{"id":1752,"date":"2015-07-13T13:37:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T17:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=1752"},"modified":"2022-08-30T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T02:01:08","slug":"it-is-an-abomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/it-is-an-abomination\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It is an abomination&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, because of the debate about homosexuality in our culture, the word \u201cabomination\u201d has resurfaced. In the context of this topic, we find the word in Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13, as God\u2019s description of homosexual activity.<\/p><p><em>\u201cYou must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is <strong>a detestable act<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> Leviticus 18:22<\/p><p><em>\u201cIf a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed <strong>an abomination<\/strong>. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.\u201d<\/em> Leviticus 20:13<\/p><p>The Hebrew word is the same for both of those bolded words above \u2013 <strong><em>to`evah<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;(\u05ea\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d1\u05b8\u05d4) \u2013 and it means \u201csomething abominable, detestable, offensive.\u201d<\/p><p>However, while Leviticus&nbsp;is the first time this word is used to describe something God hates, it\u2019s certainly not the last. So what does God consider an abomination? Here\u2019s&nbsp;the entire list (each one uses the same Hebrew word, regardless of how various English Bibles translate it):<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>coveting silver and gold from idols\u2026Deuteronomy 7:25<\/li><li>idols, idolatry\u2026Deuteronomy 7:26; 27:15; 32:16; 2 Kings 21:11; Jeremiah 16:18; 32:35; 44:3-4; Ezekiel 5:11; 6:9; 7:20; 14:6; 16:36; and all of Ezekiel 8<\/li><li>false worship of God\u2026Deuteronomy 12:31<\/li><li>blemished sacrifices\u2026Deuteronomy 17:1<\/li><li>worshiping the sun, moon, stars, and other gods\u2026Deuteronomy 17:4<\/li><li>witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, magic\u2026Deuteronomy 18:12<\/li><li>child sacrifice\u2026Deuteronomy 18:12; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 28:3<\/li><li>crossdressing\u2026Deuteronomy 22:5<\/li><li>prostitution\u2026Deuteronomy 23:18; 1 Kings 14:24; Ezekiel 16:43<\/li><li>improper divorce and remarriage\u2026Deuteronomy 24:4<\/li><li>cheating others in business\u2026Deuteronomy 25:16; Proverbs 11:1; 20:10, 23<\/li><li>living in rebellion against God\u2019s law, wicked plans\u2026Proverbs 2:32; 6:18; 15:9, 26; Jeremiah 7:9-10<\/li><li>perverted hearts\u2026Proverbs 11:20<\/li><li>lies, lying\u2026Proverbs 6:17-18; 12:22<\/li><li>religious acts, outward religion\u2026Proverbs 15:8; 21:27; Isaiah 1:13<\/li><li>arrogance\u2026Proverbs 6:17; 16:5<\/li><li>acquitting the guilty, condemning the innocent\u2026Proverbs 17:15<\/li><li>shedding innocent blood\u2026Proverbs 6:17<\/li><li>the prayers of those who ignore God\u2026Proverbs 28:9<\/li><li>adultery\u2026Ezekiel 22:11<\/li><li>creating disunity\u2026Proverbs 6:19<\/li><\/ul><p>It is important to remember that, while <em>\u201cthere is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus\u201d<\/em> (Romans 8:1), Christianity does not give us the license to do whatever we want. Because God\u2019s standard against sin has never changed, and he is working to grow us to become like himself, we must learn to despise the actions that he despises, while at the same time pointing the people who do them back to Jesus.<\/p><p><em><strong>Which of these surprised you the most to be on \u201cthe list\u201d?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, because of the debate about homosexuality in our culture, the word \u201cabomination\u201d has resurfaced. In the context of this topic, we find the word in Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13, as God\u2019s description of homosexual activity. \u201cYou must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,106],"tags":[117,67,62,85,84,57,58,81,120,35],"class_list":["post-1752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-issues-ethics","tag-1-kings","tag-2chronicles","tag-2kings","tag-deuteronomy","tag-ezekiel","tag-isaiah","tag-jeremiah","tag-leviticus","tag-proverbs","tag-romans"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"widget-thumbnail":false,"rpwe-thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Daniel Goepfrich","author_link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/author\/dgoepfrich\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Recently, because of the debate about homosexuality in our culture, the word \u201cabomination\u201d has resurfaced. 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