The Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Word of God.

The Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

and the Word of God.

Zephaniah 2:8-10 I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.

2:10 This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

1. The spirit of homosexuality will manifest itself in the same way in every culture it is introduced. The same behavior and characteristics manifest regardless if it is in 21^st century America, 19^th century B.C. Sodom, or 7^th century Moab and Ammon. One clear example is homosexual pride, pride in their homosexuality was a manifested characteristic of 19th century Sodom just as it is worldwide in the 21^st century A.D. Just as 7^th century Moab and Ammon reviled and reproached the kingdom of Judah, God’s people, the spirit of homosexuality in the 21^st century, reviles and reproaches Christianity.

a). reproach [Strong: 2781 cherpah kher-paw' from 2778; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda:--rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.  : a scornful insult.] [Gesenius: reproach, scorn, contempt, taunt, scorn (upon enemy), reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace).] [Complete Word Study Dictionary Of The Old Testament: A feminine noun meaning reproach, scorn, taunt. The term can be used for a taunt hurled at an enemy…]

b). revilings [Strong: 1421 gidduwph ghid-doof' or (shortened) gidduph {ghid-doof'}; and (feminine) gidduphah {ghid-doo-faw'}; or gidduphah {ghid-doo-faw'}; from 1422; vilification:--reproach, reviling.] [Complete Word Study Dictionary Of The Old Testament: A masculine noun indicating insult, scorn, revilement…It describes the scorn and Israel’s enemies heap upon them.]

2. The people of Moab and Ammon slanderously heaped up shame, disgrace, scorn and contempt on God’s people and in this case Judah, but what the prophet was reflecting upon is how what happened to Israel mirrored what happened in Sodom. They slandered, taunted, and heaped shame and disgrace on God’s people. In light of Jesus’ statement in Luke 17:28-30 “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot… Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed”, we can expect that God’s people, the church will experience the same reproach, the same reviling upon them. True to the accuracy of the Word of God that is exactly what is happening.

a). A perfect example of the spirit of homosexuality reviling against God’s people, similar to Moab and Ammon and Sodom and Gomorrah occurred in July of 1998, when a group of Christian organizations launched a campaign called “Truth in Love”. These groups placed a number of ads in national newspapers proclaiming the Biblical truth that Jesus can set free and forgive the homosexual. It was done in a very loving and gentle way. Many former homosexuals set free by the power of God, contributed and took part in the ads. Homosexual groups responded to the Christian ads in exactly the same way the nations of Moab and Ammon responded to the people of God. They scornfully insulted the Christian groups and used slander against them. On July 27, 2000, Family News in Focus, a website of Focus on the Family, reported that in San Francisco, the city Board of Supervisors said the ads contributed to “horrible crimes against gays and lesbians”. They even claimed the ads were partially responsible for the death of Matthew Shepard. To say that presenting the gospel in a loving way contributes to “horrible crimes” is slander.

3. As in all “landmark” Supreme Court cases, boundary lines are redrawn and in some cases completely removed. Some landmark cases have proved good while some from their beginnings were ungodly and destructive. In the latter case we have the warning of Proverbs 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Every Supreme Court case that dealt with homosexuality, except the second, Bowers V. Hardwick (1986), and the fourth, Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000), removed godly boundaries. All the others, One, Inc. v. Olesen (1958); Romer v. Evans (1996);  Lawrence v. Texas (2003); United States v. Windsor (2013); Hollingsworth v. Perry (2013); Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) removed godly boundaries, boundaries which God had set in his word.

a). In Zephaniah 2:8 the prophet declares that Moab and Ammon magnified themselves against God’s by magnifying themselves against the borders of his people.

b) The Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets of Zephaniah 2:8 says: I have heard the taunt of Moab and the jeers of the Children of Ammon who taunted My people, and expanded their territory along their border.

c). The Amplified Bible of Zephaniah 2:8 says, I have heard the taunting of Moab and the reviling’s of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people and become arrogant against their territory by violating Israel’s boundary and trying to seize its land.

d). Two examples of removing boundaries, of seizing land are removing laws (the boundaries, 1 Timothy 1:8-11), that forbid homosexual behavior, Lawrence v. Texas; and rewriting the institution of marriage to include homosexual marriage, Obergefell v. Hodges.

4. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is another attempt of the spirit of homosexuality to remove boundaries that protect civil society including God’s people. It is attempting to seize more land and expand their territory. If they succeed, in a civil rights sphere, they will be trampling on the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and again, rewriting the Constitution to favor homosexuality over Christianity, in its ultimate goal of shutting down Christianity completely from saying anything against homosexuality. They will also unbeknownst to them fulfill the prophetic words of Jesus in Luke 17:28-30. “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.” How this is going to play out I don’t know. Justice Kennedy will probably be the deciding vote. Kennedy wrote Romer v. Evans (1996), Lawrence v. Texas (2003), Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), and United States v. Windsor (2013), all decisions that furthered sexual licentiousness. We need to pray that the justices will uphold the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which one purpose was written to protect a Christian’s right to exercise his religious rights.