Sodom and Gomorrah and same sex sin - homosexuality
The Destruction Of Sodom And Gomorrah, a painting by John Martin (painter), died 1854, thus 100 years. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Sodom and Gomorrah is so closely linked with God’s wrath, giving, as it does, one of the earliest examples of the pouring out of His wrath in the period after the Flood , that it became a byword for sinfulness that brings certain judgment.5 It likewise is referenced as evidence of the hardheartedness of sinners who simply refuse to repent in the face of certain doom. Jeremiah 23:14 speaks of those who refuse to turn back from their wickedness as being like Sodom. Objection Stated It is highly unlikely that “know” in Genesis 19 means to know sexually or in a homosexual context. The word is used over nine hundred times in the Bible , and it simply does not refer to homosexual activity in any of those instances. Biblical Response It is surely true that yada does not refer to sexual activity in the majority of its appearances. Given that the