One senses that the LGBTQ collective is in remission of a sort. But we can be assured it’s only temporary. I think it’s safe to predict that it will soon emerge again in full-flood mode, because Jesus, Himself, said it will be just like it was in the days of Lot in Sodom when the Lord next intervenes catastrophically into the wicked affairs of humankind.

That next intervention will be the Rapture of all believers in Christ into the clouds of Glory—the Rapture of the Church.

Heaven’s reach into our present time seems to me a powerful move to restrain the evil that was raging before the woke wickedness was dealt a setback. The Restrainer, I’m convinced, has that Romans 1:28 reprobate insanity in Psalm chapter 2-type derision.

The homosexual movement grew, seemingly unstoppable, with mainstream media, both news and entertainment, giving full support to each and every demand made by their organization. Any opposition raised against the moral bankruptcy of the LGBTQ movement was considered by mainstream press as not legitimate reason for concern, but rather a hate crime against gays. Time and time again as the Sodom-like movement became more forceful throughout the nation, the rants became ever more vehement in screaming the media pundits’ almost unanimous view: the crime of bigotry against those who are gay.

The journalistic mantra seemed, to me at least, to be aimed at attempting to raise a groundswell of opinion against those who believe God’s Word condemns homosexuality.

Let me state up front that Christians are not supposed to condemn anyone. We are, however, if we truly follow what the Bible teaches, expected to agree totally with the God of Heaven in His condemnation of sin. We, likewise, are to hold fast against any sin that overtly and adversely affects the moral values of the society and culture in which we conduct our lives, raise our children, etc. When morally degrading activity is thrust into our public lives and we are forced to experience that activity’s cesspool-like goings-on—right in front of our and our children’s eyes—we must speak up. We must object to and oppose that sinful activity.

There are numerous scriptural condemnations of homosexuality. They have been put forward so many times that I see no need to list them all. One such edict by the Living God against homosexuality is the following: “If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them” (Leviticus 20:13).

For those who might think this condemnation applied only to the time of the Mosaic Law, I remind that the Scriptures teach that God does not change. He continues to view homosexuality as an “abominable” sin. The sin of homosexuality is indeed an abomination. We cannot ignore that it is a growing part of our national and world societies.

There is no vacation, it seems, from its morality-infecting invasiveness.

My now deceased friend and colleague from Ireland, Patrick Heron, once experienced firsthand how wicked and debauched the LGBTQ sort can be. His troubling “holiday,” as they call vacations in Europe, as he reported some years ago, drives home the point that, like in Lot’s day of vexation with the homosexuality of Sodom, there is no holiday from the debased activities of this fallen world.

Myself and Catherine just returned from five days in northern Spain, where my nephew married a Spanish girl. We stayed in Madrid last Saturday night on our way back to Dublin. Madrid was hosting a huge Gay Pride day when we arrived Saturday evening.

Unfortunately, our hotel was right on the main street of Madrid. There were thousands of men women and children lining the Gran Via leading to a huge park, which was packed full. Bus load after bus load of homosexual men and lesbians waved and cheered amid loud music and the crowds that lined the streets waved back.

Men kissing men, women kissing women–and all [were] cheered on by the on-lookers. Transvestites [were] parading boldly down the streets having their pictures taken with couples and their children. Many of the transvestites had red horns on their heads.

One man was painted in rainbow colours all over his body. He walked slowly and deliberately down the center of the street as folks jumped in front of him to take his photo. We saw him from behind and he was naked.

At 11:30 at night, Catherine and I walked up the main street amid the blaring of loud music. The street was filthy dirty, with people drinking and eating, and discarding their litter on the paths. Some people were urinating against the walls in side streets. As we got to the top of the street, there were several hundred people gathered in a big circle. They were banging drums and jumping up and down with their hands in the air shouting, all in unison.

The drums and shouting and jumping went faster and faster until it reached a crescendo and exploded with a huge shout of delight and clapping by the mob.

It looked and sounded like something from Dante’s inferno but felt like a scene directly from Sodom and Gomorrah. Truly, this was a nightmarish atmosphere and a sure indication that we are indeed in a time similar to the days of Noah. There was a similar parade of gays going on in London and other cities at the same time.

The days are getting shorter and the cracks are appearing all over the globe. If there was ever a call to reach out to the unsaved before the Lord comes to take out His Church, it is now. “Lift up your heads. Your redemption is drawing near.”

Patrick has been enjoying the presence of our Lord in eternity for a number of years. And the Sodom and Gomorrah-like evil he reported has only increased. There is a very tenuous lull in the homosexual determination to bring America and the world into configuration exactly as it was in the days of Lot. And the moment of Heaven’s judgment and wrath that are prophetically scheduled must be nearing while God’s divine patience continues to be tried by lost humanity.

Still, the Lord also continues to love the sinner, no matter the sin, and we who name the name of Christ are to love them, too. We cannot truly love our Lord if we hate those He loved so much that He came to die on the cross at Calvary so the ones who believe in Him and turn from their sin can be saved. We are nonetheless to stand against evil that would bring humanity down to the base, cesspool level to which Satan and his minions want to bring mankind. The only remedy that is left when humanity reaches such a level is God’s wrath and judgment. Our nation and world are swiftly approaching the proverbial bottom of the barrel. As my great friend Patrick wrote, when we see the end coming, we are to look up and lift up our heads, for our redemption draws near (Luke 21:28).