(December 3, 2014 at 3:23 pm)JonDarbyXIII Wrote: Lot's wife died as a result of her own actions (moral lesson: don't look over your shoulder....for some reason or other) Besides, the Abraham's entire argument when he was bargaining with God was a petition so save 'the righteous.' Sodom and Gomorrah were supposedly destroyed because of sexual sin; yet you're saying that God punished Lot's sexual sin by letting him live?First, note that the passage says that God was merciful to Lot. If Lot were indeed righteous, mercy would not be necessary. Lot apparently did not join in the sexual sin of Sodom, and we're not told for what sins mercy was shown. Some commentators note that "Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom," which in that culture indicated significant status, making it likely that Lot was in good with people whom he should have viewed as wicked. This is a possibility, but we really don't know what sins are intended.
So, I'm saying that God let Lot live because he didn't join in the town's sin, but punished him for reasons unknown with certainty to us by having him end up in caves in the hills.
