Contrary to the vain philosophy of this fallen world, the essence of love hates what is evil; just as it is hateful to be “tolerant” of what is wicked… Followers of Yeshua must love the truth and abhor the lie. Tolerating (or indulging) sin in a world ripe for judgment is a tacit form of “collaboration” with the enemy… Indeed, the only thing regarded as intolerable in the devil’s world is the objection that people have a supposed “liberty” to sin. But the LORD is clear on this point: those who call evil good and good evil are subject to divine wrath and judgment.
Therefore we are enjoined: “O you who love the LORD, hate evil” (Psalm 97:10). Yes, hate what is evil (most especially the evil within your own heart) and love what is good (Amos 5:15). As King David said, “Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies” (Psalm 139:21-22). The connection between loving God and hating evil is repeated in the New Testament: “Let your love be genuine (ἀνυπόκριτος, without a “mask” put on): abhor what is evil; cling to what is good (Rom. 12:9). If we truly love the LORD, let us walk in the awe of His great Name by hating what is evil – both the sin lurking within our own breast and the evil and injustice we see in the culture of our day.
Every day we make decisions regarding good and evil, and therefore every day we are deciding (i.e., proclaiming, teaching, attesting) what we love and what we hate. Choosing not to chose is itself a choice…. The issue is not whether we love or whether we hate, but what we love and what we hate.
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The Scriptures do not mince words with this issue. “There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers” (Prov. 6:16-19). “I hate and abhor lying, but I love Your law” (Psalm 119:163). “Take no part in the works of darkness, but instead expose them” (Eph. 5:11). The cross of Messiah is meaningless if God does not really hate sin, violence, and evil… The heart cry of the tzaddik adjures: “O you who love the LORD, hate evil” (Psalm 97:10).
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Flee from the Wrath to Come…
Any culture that glorifies violence, despises moral authority and spiritual truth, and that tolerates injustice is under divine judgment. Indeed, throughout the Scriptures “Sodom” symbolically represents gross immorality, depravity, and therefore ineluctable self-destruction. For example, the prophet Ezekiel later wrote of Judah: “Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. Thus they were haughty and committed abomination (תּוֹעֵבָה) before me; therefore I removed them when I saw it” (Ezek. 16:49-50). The New Testament refers to the fate of Sodom as “a fearful example of the everlasting fire of retribution” (Jude 1:7) — the destructive result of spiritual anarchy, lawlessness, sexual perversion, and trauma (2 Pet. 2:6-10). Thankfully there is real hope for those who seek to escape from the wrath to come by turning to God and trusting in his healing power of salvation, though it is only a “remnant” that find true deliverance (Matt. 7:14). Speaking of the final salvation of Israel, the Apostle Paul quotes Isaiah: “If the LORD of Hosts hadn’t left us a few survivors, we’d be as desolate as Sodom, doomed just like Gomorrah” (Isa 1:9; Rom. 9:29). Flee from the wrath to come; find your refuge in Yeshua the LORD!
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