Dutch military joins “Gay Pride” parade for first time.

Three weeks ago, “A balloon-festooned barge bearing the standards of the service branches sponsored by the Defense Ministry sailed among about 80 other floats, with music blaring from most of them and dancers dressed in flamboyant costumes—or very little….”   The parade in Amsterdam “capped a weeklong festival of around 300 parties and events.  It included the popular ‘Drag Queen Olympics’….”

One spokesman for the Dutch army’s Foundation for Homosexuals in the Armed Forces, commented enthusiastically, “This shows everyone that the climate is changing.”  A former U.S. Army lieutenant and parade spectator, discharged for violating the U.S.’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, commented, “It’s so amazing to be here.  This country got it right… The Dutch have been the leaders, and Americans look up to that” (Associated Press, August 6, 2011).

Thousands of years ago, God prophesied about the Israelite-descended nations at the end of the age:  “But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart; they have revolted and departed.  They do not say in their heart, ‘Let us now fear the Lord our God…’ Your iniquities have turned these things away and your sins have withheld good from you” (Jeremiah 5:23-25).

Today, so much of society “refuses to be ashamed” of behaviors that God clearly states are wrong (Jeremiah 3:3).  They have forgotten God for “days without number” (Jeremiah 2:32).

One day soon, Jesus Christ—the Savior—will return and “right” this sinful and suffering world.  Confusion over right and wrong will cease, and people everywhere will seek God and learn His ways saying, “let us go up to the mountain of the Lord…” (Isaiah 2:2-4)!