Genesis 18:17-20

Genesis 18:17-20 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; Three visitors stopped by Abraham’s tent on the plains of Mamre. They were average looking men, but they were anything but average. Two of them were angels and the third was the Son of God. Jesus Christ had not been born yet, but Jesus is eternal and He has existed from the beginning. These three heavenly visitors were on a mission to check out the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Their wickedness had gotten the attention of Almighty God, so Jesus and two of His angels came down to see Sodom first-hand.  Jesus knew that Abraham loved Lot, and Lot lived in wicked Sodom. So on His way to investigate Sodom, Jesus stopped by to tell Abraham of His plans for Sodom. While Abraham prayed for his nephew, the two angels went down to warn Lot. Things didn’t go well with their arrival in Sodom. The wicked men tried to attack them. But the wicked men of Sodom didn’t know that they were dealing with powerful angels. The angels told Lot of the coming judgement and Lot hurried to warn his extended family. But no one would listen to him. They thought he was crazy and just scoffed at his warnings. The angels scooped up Lot, his wife, and their two single daughters, and set them outside of Sodom telling them to escape while they still could. The angels said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t even look back, just run, run, run!” Lot’s wife couldn’t bear to leave Sodom. Her heart was still there in the wicked city and looked back longingly. She was immediately turned to pure salt. Lot and his two daughters fled to the mountains and to the tiny town of Zoar just as God rained down fire upon the cities of the plains. God is love and God warns people, but God is also holy and God will judge wickedness. God tells us how to live in His Word, the Bible. We will be happy if we follow God’s directions.