PROCLAMATION
“Then The
Lord rained upon Sodom and
upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from
The Lord out of heaven; And He overthrew those cities … and all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. But his wife looked
back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” Genesis 19:24-26
(KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. After dining with Abraham, the two
angels who had been with The Lord left and went to Sodom. (Genesis 18:22) When they arrived at Sodom, Lot was sitting
in the gateway of the city and he urged them to go to his house and tarry
there. (Genesis 19:1-2) Initially they
refused but eventually they agreed to go with him. He prepared a meal for them and they
ate. Before they went to bed, the men of
Sodom surrounded the house and called out to Lot to bring the two men out so
that they could have sex with them. (Genesis 19:3-5) Lot went outside to the men and offered them
his two virgin daughters but they refused them.
The two angels pulled Lot back into the house and caused all of the men
outside of the house to be blind. (Genesis 19:6-11) The two angels told Lot that they were going
to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
(Genesis 19:12) Lot was told to
take his wife and two daughters and get out of the city and go to the mountains.
(Genesis 19:15) They were told by one of the angels of The Lord to: “Flee
for you lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain!”
(Genesis 19:17) When they reached safety in the city of Zoar,
the destruction of the cities began. The Lord God
rained down fire and brimstone upon Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot’s wife turned and looked back,
and as she looked back she was changed into a pillar of salt. (Genesis
19:23-26)
APPLICATION
There has
been much speculation as to why Lot’s
wife looked back. Regardless of the
reason why she did it, she disobeyed the angel of The Lord and was punished
immediately. Once we are saved, we are not to go back to our old sinful
ways, or wish for them, or look back longing for them. Jesus, The Christ,
said that no one who takes up the work of God and looks back longingly is
worthy of the kingdom of God.
(Luke 9:62) We are to learn from past
mistakes and do better, and not long to return to our past life. We
should not value our past so much so that we ruin our future.
No comments:
Post a Comment