Plenary (2) : Homosexuality: Texts & Hermeneutics
We
want to win people to Christ not to beat/fight people to Christ
Hermeneutics
a) Traditional View of Sexuality
b) Revisionist View of Sexuality
For example: my son is homosexual and myself is also homosexual. What’s
wrong with that?
If
God’s word is Truth, all other truths will agree with it including reason &
science
Experience
helps us to understand God’s words, not to overturn God’s words
Texts
a) Genesis 19 - Sodom
·
Revisionist View
o
Sin of gang rape
o
Sin of inhospitality
Ezek 16:49 “arrogant, overfed, and unconcerned”; Matt 10:
14-15
“To know” means “to get acquainted” not “to have sex” Gen
19: 5
·
Traditional View
o
Gang rape and homosexuality
o
Inhospitality and homosexuality
Ezek 16:50 “They were haughty and did an abomination before
me.”; from Lev 18: 22; 20: 13
Yada’ is
translated “to know sexually” – context: Lot’s daughters didn’t “know a man”
For example: Adam “to know Eve”. The context points to pregnant and
gave birth.
Gen
19 – The main purpose is not to prove homosexuality is sin. Sodom was already
condemned before Gen 19. We cannot say that Sodom was destroyed because of just
gay sex but because Sodom was guilty of many sins.
b) Leviticus 18: 22; 20:13
·
Revisionist View
o
Only refers to pagan temple male prostitutes
§
Gay sex in temple is no ok. Gay sex is ok
§
Abomination = impurity (eagles, lobsters), uncleanness
o
Holiness Code doesn’t apply to us
§
Sex with menstruating woman (18:18; 20:18), mate
diff animals (19:19), mixing seed/fabric (19:19), cutting side burns (19:27),
tattoos (19:28)
·
Traditional View
o
Pagan temple male prostitutes
§
Inconsistent with context of Lev 18-20
“As long as you love
one another, it is okay. As if love is the standard. So sacrifice children and
adultery is okay, as long as you love one another!”
o
To’evah
refers to immorality
§
Different word used (sheqetz) eagle, lobster
o
Bad analogies – severity of penalty
Mixing seeds
|
Crops not good
|
Mixing fabrics
|
Thrown off your garment
|
Eat lobster
|
Unclean till evening
|
Gay sex
|
Death!
|
Lev 18:20 – “it” is abomination. Our sin, the
behavior. Love us but hate our sin.
c) David and Jonathan
·
Revisionist View
o
David and Jonathan were lovers
§
“love…more wonderful than that of women” 2 Sam
1:26
§
“Jonathan became one in spirit with David” 1 Sam
18:1
§
“Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and
gave it to David” 1 Sam 18:4
§
“They kissed each other and wept together” 1 Sam
20:41
·
Traditional View
o
The love of two men doesn’t have to be sexual
(God’s love is most wonderful. Does this mean it’s sexual?)
o
One in spirit/soul, not flesh (1 Sam 18:1)
o
Never mentioned they had sex
o
David issue was women not men & David and
Jonathan had wives
d) Slavery
·
Revisionist View
o
Bible condones slavery is wrong. Bible’s wrong
on homosexuality as well.
·
Traditional View
o
Never condoned modern slavery
o
Modern slavery NOT = Ancient slavery
o
Bible is critical of slavery trade (Exod. 21:16)
e) Jesus’ Testimony
·
Revisionist View
o
Jesus was silent about homosexuality
·
Traditional View
o
Silent about bestiality, incest, etc.
o
Homosexuality universally condemned (Jesus
would’ve corrected this universal misunderstanding, like Sabbath)
o
Reaffirm biblical sexuality (Mark 10:6-9)
o
High view of sexual purity, lust=adultery
f) Romans 1: 26-27
·
Revisionist View (“unnatural” para fusin)
o
Acting opposite to one’s orientation
·
Traditional View
o
Rom 1: 18-32 similar to Genesis 1-3
o
Male (arsen)
and female (thelys)
o
Plato, Philo and Josepus
g) 1 Cor 6:9-10, 1 Tim 1:9-10
·
Revisionist View
o
Arsenokoitai
= pedophilia
·
Traditional View
o
Arsenokoitai
is from Lev 20:13, Male (arsen) +
bed (koite)
o
Pedophilia = paiderastes
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified,
but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit
of our God (1 Corinthians 6:11)
Source: Dignity Redeemed 尊严得赎金研习会by Dr CY, 13 & 14 March
2015
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