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:''“Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south. But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters. Sodom’s sins were '''pride, gluttony, and laziness''', while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.<ref>Ezekiel 16:46-50</ref> | :''“Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south. But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption. As surely as I live, says the Sovereign Lord, Sodom and her daughters were never as wicked as you and your daughters. Sodom’s sins were '''pride, gluttony, and laziness''', while the poor and needy suffered outside her door. She was proud and committed detestable sins, so I wiped her out, as you have seen.<ref>Ezekiel 16:46-50</ref> | ||
:''And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day — just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Jude 6–7.</ref> | |||
==What is Ezekiel saying?== | ==What is Ezekiel saying?== | ||
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According to Ezekiel, Sodom's sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness while the poor and needy sufferd outside her door. Now, I'm not trying to condone or justify immorality, homosexuality, and perversion here: those things are obviously very wrong. However, according to this passage in Ezekiel those things were not the core reasons that God destroyed Sodom. | According to Ezekiel, Sodom's sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness while the poor and needy sufferd outside her door. Now, I'm not trying to condone or justify immorality, homosexuality, and perversion here: those things are obviously very wrong. However, according to this passage in Ezekiel those things were not the core reasons that God destroyed Sodom. | ||
As a result, what William Branham says in relation to Luke 17:30 | As a result, what William Branham says in relation to Luke 17:30 doesn't include the full picture. The passage is about people being caught off guard and surprised by Jesus' return. The core sins of Sodom according to Ezekiel were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while neglecting the poor and needy. Sexual perversion was also present as indicated by Jude but it was only part of the picture. As always, the entirety of scripture must be examined to get a true picture. | ||
But even so, these sins are not condoned by the majority of churches. | |||
Trying to type the modern church to Sodom and tying it into Luke 17:30 requires significant twisting of the scriptures. In fact, the very things that Sodom was guilty of in Ezekiel are manifest abundantly within the message, even more so than they are in most "worldly" churches. | Trying to type the modern church to Sodom and tying it into Luke 17:30 requires significant twisting of the scriptures. In fact, the very things that Sodom was guilty of in Ezekiel are manifest abundantly within the message, even more so than they are in most "worldly" churches. | ||