Sodom and Gomorrah

within Christianity specifically, has become about the story of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. This discussion, however, is not a simple one by any stretch, as the mentioning and referencing of this event spreads wide across Scripture in both Old and New Testaments. Not only is the topic widespread, but in the past few recent decades…

Sodom and Gomorrah Summary: Sodom and Gomorrah are two exceptionally evil cities. God sends angels to see just how evil the city of sodom is. The angels enter the city and are taken home by a man named Lot. That night the evil people of Sodom beat on Lot door and demanded he send out the angels to them. The angels go out and strike everyone blind. The next morning the angels convince Lot, with his wife and two daughters, to flee the city. God then destroys both Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and…

circumstances in The Bible that specifically say that holy angels possess humans. But why should this phenomenon be troublesome? I know of no particular commandment prohibiting angels from possessing humans. Also, the Holy Spirit, although not an angel, is a distinct personal being who resides in millions of Christians. Is it possible that the two men are actually men whose bodies have been taken over by holy angels? I suggest this is a possibility. Apparently, these were not angels who simply…

The people who settled Sodom were the descendants of Noah’s grandson, Canaan. Was the seed of evil that reached its fullness in Noah’s day before the flood also present in the seed of Ham’s son, Canaan? Is it also possible that Ham’s wife was with child when she entered the ark? If so, perhaps the seed of wickedness from Ham’s wife — like Noah’s wine — was given time to ferment. Whether through that birth or a repetition of demonic unions like those prior to the flood, wickedness would again…

She uses this first hand experience to fill her most popular book, the Poisonwood Bible with allusions. This story takes place at a time when the Congo is fighting for, and achieving independence from imperialistic countries. Belgium, the United States, and a number of other countries attempted to colonize the country of Africa and impose foreign domination. As this is happening in the book, a Christian missionary family resides in the Congo. Nathan Price, the father and preacher along with his…

After Abraham invited the men to his home he gave them water to wash their feet and prepared a meal, he did not sit down with them but stood as a servant to them, (an Ancient hospitality to your guest). When the men prepared to leave and headed toward Sodom Abraham walked with them. The Lord spoke and said, "Abraham, I have heard that the people of Sodom and Gomorrah are doing all kinds of evil things. Now I am going down to see for myself if those people are that bad. If they aren't I want to…

In my opinion some of these interpretations are convincing such as the film “For the Bible Tells Me So” because instead of trying to just have one side mentioned, they mention the two sides. They use the whole bible and state the views of both sides. The only downside about the film is that they included stories about families but not all families are the same. Another source that I found convincing is the interpretation of Genesis 19 and how God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of their…

and the punishment of bad hospitality, certainly permeated ancient Greek and Hebrew culture. The stories of Abraham and Lot in these two books are set up in a parallel structure which allows them to directly contrast one another. In book 18, God sends three visitors down to Abraham test his hospitality. Being hospitable to visitors was a very important aspect of ancient culture, and God’s decision to use Abraham’s hospitality as a litmus test of his qualities as a person indicates the importance…

such as Lesbian, Gays, Bisexual or Transsexuals (LGBT). I feel as if my spiritual beliefs has me feeling this way. It’s not them I have a problem with them as a person because Christ says to love everyone. That doesn’t mean I have to agree with what they do. I respect them and treat them just the same. I just can’t deal with their lifestyle. The Bible says in Romans 1:26-27 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for…

Same-sex marriage has been legalized in our country, but has brought judgment from God on nations. As an example, look at what happened to the city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Three angels came to visit Abraham. Two of the angels went to Sodom and Gomorrah to see the wickedness that was in the city. The other angel stayed with Abraham, and told him he was going to destroy the city because of the people’s wickedness in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and because of homosexuality. However, Abraham…