25 Genesis 19
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STORY : GENESIS 19:12 – 26
ot ’ s wife walks through her house in Sodom . She knows how wicked the people of Sodom are , and she and Lot have done their best to keep their family safe and protected . Even so , she has loved living here . A nice house , plenty to eat , servants to help , what ’ s not to like ? She begins to gather what she wants to take with her . Lot has been told they must leave . He says soon , but she has work to do before leaving .
At dawn the next day , two angels come and tell Lot , “ Now ! God is ready to destroy this city ! Don ’ t stop . Don ’ t look back . Run !” But Lot just stands there , unsure . Before he can say a word , the angels grab the hands of Lot , his wife and his daughters . They pull them out of the house and out of the town , running for safety .
Lightening and fire light up the sky , and they realize ruin is about to fall on Sodom . She can hear it , the terrible noise of destruction . Her city . Her home . Everything she owns and knows . She stops . Then , ignoring the command of the angels , she turns around for one last look .
The Bible says she instantly turns into a “ pillar of salt ” ( Genesis 19:26 ). Does that seem a little harsh ? One glance back ? But God is clear . Through his angel messengers he says , “ Run and don ’ t look back !” Her lesson is one for all people everywhere . When we turn to God , he asks us to trust him and him alone for our future . We may not turn into a pillar of salt , but looking forward to our future with God is always better than looking back at what was or might have been . He promises .
thing . 8 Look , I have two daugh ters who have never slept with a man . Let me bring them out to you , and you can do what you like with them . But don ’ t do any thing to these men , for they have come un der the pro tec tion of my roof .”
9 “ Get out of our way ,” they re plied . “ This fel low came here as a for eigner , and now he wants to play the judge ! We ’ ll treat you worse than them .” They kept bring ing pres sure on Lot and moved for ward to break down the door .
10 But the men in side reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door . 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house , young and old , with blind ness so that they could not find the door .
12 The two men said to Lot , “ Do you have any one else here — sonsinlaw , sons or daugh ters , or any one else in the city who be longs to you ? Get them out of here , 13 be cause we are go ing to de stroy this place . The out cry to the Lord against its peo ple is so great that he has sent us to de stroy it .”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sonsinlaw , who were pledged to marry a his daugh ters . He said , “ Hurry and get out of this place , be cause the Lord is about to de stroy the city !” But his sonsinlaw thought he was jok ing .
15 With the com ing of dawn , the an gels urged Lot , say ing , “ Hurry ! Take your wife and your two daugh ters who are
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