#12 Genesis 19 & 20-Lesson 1

GENESIS #12 Genesis 19 & 20 GENESIS 19 Adonai means “lord” or “master” Vss. 13 – 14 the word is Yud - Heh – Vav – Heh Vs. 18 Lot says “please, no my lord…” NOT referring to God More than half of the N.T. is O.T. quotes 1 LOT’S SONS-IN-LAW WOULD NOT LEAVE SODOM Didn’t believe the Angels Angel is a “messenger from God” Sons-in-law were men of Sodom The two daughters of Lot were surely NOT his only 2 children Families were ALWAYS large unless there were problems 2 LOT ASKS TO GO TO A NEARBY CITY FOR SHELTER Matzah = unleavened bread, provides a link between Sodom and the Egyptian Exodus Angels tell Lot to go to the hills…… he says “no”, wants to go to a city Lot preferred city life Had given up life as a shepherd A shadow of the future Northern Kingdom that would seek gentile ways 3 LOT WAS A WEAK MAN Lot much like a “carnal Christian” Lot did NOT renounce his faith Yet, God still saved Lot Tzo’ar = small city V29: Because Abraham pled for Lot’s life, God saved him 4 LOT CHANGES HIS MIND 5 Bible gives only a brief account of the cataclysm We’re told destruction came from the sky Brimstone = sulfur Burning Sulfur used to destroy city’s garbage dumps Fire is symbolic of purging evil and refining precious metals Bible’s main point is the CAUSE for the destruction, not the details of it THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM 6 ✦V26: Pillar of Salt ✦Lot’s wife told she should “not (be) looking back” ✦A Hebrew idiom meaning “to dally or hesitate” ✦Lot’s wife suffered the same fate as Sodom Did Abraham believe Lot had been saved? In Abraham’s bargaining session, Lot was not mentioned The HOPE was that Lot had remained “righteous” Abraham “prayed” for the survival of the righteous 8 BIRTH OF MOAB AND AMMON Lots 2 daughters were concerned they wouldn’t fulfill their duty as women Family believed the world had ended (no other people left alive) Thought they were the new Noah Lot descended into more and more FEAR God does NOT bring fears of this kind 9 THE SAD EPITAPH OF LOT MOAB Daughters have children by their father, Lot These children are Moab, then Ammon Moab and Ammon existed as nations well-before the Exodus Amman (Jordon) is Arabic pronunciation of Ammon, occupies the same area 10 GENESIS 20 Gerar Shur (wall) Defensive wall Kadesh Abraham moves from Hebron Move was to get new pasture Gerar, area will become Phillistia King of Gerar, Abimelech Kadesh same as Kadesh-Barnea Shur in Egypt Shura = shur-a means “a wall”11