Genesis 19:1-14
1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.” 3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. 4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.”
6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.” 9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door. 12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.” 9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door. 12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
The messengers from God went from Abraham to Sodom at night to meet Lot, the nephew of Abraham, finding him in the gate where business and judgements were transacted. Lot immediately offered hospitality to them to come stay at his house and rest on their journey, assuming or hoping that they would leave sinful Sodom the next morning. The angels wanted to sleep in the open square of the city, but Lot pleaded with them not to for their safety, for he knew very well how perverse the people were there where he had chosen to live (Genesis 13:10-13). Lot’s choice of what looked like a pleasant and fertile valley harbored great sin and was nothing like what his eyes saw in the choice to live there, but he had come to know the error and so now warned these strangers; who knows if he did this with others as well? The men of the town and others came to Lot’s house to have him hand them over for perverse homosexual acts, but he refused, and even made the mistake of offering up his virgin daughters instead to satisfy their lust and not do anything more perverse. The sinful ones retaliated with accusations of Lot acting as a judge over their ungodly actions, much like those trying to justify sin do even today. When they tried to break the door down, the angels rescued Lot, shut the door, and took away the sight of the already blind ones. They then commanded Lot to gather his family and leave, since God’s promise to destroy the city due to less than ten righteous ones there was about to take place (Genesis 18:32). Judgement was falling, but deliverance was offered. But Lot’s sons-in-Law laughed at His pronounced judgement, just as sinners choosing darkness (John 3:19-20) have since the Fall. Even now there are many who seek the passing pleasures of sin and ignore Him offering salvation from the penalty and power of sin, but there are also those God seeks out to pull them from the destruction to come. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hand of the living God with scoffing and turning the back to His offer.
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