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Did God create the HIV/AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) virus to infect the individual that participates in
homosexual acts? This is judgment of an individual for sinning. HIV is a retrovirus that primarily infects
components of the human immune system. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) in 1981 and its cause was identified in the early part of the decade. The most frequent mode

of transmission of HIV is through sexual contact with an infected person. In the United States, as of 2009, most
sexual transmission occurred in men who have sex with men, with this population accounting for 64% of all new

cases. HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic. As of 2010, approximately 34 million people have HIV worldwide. Of
these approximately 16.8 million are women and 3.4 million are less than 15 years old. It resulted in about
1.8 million deaths in 2010, down from 3.1 million in 2001. HIV significantly shortens the life expectancy of a
person who has been infected. Since its discovery, AIDS has caused nearly 30 million deaths. 184

What will God do to judge a nation that makes it lawful to do such immoral acts? God makes the statement “For
the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it.” 183 Since, we know God is righteous in His acts
then He must follow through with judgment. This nation has been around for approximately 240 years, since the
Declaration of Independence dated July 4, 1776. But there has been a gradual departure from the truths this
country was founded upon. This departure has taken five decades to fill the cup of iniquity.

We have seen over fifty plus years in which the Supreme Court of this nation has made it lawful to do what is
seen as an abomination by God. The Apostle Paul mentions this in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 “For the mystery of
lawlessness is already at work.” These laws started with taking God out of the schools to making it legal to kill
unborn human life. Abortion is said to be protecting a women’s rights. What about the protection of the
unspoken voice of a baby. All of these new laws are said to be for “equal protection” in the Amendments to the
Constitution. We are in the process of making domesticated sodomy legal by allowing same-sex marriage to
occur in this country. It is said to be the rights of an individual to pursue happiness and under the Constitution
“equal protection” under the law. Did the founding fathers of this country believe this nation should pursue Laws
of Immoral Relations? God’s Laws on these sexual issues are written down in the Bible and should be obeyed.

We need to understand the parallels between Sodom and Gomorrah and how they relate to the United States.
Let us take a look at the history behind Sodom before its destruction. In Genesis chapter 14, Sodom and
Gomorrah's political situation is described during the time biblical Lot was encamped around Sodom's territory.
Genesis 13:13 indicates that at that time, “the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD.”
Sodom was ruled by king Bera and Gomorrah was ruled by king Birsha. Nevertheless, their kingship was not
sovereign because all the Jordan river-plain was under Elamite rule for twelve years. The region of Elam was
ruled by king Chedorlaomer. In the thirteenth year Elam’s kingship, the five kings of the Jordan river-plain
aligned themselves to rebel against Elamite rule. These kings included those of Sodom and Gomorrah as well as
their neighbors. The three kings were Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the unnamed king of Bela
which later became Zoar. In response, Elam's king Chedorlaomer, gathered additional forces from Shinar, Ellasar
and Goyim to suppress this rebellion from the cities of the Jordan plain. It was a battle of four kings against five.
They waged war in the valley of Siddim in the fourteenth year. The battle was brutal with heavy losses in the

cities which finally resulted in their defeat.

Sodom and Gomorrah were spoiled of their goods and captives were taken including Lot. The tide of war turned
when Lot's uncle Abram gathered an elite force of only three hundred and eighteen men from his household and
slaughtered king Chedorlaomer's forces in Hobah and further north of Damascus. The success of his mission
freed the cities of the plain from under Elam's rule. It also freed Lot from his captivity. But, Abram refused to
take spoils and possessions from Sodom for fear they would say “I have made Abram rich” stated in Genesis 14:23.

184 "HIV in the United States: An Overview". Center for Disease Control and Prevention. March 2012.