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P162 Parash 004 Vayers (He appeared) B’resheet/Genesis 18:1-22:24
Focus
B’resheet/Genesis 19
The contents of this chapter are Lot's entertainment of two angels that came to
Sodom, Gen_19:1; the rude homosexual behavior of the men of Sodom towards
them, who for it were smote with blindness, Gen_19:4; the deliverance of
Lot, his wife and two daughters, by means of the angels he entertained,
Gen_19:12; the sparing of the city of Zoar at the entreaty of Lot, to which
he was allowed to flee, Gen_19:18; the burning of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Gen_19:23; Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back,
Gen_19:26; Avraham's view of the conflagration of the cities, Gen_19:28;
Lot's betaking himself to a mountain, and dwelling in a cave with his two
daughters, by whom he had two sons, the one called Moab, and the other Benammi,
Gen_19:30.
This chapter shows that homosexuality is an abomination to Yehovah. What this
chapter shows it is the sin that puts things over the top for destruction. When
this destruction comes there will be little to no warning except those righteous
ones who warn people at the gate.
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