LOT'S WIFE

 *04/12/2022*

*THANKSGIVING SERVICE*

THEME:

*UNNAMED PEOPLE IN THE BIBLE*

TOPIC:

*LOT'S WIFE*

SUB-TOPIC:

*SILENCE OF LOT'S WIFE*

Text:

Genesis 19

Lot's fortunes had gone very well.

The gate of a city was the place where the town elders met.

Ruth 4:1

Lot had become so enmeshed in the life of the city that he had become a ruling elder.

Lot bowed himself, a term commonly used for the worship of God

Genesis 22:5; 24:26

But here it describes Lot's act of reverence to special guests, in contrast to God

Genesis 18:2

The angels appeared as men, and Lot greeted them as such.

Lot's generous offer of hospitality may have been motivated out of kindness toward them as well as his sense of the dangers his city might hold for them.

The men of Sodom were aggressive homosexuals, bent on raping innocent travelers. Under the circumstances, Lot showed great courage by inviting his guests to stay at his house under his protection.

The Hebrew verb for *know* is ordinarily used of normal sexual relations between a male and female.

Genesis 4:1

Here, it is used to describe the perversion of homosexual sex between men.

Romans 1:18-32

The term sodomite comes from this passage.

Lot's plight was severe; he had invited guests into his home for protection and was now in danger of seeing them abused by an unruly mob. Lot's desperation led him to risk the lives of his own two daughters to protect the lives of strangers from the mob. We can see why an outcry from the city had gone up to the Lord.

Genesis 18:20,21

The crazed crowd was now about to attack Lot, whom they resented as an outsider even though he had risen to a position of prominence in the city.

Those who were morally blind were now stricken with physical blindness by the angelic guests.

2 Kings 6:18

Only the confusion and panic of these wicked men spared Lot and his family from vicious assault.

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