They Even Had Male Shrine Prostitutes

 God is pretty clear throughout scripture that the ideal plan is for 1 man to cherish and be devoted to 1 woman.  When the “two shall become one” is a reference to sexual intercourse.  So the only allowable outlet, according to God, for sexual intercourse is in the marriage of one man and one woman. 

When the Bible goes on to describe perversion and sin, there are a few times when the authors don’t just report the sin but seem to be particularly repulsed by the idea of what they are reporting.

Today my daily Bible reading took me to 1 Kings where the author is reporting on the good and bad kings that were found in Judah following King Solomon.  At the same time he is reporting on all the bad kings in Israel, the Northern Kingdom.  There were none that were ever seeking God.  Perversion and worshipping demons filled the land constantly.  Then in chapter 14 we read this verse;  

24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

It’s as if the the writer was so appalled he says with a wrinkled nose, “it was so perverse that there were even men going to the pagan temple and having sex with other men! Ewww!”

We find a similar passage in Romans1

26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones.

Again, it’s as if the writer says, “It was so bad that even the woman were doing crazy things that are too gross to list!”

Judgment for a nation happens when the cup of sin is full.  Perversion is a big sign of how close the cup is to overflowing.  Now look at what is happening in America.  Think we are close?