I have take great liberty in rewriting some of the today's reading from the book of Revelation. Below is a modified version followed by the original text. It sprung to my mind as truth. It is not the sole truth, it is not the all encompassing and only truth but it is truth.
The LGBTQ community has always been a vastly misunderstood, marginalized and vilified community. I don't believe it is much different that the Samaritans that fell outside the norms of those in power, the rule makers and those that pass judgment. Today the most vocal and vociferous judges of the LGBTQ community are not the Temple elite, they are people that claim to be Christians. They are the same 'Christians' who support and defend heinous actions and hate on many others fronts as well. The LGBTQ community to them are the most targeted because of their agenda. The gay agenda, the one where we live in loving acceptance of ourselves, love God, our fellow man ( no pun intended ), live peaceful, loving lives and try to bother no one. That gay agenda is apparently also the mark of a target.
God knows so differently and loves every one of her creations so this new version offers love and hope to the LGBTQ community.
Revelation 3:7-13
‘And to the guardian angel of all those who are gay, LGBTQ I write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key to the closet,
who opens the closet that no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the Christians of Satan who say that they are Christian and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you are, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to my gay people.
‘And to the guardian angel of all those who are gay, LGBTQ I write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key to the closet,
who opens the closet that no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key to the closet,
who opens the closet that no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the Christians of Satan who say that they are Christian and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you are, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to my gay people.
Revelation 3:7-13
‘And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
‘And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
These are the words of the holy one, the true one,
who has the key of David,
who opens and no one will shut,
who shuts and no one opens:
‘I know your works. Look, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not, but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you. Because you have kept my word of patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth. I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name. Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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