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    Clobber Passages
    Clobber Passages
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    Clobber Passages

    By Brian Anthony Bowen

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    Debunking the myths, and bridging the gap between "traditional" and "pro gay" schools of theology concerning passages of Scripture commonly used to condemn LGBT people. This work illustrates the context of each "Clobber Passage" is set within the context of men who were married to women and engaged in adultery with other men, which has nothing to do with LGBT people who are neither married, nor engaged in adultery. Illustrates the Apostle Paul ordains Same Sex Marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, even as he expels a preacher for molesting boys in his congregation in 1 Corinthians 6.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Anthony Bowen
    Release dateJun 20, 2014
    ISBN9781310447778
    Clobber Passages
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    Brian Anthony Bowen

    Following his rededication of his life to the cause of Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit led Brian Anthony Bowen through an exhaustive study of God's Word which led to the discovery of hidden Biblical revelations regarding LGBT people, and the critical prophetic role we play in the Return of Jesus Christ. As a serious student of God's Word, Brother Brian shares detailed examinations of Scriptures most Christians are familiar with, as well as introduces us to Scriptures most have never heard of. It is Brother Brian's hope that these revelations will empower Church Shepherds and Congregants alike, as this message restores families that have been destroyed upon learning that a child or parent or spouse is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, as well as to restore the many Church bodies that have been sharply divided by traditional teachings on the subject of homosexuality over the centuries. More than another book about how the Church has been wrong, and what Scriptures LGBT people can feel free to disregard, this work bridges the gaps in both "pro gay" and "anti gay" schools of theology.

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      Clobber Passages - Brian Anthony Bowen

      CLOBBER PASSAGES

      Copyright 2014 Brian Anthony Bowen

      Published by Brian Anthony Bowen at Smashwords

      Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Amplified Bible

      Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation

      Used by permission

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your enjoyment only, then please return to Smashwords.com or your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Summary

      Bible Ordained Same Sex Marriage

      Frequently Asked Questions

      Chapter One: Leviticus

      Chapter Two: Romans

      Chapter Three: 1 Corinthians 6

      An Incestuous Relationship With The Church

      Paul’s Stinging Rebuke of Preachers

      Paul Ordains Marriage for ALL God’s Children

      Christian Same Sex Marriage Counseling

      Important Notice for The Church

      David and Jonathan

      About Brian Anthony Bowen

      Other books by Brian Anthony Bowen

      Connect with Brian Anthony Bowen

      Summary

      In each clobber passage, the context is men who are married to women engaged in adultery--these are not LGBT people.

      Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13

      Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 both include the phrase as with a woman indicating the men who are lying with each other are MARRIED to WOMEN. This is why the penalty for adultery with a man (Leviticus 20:13) is the same as the penalty for adultery with a women (Leviticus 20:10). But how we would apply these passages to a boy being molested by a priest? Or a heterosexual man who was raped by another heterosexual man in prison? Leviticus 20:13 says both men should be put to death, yet do we honestly believe God intended this to apply to innocent victims of rape or clergy sex abuse....or was it confined only to that which violates the 10 Commandments: You shall not commit adultery

      See full exposition in Chapter One: Leviticus

      Romans 1:26-27

      Romans 1:27 says the men turned from relations with women, but only men who HAD relations with women can turn from them. If they had relations with women, Paul considered them to be MARRIED (1 Corinthians 6:16). Romans 1:26 similarly says the women exchanged the natural use for an unnatural one or one against nature.  Again, only women who had natural use can exchange it for one that is against nature (sex with animals as worship to Romans gods).  So the men and women were MARRIED and engaged in ADULTERY in order to worship Roman mythological gods represented by birds, beasts and reptiles (Romans 1:23). We see similar worship practices in Acts 14:8-18 when Paul and Barnabas are mistaken for Zeus and Hermes. A Google search on symbols of Roman gods reveals that indeed each god and goddess was represented by either a bird, a beast, or a reptile.  

      Notice the difference in Paul’s language when describing the women’s acts in Romans 1:26 compared to the men’s acts in Romans 1:27.  Only the women’s acts are referred to as being against nature or unnatural (because sex with animals indeed is).  But Paul does not use that language when describing the men’ acts.  Conversely, Paul does not say the women burned in lust for one another, but uses that language only to describe the men’s acts.  This verifies the women were not having relations with each other, and the men’s acts are not considered by Paul to be against nature or unnatural These acts violate 2 of the 10 Commandments: You shall not commit adultery and You shall have no other gods before Me.  

      That is why Paul later says in Romans 1:26-32 that these folks were deserving of death under God’s righteous decrees, which God made in:

      Leviticus 20:2-5 regarding the penalty for worship of other gods

      Leviticus 20:15-16 regarding the penalty for copulating with animals

      Leviticus 20:10 and Leviticus 20:13 regarding the penalty for adultery, whether with a woman (Leviticus 20:10) or man (Leviticus 20:13)

      Leviticus 20:9 regarding the penalty for being disosbedient to parents

      Exodus 20:17 regarding covetousness

      Exodus 20:13 regarding murder

      Exodus 20:15-16 regarding stealing and lying

      Exodus 20:1-12 disregarding God

      Leviticus 19:18 regarding loving your neighbor.

      In each case, the sins listed in Romans 1:28-32 are violations of the Ten Commandments, yet being LGBT and Same Sex Marriage are not.

      See full exposition in Chapter Two: Romans 

      1 Corinthians 6:9-10

      1 Corinthians 6:9-10 addressed a priest who was molesting boys in his congregation. The context of the details are provided beginning in 1 Corinthians 5:1 as an impurity of a sort not even the heathen engage in it, for a man has his own father's wife. At first glance, this appears to be man/mother incest (which would be heterosexual), but that practice was so common among the heathen that Moses addressed it in Leviticus 18:7-8.  We know by this that Paul is speaking metaphorically regarding the man’s own father (Jesus) and His wife (His Bride, the Bride of Christ, the Church).  Paul confirms by asking Shall I take the parts of the body of Christ and make them parts of a prostitute in 1 Corinthians 6:15-17. 

      Further, we see from 1 Corinthians 5:13 that only 1 person is expelled from the Church for what 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 lists out, yet nobody can participate in homosexuality all by themselves.  

      While most Christians do not make all these observations, it is without question the context of the clobber passages have nothing to do with LGBT people or same sex marriage.

      See full exposition in Chapter Three: 1 Corinthians 6

      BORN THIS WAY

      On the other hand, Jesus taught LGBT people are born naturally from our mother's womb in Matthew 19:11-12, as he delineates 3 types of eunuchs:

      Celibates

      castrated men

      and BORN eunuchs.

      Jesus exempts all 3 types from hetero marriage.

      If Born Eunuchs are not celibate, nor castrated, nor entering into heterosexual marriage, that means BORN EUNUCHS must include LGBT people.

      BIBLE ORDAINED SAME SEX MARRIAGE

      After 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, the Apostle Paul goes on to ordain single gender marriage for these folks in 1 Corinthians 7:8-9 (as part of the very same letter). And Paul goes on to recognize same sex divorce in 1 Corinthians 7:15 as he indicates that sometimes when a man leaves a marriage, it is a man who remains. And then the Holy Spirit comes along in 1 Timothy 4:1-3 with a warning to Christians to not forbid people to marry, saying that those who do have fallen away from the faith, have been seduced by deluding spirits and doctrines that demons teach.

      FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

      Was Sodom destroyed because of homosexuality?

      NO!

      God's judgment had fallen upon Sodom long before the destruction account, or God would not have said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am going to do?

      Genesis 18:17

      In Jude 1:11, we see the men of Sodom ran in the way of Cain, who was a murderer, not a homosexual.

      The shriek of Sodom's sin cried up to God. The only other thing to cry up to God was Abel's blood after Cain killed him. Genesis 18:20 (Sodom), Genesis 4:10 (Abel)

      In Jude 1:6-7 and 2 Peter 2:4-7 we see the men of Sodom were fallen angels, not human men

      In Genesis 6 we see the men of Sodom were fallen angels who mated with human women, which is heterosexual in nature, not homosexual.

      The men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly great sinners against the Lord (not people).  Genesis13:13

      2 of the men of Sodom were engaged to Lot's daughters, were slated for rescue even though they had been part of the mob, thought Lot was joking even after having already been struck blind by the angels, and perished.  Genesis 19:13-14

      This led Lot's daughters to mate with their father because there was not a man left to lay with them in the customary way  Genesis 19:31-38

      This shows not only that the men of Sodom were not gay, but that Lot's daughters recognized them as customarily heterosexual, not homosexual.

      The fact Lot offered his daughters shows Lot also recognized the men of Sodom to be customarily heterosexual.  Genesis 19:7-8

      The Book of Jude relays the account of Enoch who prophesied about the men of Sodom.  The Book of Enoch is an ancient Jewish religious work, traditionally ascribed to Enoch, the great-grandfather of Noah. It is not part of the biblical canon as used by Jews, apart from Beta Israel. It is regarded as canonical by the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church, but no other Christian group.  An online search for the text of the Book of Enoch (beginning in Chapter 6) reveals

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