Leviticus 18:24-27
“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean),
Truth: Unclean living, contrary to God's law, will destroy the land of the living
In the above passage, Moses has been outlining that the nation of Israel is not to be like the other nations around them. The particular commands in the preceding verses had to do with sexual immorality, specifically dealing with incest, adultery and/or sodomy. The message God gives is plain: The nations that were in the land before Israel arrived were involved in all types of sexual deviation. It should be noted that this sexual immorality is being mirrored today in our society. We, too, are involved in incest, adultery and sodomy. Our Supreme Court has just legalized sodomy. Note, above, the punishment for such sin: ... the land became unclean. We cannot expect to find a different outcome for our country than what occurred in the country prior to Israel's occupation of the land. Israel was being warned not to commit the same sins. God warns them that if they did they can expect the same fate. Remember the story of Lot in the city of Sodom and Gomorra! The entire city was destroyed and never rebuilt!! Do we think our land will be any more fortunate?
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