Sodomy: The Coming Dimension
Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; Give ear
to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah--Isaiah 1:10
Prophet Isaiah’s
choice of words in indicting Israel calls for serious attention. That stern servant of
God while announcing his denunciations on the Lord’s professing people
addressed them as Sodom and Gomorrah.
If we carefully study the context in which our opening text was uttered
we notice that the people of God were not literally practicing sensual
indulgence such as describes the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Yet the Lord designated them by those terrible names which have
altogether come to be identified with and even represent perversion and
profanity. This necessarily implies that some very appalling principle of evil
was prevalent among the Israelites.
To investigate the spiritual import of heaven’s intent when the Lord through
His messenger decided to refer to His own as Sodom and as Gomorrah, we must
first consult with the Holy Spirit on that which ought to be the normal state
of things.
