Tues.’s Devo - Judgement on Sodom

Read: Genesis 18:20-38; Matthew 6:25-7:14; Psalm 8:1-9; Proverbs 2:6-15
God appeared to Abraham again on his way to bring judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. He allowed Abraham to testify on their behalf but there were not enough to win the case. In Jewish law, there has to be 10 people to constitute a government.
The sin of Sodom was so great, the people had no respect or spiritual awareness of the fact that they were confronted with angels. Instead, they wanted to take them and rape them. When Lot tried to reason with the crowd, they almost broke down his door. The angels reached out and pulled Lot into the house and struck the men with blindness so they couldn’t find the door. This is all a prophetic picture of how Jesus found the Jews when he came to earth. They were so bent on killing Jesus that he had them struck with spiritual blindness until the end.
The angels told Lot and his wife that they had a small window in which to escape that night. They got their daughters and fled. Even though their daughters were engaged to men, the men refused to believe so they stayed. Lots wife turned beak to see the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt. The city had gone up in fire. They had been told to flee to the mountains which is exactly what the Jews will have to do in the end. Lot was too much of a baby to go to the mountain so he begged God to allow him to move to a small city. They allowed him to do that even though it was not God’s best. They only stayed a short time before they decided to go to the mountains. There their daughters decided to get their father drunk enough to have sex with them to carry on his line. They both conceived a son which brought us the nation of Ammon and Moab.
In Matthew, Jesus continues teaching the people. He talks about God’s provision and judging one another. He taught us to ask what we need, seek what we have lost and knock for doors to be opened. He summed up the Law and Prophets with the Golden Rule. “Do unto others as you want them to do to you.”
Lord, thank you for your wisdom, knowledge and understanding.