1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: Let us pray. And there came two angels to Sodom. 2 00:00:04,519 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: At Even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, 3 00:00:08,039 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: and Lot, seeing them, rose up to meet them, and 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: he bowed himself with his face toward the ground Genesis 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: nineteen one. Dear Heavenly Father, to day, I am making 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: the conscious decision to not allow fear to be the 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 1: driving force behind my decisions. I will not take matters 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: into my own hands to preserve my promised destiny. Instead, 9 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: I will choose to trust in your process and time 10 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: line to bring all that you have promised into fruition. Lord, 11 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 1: when I find myself in the cave of confusion, I 12 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: will reflect on your faithfulness and consistency throughout my life. 13 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: I confess that I will not make the same mistakes 14 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: as Lot and his daughters by allowing the sinful nature 15 00:00:59,520 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: of this war world to corrupt my mind and derail 16 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: my relationship with you God. I declare that I am 17 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:14,119 Speaker 1: the righteousness of God, unmovable and unshakable. My mind is clear, 18 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: my heart is aligned, and my feet are standing on 19 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:26,400 Speaker 1: the solid rock of your word. In Jesus' name, Amen, 20 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 1: thanks for making prayer a priority in your life. To 21 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: hear the Bible come to life. Stay tuned for the 22 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,160 Speaker 1: Bible in a Year, brought to you by Bible in 23 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: a Year dot com. 24 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 2: Lot and his daughters. Previously, we had learned about God's 25 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 2: judgment on the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. The darkness 26 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: that plagued their hearts bled into the city. 27 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 3: Like a river. 28 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 2: Their wickedness knew no limits, and God decided to destroy them. 29 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 2: He showed mercy on Lot and his family, yet Lot's 30 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: wife and son in laws were destroyed. Now we peer 31 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 2: into the sickness of Lot's family, and although Sodom and 32 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 2: Gomorrah had been destroyed, it still left its mark on 33 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 2: Lot's bloodline. Inspired by the Book of Genesis. 34 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the 35 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 3: Bible of the Year podcast. Today, we're going to see 36 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,360 Speaker 3: what happens to Lot and his daughters in the aftermath 37 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 3: of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God and his 38 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:39,919 Speaker 3: mercy had spared Lot and his family, But as you'll 39 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: recall from our previous passage, Lot's wife was unable to 40 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 3: pull her eyes away from the evil of Sodom and 41 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:50,760 Speaker 3: was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his 42 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: daughters now have a chance for a brand new start, 43 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 3: But as we'll see, the sin of sodom and the 44 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 3: darkness all around them will have a profound effect on 45 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 3: their future. The opening scene is one that few among 46 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: us can imagine. Burning cities consumed by God's wrath are 47 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 3: raining down ash and heat all over the region as 48 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 3: a Lot escapes with his daughters. It must have been. 49 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 3: Of course, it was terrifying traumatic, and out of this 50 00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 3: terra and trauma will arise a story of deceit, carelessness, 51 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:30,120 Speaker 3: and corruption of God's design for families. As you listen, 52 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 3: notice what motivates the actions of each person in the story. 53 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,760 Speaker 3: Notice how Lot, though he is not the primary bad 54 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: actor in this account, is not without fault. The passage 55 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 3: is one that will rightfully make us very uncomfortable with 56 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 3: its theme. So get ready, but don't allow the shocking 57 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 3: nature of the story to keep you from seeing the 58 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 3: lesson that is in it, a lesson about what fear 59 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: and a lack of watchfulness can lead to in our 60 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 3: own lives. Now, let's listen in to the reading of 61 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: today's passage. 62 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 2: Darkness covered the skies and ash fell like snow across 63 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 2: the surrounding land of Zoa. Faint screams could be heard 64 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 2: from the distance, and fire illuminated the horizon like a sunset. 65 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 2: Lot had fled to the mountains above Zoa with his 66 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 2: two daughters. There they found refuge in a cave and 67 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 2: hid away until they believed it safe to return. Exhaustion 68 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: and hysteria marked their lives for days, and the minds 69 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 2: of Lot and his daughters began to wander into darkness. 70 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 2: In madness, the three of them dwelt, and fear began 71 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: to be the driving force of all their decisions. One day, 72 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: while Lot was away from the cave, the older daughter 73 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: said to the younger daughter, we have lost everything, and 74 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: our father is old. There is no man here to 75 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 2: give us children, and we are missing out on the 76 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 2: customs of. 77 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: The whole earth. 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 2: Her voice slithered with delirium as she spoke, Let's get 79 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 2: our father drunk and sleep with him so that we 80 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: can preserve our family line. So that night they filled 81 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 2: their father. The three of them laughed as the night 82 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 2: drug on and Lot drank more and more, drowning his 83 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: sorrows and losses with more wine. The daughters tactfully drew 84 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 2: Lot into a crapulous state, and he was unable to 85 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 2: discern reality from his drunken nightmares. The older daughter drew 86 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: him in close, and in their cave of deception, the 87 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:42,279 Speaker 2: two slept together. Lot, completely unaware of what he was 88 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 2: doing yet responsible for where he was, had sex with 89 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: his daughter. Lot awoke the next morning, ignorant of what 90 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 2: had taken place. His daughter had left in the night. 91 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,799 Speaker 2: The following evening, as the sun set and Lot's inhibitions waned, 92 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 2: he drank again with his daughters and slept with a 93 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,400 Speaker 2: younger daughter. Though he may not have been totally aware 94 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 2: of what had happened, it was him who had allowed 95 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,600 Speaker 2: the heart of Sodom to creep into his daughters. It 96 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,600 Speaker 2: was him who showed cowardice in the face of adversity. 97 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 2: In the pit of darkness and paranoia, two sons were 98 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 2: conceived by Lot and his daughters. The first was named 99 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 2: Moab and the second was named Benami. These two men 100 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 2: would build nations of their own, the Moabites and the Ammonites, 101 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 2: from the debased and crooked nature from which they were conceived. 102 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 2: That two men would build cultures that would wage war 103 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 2: against the people of God. For dozens of generations to come. 104 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 2: Lot would be remembered as righteous, not because he exemplified 105 00:06:49,960 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: any sort of faithfulness at all, but because God chose 106 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,280 Speaker 2: to save him. 107 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 3: Lot and his daughters have escaped by the skin of 108 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 3: their teeth from the horrows that befell Sodom and Gomorrah 109 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 3: their home. For his daughters, this had been the only 110 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 3: home they had known. Think for just a moment about 111 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 3: the implications of that statement. They grew up in sin 112 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 3: and debauchery and evil all around them. It had been 113 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 3: the status quo of this culture in which these two 114 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 3: young women had grown up. This is important contact for 115 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 3: what happens in today's passage. But before we get to that, 116 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 3: let's look at what Lot does to set the stage 117 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:36,119 Speaker 3: for things. If you recall from our previous passage, Lot 118 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 3: had pleaded with the angels, who told him to flee 119 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 3: to the mountains to spare the city of Zohar so 120 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 3: he could settle there. The lord granted his request and 121 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 3: did not destroy that city. How odd, then, that this 122 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 3: place Lot envisioned as a safe haven for him and 123 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: his family so quickly became a source of fear and danger. 124 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 3: Listen to what it says in Genesis nineteen, Lot went 125 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: up from Zoar and stayed in the mountains and his 126 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 3: two daughters with him, for he was afraid to stay 127 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 3: in Zoar, and he stayed at the cave he and 128 00:08:11,520 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 3: his two daughters. At first he told God he was 129 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 3: afraid to go to the mountains. And now just a 130 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: few verses later, Lot is afraid to stay at Zoar, 131 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: so he flees to the mountains. It's worth noting what 132 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 3: is also absent from this story. Think back on the 133 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 3: examples of Noah and Abraham when God spared their family 134 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 3: or gave them a victory. What was their response worship? 135 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 3: They worshiped God remembrance. Noah built an altar to the Lord. 136 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:45,200 Speaker 3: Abraham built an altar to the Lord as well. What 137 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: does Lot do? Does he fall on his face with thanksgiving? 138 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,439 Speaker 3: Does he build an altar of worship to remember how 139 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 3: God had worshiped him? Sadly? No, He and his daughters 140 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 3: take up residence in a cave isolated from the world. Now, 141 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: I do not believe this was God's intention when he 142 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 3: instructed Lot to flee to the mountains. Isolation and fear 143 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 3: not a part of God's plan for us and we 144 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: immediately see the effect that it has on Lot's daughters. 145 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: They begin to talk to each other about all they 146 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 3: are missing out on, namely sexual pleasure and the opportunity 147 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 3: to bear children. These desires are God given and natural, 148 00:09:25,840 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 3: but the influence of sin in their hearts, twisted by 149 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:33,320 Speaker 3: the cities of Sodom and Goemoor in which they grew up, 150 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 3: these desires have taken over in a way that is 151 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,200 Speaker 3: ruining their lives. They would get their father drunk and 152 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 3: have intimate relations with him. This is a perversion right 153 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 3: from the culture from which they were spared. We know 154 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: that they were virgins, never having been with a man, 155 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 3: from the account of the angels in Sodom and how 156 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 3: Lot offered his daughters to the wicked men. But just 157 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 3: because they were physically pure did not mean their hearts 158 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 3: were pure, and we see these wicked intentions now turned 159 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: to full blown terrible sin. Lot is tricked into sleeping 160 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 3: with his daughters and getting each of them pregnant. However, 161 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 3: he is not innocent here. Once again, rather than being 162 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 3: the watchful leader of his family, he allows himself to 163 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 3: become drunk to the point of not knowing what he 164 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 3: was doing. There's a lesson in here for all of us. Astrident, 165 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 3: stringent lesson. Earlier in Genesis, we heard as God warned 166 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 3: Kine that sin was crouching at the door, And here 167 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 3: we see what happens when we fail to remain vigilant. 168 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 3: Sin like a lion. Satan like a lion, will pounce 169 00:10:43,720 --> 00:10:47,320 Speaker 3: on us and overtake us if we do not guard ourselves. 170 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 3: Lot failed to remain watchful, and rather than taking on 171 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 3: the responsibility of fatherly leadership and helping his daughters find 172 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,599 Speaker 3: husbands who could fulfill their God given desires for intimacy 173 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 3: and motherhood, he became drunk and fathered a son. With 174 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 3: each of them, these two boys would grow up to 175 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 3: be fathers of two nations that would be at war 176 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 3: with God's chosen people, the Israelite, for years and years 177 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 3: to come. What a story, What a terrible story, and 178 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,480 Speaker 3: it all started with fear and failure to keep an 179 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: eye out for sin. Our Holy Father, we are appreciative 180 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 3: of this story today and what it teaches us about 181 00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 3: our need to be vigilant for sin. Sin of all 182 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,120 Speaker 3: kinds crouches at the door, and we'll try to enter 183 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 3: by any means necessary. Lord, help us to trust you 184 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 3: and to believe in you and not listen to our fears, 185 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 3: and to turn our fears to faith and thanksgiving and 186 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: adoration to You for your mercies and your hand of 187 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 3: protection in our lives is just what we need in Jesus' name. Amen. 188 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible Year podcast. I'm 189 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 3: pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. 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