Same-sex marriage legalized in New Zealand!

It has been only a few months since the “Definition of Marriage Bill” was introduced in the New Zealand Parliament, yet it has raced through the parliamentary process with blistering speed.  The bill’s third reading, which passed emphatically with 77 votes to 44 on Wednesday evening, now means that men can legally marry men and women can marry women in New Zealand.

This news was generally received with joy across the nation, and parties were planned to celebrate the occasion (Yahoo News, April 17, 2013).  Although this decision was made by the parliament of New Zealand for New Zealanders, the impact of the new law will be felt more widely.  It has been reported that more than 1,000 Australian same-sex couples plan to fly to New Zealand in the coming months to “get hitched” (ibid.).  New Zealand now joins other nations such as Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Uruguay in legalizing same-sex marriage, with most of these nations being of Israelite descent. 

In one of the darkest days in New Zealand’s history, it is certainly high time to “sigh and cry” over the abominations being committed in Israel (Ezekiel 9:4, 9-10).  It is no wonder that the time of “Jacob’s trouble” is coming soon on disobedient Israelite-descended nations (Jeremiah 30:4-7) that embrace a perverted lifestyle which God describes as an “abomination” (Leviticus 18:22). 

For more information on what lies ahead, read our booklet, The United States and Great Britain in Prophecy.