While God had a good reason of eliminating Sodom and Gomorrah, we should remember that it’s never anyone who deserves to know Him that is eliminated by Him — God doesn’t even hate those who reject Him! Yet, as Moses said several hundred years later in Deuteronomy (I forget which chapters and verses), God was angry with everyone there (though Lot had escaped), and though He’s not enraged at anyone now, the truth is… sometimes you notice someone who’s behaved rather unkindly to others and taken delight in their demise, so they don’t have a good ending. I really wish I could avoid such people, but the truth is, they’re everywhere 😭😭😭 and many of them know to quite an extent about the words of Jesus, but they hate Him for saying these things. And I know people who have hated me for telling them the truth that Christ doesn’t delight in politics. Some of them were close friends, and I’m sure I know people like this today who have gained my trust in the past, but I don’t know who it could be… I wish I could share the gospel with anyone I see, but people’s love for politics and their efforts to tell me stuff that doesn’t work as well as Jesus’ teachings do are getting in the way of that. For there’s never any forgiveness in that, even when the belief about something is good. Oh, I should mention that these two chapters are found in pages 9-10 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 11-13 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this project, pages 19-23 of my VOICE copy, and pages 18-23 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I really don’t want to say anything else about this, yet because these chapters are now in today’s Bible canon that Jesus had willed for everyone to read (for these instructions, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 10:11, are for all of us, for whom the end of the ages have come), we should talk about this sooner or later… I don’t think everyone has the opportunity in life because sometimes you hear of one cut short by some tragic accident. Still, I’ve been around for 28 years, so I think I can mention this at least once, but contrary to popular opinion, Sodom and Gomorrah didn’t get destroyed because of homosexuality… you don’t really see any episodes of that except for one in chapter 19, and unfortunately that one was attempted gang rape on angels! That deeply pisses me off, and I don’t want to hear of ANY such cases again, male or female. Have you known someone who’s been raped before? I have known some people who endured this, and I don’t want to find that someone else has suffered like this… It’s bad enough that someone I know has been raped by someone she had trusted in late 2016 (I won’t put on here who’s done what or what her name is), but if this becomes more popular or even legal, I won’t be happy about any of it, particularly for Sarah’s and Bee’s sake, for I don’t want anyone else hurt, particularly those close to me. I haven’t seen Bee in weeks, but I can hopefully make it to her swim class on the 30th, for I had requested that day off for that purpose.
Anyway, I realized that the three men in the first half of chapter 18 are angels as I was reading it, and I think Sarah respected and honored them as Abraham had done. Then he pleaded with God about Sodom, to not obliterate it (by the way, look at Ezekiel 16:49-50 to see Sodom’s real guilt — I can’t stress this enough, for the idea that homosexuality is offensive to God and thus enrages Him is stupid, for God’s not even remotely offended at this) — sadly, none but Lot deserved to know Him, so he tried to get his family out, but his sons-in-law believed him to be joking, and they perished, for they ignored the Holy Spirit’s instructions, and God won’t forgive anyone who does that. Plus, Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26, also Luke 17:32) — I don’t want to do this, for those who look back aren’t fit for Christ’s kingdom (Luke 9:62). Thank God Lot still made it out, but weirdly enough, his own daughters got him drunk and fornicated with him, since their spouses died… that’s how Moab and Ammon later were founded, because they had each borne a son to him out of incest, so they didn’t get along with Jacob’s descendants very well — it’s not worth it. I’m grateful my brother and his family actually want to listen to me, as I would’ve listened to my mom had she actually been sincere with me in the first place. Think I’m making this up? Well, check again, guys… if my niece’s parents reject Christ, too, Bee and I won’t be able to stop them from their incessant wrongdoing, just as I couldn’t stop my mom from doing anything she wanted, no matter how much I more or less hated it. I want to lead my niece to Christ before someone else gets to her first. I’m just grateful that Christ appeared to me in a vision in 2009 so I’d become His forever. His teachings are a lot more liberating and perhaps more profitable than the others’ ways of life are (though I’m not seeking anything above Him) and more fun!
I’ll go on more further into chapter 18 before I explore the city of Sodom throughout the Scriptures… I guess it’s a good thing I was born almost four thousand years after it was gone (there’s still no trace of it today because of the fire and brimstone) — I wouldn’t do well with it. Yet the U.S. is a lot like Sodom today, but I won’t mention anything about it now. Instead, I’d like to ask (because we’re at the end of this note): do you have any prayer requests? Send them to my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll write them down once I read them and tape them to the walls in my bedroom. If I do find that there’s a lot of them, I’ll probably buy some large post-it notes or something, but it might be better to use paper and tape. Also, if you’re following me on here, and you’re writing posts like I am, you’ll notice a number after the URL you’ve made, as I notice one after mine. I like to think of the one that’s appearing here as the Deer Valley Road route… if Valley Metro here in Arizona creates it. I think it’d be brilliant, at least from 35th Avenue to around Tatum Boulevard, beyond the 101 freeway in north Phoenix. My family lives not very far from that road, and I think it’s really awesome! I had always loved the northern Phoenix area, especially in the rural portions, but even when you go beyond Deer Valley Road, it’s not so rural anymore… still, I’d love to buy a house in Carefree or something close to the forest, and maybe rent it out, if I could afford the place and work with others who want a safe place to live. Nevertheless, I’ll see you in the next few posts when we explore more of chapter 18!
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