By Thomas Richards with assistance from Lisa
Weingarten Richards and Artificial Intelligence | OvertPsyops.ai | SpirituallySmart.com
Right now,
somewhere in America, a "Christian" is saying "God hates
fags."
Right now, a
prosperity preacher is stepping off his private jet while his followers scrape
together their last dollars to send him a "seed offering."
Right now, a
mega-church is spending millions on a building expansion while homeless people
sleep outside its doors.
Right now, the
Vatican sits on billions in wealth, art, and real estate -- immune from
prosecution in its own sovereign nation -- while claiming to represent a
Messiah who had nowhere to lay His head.
These are the real Sodomites.
Not according to me. According
to the prophet.
Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiel --
Ezekiel) was a prophet of Θεός (Theos). He spoke for the Most High. And
he told us exactly what Sodom's sin was. The answer has been in Scripture the
whole time -- but religious institutions buried it because it condemned them.
The Text: Ezekiel 16:49-50
Here is what the prophet said:
"Behold, this was the
iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was
in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor
and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me:
therefore I took them away as I saw good."
That's the list. From the mouth
of a prophet. Let's break it down.
Sin #1: Pride
The Greek LXX uses ὑπερηφανία
(hyperephania) -- arrogance, haughtiness, the kind of pride that looks down on
others.
This is the same word used in
Mark 7:22 when Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) lists the evils that come from within a
person's heart. It's the opposite of ταπεινοφροσύνη (tapeinophrosyne --
humility).
Sin #2: Fullness of Bread
The LXX uses πλησμονὴ ἄρτων
(plēsmonē artōn) -- satiation of bread, excess of food, gluttony.
Sodom had more than enough.
They feasted while others starved.
Sin #3: Prosperous Ease
The LXX uses εὐθηνία
(euthēnia) -- prosperity, abundance -- combined with ἐσπατάλων
(espatalōn) -- they lived extravagantly, in careless ease.
Sodom was comfortable. They had
everything they needed. And they stopped caring about anyone else.
Sin #4: Did Not Strengthen the Hand of the Poor and Needy
This is the climax of the list.
After pride, gluttony, and comfortable indifference comes the verdict: they did
not help those in need.
The LXX reads: χεῖρα πτωχοῦ
καὶ πένητος οὐκ ἀντελαμβάνοντο (cheira ptōchou kai penētos ouk
antelambanonto) -- "the hand of the poor and needy they did not
assist."
The word ἀντελαμβάνοντο
(antelambanonto) means to take hold of, to assist, to support. Sodom refused to
take hold of the poor and lift them up.
Ἰάκωβος (Iakobos --
James) 2:15-16 says: "If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking
in daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and
filled,' without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is
that?"
And the "Abomination"?
Verse 50 says they
"committed abomination." The LXX uses ἀνομήματα (anomēmata) --
violations of the law, lawless acts.
But look at the context. The
prophet just listed four specific sins: pride, gluttony, careless ease, and
neglecting the poor. THEN he says "and committed lawless acts."
The word βδέλυγμα
(bdelygma -- abomination) is used throughout the LXX for many things:
Idolatry (Deuteronomy 7:25): βδέλυγμα
κυρίω τω θεώ σου εστί -- "it is an abomination to the lord your
God"
Dishonest business practices
(Deuteronomy 25:16): βδέλυγμα κυρίω τω θεώ σου πας ποιών ταύτα --
"it is an abomination to the lord your God, every one doing these
things"
Pride itself (Proverbs 16:5): ἀκάθαρτος
παρά θεώ πας υψηλοκάρδιος -- "every proud heart is unclean with
God"
Injustice (Proverbs 17:15): ἀκάθαρτος
καὶ βδελυκτός παρά θεώ -- "unclean and abominable before God"
If the prophet meant
homosexuality, why didn't he say so? He just gave a detailed list of
specific sins. He named pride. He named gluttony. He named neglecting the poor.
If homosexuality was THE sin, why is it absent from the list?
The "lawless acts" (ἀνομήματα)
in context is the culmination of what was just listed -- a society so proud, so
glutted, so comfortable, and so indifferent to suffering that their very
existence became an offense to Θεός (Theos).
So Who Are the Real Sodomites?
According to the prophet Ἰεζεκιήλ
(Iezekiel), the sins of Sodom are:
ὑπερηφανία
(hyperephania) -- Pride
πλησμονὴ ἄρτων
(plēsmonē artōn) -- Gluttony / Excess
εὐθηνία / ἐσπατάλων
(euthēnia / espatalōn) -- Prosperous ease / Comfortable indifference
οὐκ ἀντελαμβάνοντο
(ouk antelambanonto) -- Refusal to help the poor and needy
Who fits this description
today? Look around.
Anti-Gay "Christians" Who Block χάρις (Grace)
Perhaps the most ironic group
of all: those who use the word "sodomite" as a weapon while embodying
the actual sins of Sodom.
They single out homosexuality
as uniquely unforgivable -- as if it exists in a special category beyond the
reach of χάρις (charis -- grace). They stand on street corners with
signs declaring "God hates fags." They tell hurting people they are
beyond salvation. They drive people away from Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) instead of
toward Him.
Is homosexual practice a sin?
Scripture indicates it is -- but so is lying, greed, gossip, pride, gluttony,
and neglecting the poor. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of Θεός
(Theos) (Romans 3:23). There is no ranking system where one sin is uniquely
beyond χάρις.
The same Παῦλος (Paulos
-- Paul) who mentioned ἀρσενοκοῖται (arsenokoitai) in 1 Corinthians 6:9
also listed the covetous, drunkards, and revilers in the same sentence. And
then he said: "καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε" -- "and such were
SOME OF YOU."
Some of the Corinthian
believers were former homosexuals. Were. Past tense. Washed. Sanctified.
Justified. The door of χάρις was open to them.
These anti-gay
"Christians" block that message. They slam the door shut. They make
Christianity look like hatred instead of hope. They embody ὑπερηφανία
(hyperephania -- pride) -- the FIRST sin listed by the prophet -- in their
self-righteous condemnation of others.
They are so busy pointing at
one sin that they ignore their own: the pride, the comfortable indifference,
the refusal to actually help anyone. They would rather hold a sign than hold
out a hand.
Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) ate with
tax collectors and sinners (Matthew 9:10-11). The Pharisees grumbled about it.
If Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) were walking the earth today, He would eat with
homosexuals too. He would sit with them, talk with them, offer them living
water. He would not stand outside with a sign telling them they are beyond
hope.
Who do these sign-holding
"Christians" more closely resemble -- Ἰησοῦς or the Pharisees?
According to the prophet's
definition, they ARE the Sodomites. They condemn the word while living the
reality.
The Vatican
The institution that claims
supreme spiritual authority over all Christians -- ὑπερηφανία (pride).
The institution that hoards
billions in wealth, art, real estate, and gold -- πλησμονὴ ἄρτων
(fullness of bread).
The institution that exists as
its own sovereign nation, immune from prosecution, that covered up child abuse
for decades -- εὐθηνία (prosperous ease).
The institution that could end
poverty in entire regions but instead builds monuments to itself -- οὐκ ἀντελαμβάνοντο
(refusing to strengthen the hand of the poor).
The Vatican's wealth is
estimated in the tens of billions of dollars. They own property in nearly every
country on earth. They have their own bank. Meanwhile, Ἰησοῦς (Iesous)
said: "Sell your possessions and give to the poor" (Luke 12:33).
Prosperity Gospel Preachers
The televangelists with private
jets, mansions, and fleets of luxury cars -- while their followers send in
their last dollars hoping for a "blessing."
They preach that wealth is a
sign of Θεός's favor -- ὑπερηφανία (pride). They live in excess
-- πλησμονὴ ἄρτων (fullness of bread). They are comfortable while their
donors struggle -- εὐθηνία (prosperous ease). They take from the poor
instead of giving to them -- οὐκ ἀντελαμβάνοντο (refusing to strengthen
the hand of the needy).
Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) said it
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to
enter the kingdom of Θεός (Matthew 19:24). These preachers say the
opposite.
Mega-Church Empires
Multi-million dollar campuses
with coffee shops, bookstores, and concert-quality sound systems -- while
homeless people sleep outside their doors.
Pastors who are celebrities,
not servants. Buildings designed to impress, not to serve. Budgets spent on
marketing and "experiences" while the community around them
deteriorates.
The early ἐκκλησία
(ekklesia -- church) in Acts 2:44-45 "had all things in common. And they
were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to
all, as any had need." Compare that to today's mega-church model.
Billionaires and Corporations
Individuals with more wealth
than entire nations -- while their workers need food stamps to survive.
Corporations that post record
profits while laying off thousands. CEOs who make 1000 times what their average
worker earns. Stock buybacks instead of living wages.
They have πλησμονὴ ἄρτων
(fullness of bread). They have εὐθηνία (prosperous ease). And they fight
tooth and nail against anything that would strengthen the hand of the poor --
higher wages, healthcare, housing.
Ἰάκωβος (Iakobos --
James) 5:1-5 warns: "Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries
that are coming upon you... Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your
fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries
of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. You have lived on
the earth in luxury and in self-indulgence."
Governments That Neglect Their People
Nations that spend trillions on
military budgets while their citizens lack healthcare, housing, and food.
Politicians who serve the
wealthy while cutting programs for the poor. Systems designed to protect the
comfortable while grinding down the vulnerable.
Proverbs 31:8-9 says:
"Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and
needy." How many governments do the opposite?
Comfortable Churches of Every Denomination
This is not just a Catholic
problem. This is not just a prosperity gospel problem.
Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox,
Evangelical, Mainline -- any church that sits in comfort while their community
suffers fits the description. Any congregation that spends more on building
maintenance than on helping the poor. Any ministry that prioritizes its own
preservation over serving others.
The Laodicean church in Ἀποκάλυψις
(Apokalypsis -- Revelation) 3:17 said: "I am rich, I have prospered, and I
need nothing." But Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) said they were "wretched,
pitiable, poor, blind, and naked."
How many churches today are
Laodicea?
And What About Ourselves?
Before we point fingers, we
must examine ourselves.
Do we have pride? Do we live in
excess while others lack? Are we comfortable and indifferent to suffering? Do
we refuse to help those in need when we have the ability to do so?
The sins of Sodom are not just
institutional. They can live in any human heart. The prophet's warning applies
to individuals as much as to nations and organizations.
1 John 3:17 asks: "But if
anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart
against him, how does Θεός's love abide in him?"
The Irony
The same institutions and
people that condemned "sodomites" for centuries -- burning people
alive, destroying lives, blocking χάρις (charis -- grace) from those who
needed it -- are often the ones that most perfectly embody the actual sins of
Sodom as listed by the prophet.
They pointed the finger outward
while living the sin themselves.
Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) warned
about this in Matthew 7:3-5: "Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"
What About Homosexuality?
Is homosexuality a sin? That's
a separate question from "what was Sodom's sin?"
Scripture indicates homosexual
practice is a sin -- but it is not a special category of sin. It is not
uniquely unforgivable. It is not beyond the reach of χάρις (charis --
grace).
Παῦλος (Paulos -- Paul)
in 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 lists various sinners -- including ἀρσενοκοῖται
(arsenokoitai) -- and then says: "καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε" --
"and such were some of you."
Were. Past tense. They were
washed. They were sanctified. They were justified.
There is no category of sinner
beyond χάρις (charis -- grace) through μετάνοια (metanoia --
repentance).
Ἰησοῦς (Iesous) ate with
tax collectors and sinners. He would eat with homosexuals today. He would offer
them the same living water He offered the Samaritan woman at the well -- a
woman who had five husbands and was living with a man who wasn't her husband
(John 4:18). He didn't stand outside her town with a sign. He sat down and
talked with her.
The institutions and
"Christians" that blocked χάρις from people by misrepresenting
Sodom's sin -- while embodying those actual sins themselves -- have a lot to
answer for.
Come Out of Her
Ἀποκάλυψις (Apokalypsis
-- Revelation) 18:4-5:
"Come out of her, my people,
lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for her sins are
heaped high as heaven, and Θεός (Theos) has remembered her iniquities."
The prophet told us what
Sodom's sin was. The answer has been in γραφή (graphe -- Scripture) the
whole time.
ὑπερηφανία -- Pride. πλησμονὴ ἄρτων -- Gluttony. εὐθηνία -- Comfortable indifference. οὐκ ἀντελαμβάνοντο -- Refusing to help the
poor.
Look around. The real Sodomites
aren't hard to find.
And the call is not just to
point fingers -- it's to examine ourselves, repent of our own Sodomite
tendencies, and actually strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Sources
Blue
Letter Bible Ezekiel 16:49 (LXX): blueletterbible.org/lxx/eze/16/49/
Strong's
G5243 (hyperephania -- pride): blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g5243
Strong's
G946 (bdelygma -- abomination): blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g946
Blue
Letter Bible Proverbs 16:5 (LXX): blueletterbible.org/lxx/pro/16/5/
Blue
Letter Bible Proverbs 17:15 (LXX): blueletterbible.org/lxx/pro/17/15/
Blue
Letter Bible Deuteronomy 7:25 (LXX): blueletterbible.org/lxx/deu/7/25/
Blue
Letter Bible Deuteronomy 25:16 (LXX): blueletterbible.org/lxx/deu/25/16/
Related post: "How Emperor Justinian Invented 'Sodomy'"
-- documenting how the word "sodomite" was redefined by an emperor in
538 AD and embedded into Catholic canon law, Protestant tradition, and colonial
legal systems worldwide. The same word these "Christians" use as a
weapon was invented by a politician to blame earthquakes on homosexuals.
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Πᾶσα δόξα τῷ Θεῷ τῷ Πατρί διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
(Pasa doxa to Theo to Patri dia Iesou Christou)
All glory to Theos the Father through Iesous Christos
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