It would be quite discouraging to read today's headlines such as this "India Overturns 148-Year-Old Law Banning Homosexuality" and learn of the fact that homosexuals are gaining victory after victory all around the world in forcing their immoral lifestyle upon the rest of society through the court system, except for the fact that Jesus, looking ahead in time, told us that His return would be as in the days of Lot in Luke's Gospel Chapter 17, and these days we are living in are most assuredly likened to the days of Lot Jesus is talking about.
Jesus said "Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built." "but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all."28,29
Just what were the days of Lot like that brought about God's judgment?
Genesis 13:13 tells us that “But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD".
And what was the sin of the men of Sodom that the Lord destroyed them all?
Like today, complete disregard for God's Word was rampant as it concerns homosexuality and adultery. The population of Sodom were engaged in whatever sexual sin their heart desired, with lawlessness prevailing and everyone doing whatever they pleased. This sexual behaviour that the Lord calls sinful was considered the norm in society then, as it is now.
While this certainly is not the type of news that one looks forward to because this sinful world is headed for severe judgment by God, those of us who believe God's Word can take assurance in knowing that Christ's return is very near according to what Jesus has told us because we are living in the days of Lot.
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, 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 vengence of eternal fire. Jude 1:7
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