CONTENTS The Sacred Historian, prosecutes in this Chapter, the account of what was hinted at in the former; namely, the destruction of Sodom, Lot is delivered from the overthrow: he is constrained by the Angels to flee for his life; his wife becomes a monument of the divine displeasure for looking... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. The same observations meet us here, as in the opening of the fo... [ Continue Reading ]
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. Doth not the Reader call to mind, Him, who in the days of his flesh was constrained in like manner. Luke 24:28. And is not the Reader... [ Continue Reading ]
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: Observe, old and young, all; an universal infection of sin. See Isaiah 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. Observe how God protects his people in the moment of danger.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. Perhaps such blindness as that mentioned; 2 Kings 6:18 or like Elymas the sorcerer. Acts 13:11. But awful as both these instances are, how much more the... [ Continue Reading ]
And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: Sweet thought! mercy you see is shewn to ungodly relations, in the suspension of judgments. Matthew 13:30; 1 Corinthians 7:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 1 Kings 19:3. And what is the cry of God in the soul of every truly awakened believer, but the sa... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. Zoar means a little one.... [ Continue Reading ]
The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. Jesus the Sun of righteousness, may be said to be arisen on the soul, when the faithful enter within his shelter. See Malachi 4:2; Isaiah 32:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. Numbers 34:12; Psalms 83:15. A standing monument of God's judgment! Deuteronomy 29:23; 2 Peter 2:6; Matthew 10:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. Revelation 19:3. So we are told, the saints will behold the destruction of Spiritual Sodom at the last day.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. Precious consideration to the believer. Hebrews 6:10; Isaiah 63:11; Exodus 32:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. I detain the Reader but to turn to two scriptures, after the perusal of this melancholy subject. The first is, 1 Corinthians 10:12. The other is 1 Peter 1:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Awful effects of sin! Those nations were the sworn foes of the Lord's people through all generations. Here ends the history of Lot. REFLECTIONS. My soul! do not hastily... [ Continue Reading ]