GENESIS 19
23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. 27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord. 28 And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived. – Genesis 19:23-29
GENESIS 19 THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM & GOMORRAH
A poem inspired by these verses by ILMA
When Lot had reached Zoar, a neighboring area, and God saw he was safe
The Lord rained sulfur and fire from out of heaven over Sodom & Gomorrah
All that was left in the cities, including all that grew on the ground was wiped out
The Lord God was so angry at the wickedness and evil that lurked there.
Then God remembered Abraham and his nephew Lot, so he pulled him out
He honored his covenant promise with Abraham and saved his beloved Lot
As Lot, his wife and daughters were fleeing those damned cities
His wife looked back at the destruction and turned into a pillar of salt.
It must have been tragic for Lot to witness his wife turned into salt. Even though there were no specific details as with regards to his reaction, I am sure he grieved losing her. She didn’t follow the instruction not to look back and that made her lose her life. There’s always a consequence to disobedience.
In this account, we witness the wrath of God over sin and evil and yet we also see his mercy on those whom he made a covenant promise with. God is faithful to keep his word and to hear Abraham’s request to save the righteous in those wicked cities. The Lord kept his word and snatched Lot and his family out of that place.
REFLECTION
- Share a time in your life that you suffered the consequence of disobedience.
