![]() The Genesis text makes it plain that God was also grieved by their sexual violence and immorality, which is probably included in the Ezekiel list of sins under the words committed abomination.Ĭ. Instead, those were the sins of Sodom also shared by her later “sister” Jerusalem. The point of the Ezekiel passage was not to say that the only sins of Sodom that made them targets of judgment were the sins of pride, idleness, injustice to the poor, and such. And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me therefore I took them away as I saw fit (Ezekiel 16:49-50). Then, God compared the sins of Sodom to the sins of Jerusalem at that time: Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. He compared Jerusalem to the ancient city of Sodom, saying they were like sisters. In Ezekiel 16, God later condemned and rebuked the great sin of Judah in the latter days of the divided monarchy. The men of the city… both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house: This shows that the entire city was given over to this violence and immorality, and that this behavior wasn’t unusual, but accepted among the men of Sodom. They were willing to break all principles of hospitality and morality for their own violent and sexual gratification.ī. Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us: These citizens of Sodom clearly came to homosexually abuse and rape these two visitors. 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.”Ī. 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. (4-5) The wickedness and depravity of the men of Sodom. He insisted strongly so they turned in to him and entered his house: The hospitality Lot offered to the visitors was not unusual, but the urgency with which he offered it was. ![]() Lot himself was a righteous man who was grieved by the sin he saw around him (2 Peter 2:7-8), but because of his deep compromise few of his family and none of his friends were saved. The gate area of an ancient city was sort of a town-hall where the important men of the city judged disputes, conferred with one another, and supervised those who entered and left the city. Now, back at the infamous city, Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, indicating he was a civic leader. He went from looking toward Sodom (Genesis 13:10), to pitching his tent toward Sodom (Genesis 13:12), to living in Sodom (Genesis 14:12), and losing everything when Sodom was attacked. Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom: There was a steady progression of compromise in Lot’s life. ![]() We have no reason to believe that Lot knew that these were angels to him, they probably seemed to be distinguished guests with an air of righteousness and morality about them.ī. For the first time they are identified as angelic beings, who first accompanied the LORD as He visited Abraham at Mamre (Genesis 18:1-2). Now the two angels came to Sodom: The two visitors that departed from Abraham in Genesis 18:22 as he and the LORD continued their conversation now came to Sodom. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.Ī. 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.” But he insisted strongly so they turned in to him and entered his house. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him.
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