Homosexuality

Leviticus 19:1; 20:7,13: 20:26: "The Lord said to Moses, 'Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy' . . . . consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God. Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the LORD, who makes you holy . . . . If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of the them have done what is detestable. . . . You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.' "

The context of Leviticus 19-20 is "being holy before the LORD." That is, the covenant community was called to be set apart from the sinful world by their obedience to the laws of a Holy God. In one of the declarations, God said that it is detestable for one to be involved in a homosexual relationship. Why would this be? It is because God has defined the sexual relationship to be between a man and a woman in a marriage covenant. As Ephesians 5 suggests, the husband and wife are to illustrate the ultimate spiritual, divine union between God and His bride, the Church. God has made man and woman biologically compatible to be able to experience sexual union for the procreation of Godly offspring (Malachi 2:15). Homosexuality treats with contempt the prescription that God has ordained for the marriage covenant. For this reason it is an abomination and should be rejected as a viable, relational alternative.