KJV - Luke 17:28-32 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; (29) But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (30) Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. (31) In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. (32) Remember Lot’s wife.
NIV - Luke 17:28-32 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. (29) But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. (30) “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. (31) On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. (32) Remember Lot’s wife!
We know so little about the wife of Lot, Abraham’s nephew, but she will be remembered for all eternity for this one event and shortcoming. In its context, Jesus is explaining a general state of things that will bring his last coming. Jesus compares THE end to the days of Noah and the last days of Sodom & Gomorrah. Let’s just say that the thoughts and the hearts of the masses were not on God.
Genesis 6:5-7 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (7) And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
In a similar manner, Sodom had a similar mindset.
Genesis 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
In Genesis 19 we can see how that God set forth to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of that wickedness. However, because of Lot’s kinship with Abraham, God decided to spare Lot and his family. They were told to escape from the city prior to the destruction and do NOT look back.
Genesis 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
We could make all kinds of excuses for her. In that city to which she looked back, she left a home, friends and even children. But God gave SPECIFIC orders not to look back. It was that draw and appeal of the world that had gotten into her and consumed her that caused that great sin.
That is precisely what Jesus is warning us about. We can get so close to this world that we take our eyes off of God. We can get so engrossed with this life that it matters more to us than anything that God says. That is Jesus’ warning!
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. (2) And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE!
Reflecting His SON,
Dennis Hogan
Minister, North Hardin Church of Christ
1804 Sam Stewart Dr.
Radcliff, KY 40160
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