had long practiced, the worship of Molech by murdering their babies to please their pagan god, and the sexual sin of men with men and boys.
Ezekiel continue the rest of chapter 16 by naming all the terrible practices that His people, the Israelites were doing in imitation of the Canaanites. When we get to the end of the chapter, we find that God calls Jerusalem, “Sodom,” because these people who were called to be separate from the world, had become just like the people of Sodom in their perversion and immorality.
Ezekiel 16:46 “Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.
Ezekiel is not writing to tell us about Sodom, but Jerusalem who had become like Sodom, whom God destroyed for her sexual sins and worship of demons.
If you conduct a search on the internet for, “What was the sin of Sodom?, you will notice that the first entry is from Wikipedia. At this site you will see the following:
In Ezekiel 16:48–50, God compares Jerusalem to Sodom, saying “Sodom never did what you and your daughters have done.” He explains that the sin of Sodom was that “She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me.“
Before Judgment, The Angels Remove Lot
Advocates for same-sex relationships, and in this case, sex between two men, state that the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were nothing more than lacking in their duty to help the poor and needy, being arrogant, and eating too much.
Conveniently, these same advocates leave out the rest of the verse from Ezekiel16:48-50, “They were haughty and committed abomination before Me…” The Hebrew word used here for “abomination,” is תּוֹעֵבָה tô‘êḇâ, the same Hebrew words used in Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination, (Hebrew: תּוֹעֵבָה tô‘êḇâ; perverse, depraved).” The meaning is clear: The homosexual men of Sodom were practicing an abomination before God, having sex with each other, and they were also “arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. And they were haughty.”
Genesis 18:20-21 states that the outcry of sin at Sodom and Gomorrah was so great that the Lord went to these cities to see this for Himself.
And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.” ~Genesis 18:20-21
When we examine the actual texts of Genesis 19, we find that the reason there was such a great outcry over the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, is clear:
Genesis 19:1-5: “That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground. “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.” But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate. But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
It was not the inhospitality of the men in Sodom and Gomorrah that caused the Lord to destroy the men who lived in these two cities. It was their desire for sex between men that brought the two angels to remove Lot and his family, before the Lord destroyed these men in judgment. Genesis 19:24 clarifies this fact by defining the behavior of the men in Sodom and Gomorrah as an “abomination.”
Genesis 19:24 states that because these men were committing this abomination before the Lord, He came personally to the city and destroyed all of the men who lived there.
Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. ~Genesis 19:24
The Hebrew word used in this verse for “Lord,” is Yahweh. It is the same word used in the New Testament to describe Jesus as “Lord.” Those who translated the Koine-Greek of the New Testament into English, understood that Jesus is Yahweh from the Old Testament, this is why they used the counterpart Greek word, “Kurios.”
It was the pre-incarnate Jesus who visited Sodom and Gomorrah, discovered that the men there were committing the sin of abomination by having sex with each other, and destroyed all of them.
When we arrive at the New Testament, the writers of these texts confirm that it was sex between men that caused their destruction
Jude 1:7: “And don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the eternal fire of God’s judgment.”
2 Peter 2:6-10 “God condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and turned them into heaps of ashes…He is especially hard on those who follow their own twisted sexual desire.”
Why The LGBTQ+ Community Seeks To Redefine Ezekiel 16:48-50
The reason that this particular definition for the men of Sodom was placed at Wikipedia is because this is the preferred definition of LGBTQ+ community. This definition diminishes and distorts the true acts that were taking place at Sodom, which caused its destruction.
All that a person must do in order to discover what the sin of Sodom was, is look up the definition for the word “Sodomy.”
The Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary Defines Sodom As Follows:
“The crime of oral or anal sexual contact or penetration between persons or of sexual intercourse between a person and an animal.“
From this definition, we learn that the term sodomy, originated from the practice of sodomy that was occurring in ancient Sodom and Gomorrah. This tells us that the definition placed at Wikipedia for the sin of Sodom, is intentionally inaccurate.
What The Bible Says About Sodom And Gomorrah
In this matter, there is no greater authority than the Bible for communicating to us what was really taking place at the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. When we conduct an examination in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, we find that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was anal sex between same-sex men. It was this practice that brought the pre incarnate LORD Jesus to these two cities with two angels. In Genesis chapter 19, we see Jesus coming to investigate what was taking place and make a judgement.
If we conduct an investigation, we discover that before Jesus came to earth and permanently took the body of a man to die for us, He came to earth on several occasions in the temporary form of a man, designated by the term, “The Angel of the Lord.”
The Angel of the Lord was frequently near those, in the Old Testament, who were afflicted and in great distress, or had been cast out and isolated from the world.
- Hagar, when she was cast out of Abraham’s house (Genesis 16:7).
- Abraham, when he was in the greatest testing of his life (Genesis 22:11).
- Gideon, when he was frightened and discouraged (Judges 6:11-12).
- Israel, promised by the Lord that He would never break His covenant with their nation (Judges 2:1).
When we examine the original Koine Greek of the New Testament, we find that those who translated the original Greek into English, understood that Jesus was the LORD, Yahweh, of the Old Testament. In the New Testament, there are several occurrences where the Greek word for God, Theos, is used. Most often, this word is used only in describing the Father. However, there are several places in the New Testament where Theos is also used to describe Jesus Christ.
In the beginning was the Word (Jesus) , and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (Theos, John 1:1).
Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God (Theos). Amen (Romans 9:5).
But to the Son (Jesus) He says: “Your throne, O God (Theos), is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.” (Hebrews 1:8)
- In the Old Testament, the term LORD in Hebrew is Yahweh/Jehovah.
- In the New Testament, the word Lordin Greek is Kyrios.
The writers of the New Testament were unmistakably attributing the title of Jehovah-God to Jesus Christ. It was well understood at the writing of the New Testament that Jesus Christ is Yahweh or God Himself. The translators of the New Testament understood that Jehovah-God and Jesus were one and the same person.
When we see the LORD appearing before Abraham in Genesis 17-19, and at Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 19, it is Jesus who is coming to destroy these cities. The idea that Jesus never said anything in the New Testament about same-sex relationships, nor condemned them, is inaccurate. We see what Jesus’ position is concerning gay relationships, from His judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis chapter 19.
Would You Destroy The Righteous With The Wicked?
We see in Genesis 18:23, Abraham, interceding on behalf of the righteous who were living in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, asking the Lord, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?” Abraham was aware of the sins of these two cities and he did not disagree with God’s impending judgement. Abraham did wonder if God would destroy those who loved God, who were not participating in the sins of Sodom.
God promises Abraham that if He finds even 10 righteous in these cities, He will spare the entire population for the sake of the righteous. When the day arrives, the angels come and remove the only righteous man who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot, and his family.
As soon as Lot is evacuated, we see the Lord Jesus, bringing judgement and destroying all the inhabitants who were committing these same-sex acts:
Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them. ~Genesis 19:24-25
I documented these facts in a concise book that I wrote in 2016, “Sodom And Gomorrah: The Gay Marriage And Same-Sex Controversy.”
The assertion made by the homosexual community is that gay sex in Sodom and Gomorrah was not sinful and this was not the reason that God destroyed these two cities with all of their inhabitants.
The gay community claims that it was the sins listed above in In Ezekiel 16:48–50, where God is comparing some of the practices of the Jews during their apostasy from God that were similar to Sodom and Gomorrah. It is the idea of the gay community that because Ezekiel does not mention gay sex in this text, that this was not the issues which caused the destruction of these two cities.
This is a distortion of the Ezekiel text, which had nothing to do with gay sex, but the apostasy of the Jews at that time in failing to humble themselves and care for the destitute. It is incorrect to use the Ezekiel scriptures to try and prove God’s acceptance of same-sex relationships.
What Does God Say About Same-Sex Relationships?
If a person genuinely wants to know what the Bible states about the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, there are several other passages that help the reader understand why God destroyed these two cities.
In 2 Peter, chapter 2, the issue of God’s judgement for sin is discussed in context with the flood of Noah, when the whole world perished in the a global flood, after God warned them to turn from their sins for 100 years.
Jesus, Paul, and Peter, all mention the flood of Noah and validate this event as authentic.
Beginning at verse 6, Peter turns to the events of Sodom and Gomorrah and describes these two cities as also falling under the judgement of God because of same-sex relationships.
Peter states that their judgement is an example for us today. The men of these two cities were destroyed because of their same-sex sin and their unwillingness to humble themselves and turn from their sins.
For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, and especially those who walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. ~2 Peter 2:4-10
Peter calls the men of Sodom and Gomorrah, “filthy, wicked, lawless, and those who walk according to the lust of the flesh.”
In similar context to Peter, speaking of God’s judgement for sexual sin, Jude also states the following regarding Sodom and Gomorrah:
As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. ~Jude 1:7
Jude describes the same-sex practices of Sodom and Gomorrah as “sexual immorality, strange flesh” (men with men), and their destruction as an example of what God will do to those who refuse to turn from same-sex sin—”the vengeance of eternal fire.”
In the Book of 1 Corinthians, Paul is describing sins that will disqualify a person from heaven and lists many of these in chapter 6. Amongst these are the same-sex sins of homosexuals and sodomites.
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 homosexuals, nor sodomites. ~1 Corinthians 6:9
Wikipedia And Biased Conclusions
The Wikipedia definition for “What Was The Sin Of Sodom,” is incorrect and made with the purpose of giving those who read this text, approval to practice same-sex relationships without guilt or regret.
For those who really want to know the truth regarding God’s view of same-sex relationships, the entire Bible gives us a clear definition. Same-sex sins are not greater or lesser than any other sins. They must be ended, turned from and not repeated. If a person will turn from any sin and place their trust in Jesus Christ for their salvation, they will receive forgiveness and obtain heaven.
Impeaching The Assertion That Homosexuality Did Not Exist In The Bible Until 1946
Claim: The Word “Homosexual” Did Not Appear in Any Bible Until 1946
This claim originated primarily from revisionist theology and gained traction from the documentary “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture,” which asserts that the word “homosexual” was wrongly inserted into the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of 1946.
Linguistic vs. Theological Issue
The term “homosexual” is a modern coinage, derived from Greek homos (same) and Latin sexus (sex), first appearing in the late 19th century.
It was not part of any ancient vocabulary, including biblical Hebrew or Koine Greek, so obviously it would not appear in early Bible translations like the KJV (1611).
Copyright, RCR
What The Historical Evidence Proves
The RSV (1946) translated 1 Corinthians 6:9 as:
“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals…”
- This was the first English translation to use the word “homosexuals”, a term only coined in the late 19th century:
- The First recorded use in German: Homosexualität in 1869 (by Karl-Maria Kertbeny)
- The First known English usage: in 1892 (C.G. Chaddock translation of Krafft-Ebing’s Psychopathia Sexualis)
Before 1946, what did English Bibles say about Homosexuality?
- KJV (1611): “abusers of themselves with mankind” (1 Cor. 6:9)
- ASV (1901): “abusers of themselves with men”
Biblical Prohibitions Pre-date the Word “Homosexual”
The behavior, not the word, is what Scripture addresses:
Hebrew (Old Testament): Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 prohibit a man “lying with a male as with a woman.” These laws are specific about acts, not identity categories.
The Hebrew “mishkav zakur” expresses the concept clearly, centuries before any English terminology existed.
The Greek (New Testament)
Romans 1:26–27 describes both male and female same-sex acts, labeling them “against nature” (para physin).
1 Corinthians 6:9 uses the Greek terms: malakoi (μαλακοί) – literally “soft,” interpreted as passive partners in same-sex relations. arsenokoitai (ἀρσενοκοῖται) – a compound of arsēn (male) + koitē (bed), widely interpreted as referring to male-male intercourse.
The term arsenokoitai is possibly Paul’s own coinage, drawing from Leviticus 20:13 in the Greek Septuagint: καὶ ὃς ἂν κοιμηθῇ μετὰ ἄρσενος κοίτην γυναικός
(“And whoever lies with a male as with the bed of a woman…”)
These are literal renderings of the Greek term ἀρσενοκοῖται (arsenokoitai).
What Does the Greek Word Actually Mean?
Arsenokoitai (ἀρσενοκοῖται) – a compound word:
- arsēn (ἄρσην) = male
- koitē (κοίτη) = bed (i.e., sexual intercourse)
The modern word, “Arse,” is a derivative of the Greek, arsen. An Arse is the buttocks of a person. Thus the Greek “arsen,” is descriptive of Sodomy between two men.
Literal meaning: “male-bedder” or “one who lies with males.”
This term does not appear in any known Greek literature prior to Paul, suggesting he coined it directly from Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 in the Greek Septuagint:
Leviticus 18:22 (LXX): καὶ μετὰ ἄρσενος οὐ κοιμηθήσῃ κοίτην γυναικός· βδέλυγμα γάρ ἐστιν.
Leviticus 18:21-23 “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.”
Leviticus 20:13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”
Paul combines arsēn and koitēto form a term explicitly referring to men who engage in same-sex relations. This supports the idea that the meaning of 1 Cor. 6:9 is about male same-sex acts, not “abuse,” “exploitation,” or general immorality.
1 Corinthians 6:9, states that homosexuals, and sodomites will not inherit the kingdom of God (heaven).
malakos (transgender), arsenokoitēs (sodomites) like the men of Sodom whom Jesus destroyed in Genesis 19:24, because they would not repent.
Jesus as The LORD-Yahweh, in Genesis 19:24, destroyed all of the men of Sodom for their Sodomy, because they wouldn’t repent.
It Was Jesus Who Destroyed Sodom And Gomorrah
- Jesus did not begin at Bethlehem. He has always been Yahweh, the Eternal God.
- Jesus, as Yahweh, destroyed Sodom, the origin of the word for “Sodomy,” same-sex sin.
“Then the LORD (Yahweh-Jesus) rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. He utterly destroyed them.” Genesis 19:24-25
Historical Jewish and Early Christian Conclusions In Jewish Intertestamental and Rabbinic Literature:
The Book of Jubilees 16:5–6 and Testament of Naphtali 3:4–5 describe the sin of Sodom as unnatural sexual relations, not inhospitality.
Philo of Alexandria (1st century Jewish philosopher) writes that the Sodomites “lusted after one another” and engaged in shameless acts of sodomy.
Modern Scholarly Consensus
Most lexicons and Bible scholars affirm that arsenokoitai refers to male same-sex intercourse, including:
- BDAG Greek Lexicon: “A male who engages in sexual activity with a person of his own sex.”
- Louw-Nida Greek Lexicon: “A male who has sexual intercourse with another male.”
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.194–195: Sodom was destroyed because of “practices of unnatural lust.”
- Tertullian, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine – all refer to Sodom as punished for sexual sin, not social misconduct.
Refuting the Argument: “The Bible Never Condemned Homosexuality Until 1946”
- Language evolves, but the underlying meaning of Scripture does not depend on modern English words, but on the original Hebrew and Greek texts.
- The biblical condemnation of same-sex acts has always been present, even if the English term homosexual did not appear until later.
- The Septuagint (Greek OT used by Paul) and the Masoretic Hebrew Text both clearly prohibit same-sex behavior.
The Final Conclusion:
The word “homosexual” is modern, but the concept being condemned in Scripture is ancient.
The claim that the Bible only began condemning homosexuality in 1946 is based on a linguistic misunderstanding, not textual truth.
Paul’s arsenokoitai was a clear reference to the same behavior condemned in Leviticus.
If the sin of Sodom was only inhospitality, then why did Yahweh come personally to Sodom and incinerate all the men of the city? The idea that God would destroy all the men of several cities simply because they were inhospitable is preposterous.
The New Testament book of Jude confirms that this event that took place in Genesis 19:24-25, was Jesus as Yahweh, and that the sin that caused the destruction of these cities was unrepentant Sodomy. The very word “Sodomy,” defines the behavior of the men who lived in this city: anal sex between two men.
It was this sin that caused Yahweh to destroy all the men of Sodom, not inhospitality.
Further, we can conclude from the text of Genesis 19 that describes the men of Sodom demanding that Lot bring out the two angels that were staying in his house, “so we can have sex with them.”
Genesis 19:1-5 “That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground. “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”
“Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate. But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
This verse makes the sin of Sodom clear: “Bring them out so we can have sex with them.” The sin of Sodom, was unrepentant Sodomy.
IF PJ ESCOBAR IS CAPABLE OF IMPEACHING THIS ESSAY, THEN LET HIM PLACE HIS IMPEACHMENT HERE AT THE END OF THIS ESSAY, AS AN ARGUMENT.
I will read and answer Mr. Escobar’s Argument, and we can begin a debate to settle this issue in this public, written forum
Here is PJ Escobar’s Response:
UPDATE: PJ Escobar blocked me from his Facebook Page.
These are common responses from the LGBTQ community: aggressive, assertive, while basing their comments on ideology and errors. This essay and the challenge will not be answered by PJ Escobar, because there is no answer to what God said in the Bible. Homosexuality, and all same-sex behavior is condemned by God, and has been judged by Jesus in the past, and will be judged in the future, as grounds to prohibit all LGBTQ persons from the blessings of eternal life.
Sources and Citations:
- Gagnon, Robert A. J., The Bible and Homosexual Practice (Abingdon Press, 2001).
- Wright, N. T., Paul for Everyone: 1 Corinthians (SPCK, 2003).
- BDAG Lexicon, 3rd ed., under “ἀρσενοκοίτης.”
- Louw-Nida Greek-English Lexicon, 88.281.
- Septuagint: Leviticus 18:22, Brenton Translation.
- Revised Standard Version Bible, 1946 edition.
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Robert Clifton Robinson 
He will never debate you. From the very beginning he started name calling with foul language which proves right off the bat that he is a debased individual with limited intelligence and much guilt. The unrepentant sexually perverted sinner is the first to scream they are being attacked and try to appease their guilt. Rob, you could talk yourself blue in the face and never make one tiny little dent in his guilt. He is a lost soul who could care less about the one true God. He willingly follows his perverted god as many sinners do. Sad but true so be sure to choose your battle wisely. Remember Jesus had to remove the dust from his shoes and move on. We are also not to cast out pearls before swine.
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I completely agree with your thoughts. For you are absolutely right in what it is you are saying. Peace be with you my brother.
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The response to report you to the FBI with the intent being to threatened you into silence is exactly how anyone not taken in the Rapture will be treated in the Tribulation Period. Look at the language used by this person – clearly not Christian. May the Lord rebuke him.
Remember how the prophets were killed by the Israelites. A time approaches where these same people will hunt those that profess Christ as God.
We are not afraid of them. But vengeance belongs to the Lord.
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