ABOMINATIONS

What does “abomination” mean? …a disgusting, wicked thing.

So… pretty much everything we do is abominable to God. Having said that, let us explore what scripture says about abomination and abominable, understanding that those who are being abominable will find their own permissible excuses for being so.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Lev. 18:22

(Sorry… not picking on homosexuals. Just listing scripture in the order they appear in the Bible.)

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion (violation of nature or divine order, perversion). Leviticus 18:23

(Sorry, not picking on animals...really.)

If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. Lev. 20:13

The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. Deuteronomy 22:5

These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren. Proverbs 6: 16-19

They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. Proverbs 11:20

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Proverbs 12:22

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Proverbs 15:8

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness. Proverbs 15:9

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. Proverbs 15:26

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. Proverbs 16:5

He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. Proverbs 17:15

He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. Proverbs 28:9

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. Romans 1:26-27

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor. 6:9-10

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21

Don’t you just love ALL those scriptures!!

I wanted to show all of these (and there are more…156) because too many of us think that just homosexuality is abominable. In Proverbs 6, we are told of seven things the Lord hates and are, in fact, abominable to Him.

Please note that He uses the word H A T E….

-PRIDE (right off the bat)

-LIES

-MURDERERS

-DEVISING AND THINKING ABOUT DOING EVIL

-THE FOOL THAT WANTONLY RUNS TO EVIL

-LIARS

-THE ONE WHO SPREADS STRIFE AMONG THE BRETHREN

There are, of course, many things within the category of “doing evil.” The way verse 6 is written is an idiomatic way of expressing an indefinite number (so  they say). It is a Hebrew literary device that is used to emphasize a list of things. The number “six” is the number of/for man. The number “seven” indicates completeness or perfection. One could allow themselves to believe that God is saying “man” is “completely” corrupt, or (given to) evil. The list in Proverbs 6 is a list of actions and attitudes that describes a person consumed by evil. It lays out the characteristics of those who are hateful to the Lord and who are bound to face His wrath some day.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10:31

We cannot fully comprehend the HOLINESS and PURITY of Almighty God and Jesus, so some will not understand how something as (seemingly) innocuous as LYING (white lies??) would be an abominable thing, but it is as revolting to God as sexual perversions. So while we may be appalled at the current “acceptance” of homosexuality, we must face the shameful fact that we, all of us in the secular and “religious” world, have apathetically “accepted” fornication since (probably) the sixties, and adultery for a lot longer… and LYING for longer than that. And I would be remiss if I didn’t mention ABORTION.

Sin Is Sin… period! And God hates sin. It is an abomination to Him. Notice in the verses above that even thoughts and prayers “could” be abominations…Prov. 15:26 and Prov. 28:9. While I don’t believe we should be “activists” in the political sense, I do believe the Christian voice has been significantly silenced, because we have become lukewarm.

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. Revelation 3:15-16

Could that happen?