The Righteous One

Let’s talk about Sodom and Gomorrah (fun, right?!). Abraham got wind that God was going to destroy these cities and tried to negotiate with God. Surely there must be a few righteous people.

So, God sent a couple of undercover angels to find out. A mob turned up and wanted to rape them. What was the sin of Sodom? It doesn’t sound like it was the legalization of same sex marriage.

I have heard, and written about, how the sin was the way in which the outsiders were treated. The word hospitality is often used, as if the sin was not inviting the men over for cookies and tea.

All of the men of the city came out to abuse and exploit the foreigners. Did every man in Sodom intend to personally lay hands on the angels? We don’t know, but by their presence, they were complicit. 

Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was not silent. He did not hide behind his locked door, he went so far as to offer up his daughters, willing to suffer loss, in order to protect the strangers. No one stood with him.

Only Lot and his family were spared the destruction. 

The righteous one was the one who stood up and said, “No;” even though he stood alone.

I love the Bible.

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