📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. Lot may have understood that there was no harm in offering his daughters. He probably knew what their appetites were. It’s no different than today. Homosexuals would no more desire someone from the opposite sex than straight people would those of the same sex. Bad form by our standards today but perhaps not so much so in that moment given the strenuous situation. Also, not knowing the customs of the times makes it difficult to understand his reasoning. How strong a sense of duty to protect ones guests, we do not know. Either way, it would have been interesting to hear the daughters thoughts on it. Lot was walking in and in love with a world that had seriously rejected God. He was compromised. It shows in his hesitation to do what he was warned to do. Even when he left he didn’t go where he was told to go. It is a great example of trying to follow God and still being a part of the world system. Who can know Lot's line of thinking when he offered his two daughters as opposed to letting the Angels fend for themselves? Obviously human nature and thought are showcased, as well as a great lack of spiritual maturity and trust in God, rather than being led by the Spirit! But we often try to appear as being more spiritual than we really are. And we present ourselves before the Lord in the most complimentary light as possible. Been there, done that! I can relate with Lot, while not agreeing with his actions. The motivations of Lot's wife also seem to be easily understood. Asked to foresake all that was familiar and loved by her, was simply just too great. But what is even more reprehensible was the actions of Lot's daughters. Being familiar with story of Noah and the flood, did they really think that God was destroying all of mankind? Or were they so obsessed with bearing children, that even in supposed fear of the destruction of man they needed to be impregnated by any means possible? I don't buy it! Lastly, given they were raised in sexual wickedness, were they motivated by their own lusts!? There are many lessons we can learn from the story of Lot and his family, and many possible comparisons! Firstly, Lot was no Abraham, or shadow of Christ! Secondly, the lack of spiritual maturity can be personally costly. Thirdly, without being born again, no one can weather the storms of life. Lastly, when we compare the lifestyles and moray's of those days with the of the days that we live in, we are being given a clarion call!!! And the idea of angels assisting and leading us from destruction speaks volumes as well! TR Similarities are scary. TR Very informative video! I love how they were able to pick the sulfur balls out of the walls and then light them and they still burn. I think perhaps Lot and his wife didn’t want to leave the city because most of their family members wanted to stay. This could be why his wife perhaps looked back. But I can’t for the life of me understand why Lot would offer his daughters to those wicked men. Just very strange behavior. Very cool!
