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Read Genesis Chapters 18 and 19, then consider the following:

1. In Genesis 18:1, we read that "the LORD appeared to Abraham". How is He described in verse 2? (see Gen. 18:1-2)
2. How do we know that the LORD was one of the three men visiting with Abraham? (see Gen. 18:16-22 and 19:1)
3. After learning of the LORD’s plans to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham intercedes. Why do you suppose Abraham believes that there are righteous people living in these cities? (see Gen. 18:23-32)
4. We can learn a lot about God’s judgment of the wicked by examining the story in Genesis chapter 19. For instance, who does God use to carry out His judgment? (see Gen. 19:13 and 2 Kings 19:35)
5. Does God warn of His coming judgments? (see Gen. 19:13, and all of Revelation, for example.)
6. Contrast the scene when the angels visited Abraham, vs. the scene when they visited Lot, specifically with respect to where they were each found sitting. (see Gen. 18:1-2, and Gen. 19:1)
7. When Lot’s guests are ready for bed, Lot’s home is surrounded by an angry crowd of homosexual men. Compare Lot’s definition of a "wicked thing" with what he proposes as a proper solution. (see Gen. 19:4-8)
8. What Biblical precept regarding God’s protection from judgment is demonstrated in the reaction of the visitors to Lot’s dilemma outside the house? (see Gen. 19:9-11 and 2 Pet. 2:6-8)
9. How do we know that Lot believed in God and believed that God was going to bring judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah? (see Gen. 19:14)
10. Even though Sodom had been overrun in the prior war, and even though it would now be destroyed, did Lot now want to return to the mountains where Abraham lived? If not, where did he want to live? (see Gen. 19:15-23)
11. Lot’s wife ignores the angels’ instructions and looks back as they flee; she immediately turns into a pillar of salt. The only people who are actually saved out of all the people in both cities, are Lot and his two daughters. Where does Lot go to live after he witnesses the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah from Zoar? (see Gen. 19:30)
12. As the narrative indicates, the angels take Lot and his family out of the city, but they tell Lot that he has until nightfall to get to the city of Zoar; since they will wait to bring judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah at that time. Back in Sodom, after a night of bizarre behavior, the angels blinding the angry crowd of men, and Lot running around to the homes of his daughters and sons-in-law warning of the coming judgment, peace now returns. The "trouble-makers" (Lot, his wife, and his daughters), have all been taken out of the city by the two angels. What is the parallel here between this judgment, and the Rapture theory and the coming judgment when Christ returns?
13. Now that it’s just Lot and his two daughters living in a cave in the mountains, what happens to his family? (see Gen. 19:30-38)
14. King David’s grandmother came from what people? (see Ruth 1:2)
15. What did David have to do with the Ammonites? (see 2 Sam. 11:1)

In this lesson, one exceptionally strong message stands out from the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah: even though we are sinners and live lives that times are not at all within God’s will, God himself is faithful to protect us from His judgment. Just as He did during Noah’s time, just as He will do when he brings the nation of Israel out of Egypt, and just as He will do when Christ returns; God will preserve and protect us, His people, during times of judgment. He is unchangeable, immutable, and full of grace and mercy beyond anything that we can comprehend.

Our challenge, now that we have read this story, is to live the life that Christ would have us to live: in His will and not ours, and demonstrating His mercy and grace to everyone that we encounter, regardless of how far they may have fallen from grace.

Have a great week everyone, and thanks for being faithful in studying with us.

In Christ,

Wes

[2010]

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