D Then the Lord said, The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Peter was referencing the text from Genesis 19 where Jesus, Yahweh, the Lord, destroyed the men N Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. They had seen him worship God with Melchizedek (Genesis 14:17-20) and refuse to financially benefit from Sodoms riches (Genesis 14:21-24). G Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him. If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near. I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door. This makes the Lord turn Lots wife into a pillar of salt. Had there been even ten righteous people in the city, God would have spared it (Genesis 18:32). So they ate and drank and spent the night there. In the Genesis account, God reveals to Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah are to be destroyed for their grave sins (18:20). Abraham pleads for the lives of any righteous people living there, especially the lives of his nephew, Lot, and his family. Abraham seems to negotiate with God on behalf of the righteous in the two cities. The men of the town did not love. When Jesus used the word bearable, it means that there would be less punishment because the people of those cities were wicked, but there is another reason why God had mercy upon them. The Lord sent two angels down to Sodom and Gomorrah. They highlight the phrase, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy in Ezekiel 16:49 but completely fail to address Ezekiel 16:50: And they were haughty and committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. The Hebrew word towebah is most often used in the O.T. 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. Matthew 10:15 says, Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that city. This verse is a reference to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. The reason Jesus used Sodom and Gomorrah as examples of judgment is that they were both destroyed in a fire by God. 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. In those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was sojourning in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood Just as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the days of the Son of Man. Matthew 10:15 says, Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that city. This verse is a reference to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Help us share the truth of Gods Word and the gospel! Ezekiel 16:49-50 explains that Jesus also said over and over not to judge others. He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing in front of him. WebTruly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. So yes, Sodom was judged for homosexual sin which flowed from pride, which also led to cruelty and exploitation of their fellow men and women. Thank you and Praise God for You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. Rather than compare Sodom and Gomorrah to other ancient cultures and seek to justify their sexual immorality, Sodom and Gomorrah should be compared to Nineveh during the time of Jonah. Luke 10:12. In spite of Abraham's intercession to have the cities spared (Genesis 18), they were destroyed with brimstone (a So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. And such were some of you. They were haughty, and committed abomination before me.. S So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city. But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting. So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, Up! For they have brought evil on themselves. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. The fact that the men of Sodom so quickly (and unanimously) refused Lots offer of his daughters shows that rape could not be the primary sin of the men of Sodom. And they also had Lot living among them, who though weak was described as a righteous man by the Apostle Peter. I just wanted to say Have a Blessed day and remember that Jesus loves you. Labs Woe to you, Chorazin! The Bible describes Sodom as being filled with violence and sexual immorality (Genesis 13:13). W O V This site is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google
Then her husband arose and went after her, to speak kindly to her and bring her back. But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Thus they separated from each other. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. TopicalBible Woe to them! You shall not walk in their statutes. Now the men of Sodom were wicked, great sinners against the Lord. God destroyed the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah owing to their wickedness. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. Psalm 51:4). But they said, Stand back! And they said, This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! However, the account in Genesis 19 also reveals that there was no righteous person in the city. Some have argued that rape was the primary sin of Sodom. But there is hope for all mankind because God has provided a way of salvation and is patient with us not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9). (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.). Jude 1:7 says that Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them indulged in sexual immorality and unnatural desire (strange flesh). In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, these kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). Terms of Service apply. says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. God tells Abraham in the book of Genesis that Sodom and Gomorrah will be destroyed because of their terrible sins (Genesis 18:20). WebThe Genesis 19 account of Sodom and Gomorrah is a story of attempted gang rape of two "outsiders." Sodom and Gomorrah: What Was the Primary Sin? Then you may rise up early and go on your way. They said, No; we will spend the night in the town square. But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Y These kings made war with Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). Now we will deal worse with you than with them. Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down. If by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him. If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. WebSamaria is the oldest, Sodom the middle, and the youngest is Jerusalem. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? 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. They were haughty and did an abomination before me. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold. And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the splendor and pomp of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns from his evil; all of them have become like Sodom to me, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah.. They had no interest in sexual relations with women; only after Lot offered them a heterosexual alternative did they then decide that they would now forcefully seize and rape Lot (deal worse with you), and this would have been in contrast to the way they had desired to "deal with them." And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.. And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. Behold, 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. Jude 1:7 says that Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them indulged in sexual immorality and unnatural desire (strange flesh). Ezekiel 16:49-50 explains that Sodoms sin extended beyong homosexual rape, although this passage, written six centuries later, may have referred to a more recent, rebuilt Sodom. So I removed them, when I saw it. 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. WebAs in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah (Luke 17:28-30) Jesus is coming SOON! And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand. Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city that symbolically is called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was crucified. None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, and none of the sons of Israel shall be a cult prostitute. The narrative in that chapter makes this claim a weak one. As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. The lot and his family are the only remaining virtuous individuals in the city, so the angels urge them to leave immediately. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. 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. Bring them out to us, that we may know them.. The Apostle Peter, echoing what Jude would also say (Jude 1:7), pins their destruction upon living ungodly (clearly having in mind their being given over to the physical act of sexual immorality in the form of homosexual lust). WebThe cities of Sodom and Gomorrah have come to epitomize moral depravity and cruelty. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. He was speaking about the judgment that had been pronounced on Sodom and Gomorrah, but His words were also meant for His listeners. WebSodom and Gomorrah In the 16th chapter of the prophet Ezekiel, the Lord says to the city of Jerusalem, 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 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; Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. The Jewish historian Josephus looks at all these factors (pride, homosexual behavior, hatred) in describing the sin of Sodom. 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. From the text of Genesis 19:4-9 though, if rape was the primary sin of Sodom, then the men of the city would have been just as willing to take Lot up on his suggestion to sexually abuse his daughters. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! If the men of Sodom were using rape as a means to humiliate outsiders, then wouldnt Lots daughters have qualified since Lot was considered an outsider (verse 9)? And as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.. According to Smiths Bible Dictionary, Sodom was one of the most ancient cities of Syria. It is commonly mentioned in connection with Gomorrah, but also with Admah and Zeboim, and on one occasion -- ( Genesis 14:1) --with Bela or Zoar. Sodom was evidently the chief town in the settlement. At the very end of the hour, a caller began yammering loudly about the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah (homosexuality, in his opinion) and how God struck them down Therefore some critics have pointed this out as a Bible contradiction. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way. Behold, 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. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. WebGenesis 19:1-38 ESV / 68 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree, while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass onsince you have come to your servant. So they said, Do as you have said. Now the Valley of Siddim was full of bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into them, and the rest fled to the hill country. Jesus is saying that these cities will be more tolerable on the day of judgment than those who rejected him. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error. And as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.. Bring them out to us, that we may know them.. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the Lord drove out before the people of Israel. Thank you for signing up to receive email newsletters from Answers in Genesis. It was about having unloving hearts. You do not follow Jesus. The sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine. Jude states that it was Jesus who went to Sodom and Gomorrah with the two angels. 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. Then the Lord (Yahweh) rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. 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