1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: And there came two angels to Sodom. At Even and 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: Lot sat in the gait of Sodom, and Lots, seeing them, 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:10,239 Speaker 1: rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: his face toward the ground Genesis nineteen one. Dear Heavenly Father, 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: to day, I am making the conscious decision to not 6 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: allow fear to be the driving force behind my decisions. 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: I will not take matters into my own hands to 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: preserve my promised destiny. Instead, I will choose to trust 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:38,160 Speaker 1: in your process and timeline to bring all that You've 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 1: promised into fruition. Lord, when I find myself in the 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: cave of confusion, I will reflect on your faithfulness and 12 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: consistency throughout my life. I confess that I will not 13 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:55,760 Speaker 1: make the same mistakes as Lot and his daughters by 14 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: allowing the sinful nature of this world to corrupt my 15 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: mind and rail my relationship with you, God. I declare 16 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: that I am the righteousness of God, unmovable and unshakable. 17 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 1: My mind is clear, my heart is aligned, and my 18 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,199 Speaker 1: feet are standing on the solid rock of your word 19 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 1: in Jesus name. Amen, Thanks for making prayer or priority 20 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: in your life to hear the Bible. Come to life. 21 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for the Bible in a Year, brought to 22 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: you by Bible in a Year dot com Lot and 23 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: his daughters. Previously, we had learned about God's judgment on 24 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. The darkness that plagued 25 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: their hearts bled into the city like a river. Their 26 00:01:55,160 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: wickedness knew no limits, and God decided to destroy them. 27 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: He showed mercy on Lot and his family, yet Lot's 28 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: wife and son in law's were destroyed. Now we peer 29 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: into the sickness of Lot's family, and although Sodom and 30 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: Gomorrah had been destroyed, it still left its mark on 31 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: Lot's bloodline. Inspired by the Book of Genesis. Hello, I'm 32 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 1: Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible in 33 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: a Year podcast. Today, we're going to see what happens 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 1: to Lot and his daughters in the aftermath of the 35 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: destruction of Sodom and Gomrah. God and his mercy had 36 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: spared Lot and his family, But as you'll recall from 37 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: our previous passage, Lot's wife was unable to pull her 38 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: eyes away from the evil of Sodom and was turned 39 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters now 40 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,399 Speaker 1: have a chance for a brand new start. But as 41 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: we'll see, the sin of sodom and the darkness as 42 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:58,360 Speaker 1: all around them will have a profound effect on their future. 43 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: The opening sea is one that few among us can imagine. 44 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: Burning cities consumed by God's wrath are raining down ash 45 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: and heat all over the region. As Lot escapes with 46 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:18,079 Speaker 1: his daughters, it must have been. Of course, it was terrifying, traumatic, 47 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 1: and out of this terror and trauma will arise a 48 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:26,440 Speaker 1: story of deceit, carelessness, and corruption of God's design for families. 49 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: As you listen, notice what motivates the actions of each 50 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: person in the story. Notice how a Lot, though he 51 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,520 Speaker 1: is not the primary bad actor in this account, is 52 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: not without fault. The passage is one that will rightfully 53 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: make us very uncomfortable with its theme. So get ready, 54 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: but don't allow the shocking nature the story to keep 55 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: you from seeing the lesson that is in it, a 56 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: lesson about what fear and a lack of watchfulness can 57 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: lead to in our own lives. Now, let's listen in 58 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: to the reading of today's passage. Darkness covered the skies, 59 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: and ash fell like snow across the surrounding land of Zoar, 60 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: Faint screams could be heard from the distance, and fire 61 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: illuminated the horizon like a sunset. Lot had fled to 62 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: the mountains above Zoar with his two daughters. There they 63 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,880 Speaker 1: found refuge in a cave and hid away until they 64 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: believed it safe to return. Exhaustion and hysteria marked their 65 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: lives for days, and the minds of Lot and his 66 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: daughters began to wander into darkness. In madness, the three 67 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: of them dwelt, and fear began to be the driving 68 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 1: force of all their decisions. One day, while Lot was 69 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: away from the cave, the older daughter said to the 70 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,280 Speaker 1: younger daughter, we have lost everything, and our father is old. 71 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: There is no men here to give us children, and 72 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: we are missing out on the customs of the whole earth. 73 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: Her voice slithered with delirium as she spoke, Let's get 74 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: our father drunk and sleep with him so that we 75 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: can preserve our family line. So that night they filled 76 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: their father. The three of them laughed as the night 77 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:18,719 Speaker 1: drug on and Lot drank more and more, drowning his 78 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: sorrows and losses with more wine. The daughters tactfully drew 79 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: Lot into a crapulous state and he was unable to 80 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,719 Speaker 1: discern reality from his drunken nightmares. The older daughter drew 81 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: him in close, and in their cave of deception, the 82 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: two slept together. Lot, completely unaware of what he was 83 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:44,039 Speaker 1: doing yet responsible for where he was, had sex with 84 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: his daughter. Lot awoke the next morning, ignorant of what 85 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: had taken place. His daughter had left in the night. 86 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: The following evening, as the sun set and Lot's inhibitions waned, 87 00:05:56,640 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: he drank again with his daughters and slept with a 88 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: younger dog. Though he may not have been totally aware 89 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: of what had happened, it was him who had allowed 90 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: the heart of sodom to creep into his daughters. It 91 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:12,279 Speaker 1: was him who showed cowardice in the face of adversity. 92 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: In the pit of darkness and paranoia, two sons were 93 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: conceived by Lot and his daughters. The first was named 94 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: Moab and the second was named Benamie. These two men 95 00:06:26,560 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 1: would build nations of their own, the Moabites and the Ammonites, 96 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: from the debased and crooked nature from which they were conceived. 97 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: That two men would build cultures that would wage war 98 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: against the people of God for dozens of generations to come. 99 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: Lot would be remembered as righteous, not because he exemplified 100 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 1: any sort of faithfulness at all, but because God chose 101 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: to save him. Lot and his daughters have escaped by 102 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: the skin of their teeth from the harrows that befell 103 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,160 Speaker 1: Sodom and Gomorrah their home. For his daughters, this had 104 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:08,159 Speaker 1: been the only home they had known. Think for just 105 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: a moment about the implications of that statement. They grew 106 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: up in sin and debauchery and evil all around them. 107 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: It had been the status quo of this culture in 108 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: which these two young women had grown up. This is 109 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: important contact for what happens in today's passage. But before 110 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: we get to that, let's look at what Lot does 111 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 1: to set the stage for things. If you recall from 112 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: our previous passage, Lot had pleaded with the angels, who 113 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 1: told him to flee to the mountains, to spare the 114 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: city of Zohar so he could settle there. The Lord 115 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: granted his request and did not destroy that city. How odd, then, 116 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: that this place Lot envision as a safe haven for 117 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: him and his family so quickly became a source of 118 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:57,080 Speaker 1: fear and danger. Listen to what it says in Genesis 119 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 1: nineteen thirty Lot went up from Zoar and stayed in 120 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: the mountains and his two daughters with him, for he 121 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: was afraid to stay in Zoar, and he stayed in 122 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 1: a cave he and his two daughters. At first he 123 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: told God he was afraid to go to the mountains, 124 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 1: And now just a few verses later, Lot is afraid 125 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: to stay at Zoar, so he flees to the mountains. 126 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: It's worth noting what is also absent from this story. 127 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: Think back on the examples of Noah and Abraham when 128 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: God spared their family or gave them a victory. What 129 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: was their response worship? They worshiped God remembrance. Noah built 130 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: an altar to the Lord. Abraham built an altar to 131 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: the Lord as well. What does Lot do? Does he 132 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: fall on his face with thanksgiving? Does he build an 133 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:51,599 Speaker 1: altar of worship to remember how God had worshiped him? Sadly? No, 134 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 1: He and his daughters take up residence in a cave 135 00:08:55,760 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 1: isolated from the world. Now, I do not believe this 136 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: was God's intention when he instructed a Lot to flee 137 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,600 Speaker 1: to the mountains. Isolation and fear not a part of 138 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: God's plan for us, And we immediately see the effect 139 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: that it has on Lot's daughters. They begin to talk 140 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: to each other about all they're missing out on, namely 141 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 1: sexual pleasure and the opportunity to bear children. These desires 142 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: are God given and natural, but the influence of sin 143 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: in their hearts twisted by the cities of Sodom and 144 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: Gomra which they grew up, these desires have taken over 145 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: in a way that is ruining their lives. They would 146 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 1: get their father drunk and have intimate relations with him. 147 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: This is a perversion right from the culture from which 148 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 1: they were spared. We know that they were virgins, never 149 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: having been with a man, from the account of the 150 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,600 Speaker 1: angels in Sodom and how a Lot offered his daughters 151 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: to the wicked men. But just because they were physically pure, 152 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: it did not mean their hearts were pure. And we 153 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: see these wicked intentions now turned to full blown terrible sin. 154 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,280 Speaker 1: Lot is tricked into sleeping with his daughters and getting 155 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: each of them pregnant. However, he is not innocent here. 156 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: Once again, rather than being the watchful leader of his family, 157 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 1: he allows himself to become drunk to the point of 158 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: not knowing what he was doing. There's a lesson in here. 159 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:29,079 Speaker 1: For all of us, a strident, stringent lesson. Earlier in Genesis, 160 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,720 Speaker 1: we heard as God warned Kine that sin was crouching 161 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: at the door. And here we see what happens when 162 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: we failed to remain vigilant. Sin like a lion, Satan 163 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: like a lion, will pounce on us and overtake us 164 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 1: if we do not guard ourselves. Lot failed to remain watchful, 165 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: and rather than taking on the responsibility of fatherly leadership 166 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: and helping his daughters find husbands who could fulfill their 167 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: God given desires for intimacy and motherhood, he became drunk 168 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,680 Speaker 1: and father to son. With each of them, these two 169 00:11:03,720 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: boys would grow up to be fathers of two nations 170 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,199 Speaker 1: that would be at war with God's chosen people, the Israelite, 171 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: for years and years to come. What a story, What 172 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: a terrible story, and it all started with fear and 173 00:11:18,880 --> 00:11:23,200 Speaker 1: failure to keep an eye out for sin. Our Holy Father, 174 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: we are appreciative of this story today and what it 175 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: teaches us about our need to be vigilant for sin. 176 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:32,839 Speaker 1: Sin of all kinds crouches at the door, and we'll 177 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: try to enter by any means necessary. Lord, help us 178 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 1: to trust you and to believe in You and not 179 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: listen to our fears, and to turn our fears to 180 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: faith and thanksgiving. An adoration to You for your mercies 181 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: and your hand of protection in our lives is just 182 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: what we need in Jesus Name. Amen, thank you for 183 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,600 Speaker 1: listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 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