The Bible, Luke 17
22 Then he said to the disciples, “The time will come when you will wish you could see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. 23 There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, over there!’ or, ‘Look, over here!’ But don't go out looking for it. 24 As the lightning flashes across the sky and lights it up from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. 25 But first he must suffer much and be rejected by the people of this day. 26 As it was in the time of Noah so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 Everybody kept on eating and drinking, and men and women married, up to the very day Noah went into the boat and the flood came and killed them all. 28 It will be as it was in the time of Lot. Everybody kept on eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 On the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and killed them all. 30 That is how it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
The Bible, Luke 17, foretells end times will be like the Days of Noah [Luke 17 27], and the Days of Lot [Luke 17 28]. Comparing the two examples, notice that in the Days of Noah: men and women married; while in the Days of Lot there is no mention of marriage.
Our world today is a mixture of heterosexual and homosexual relationships:
Heterosexual relationships
World religions traditionally encourage and endorse marriage of a man with a woman, and this union has been recognised globally, across the millennia.
In the recent history, heterosexual relationships without the bond of marriage have become popular and commonly accepted in many a secular countries. In fact, it’s even a recognised category in some countries, such as the term ‘common-law’ partner indicates.
Homosexual relationships
The Torah, The Bible, and The Quran warn against homosexual relationships, citing the example of the people of Lot who were destroyed through Divine Punishment for their crime.
In today’s world, persons who prefer such sexual orientations, represented by LGBTQ+, and similar acronyms, are increasingly finding acceptance among the secular-minded people. It’s being promoted as a ‘human right’ and has been granted ‘constitutional rights’ in secular democracies. This change during this past half-century or so, has encouraged these people to not only live together more openly, but Gay Pride parades are held annually, in major cities, around the world, to commemorate it. [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_parade]
Russia is an exception. After a few annual demonstrations, it has not only refused to allow the holding of Pride Parades, but has also placed a hundred-year ban.
Recently, Russia has invaded Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church leader is reported to have said:
But Patriarch Kirill said the war is about “which side of God humanity will be on” in the divide between supporters of gay pride events — or the Western governments that allow them — and their opponents in Russian-backed eastern Ukraine.
In Pakistan, homosexuality is a punishable crime.
However, on June 26, 2011, the US Embassy hosted the first Pride Celebration in the country. When the masses learnt about this ‘private’ event, there were demonstrations opposing it. The PPP was in power then.
The year 2018 brought in many changes in favour of the ‘transgender’ community, and culminated in the Trans Pride Parade in Lahore in December 29, 2018. The government changed hands during the year 2018, from PML-N to PTI.
Transgender bill 2018 https://na.gov.pk/uploads/documents/1526547582_234.pdf
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Last updated on: June 18, 2022
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