THE FAITH OF LOT

"Expedition Bible" and (I believe, if memory serves me correctly) Ron Wyatt and his sons found and ignited embedded sulfur balls and the smell was VERY strong even now!

When I think of Lot's wife and daughters . . I equate their mindset to those who seek life extension/immortality through technology in these times. Even the mega-rich who have built survival bunkers for future calamites. All those who don't long for His coming. They want their world to endure forever, but it wont. Only Abraham's house/seed (spiritual heirs of the promise) will be saved . . those with God's Mark . . . Ezekiel 9:4-7 . . . . . . . . . .. 4And the Lord sayd vnto him, Goe through the middest of the citie, through the middest of Ierusalem, and set a marke vpon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry for all the abominations, that bee done in the middest thereof. 5¶ And to the others he said in mine hearing, Goe ye after him through the citie, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither haue ye pitie. 6Slay vtterly olde and yong; both maides, and litle children, and women: but come not neere any man vpon whom is the marke, and begin at my sanctuary: then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. 7And hee sayd vnto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slaine, goe ye forth: and they went forth and slew in the citie.

Good discussion. My understanding is that Lot is saved because of his loyalty to Abram (not yet Abraham) when he left Babylon . . through finally leaving Sodom (although he tarried almost too long) . . . and, finally, removing himself to the mountains from the cities of the plain. He "came out" of Babylon. He "came out" of Sodom. He "came out" of the cities of the plain. He is a type of the final strands of wheat that are admonished to "come out" of Mystery Babylon at the End. God knew his heart and. although he is not a good example and we do not respect Lot's choices, God's chooses whom he will (remember the father's joy in the return of the prodigal son . . the thief on the cross). Also, I think that Lot's being drunk and not knowing what his daughters did was important to keep him considered "just". He should not have become drunk, but he was not in his right mind (much like the incident with Noah and Ham.) Forgiven and "just" though he may be, Lot did not live righteously. Because of his choices, Lot suffered loss, including his wife and, I fear, his daughters. They are examples of the tares among the wheat (Matthew 13:24-30). What did the daughters want to preserve with everything crumbling around them? What world was being destroyed? The world God hated in Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities of the plain. His daughters grew up in S&G and . . . much like Ham and the pre-flood world . . likely mourned the passing of the only civilization they knew. So they reverted to what they knew and didn't join back with Abraham's people. They decided to try to continue the unrighteous world God destroyed. Although they were physically delivered from S&G . . Lot's daughters will not be among the saved because they were not spiritually delivered. Their heart/mind was with the world. But, in his great mercy, God will call out many from every tribe and nation of the world at the End (Revelation 7:9) so . . some of Lot's progeny will be saved. This is a great lesson for us as civilization may change in the coming years. Where do we turn? What do we want to preserve in the event God destroys what we know? Will we be like Lot's daughters and mourn the passing of an evil world? Like dogs returning to vomit? God forbid.