Godlessness in the Last Days

*Second Timothy 3:

1-But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2-For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3-heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4-treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, 5-having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. 6-For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 7-always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 8-Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 9-But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.

Upon reading a news article this morning on Fox News about the LA Dodgers Team celebrating Pride Month this verse came to mind.  One person on the team, who is a Christian and supported Charlie Kirk, did not wear the pride hat.  But that is really not what caught my attention.  Scrolling down to the bottom of the article, they had to include a photo of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

There are plenty of articles out there both for and against this group, but I am not here to rehash all of that.  What I do want to say is that this group demonstrates several Biblical Concepts.

First, to all those preachers who tell a woman not to wear a little makeup, you need to look at these pictures, for this is what Jezebel did.  The point in *Second Kings 9:30 is to speak against the sexualization of the face; granted there can be a fine line between making yourself look a certain way, and attempting to draw attention in a sexual way.  The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence want to draw sexual attention in the very worst way; cross dressing with exaggerated painted faces that point to wanton and degraded sexual desires.  This goes beyond the makeup that is used, sometimes inappropriately, to look "nicer".  This makes a mockery of God's greatest creation, human beings, by presenting a "living idol" as preferred to what God has made in His image.

Secondly, they are mocking an order of women have have dedicated themselves to God and the service of their fellow man.  Where Roman Catholic Nuns have provided comfort, nursing, food, and general care for those who need it, in situations from war to famine, these miscreants only seek to server their own selfish desires.  There organization is not about truly helping others, but about drawing attention in the most craven ways.

In *Romans 1:18-26, Paul speaks of those that God has given over because of their unnatural desires.  If anyone fits this description it is these men.  Knowing what Nuns are, knowing the work they do, knowing their commitment to God, they choose to mock them and make caricatures of them that serve their evil ends.  There is such a thing as searing your conscience until you cannot hear from God, and they are very well at this point.

Like an exclamation point after the statements on these vile Sisters, another article was there detailing how the Presbyterian organization has an internal revolt because they are considering making it so that ordained clergy cannot be in polyamorous or polygamous relationships.

While many many read *First Timothy 3:2 as speaking of divorce, a careful reading of the scriptures and the languages shows that this is not what it speaks of. While divorce is frowned upon, and a pastor who leaves his wife for another woman and gets a divorce is in error and facing judgement, the fact that someone was divorced years ago, possibly before their conversion to Christ, has no bearing on their work after their salvation.  (This would be another whole article that I may do someday along with some other misconceptions)  People who committed fornication, adultery, rape, and homosexuality, even after they are saved, are forgiven and can take on church leadership positions, but someone divorced cannot?

No. This scripture speaks to exactly what the Presbyterian organization is doing. They ordain men and women, gay and straight, and have allowed the clergy to be married to multiple partners of any sex, or to have sexual relationships outside of their marriage as long as it is consensual with their spouse(s).  As shown in Paul's writing to Timothy (again in First Timothy 3:2 and other verses), and from history, we know that polyamory and polygamy were rampant in the Roman Empire, and will become a big part of the Revived Roman Empire during the Great Tribulation.  The Clergy going this way is a sign of the End Times.

Everything is being set up for the antichrist, the man of sin, the lawless one, to come in and allow all of these things worldwide to appease the masses; a "do what you want" system that restrains Christianity as "hate speech" and promotes spiritual lawlessness.

*Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.