Seth Hedman

This is the first of a "Perspective of a Prophet" series in which I will be extensively studying and then speaking from,  the perspective of various Prophets . These words are not necessarily what I would say nor how would say them but from the perspective of the prophet. This installment is John the Baptist. Preaching of St. John the Baptist by  Domenico Ghirlandaio (1490) You wouldn't like me very much. Jesus called me the greatest man ever that ever lived... but you wouldn't like me very much. I prepared the way for the Messiah, that He may reconcile all people to God... but you wouldn't like me very much. You wouldn't like me because I told the truth and didn't pull any punches. Because I called people to "REPENT!" and "BEAR FRUIT!" before I told them that God loves them.  I'm sure you would have reminded me to "speak the truth in love" and "not be so serious all the time." You wouldn...

In order to fully understand sexuality today, in a culture drowning in lust and confusion, we have to go back to the very beginning, to Adam & Eve, and learn that human sexuality is not about fun, pleasure, love, or even procreation; it's about Jesus.  Can we really use Adam & Eve as that kind of universal principle? Adam & Eve in Worthy Paradise by Peter Paul Rubens (1615).  Genesis Principle Genesis 2:24 reads: " For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." This brief verse following the creation of the first humans is more than just a description of the first act of sex between Adam & Eve, but a principle and standard by which all future human sexuality and marriages should be judged and based on. The future tense of "shall" and the reference to father and mother, of which Adam & Eve had none, shows this is, in fact, talking about future sexual relat...