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Chapter 42 - depravity reigns

Genesis Nineteen….(v.2-25) Depravity Reigns!

Verses 1:2-25….

One wonders why these messengers were reluctant to stay with Lot. Was his wife not co-operative? Or too busy? Or did they want to see how genuine Lot was with his invitation?

Verses 5-9 show how depraved the men of Sodom were….they didn't want the girls, only the men. The general atmosphere of Sodom was so evil and so pervasive, that it was no wonder that Lot's daughters did what they did later with their own father!

The visitors rescued Lot and protected the household by making the rioters blind, and then told Lot to go and warn the rest of his family to leave the city. Were these the "ten" that Abraham had pleaded to God for? Alas, Lot couldn't even get ten of his family to believe what God said! Lot's testimony was nil in Sodom…what a challenge to us!

Lot's weakness of character showed itself again and again….he "lingered" in verse 16, he was lazy ("I can't get as far as the mountain") and he liked his comforts ("Let me stay in this little city"). It is hard to imagine the sight, smell and sounds involved in the destruction of these two cities….the shaking of the earth, the flashes in the sky, the smell of sulphur and the noise that there would have been. Everything….people, animals, crops and buildings….all gone.

Lot was sitting in the gate, The day was gone and getting late

"Come home to stay" was what he said, As to his house the way he led.

"We cannot stay, we've come to warn, Judgment will come soon after dawn".

Lot was saved by angel's might, The cities gone by the next night.

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