A June 29, 2015 Facebook post by Rev. Franklin Graham.
Posted on 06/29/2015 6:39:45 PM PDT by markomalley
Commenting on the White House being illuminated on Friday with gay-rainbow lights to celebrate homosexual marriage, Rev. Franklin Graham said it was "outrageous" and a "slap in the face" to millions of Americans who support real marriage, and added that because God gave the rainbow sign to Noah following the flood, it is an image forever "associated with His judgment" and a sign of "God's judgment to come."
Franklin Graham, son of world-renowned pastor Billy Graham, further said that "one day God is going to judge sin -- all sin" and "only those who are found righteous will be able to escape His judgment."
"The President had the White House lit up in rainbow colors to celebrate the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage," said Rev. Graham in a June 29 post on Facebook [1]. "This is outrageous—a real slap in the face to the millions of Americans who do not support same-sex marriage and whose voice is being ignored."
A June 29, 2015 Facebook post by Rev. Franklin Graham.
"God is the one who gave the rainbow, and it was associated with His judgment," said Rev. Graham. "God sent a flood to wipe out the entire world because mankind had become so wicked and violent. One man, Noah, was found righteous and escaped God’s judgment with his family. The rainbow was a sign to Noah that God would not use the flood again to judge the world."
"But one day God is going to judge sin -- all sin," said Rev. Graham. "Only those who are found righteous will be able to escape His judgment. That righteousness comes through faith, believing on the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ who took our sins and shed His blood on the cross for each and every one."
"So, when we see the gay pride rainbow splashed on business advertisements and many people’s Facebook pages, may it remind all of us of God’s judgment to come," he said. "Are you ready? Are your sins forgiven?"
The homosexual rainbow lights at the White House on June 26, the day the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that gay marriage is a right, was orchestrated by top Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, according to The Washington Post [2]. Obama, when told of the gay-lights plan, reported The Post, said, "It's a great idea, if you can get it to work."
In a statement, the White House said [3], "Tonight, the White House was lit to demonstrate our unwavering commitment to progress and equality, here in America and around the world. The pride colors reflect the diversity of the LGBT community, and tonight, these colors celebrate a new chapter in the history of American civil rights."
In the New Testament in the gospel of Luke, chapter 17, Jesus Christ tells His disciples [4] about what the world will be like when He returns. "First He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation," says Christ. "And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all."
Christ continues, "Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed."
Franklin Graham, 62, is president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and also runs the international Christian aid group Samaritan's Purse. He is married and has five children. Rev. Graham frequently preaches in evangelical Christian crusades in the United States and abroad.
Well Psalm 2 says how this kind of battle turns out in the end.
"Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all."
Amen.
I hadn’t seen your pic before. Thanks for sharing with me.
The fool hath said in his heart There is no God.
Yeah, they were blaming “homophobia” for the disease.
They married wives? Dear Jesus did You think they were going to be THIS normal? (OK, dear Lord please forgive me. But I am feeling so sardonic tonight... and anyhow this is about the past.)
And the blasted fool, “I AM GOD.”
Mr. Graham is speaking truth to power, borrowing a phrase from the commies.
Zero is making the big move out of the closet to no one’s surprise.
When it happens it will be funny to hear how they try and blame natural causes.
I don't understand, please elucidate. How is Jesus' foretelling limited to the past?
I simply found it interesting that the passage with regards to this thread is about marriage, and the poster included the passage from Luke where Christ mentions marriage.
Might I suggest prunes?
Understanding (so-called) liberals...
GIVERNMENT is their Top GOD.. not that there isn’t others..
i.e. sex, porn, drugs of some kind, theft, bullying the weaker.. ETC..
AND.... they HATE people with one God..
see that was easy...
How much would a pillar of salt cost?
As someone else here said, the time for praying for healing may be past - nows the time to pray for His judgement.
In 1 Peter 5:13 Peter identifies Babylon as Rome as he wrote the book from Rome. many believe the Pope is the False Prophet found in Revelation serving the Antichrist. Rev 18:4 calls the believers to leave the RC church or receive her plagues. In 1 Timothy 4:1, the doctrines of demons includes forbidding to marry. 1 Timothy 2:5 says Jesus is our mediator, not Mary or any one of dozens of other dead saints. There are many other reasons the RC church is in error, but it must be found on their own. They believe more in the church than in Word of God. The church won’t save them, however. They even misuse the verse in Mathew to declare Peter the 1st pope. Historically, James is clearly the leader of the church after Jesus ascended. There is no pope, nuns, or cardinals anywhere in Scripture. They are trying to insist Jesus had no brothers even though Scripture makes it clear that He did and Mary died a virgin. They are trying too hard.
Clearly, the intent here is to set the scene as one where everything concerned with one’s daily life is humming along as per normal and then boom... the flood dropped. However, when reading the Bible, there is always the basic understanding and then there is the deeper one. Why the reference to marriage? if the intent is make it sound like it was business as usual when the flood hit, why make reference to an event that only happens once in a person’s lifetime? Why does the passage not say something along the lines of “They ate, they drank, they tended their herds, they taught their children, they cleaned their houses, they tilled the ground and harvested the crops…. etc. etc. etc."? Certainly “they ate, they drank” is a regular daily event but “married wives, they were given in marriage” seems somewhat out of place. Is this a clue that the issue of marriage will be a really big deal when the Son of Man returns? One thing for sure, God made no mistakes writing the Bible and He has a reason for everything.
That's because it's coming ... for all of us.
The time has come for all believers to get their hearts right with The Lord. Our time here appears to be getting shorter and shorter.
It’s also a sign of a covent.
Humans are breaking that covenent.
Wrong on practically everything. Rev 11:8 tells you what the “great city” of Rev 17:18 is, it’s the “city wherein their Lord was crucified”. That can only be Jerusalem.
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