How Yahweh deals with his creations (series 17)

Bible Texts (Concordant Version of the Old Testament and Concordant Literal New Testament with keywords Concordance (Genesis chapter 19: Main text)

               Hello my blog readers. I pray that this week blog bless you immensely.  Last week blog discusses how Yeshua and two Angels visited Abraham to deliver good news of child birth and their intention to visit the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Please, go back to series 16 for details of this blog. A lot of information is there for you to know.

            In this week, Yeshua left talking with Abraham (in chapter 18) while the rest two Angels went to the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. In chapter 19, Lot saw two strange men coming towards the city of Sodom and Gomorrah, not knowing that they were the Angels sent to destroy the city. Lot demonstrated habit of hospitality to these strangers by feeding them in his house that night. He beckoned on them not to go to the inner city because it was not safe. In the tone of his concern, the Angel stayed in his house. Little did Lot know that some of men in the city of Sodom had already known that Lot had two guests in his house as they went to Lot to let them sleep with these men! Let me paused a little bit on this.

            Can you see that sexual immorality had been occurring since a very long time? It has been said that sexual immoralities of people of Sodom and Gomorrah included sleeping with animals and worshiping of idols. All these filthy habits escalated to Yahweh who knew the appropriate time to judge these cities. These two Angels made the men who came to force their way into Lot's house to commit sexual immorality become blind. They were not satisfied by sleeping with Lot's two daughters but with the two (men) strangers! What an unpleasant thing to imagine. Imagine what Yahweh would have done to this world by now just as he did to Sodom and Gomorrah.

            Lot did not know the mission of these strange men until he was informed. He was told to take as many as he could from Sodom and Gomorrah. He was disdained by the men who pledged to marry his two daughters. Lot's wife was also from the city of Sodom. She probably learnt little or nothing from God whom Lot served. Lot was delaying to leave the city of Sodom because he had a lot of investments there. He was rushed out with his wife and two daughters. The Angels had no reason to look around the cities because they had found out who the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were.

            They told Lot and his family to leave and not to look back. Why? I believe this is one of ways people who were condemned to judgment had been treated. People should look away from criminals while they were being judged. This custom happens in some cities and some prison facilities too. People would be asked to face wall or look away whenever a prisoner/criminal is being judged or on his way to be judged. This is what Lot's wife did not understand. She looked back and became a pillar of salt. Her mind was still in Sodom even when her body had left the city. Remember that she learnt little or nothing from Lot (her husband) about who Yahweh is.

If nothing had made sense to you, I hope the following truth would do:

Ø Remember that Abraham requested Yeshua to stop the two Angels from destroying the city of Sodom and Gomorrah if they found 10 righteous people. According to the comments made above, there were only 3 of them!

Ø Out of three, one can only say one and only Lot demonstrated attitude of hospitality. He was the only one that appeared to be "okay", if you will.

Ø In short, Abraham's pleads did not hold water on this chapter. The Angels would have been right to destroy everyone, but Yahweh knew better. No one can decide for Yahweh. He does things according to his pleasure (Rev 4:11).

            You see, no one is righteous (Romans 3:10-11). Only Yahweh is. Our righteousness is like filthy rag (Isaiah 64:6). If you think Lot and his family were saved based on their righteousness think again. None of them was righteous but Yahweh showed them mercy!  Remember that Yahweh is sovereign. He can do whatever he likes. In this chapter, he decided to destroy the city of Sodom and Gomorrah because of their sins. He could have sent Lot to tell them about him, but probably Lot was not Abraham. He only limited his faith to himself. He was not sent to do so. Lot was Lot. He only received mercy of Yahweh despite who Lot was. Lot was only saved not because he was nice but because Yahweh had compassion on him.

            In conclusion, we should continue to depend on the mercy of Yahweh. Yahweh would always have mercy upon who he would (Romans 9:15). That is why we should always come to the throne of mercy to obtain his grace and mercy (Hebrews 4:16). Due to his mercy, we have not been consumed. His mercy is new every morning (Lamentations 3:22).

I hope you have learnt something through this week's blog.

 

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Until next week, shalom!