[1] And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in
the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them;
and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
[Where is the third angel, and how did Lot know they were not
ordinary men?]
[2] And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into
your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet,
and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said,
Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
[Lot called them "lords" and reffered to himself as their servent.
What indication did he have they were Holy?]
[3] And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto
him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and
did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
[If they were angels (heaven sent), they knew they wouldn’t be
staying in the streets that night. Why did they say they would?]
[4] But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men
of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all
the people from every quarter:
[5] And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the
men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us,
that we may know them.
[6] And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door
after him,
[7] And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
[Lot called them brethren (brothers). Why call them that if he
didn’t think of himself as being one of them?]
[8] Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known
man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to
them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for
therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
[9] And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one
fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will
we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore
upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
[Wait a minute, there were two men in Lot’s house. Where was
the second?]
[10] But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the
house to them, and shut to the door.
[Now there are two again.]
[11] And they smote the men that were at the door of the house
with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied
themselves to find the door.
[Let a search light (or laser) hit you in the face and you are blind.
Those people knew nothing of such things in those days.]
[12] And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in
the city, bring them out of this place:
[He asked for a head count as if he didn’t already know how many
there were.]
[13] For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is
waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent
us to destroy it.
[14] And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married
his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD
will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his
sons in law.
[15] And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot,
saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here;
lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
[16] And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and
upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters;
the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and
set him without the city.
[17] And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad,
that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay
thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
[18] And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
[19] Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou
hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving
my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me,
and I die:
[Lot didn’t have a lot of faith did he? If he had, he would have gone
into the mountains like he was told to do. If God had a hand in the
destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, he would have been able to
protect him in the mountains too.]
[20] Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one:
Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall
live.
[21] And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning
this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which
thou hast spoken.
[22] Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou
be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
[23] The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
[24] Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
[Who kills all the men, women, children, infants, newborns in Sodom
and Gomorrah by raining "fire and brimstone from the Lord out of
heaven"? Was it God, gods, or angels? There seems to be a
disagreement as to who it really was according to some whom have
studied ancient text.]
[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the
inhabitants of the cities, and that
[Sounds somewhat nuclear in nature or a giant meteorite. How hot
would a meteorite get crashing to earth. Too, they wouldn’t have
know what a nuclear blast was in those days.]
[26] But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a
pillar of salt.
[I’ve heard a story that to this day there is a spire of salt there.]
[27] And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where
he stood before the LORD:
[28] And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all
the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country
went up as the smoke of a furnace.
[Abraham didn’t turn to salt for looking toward Sodom and
Gomorrah, yet – Lot’s wife was. And we notice the description,
like the smoke of a furnace.]
[29] And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of
the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out
of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities
in the which Lot dwelt.
[30] And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain,
and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar:
and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
[He should have gone to the mountains in the first place.]
[31] And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old,
and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the
manner of all the earth:
[32] Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie
with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
[33] And they made their father drink wine that night: and the
firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not
when she lay down, nor when she arose.
[34] And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said
unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let
us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie
with him, that we may preserve seed of our Father.
[35] And they made their father drink wine that night also: and
the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when
she lay down, nor when she arose.
[36] Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their
father.
[It is hard to believe Lot didn’t know what was taking place –
even a little. We call this incest in our day and age.]
[37] And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab:
the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
[38] And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name
Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon
unto this day.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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