INTRODUCTION

Truth flows from the pages of the Word of God in such a way that only thru diligent exploration will one be able to find the guidance they are seeking.  It is there to be found, however, in the underlining parables, proverbs, and psalms that were written long ago.  The entire depth of wisdom that the Holy Bible contains is immeasurable, not to be duplicated by any other written work. 

Surfacing is an issue based on the fact that God assessed everything as “good.”  This would include creating men and women in His own image.  For centuries, and beyond, there has been a stringent belief about homosexuality, implying that God is an enemy of persons of this persuasion.  The record needs to be set straight on several issues on the subject as absolutely no one can speak for God on this topic.  Instead, let us allow His Word to speak for itself.

How does the homosexual, and others born with sexual anomalies, remotely fit into His design?  Perhaps they do not seemingly fit because God did not necessarily blueprint this model for them, or author it.  While at the same time, He permitted its inception. You may ask yourself how this works exactly.

 Well, the Garden of Eden is where it all started, and ended, whereas all of our human rights became wholly violated. Mankind had become vulnerable to aspects within his nature that would never have been natural, on all points, otherwise.  Our Father knew of two entities, referred to as trees, which were present in the Garden.  He said, “The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” (Genesis 2:9).  It is why He also said, “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die,” in Genesis 2:17. 

God was well aware of a cunning enemy which He did not want any of us to know about or have to deal with.  God did not want Adam or Eve exposed to this unleashed evil on the same level as His own personal awareness was.  Adam and Eve were given the sole privilege to be in a place where everything was utopias.  What was granted to them had been especially planned as a paradise for them.  Why would they even want to know of evil?  Why go there?  Did they not know what evil was vicariously?  Were they not aware?  For sure, God does not reveal to us everything at once. But, He tells us what we need to know, when we need to know it.  Dealing with us on a need to know basis. 

       ~The crumbs of His wisdom are hard to grasp~

Now, in the Garden scenario, Adam and Eve had readily eaten the fruit that is sweet (good), in order to ingest the sweetness of it, as if the (evil) poison part would escape ingestion.  This brand of ‘fruit,’ described as good, yet is also evil, should peak one’s suspicion, not their appetites.  Ordinarily, most would reject the idea of eating food (i.e. poisonous berries, poisonous mushrooms) that could potentially kill you, regardless if it supposedly “makes one wise.”  It’s akin to eating arsenic laced cookies; each cookie that is eaten is inviting and delicious, until you die. 

       ~Physically, they did not die right away~

                                                    

The taking of the fruit, hints to an astute analogy that took place here.  It was not so much the eating of the fruit, as it was the evil injected against God in suggesting that He was withholding something of value from them.  What God was, in fact, trying to withhold was the corruption of Satan’s consumptive ways from them.  The signets intended to create suspicion, distrust, and slander against God was the bigger error.  In truth, God was desperately pleading with Adam and with Eve,

“Wait!  Don’t eat that!” 

“Don’t fall for the lies this enemy of mine tells you!”

           “It may look good enough to eat (meaning, his doctrine),

            but it’s not!”

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 Another aspect to consider is that God created everything in good faith, by design.  He did not intend to create a robotic colony of enamored creatures that would simply blindly obey, so to speak.  In other words, God gave man a charge, set it all up for our complete success, and watched while rooting for us to lead our own destiny.  He did not expect for man to fall.  God’s expectations are exceptionally higher than that. 

        

    ~But we did it anyway, we did fall!~ 

 Even today, we sometimes proclaim whenever duped by another,   with excuses that fail us, 

“I can’t believe I fell for that.”

“What had happened was. . .”   

Clearly evident is the subtlety of the “father of lies” when he first planted himself in their midst, hanging around, waiting for an opportunity to weave his web.  Satan’s play on words cost us our glory, and vanity fixed our fallen states as people of the earth.  How could we ever recover from this on our own?  How could we undo the ‘do’ when the only offset that would suffice was a redo of the situation? 

 In answer to this dilemma, a wholly new man (new creature) would be formed who would also plant himself in our midst, hanging around, waiting for a precise opportunity to set us free with the Good News from our Creator. Words from the Lord.  Jesus Christ (Yeshua) is called the Word for a reason, where it says about Him, “In the beginning was the Word.”  Gratefully, He brings a good word of hope and reconciliation (this means friendship) with the Father.

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Most of us are familiar with how the story of Adam and Eve conceivably ended.  In case anyone missed the ending, the real ending, Satan loses.  According to Jesus’ own account in Luke 10:18, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven” because it so happens that He was there, on that day, with His Father. 

And where do you think that Satan landed?  How about, he landed right in the midst of the Garden.  In fact, it does not matter which one of us came into being as the first male and female.  It could have been Adam and Eve.  It could have been you.  It could have been me.  One thing is sure, once Satan was cast down to the earth, all-out war was officially declared!  As it was so in heaven, now it is so on earth. This history of warfare is well documented:  Lucifer’s initial mistake was in challenge to God; in that, he presumed he was just as worthy of adoration as due God.  His bias to the notion of possessing unique beauty and form, as well as his high ranking position as archangel, clouded Lucifer’s judgment—this being his only claim to fame.  Here was this lone wolf of a creature who wanted other created beings to direct their eyes toward him while taking their eyes off of God, A.K.A. Creator. 

He chose it.  He authored it.  And he must own it—that is to say, his pride.  And with that he acquired his new title as Satan (Adversary of God).  What audacity!  What conceit!   First he lied to himself in thinking that he had merited the honor of glory, which was a great sin by the way.  Then he lied to us.  But before he deceived Eve and Adam together, the two of them actually did have the upper hand.  For they were the only ones in charge and the only ones given full authority and dominion of the earth where Satan and his cronies were banished.  They knew this.  This was not hidden from them.  Satan knew too.  He wanted to steal it from their hands.  And he eventually did.  No one knows how long this effort might have taken though it is written as if it took a ‘hot minute’ to make such a ‘hot mess’ of this age.

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As stated before, Jesus definitely saw him (Satan) fall.  And this is where his story gains its traction.  Earth had become Satan’s prison along with those angels who made the choice to leave God’s holy kingdom and rule.  And Earth, of course, represented a very base, low level place early on (void, dark, and without form) just like Satan, or at least his presence there made it so.  Everywhere he goes, darkness follows.  His own beautiful form was lost forever as he was falling “like lightning” to the earth! 

The Holy Bible also shows how God was not quite finished whipping on him once he rebelled, not yet.  God was just getting warmed up with taking vengeance on this ‘whipping boy.’  Well, he wasn’t exactly the whipping boy; let’s just say for the record, he’s got a whipping coming to him.   Soon.  

God had done something very unique (more uniquely than how Satan was created). Satan would never accept this, forget it or be able to escape it—a ‘Mini-Me’ army of people created by God, the I Am that I Am.  This famous cliché  implies,

“I WILL DO WHAT I AM.”

“I AM CREATOR, THEREFORE, I WILL CREATE.”

“I AM LOVE, THEREFORE, I WILL LOVE,” and so forth. 

It is He who also put the power of creation into man (Adam and Eve).  Man’s ability to produce after his kind (mankind) meant that God’s very image would be indelibly imprinted onto the very dust where Satan had been grounded.  In this way, assuredly, God would always be “in his face” since mankind luminously reflects His omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence (His breath is in man).  

You can see that God’s very intent is suggestive.  It points to a collective vision in which every living soul on earth that belongs to Him shows a full illumination against Satan! He is an inferior Deity, and he knows it.  All he is able to see is a glaring wall of mirrors, realizing his own inferior beauty, in comparison.  He cannot, now or ever, avoid seeing the essence of God when daring to look upon any one of us.  The tables have been forever turned, reminding him of who God is (and who he is not).  God has forever established that only He is “the Cheese;” and even a child knows the Cheese stands alone.  What a torment!

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Satan, eventually, would get up the nerve to counter in this declared war, for he could not abide this course of action taken by God.  And his own pride would not allow for him to acknowledge his gross error or repent.

      ~Even if he wanted to, there is no redemption for him~

He wasted no time with thoroughly studying this dust that had been formed so magnificently.  For it was undeniably, “fearfully and wonderfully made.”  He watched them carefully, and cautiously, in the garden. He took note, concluding when he discovered this, that there was a definable limitation to this dust.  For instance, he examined that flesh could be easily manipulated as according to Genesis 2:21, “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs.”  He further observed that man depended on daily nourishment to sustain them, which accounted for the many variety of trees.  He detected that man possessed a unique intellect along with an equal curiosity about what was around them.  And finally, he noticed the deep, obvious, natural affection often expressed between them—the man and his wife.  All he had to do is go after one of them; the one who would be most inclined.  He was betting on the other to follow suit for love’s sake.

All of this documentation made it that more easy to conclude that they were not entirely like God after all.  They were vulnerable, unlike God.  Their flesh displayed restrictions that might allot opportunities for Satan to strike down the human race.  This acquired knowledge would gain certain advantages against God (Satan’s foe) in this contest; this information being just the fodder that he needed.  Now the war could (and would) escalate into a new phase!

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A prominent focus on our faith will need to be addressed as well in this book.  And what is faith?  Faith is not considered as logical.  It is a vision of the unseen.  As the requisite that is necessary in order for any effectual thing to take place or come into fruition, it is the catalyst.  Faith acts as a bridge for objects in the invisible world to become actual and is designed for the purpose of projecting them into our tangible, visible world.  Concepts, ideas, and mindsets fall into the category of invisible things.  Every aspect of our life obtains its importance and reality as it satisfies our mindset.  Proverbs 23:7 states, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” 

Let me make one point clear that there is only “One Faith” that can be upheld as a bridge to what is true.  And that is an allied faith (allegiance) to the scriptural truth as outlined in His Word.  Psalm 119:160 says, “The entirety of Your word is truth.”  Notwithstanding, in the opposing spectrum (yes, there is an opposite side) of faith, if one chooses to believe in a lie, allowing said lie to become the bridge of choice to one’s version of truth, that alone would single-handedly manifest a mass deception. 

In God’s mercy, however, we have all been given a small “measure of faith,” an abridgement, allowing us to properly counter stumbling at the Truth. This is that side of the coin which enables us to discern and believe, without any hidden deceit.  This is important to note because up until we personally acknowledge God’s Son as Christ our Savior, our limited version of faith relies in self (the senses). We might thrive as far as the eye can see, barely.  We might produce vanities that please in this life, only.  But when this life is over, dead and futile fruit will remain.  There will be nothing to harvest.  The Bible advises us to refer to the ant to learn this tried and true principle about reaping benefits. 

Let us not be deceived like Satan who saw himself as something other than what he really was (using his own manufactured faith).  He jealously attempts to do this exact, same, deceptive thing to God’s children as well.  He manufactures unfruitful untruths, wholesale, unprofitable prospects that course through minds, hearts, and bodies of many—willingly or ignorantly—giving  allegiance to false faith.  So be mindful as you are reading this book, knowing that it is our faith that enables us to climb out of any sinkhole that tries to overtake our minds. 

Without Christ, it is called a lost cause.  Our faith is way too puny to see very far on its own into the depth of truth that God’s Word declares about us.  This fact often leaves us to rely on what people say, what society says, what the church says, and God forbid, what the devil says.  Mostly, it is what we say, feel, or perceive about ourselves that drives the nail deepest into the coffin.

Without proper knowledge, this nail can drive us and set us up on a course to behave contrary to God and His ways of doing things.  Therefore, it is essential to avoid giving undue life and surge to the lies that we have allowed to hinder us in the past.  Without a doubt, it will always be needful to cleave to real faith that can withstand all of the doubt and wavering that is sure to surface at times.

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There. The record is on its way to be set in right order.  Presented, severally, are strong initiatives, hopefully, to help you understand the pertinence as to why homosexuals are in the same, exact boat as the hetero (whether they identify as) fornicators, adulterers, whoremongers, warmongers, prostitutes, covetous, self-conceited, extortionists, drunkards, drug addicts, revilers, slanderers, murderers, false religions, prosperity preachers, thieves, gluttons, desperate housewives, disobedient, liars, and self-righteous hypocrites who exhume the love of a Pharisee.  This list can go on into eternity itself; and makes the point that we all need help. 

Can anyone declare a difference among sinners?  Romans 3:23 sums it up, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” In other words, when Satan fell he wanted everybody to fall, heterosexuals and homosexuals alike.