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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :The Story of Abraham [25] - Sodom Bible Verse:Genesis 19:12-22 (ESV) "Then the [two angels] said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Move! 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. As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.” But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away.” And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords. Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die. Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there — is it not a little one? — and my life will be saved!” He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken. Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar." Message:
We see, in hindsight, the sheer foolishness of Lot and his family. Angels of God come to them and tell them that the city is to be completely destroyed; but they don’t leave. If we think this is unusual, we have only to think about what happens even today, when people are warned that a terrible hurricane is coming and they must evacuate. There are always a “lot” (sorry) who simply will not leave. In terms of human nature, the story of Lot and his family is entirely credible.
Lot and family leaving Sodom with two angels
But, like the National Guard sometimes forces unwilling people to leave their homes before a hurricane arrives, the angels resort to physical force in order to save their lives.
For some reason that is not given, Lot doesn’t want to flee to the hills, but to a small town at the south end of the Jordan Valley. “Zoar” in Hebrew means “small” or “insignificant”. Like many of the cities in Genesis and other early historical books of the Old Testament, archeologists have not been able to find any definitive evidence that it existed; but unlike most others, there is ample evidence of it in other books. Arab geographers praised it for the sweetness of its dates — an important food in arid parts of the mideast — and it was still standing during the first crusade (about 900 years ago) and we thus have descriptions of it from European sources, as well.
Lot’s righteousness is apparent, because God grants him the same level of familiarity as He did to Abraham. Lot is allowed to negotiate with God Himself! There seems to be some detail that has been lost over time, but for whatever reason, God, having acceded to Lot’s request, does not want to commence His destruction of Sodom until Lot reaches Zoar.
Zoar was probably about ten miles from Sodom. See Map.
Meditation : Prayer : The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore.......Amen |
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