Sodom and Gomorrah have long lived in infamy, though it is the story of Lot and his family that strikes a cautionary tale. How did the nephew of Abraham end up living there, and what led to his wife turning to a pillar of salt? Lot shows us that the decisions that we make today can have huge implications for the future.

<p>Sodom and Gomorrah have long lived in infamy, though it is the story of Lot and his family that strikes a cautionary tale. How did the nephew of Abraham end up living there, and what led to his wife turning to a pillar of salt? Lot shows us that the decisions that we make today can have huge implications for the future.</p>

Adam Ramdin

Lineage Season 3: Creation to Kings

Episode 01: Creation, Noah’s Ark and the Flood

Episode 02: Abraham: The Faithful Father

Episode 03: Lot, Sodom & Gomorrah

Episode 05: Moses- Let My People Go

Episode 06: Moses- The Passover & the Exodus

Episode 04: Joseph & Jacob: The Birth of a Nation

Episode 07: Joshua and Caleb- The 12 Spies & 40 Years in the Wilderness

Episode 08: Aaron- Mount Hor & and the Anointing of Eleazar

Episode 09: The Death of a Great Leader

Episode 10: Joshua- The Battle of Jericho

Episode 11: The Judges

Episode 12: The Cities of Refuge

Episode 13: David & Goliath

Episode 14: David and Saul- The Pursuit to Ein Gedi

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So, and its Sister City of have long lived in infamy today being representations of a life of corruption, immorality and wickedness. There were though real cities and were located near here where the Dead Sea is today. There is debate over the exact location with several theories being out there. Much of the debate centers around the fact that the biblical account records that they were destroyed by fire and brimstone and thus there wouldn't be much left. The city of Sodan comes into the picture when Abraham and his nephew, lot herdsman come into conflict with each other over who should graze that livestock wear. Rather than perpetuate the strife, they agree to separate and lock chooses the plains of Jordan and pitches his tents close to the city of Sodom. A decision he would no doubt later regret due to the disastrous consequences it would have on his family, Sodom would've been destroyed earlier had it not been for the intervention of Abraham. In Genesis 18 is recorded a dialogue between God and Abraham, where he asks him if he will save the city. If he can find 50 righteous people, God agrees, then Abraham lowers a number until he eventually comes down to 10. He will save the city if he can find 10 righteous people. Genesis 19 begins by saying that lots so and welcomed two angels into his house in Sodom. Due to the depravity of the men living in Sodom, when they saw them come into the city and go into his house, they wanted to act in a sexually immoral way with them. Them Locke courageously refuses this request, but then offers them his daughters. They won't back down. And the angel comes down and strikes these men with blindness and rescues, lock the angel, then tell him that he needs to leave the city the next day because the city will be destroyed. His son-in-laws don't leave, but his two daughters and wife do make it out of the city, and as they are fleeing, it's recorded. One of the most famous texts in the Old Testament, verse 26 says, but lot's wife looked back behind him and she became a pillar of salt. Even though she had left physically in her heart, something tugged back towards Sodom. So often we find ourselves in a similar situation, leaving a place we ought not to be or an unhealthy situation, but struggling with a desire to go back in life. It's always best not to go back Lot. And his daughters left the area and dwelt in the mountains in a cave, but his neither daughter had a son. They came up with a plan to have children getting their father drunk with wine. They slept with him and conceived. The old one had a son named Moab and he became the father of the Moabites. The younger one had a son named Ben Amie and he became the father of the Ammonites. Both the Moabites and the Ammonites dwelt on the east side of the Jordan and were longtime foes of the Israelites. The Moabites are referenced on the Moabites stone in the Louv Museum in Paris and the Ammonite's main city of Raba. Amon is the capital city of Jordan today. The story of lot is a sad one. His wife dies due to her love of life in Sodom. His daughters deceive and have illegitimate children with him that caused numerous problems for the children of Israel over the years. All of this, it could be argued, goes back to his decision to pitch his tent toward Sodom. Somehow he went from having a tent outside the city to having a house inside the city and it had disastrous consequences for his family. Satan nos that he doesn't have to get us to do the worst thing out there, but he can seduce us step by step down a path of destruction. If we are not watchful and careful, may we be mindful and vigilant that we don't open the door to unnecessary temptations that lead us or our families away from God.

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Lineage Season 3: Creation to Kings

Episode 03: Lot, Sodom & Gomorrah

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Episode 01: Creation, Noah’s Ark and the Flood

Episode 02: Abraham: The Faithful Father

Episode 03: Lot, Sodom & Gomorrah

Episode 05: Moses- Let My People Go

Episode 06: Moses- The Passover & the Exodus

Episode 04: Joseph & Jacob: The Birth of a Nation

Episode 07: Joshua and Caleb- The 12 Spies & 40 Years in the Wilderness

Episode 08: Aaron- Mount Hor & and the Anointing of Eleazar

Episode 09: The Death of a Great Leader

Episode 10: Joshua- The Battle of Jericho

Episode 11: The Judges

Episode 12: The Cities of Refuge

Episode 13: David & Goliath

Episode 14: David and Saul- The Pursuit to Ein Gedi

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