‣ For why should you die…”  —Ezekiel 33:11, “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the LORD, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. So they ate and drank and spent the night there. —Ezekiel 33:11, The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 13:33). Abraham pleads for the lives of any righteous people living there, especially the lives of his nephew, Lot, and his family. Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. He is perfect in righteousness and can never do anything wrong. Genesis 18:20-21 states, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they … Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the Lord. These men reject Jesus claim to be God and accuse Him of blasphemy. It says nothing about loving gay relationships, and actually condemns the sort of violence sometimes done to gays and lesbians. Then he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”  —Genesis 18:32. It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. Following this line of deduction—if both the Messiah (in Psalms 97:9) and Jesus (in the Book of Philippians) are called God (there is only one) and both are exalted above all other gods, then they are logically one and the same. In Genesis 18, the Lord shared His plans to destroy these cities due to their sins: "Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave" ( Genesis 18:20 ). The fullest accounting of the "sin" of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Old Testament is in the book of Ezekiel: "This was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy" … ‣ For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Suppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it? This story is made increasingly important by the presence of Jesus Himself as the one who is bringing this judgement by His two angels. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. So he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate. Notice that the angels declare that the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is a punishment from God for their sin of sodomy. [2] Whatever the Father is, Jesus is. ~Genesis 19:24-25. ‣ And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? — Luke 10:12 NLT. But David remained at Jerusalem. We have not seen or heard from Jesus during the time that the angels are in the cities to gather Lot and his daughters. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” If there was any doubt about what Jesus is really saying, the statement “before Abraham was, I AM,” makes Jesus statement absolutely clear. 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. If the three men left Abraham, why did only “two messengers” (shene hammal’akim 19:1) arrive in Sodom? The angels were cast into hell for their sin. OpenBible.info ‣ Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. But it was also a land that was extremely wicked. —2 Peter 3:9. Jude 7 says, “Even Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner; giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh. Because of Jesus’ faithfulness and great sacrifice, His name has been exalted above all other names on earth and in heaven (Philippians 2:6-7). Sunday, June 30, 2019 [Jesus, to the seventy-two disciples, referring to any town that rejects the disciples and his message:] "I assure you, even wicked Sodom will be better off than such a town on judgment day." God had … But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. Yes the LORD does have a right to destroy these two cities for their unrepentant sin, but would the justice of a righteous and Holy God, also destroy those who are not guilty of these sins and believe in God? We see further evidence of this fact in John chapter 10, where Jesus tells the leaders of Israel that He and the Father are one and the same. The purpose of all of God’s laws are to preserve and protect our lives and make it possible for each one of to experience a full and abundance during our time here on earth. Although critics of the Bible constantly highlight moments in the history of man when God brought judgement, there are far more examples of His grace and mercy and constant provision and care for all people. To ensure that not one person would be lost, Jesus came into the world as was born as a human being. Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. R Abraham quickly asks his wife, Sarah, to make a meal for the Lord and two angels who are accompanying him. Jesus informs these leaders of Israel that He has the authority to judge all sins because He is God, who is the author of every law. If, however, there are at least ten who are righteous, then those ten should be spared from God’s judgment. Jude states that it was Jesus who went to Sodom and Gomorrah with the two angels. When we examine the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 17, we see that the LORD appeared to Abram when he was ninety-nine years old. In the Genesis account, God reveals to Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah are to be destroyed for their grave sins (18:20). Three men come to Abraham in the plains of Mamre. Jesus references Sodom and Gomorrah in the Gospels, with great sadness, when he said that Chorazin and Bethsiada, would go the same way as Sodom and Gomorrah and cease to exist. The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath—, The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Then Jesus gives these men permission to stone the woman, if they themselves are also without sin. ... To keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. Nevertheless I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom … The Lord informed Abraham that "the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous" ( Genesis 18:20 ). ~2 Peter 2:6-8. — Luke 10:12. (Now she had been purifying herself from her uncleanness.) It seems reasonably clear that the two messengers who visited Lot are two of the “three men” who visited Abraham, especially in light of the fact that in chapter 19 the “messengers” are subsequently referred to simply as “the men” (ha’anashim). They were haughty and did detestable things before me. In the name I AM, God is stating that He has no beginning and no end; He simply exists and always has existed. Our sense of justice in punishing evil, provokes us to vengeance; while God waits for the guilty, giving as much time as possible for the hard and obstinate hearts of people to change. Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible was defined by one word…wicked. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. He is coming with two angels who will destroy Sodom and Gomorrah in a short time. Key Thought. It is a grave error to believe that God will not judge the sins of same-sex couples, nor to believe that He accepts those who are in these relationships because they love each other. … In reality, God is always far more patient with us than we would ever be with anyone, ourselves. Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ” Exodus 3:13-14, I AM is the name that Jesus called Himself by when He spoke to the Pharisees, describing His existence before Abraham: “Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.” ~John 8:56-59, This means that in the book of Exodus, it was Jesus who is the voice from the burning bush which spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. The story of Lot and his wife is found in Genesis 19. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations; I also will choose harsh treatment for them and bring their fears upon them, because when I called, no one answered, when I spoke, they did not listen; but they did what was evil in my eyes and chose that in which I did not delight.”, Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”. We must remember Abraham’s insistence that God would not destroy the righteous with the wicked. Labs It has never been the desire of God that any of us should perish. All sins must be repented from in order to find salvation. —Genesis 19:1-7. You’re in a conversation about the Bible and homosexuality, and someone says to you, “God didn’t punish Sodom and Gomorrah for homosexuality. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?” So David sent messengers and took her, and she came to him, and he lay with her. 'Worse than Sodom?' Now all these things (from the O/T) happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come…  —1 Corinthians 10:11. Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Abraham is worried that his nephew will be destroyed along with all the evil people who reside in Sodom and Gomorrah. There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment. Abraham’s insistence to the LORD was clear; If the men of Sodom and Gomorrah are wicked, then judgment should come. And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” And Jesus said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. This conversation continues with Jesus statement that Abraham had seen Jesus day and he was glad. The Bible itself is a veritable galaxy of fan theories from different prophets on what exactly the heck God was trying to say by blowing up Sodom in such a dramatic fashion. As a result, the LORD spared their city and not one person perished. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. Jude confirms that it was Jesus who brought judgment to the rebellious Hebrews in Exodus, the angels who disobeyed God, and the men of Sodom and Gomorrah who were “filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion.”, So I want to remind you, though you already know these things, that Jesus first rescued the nation of Israel from Egypt, but later he destroyed those who did not remain faithful. Understanding this, that the law is not laid down for the just but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who strike their fathers and mothers, for murderers. As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. The Bible describes God as everlasting. Later, Peter in his second epistle, described this event amongst others that were a part of God’s judgement for sin. Although Sodom and Gomorrah would not repent so that the LORD could withhold His judgment, in the next chapter; we see that the citizens of Nineveh heard the Lord, responded, and turned from their sins. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. ‣ The Bible is very clear. “To many anti-gay Christians, I’m nothing more than a “sodomite” who is damned for all eternity…To me, it is clear that the real sin of Sodom is radical inhospitality, or turning one’s back upon the strangers and the neediest in our midst. Sodom (hebräisch סדום) und Gomorra (hebräisch עמורה; andere Schreibweisen: Gomorrha, englisch Gomorrah) sind zwei in der Bibel genannte Städte, die den Mittelpunkt einer Erzählung bilden. In the New Testament, we see a stunning conversation between Jesus and the leaders of Israel. Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. With Sodom and Gomorrah, we have internal commentary on the story elsewhere in scripture. ... Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. Jesus now continues on His journey with the two angels, to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And he left there and went to the region of Judea and … ‣ (In fact, gang rape is precisely what happens to the unnamed concubine in Judges 19, which is the parallel story to Sodom and Gomorrah in the Hebrew Bible. The quotation from Luke 10:12 records the same event but from Luke's Gospel. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. Jesus, in pre-incarnate form as a man, appears to Abraham to inform Him that He is going to have a son, who will bring Jesus the Messiah into the world. And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. One of the chief difficulties that are found in the text of the Old Testament today is the portions of scripture which describe the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. Rather than welcoming traveling sojourners into their homes and feeding them, the men of Sodom wanted to gang rape them and exert their power over them. ‣ We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. )”  — By Rev. Those who are in a relationship with God whereby they have repented of their sins and have believed upon Jesus as their Savior; are considered the “righteous.” We are made righteous by Jesus death for our sins, not by our own righteousness. She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. I —Exodus 3:1-2, Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?” And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”  —Exodus 3:13-14, The words I AM are the eternal name for God, as established by the Old Testament. But what happened to the other “man”? Same-sex sin is no different from any other sin. You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. An excellent wife who can find? And he journeyed on from the Negeb as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, to the place where he had made an altar at the first. —John 8:56-59. And the Lord appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. After Jesus rose from the dead, He was restored to His former place of honor as God, and took again, all of the rights as God. They instruct Lot to gather his family and leave the city immediately. I am the Lord your God. What Jesus Said About Same-Sex Relationships. Jesus took the form of a servant, and completed the sacrifice required for all of man’s sin. I AM… whatever you need in your life… I will become… whatever you need in your life…. The following is an excerpt from The MacArthur New Testament Commentary on Matthew 11. Say to them: “As I live,” says the Lord GOD, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. All those who inhabit His kingdom will bow their knees in submission to Jesus’ authority—if not willingly, by force (Philippians 2:10-11). The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is one of the favorite passages of persons who oppose same-sex behavior. As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, declares the Lord, so no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn in her. Everyone knows the adage certainly Sodom Gomorrah, when talking about something very shameful. Jesus is appearing to Abram and Sarai to tell them that in their old age, they will have a son who will be the beginning of a long line of descendants that will lead to the promised Messiah. For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)—then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment. ... And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence. There is no suggestion that the greatest and most famous Jew of all time who was the inspiration for Christianity, equated the story of Sodom and Gomorrah with homosexuality rather than with … NOTES: For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD (Jesus) has sent us to destroy it.”  —Genesis 19:13. Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). There is great concern that the LORD is going to these two cities because of the great sin that has been taking place, and destroy all those who live there. [2] “I and the Father” preserves the separate individuality of the two Persons in the Godhead; the neuter pronoun “one” (hen) asserts unity of nature or equality. P Lot made that move, because as is seen earlier in Genesis, he did not trust God to keep him safe and secure. [1] From the Expositors Bible Commentary: “One question remains, however. It was Jesus, the Lord-Yahweh, who brought down fire from heaven and destroyed all the men of these two cities for their immorality and sexula perversion. “Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it” (Luke 17:32–33). Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. O F And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa. This is Jesus, before He came to earth and took the permanent body of a man as the Messiah, appearing to Abraham. 7 But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him. Jesus uses the Greek neuter pronoun “hen,” signifying a unity of nature or equality. ~Jude 1:5-7. God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of homosexuality.” Graham concluded his post by quoting Romans 1:24-27. N And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave. Let's start with Ezekiel 16:49 , which reads, in full: "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy." What took place in Sodom and Gomorrah, like all of the stories from the Old Testament, are preserved for us so that we might learn. So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.” And Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God. Sodom and Gomorrah; turned into ashes for the purpose of making an example of what God will do to those who live their lives, unrepentant, in a same-sex relationships; described by Peter as: “filthy conduct” (V.7). H Ezekiel 16:49-50 says, “They were prideful, abundance of idleness; they were selfish and did not help … Turn, turn from your evil ways! If there was any doubt about whether same-sex relationships are approved by God, what happens here is a clear revelation regarding this issue. God agrees to spare the cities if 10 righteous people can be found (18:23–32). When we actually do our own investigation we find just the opposite. Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Luke 17:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. ‣ When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Numbers 14:18. They believed that Jesus was just a man, while He claimed to be God. Jesus acknowledges the Law of Moses that both the man and woman are guilty and could be put to death by stoning. Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.” Then the Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You have a demon! So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Although this man has gained a Ph.D in Theology and ancient biblical languages, he does not know that it was Jesus who came to Sodom to destroy the city for their sexual perversion. He left us an example so that no one would ever be confused about this issue. Jesus is the one who is the primary character that is bringing this judgement and destruction to these two cities. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. God has spoke to us and established what His law is concerning what we may do with our body and what we shall not do. In response to this realization, Abraham begins to question the Lord regarding what will happen when He arrives at Sodom and Gomorrah. When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. Our investigation begins with Jesus in the New Testament where He validates His past appearances in the Old Testament, during the days of Abraham. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Sodom and Gomorrah are sometimes used to symbolize some of man's worst sins and God's righteous judgment of such perverse behavior. The great I AM, is who Jesus is claiming to be, there is no mistake. Finally, Jesus tells these leaders of Israel that any person who keeps His word, will never see eternal death. ‣ And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. ‣ She is far more precious than jewels. The story of the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah is told in Genesis 18–19. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. In the Hebrew language, I AM is Ehyeh asher ehyeh. “Remember Lot’s wife!” He said. And on the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and he prepared to go, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, “Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread, and after that you may go.” ... For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter; Then the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. God is firm in establishing a set-time to punish evil, unrighteousness, and rebellion against His laws. This is a truly incredible text from the Old Testament. It was the LORD Jesus who went with the two angels to see Abraham in Genesis 18. – Genesis 13:13 In the following comment we see just how complex this issue has become as Homosexual men gain degrees in Theology and then set out to reinterpret the text of the Hebrew scriptures for their own agenda: to validate  the sexual relationships of same-sex men and women. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Jesus was not simply stating that He was one with the Father, in the way that we are seeking to be one with the Lord; in unity. No portion of the text or images on this site may be copied, printed, or stored in a retrieval system without the written permission of the author, Robert Clifton Robinson, Follow Robert Clifton Robinson on WordPress.com. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Jesus finishes His conversation with these men by informing them that before Abraham existed, Jesus was alive. And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes who were in the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah. Publisher: OpenBible.info. While He is teaching there, the scribes and the Pharisees brought Him a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. —Genesis 19:24-25. Jesus was so angry with the Pharisees that he was using this illustration of extreme sin from the Sodom and Gomorrah story to tell them they were worse than them. 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