So, Lot is a template of what not to do. In this episode, we meet him at a defining moment. Two angels arrive in Sodom, sent by God on behalf of his uncle Abraham’s prayers.
All this time, and now as the smell of sulfur begins to fill the air, Lot aint so much prayed Jesus wept.
Anyway, Lot persuades them to stay at his home. Word got out that two good-looking men were there.
Sodomites, young and old, surrounded his house. They demanded that Lot bring out his guests so they could have sex with them. Didn’t try to sugarcoat it, nothing.
Lot comes out and offers up his daughters on a platter, another day’s conversation. Next, he makes the most stupid mistake since he made the original stupid mistake of going to Sodom in the first place – trying to be a voice of moral authority.
As a result, they told Lot what they’d always thought of him. How the hell are you lecturing us? You came here. We weren’t looking for you. He would have been beaten to death if the angels hadn’t saved him. But when you think about it,
Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming.
Yeah, Lot had been in Sodom for a minute. Married, grown daughters, he wasn’t a stranger, but he had no friends.
When Lot arrived, he still had some wealth left from his time with Abraham. But over the years, he mismanaged it away.
He finally landed a job as a security guard, third shift at a place where the powerful made decisions he had to live by.
Still, knowing who and what Sodom was, Lot chose to stay.
He confused longevity with acceptance. So, at this late date, trying to take a stand when until now, he’s never said a mumbling word, wasn’t the smartest thing to do.
The Sodomites yelled and screamed insults, different words that meant the same thing, we hate you!
Now, you would think knowing the truth would set Lot free. It didn’t. Choosing not to return hat in hand to Abraham, Lot had nowhere to go. Standing there like a deer in the headlights, the angels pulled him back into a house that Lot realized, finally, sadly, pathetically, had never been a home.
Reference – Genesis 19:1-10
