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. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. Woe to them! Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.). 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. Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lotthey were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building, And if any place will not receive you and they will not listen to you, when you leave, shake off the dust that is on your feet as a testimony against them.. P Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. Seeing a neighbor in need and having the ability to help with that need and refusing to do so is showing malicious hatred (Luke 10:3037, 1 John 3:1519). God considers all sexual sin abhorrent in his eyes (Galatians 5:19-21). WebTruly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Peter was referencing the text from Genesis 19 where Jesus, Yahweh, the Lord, destroyed the men of Sodom an K So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, Up! 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. It was about having unloving hearts. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. M So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. 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.. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day 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. 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. So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. God tells Abraham in the book of Genesis that Sodom and Gomorrah will be destroyed because of their terrible sins (Genesis 18:20). And they said to the old man, the master of the house, Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.. 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. Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 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. They were a prideful people and delighted in cruelty and neglected any form of social justice. And as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring, we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.. 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. 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. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. 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. The story represents, for Christianity, a tale "of homophobic genocide" signifying the "culture's desire that gay people not be".4, Thus, even if the angels had been consenting, it is wrong to read the Sodomite's demand as anything else but an act of abuse of outsiders. Then he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Thank you for signing up to receive email newsletters from Answers in Genesis. 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." What did Jesus say about Sodom and Gomorrah? Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! But if you do forgive others their sins, your Father will give you eternal life. 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? John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. When you look at passages such as Deuteronomy 32:32-33, Isaiah 3:9-16, Jeremiah 23:14, and Ezekiel 16:49, you see multiple references to Sodoms (and Israels) sin of pride and hatred. Jeremiah 49:18 However, the account in Genesis 19 also reveals that there was no righteous person in the city. 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); But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. It was about having unloving hearts. And his concubine was unfaithful to him, and she went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem in Judah, and was there some four months. WebThe grievous sins of Sodom, Gomorrah (and surrounding area), which included same-gender sex, cried out for God's judgment. So I removed them, when I saw it. 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.. 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. Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled among the cities of the valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Why Do Mark and Johns Gospels Not Mention Jesus Was from Bethlehem? Peter was referencing the text from Genesis 19 where Jesus, Yahweh, the Lord, destroyed the men For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. The Bible is the Christian faiths holy scripture, purporting to describe the story of the earth from its inception through the introduction of Christianity in the first century A.D. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. Its also the same word used in Leviticus 18:22 when addressing homosexual acts. 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. Some have even postulated that this may be one reason Lot didnt offer his wifeshe was most likely from Sodom, therefore an insider. To address the potential question that the rape of the women would not have been as humiliating as the rape of men during this time period and in the Middle East, we need to keep in view what happened about 100 years later in Genesis 34. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry, dedicated to helping Christians defend their faith and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ. Many of its texts are considered divine by Jews and Christians, but how can we know if God penned them? Words like haughty, bitter, venom, wanton, idleness, (when they could have been helping others) leap out of the verses as a description of a self-absorbed, hedonistic people who cared nothing for others. Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. T Y Privacy Policy and As part of Abrahams plea, he wants to ensure that the lives of any righteous people, especially his nephew, Lot, and his family, who may be at risk of death, are spared. In the previous chapter of Genesis, God tells Abraham that there have been bad reports about Sodom and Gomorrah. M I am the Lord your God. I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me, declares the Lord. 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. 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. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. So yes, Sodom was judged for homosexual sinwhich flowed from pride, which also led to cruelty and exploitation of their fellow men and women. Violate them and do with them what seems good to you, but against this man do not do this outrageous thing.. They were haughty, and committed abomination before me.. 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. WebW. Their story echoes the flood narrative in Genesis in its theme of Gods wrath caused by mans transgression. 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.. Jude 1:7 says that Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them indulged in sexual immorality and unnatural desire (strange flesh). 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. And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Let me bring them out now. Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions Set, How Do We Know the Bible Is True? How to Ask for An Unspoken Prayer Request on Facebook? The Jewish historian Josephus looks at all these factors (pride, homosexual behavior, hatred) in describing the sin of Sodom. Bring them out to us, that we may know them.. Bring them out to us, that we may know them.. WebThen 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 And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. For the chastisement of the daughter of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands were wrung for her. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Can this apparent contradiction be explained? For Genesis 19, the ideology is homophobia; the existence of the words 'sodomy' and 'sodomite' testify to its sorry career in Christianity. They also took Lot, the son of Abram's brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way. The reason Jesus used Sodom and Gomorrah as examples of judgment is that they were both destroyed in a fire by God. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. All sin is an offense to God and demonstrates mankinds rebellion against him. R Lots offer of his daughters rather than his sons only infuriates the crowd, which are then struck blind by the angelic visitors (19:111). Rather than reading the attempted rape of the angels as an instance of homosexual violence I believe it should be more accurately read as an instance of homophobic violence.5. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. All Scripture references are NKJV unless otherwise noted. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. Amen. In speaking to His disciples about a coming time of great destruction, Jesus mentioned what happened to Lots wife and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. For they have brought evil on themselves. While their sexual sins again were highlighted in Genesis 19, the real object of their sin is revealed in the pre-destruction polemic against them several chapters earlier: But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD (Genesis 13:13; cf. I overthrew some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to me, declares the Lord. 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. Woe to them! H As it was, only four left Sodom alive, and only three made it to safety. Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 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, 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. And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. Internet Explorer is no longer supported. As I live, declares the Lord God, your sister Sodom and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! And such were some of you. Blog, A Contextually, that is poor exegesis. Had there been even ten righteous people in the city, God would have spared it (Genesis 18:32). And they called to Lot, Where are the men who came to you tonight? And the Lord said, If I find at Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.. Your newsletter signup did not work out. Behold, here are my virgin daughter and his concubine. 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. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.). It says nothing about loving gay relationships, and actually condemns the sort He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. 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. And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon in the direction of Gerar as far as Gaza, and in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. The Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do. Contact me: openbibleinfo (at) gmail.com. I And when the girl's father saw him, he came with joy to meet him. Geocoding And from the land he exterminated the remnant of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa. Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality. 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. 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. 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). 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. God destroyed the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah owing to their wickedness. 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. So I removed them, when I saw it. 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