1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: And there came two angels to Sodom. At Even and 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,920 Speaker 1: Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, and Lot, seeing them, 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: his face toward the ground Genesis nineteen one. Dear Heavenly Father, 5 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: to day, I am making the conscious decision to not 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: allow fear to be the driving force behind my decisions. 7 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: I will not take matters into my own hands to 8 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: preserve my promised destiny. Instead, I will choose to trust 9 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:37,879 Speaker 1: in your process and time line to bring all that 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: you have promised into fruition. Lord, when I find myself 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 1: in the cave of confusion, I will reflect on your 12 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: faithfulness and consistency throughout my life. I confess that I 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: will not make the same mistakes as Lot and his 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: daughters by allowing the sinful nature of this world to 15 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:02,240 Speaker 1: corrupt my mind and erail my relationship with you God. 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: I declare that I am the righteousness of God, unmovable 17 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: and unshakable. My mind is clear, my heart is aligned, 18 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 1: and my feet are standing on the solid rock of 19 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: your word. In Jesus's name, Amen, Thanks for making prayer 20 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 1: a priority in your life. To hear the Bible. Come 21 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,680 Speaker 1: to life. Stay tuned for the Bible in a Year, 22 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:47,760 Speaker 1: brought to you by Bible in a Year dot com. 23 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 2: Lot and his daughters. Previously, we had learned about God's 24 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 2: judgment on the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. The darkness 25 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 2: that plagued their hearts bled into the city like a river. 26 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: Their wickedness knew no limits, and God decided to destroy them. 27 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: He showed mercy on Lot and his family, yet Lot's 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 2: wife and son in laws were destroyed. Now we peer 29 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 2: into the sickness of Lot's family, and although Sodom and 30 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: Gomorrah had been destroyed, it still left its mark on 31 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 2: Lot's bloodline. Inspired by the Book of Genesis. 32 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Jack Graham with today's episode of the Bible 33 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 3: in a Year podcast. But before we begin, I want 34 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: to let you know about a unique ebook that's yours 35 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 3: to download absolutely free today. It's called Breaking Free from Stress, 36 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 3: and my prayer is that it will help you conquer 37 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 3: the daily task and pressures and burdens that bring stress 38 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:45,520 Speaker 3: in your life. Download your free copy of Breaking Free 39 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 3: from Stress today by visiting Jack Graham dot org slash stress. 40 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 3: That's Jack Graham dot org slash Stress today. We're going 41 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 3: to see what happens to Lot and his daughters in 42 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 3: the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God 43 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,520 Speaker 3: in his mercy, had spared Lot and his family, But 44 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 3: as you'll recall from our previous passage, Lot's wife was 45 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: unable to pull her eyes away from the evil of 46 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 3: Sodom and was turned into a pillar of salt. Lot 47 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 3: and his daughters now have a chance for a brand 48 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 3: new start, but as we'll see, the sin of Sodom 49 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 3: and the darkness all around them will have a profound 50 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: effect on their future. The opening scene is one that 51 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 3: few among us can imagine. Burning cities consumed by God's 52 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 3: wrath are raining down ash and heat all over the region. 53 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 3: As Lot escapes with his daughters. It must have been, 54 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: of course, it was terrifying traumatic, and out of this 55 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: terra and trauma will arise a story of deceit, carelessness, 56 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 3: and corruption of God's design for families. As you listen, 57 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 3: notice what motivates the actions of each person in the story. 58 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 3: Notice how Lot, though he is not the primary bad 59 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: actor in this account, is not without fault. The passage 60 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 3: is one that will rightly make us very uncomfortable with 61 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: its theme, so get ready, but don't allow the shocking 62 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 3: nature of the story to keep you from seeing the 63 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: lesson that is in it, a lesson about what fear 64 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 3: and a lack of watchfulness can lead to in our 65 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 3: own lives. Now, let's listen in to the reading of 66 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: today's passage. 67 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 2: Darkness covered the skies and ash fell like snow across 68 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,160 Speaker 2: the surrounding land of Zoha. Faint screams could be heard 69 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: from the distance, and fire illuminated the horizon like a sunset. 70 00:04:46,440 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: Lot had fled to the mountains above Zoa with his 71 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 2: two daughters. There they found refuge in a cave and 72 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 2: hid away until they believed it's safe to return. Exhaustion 73 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: and hysteria marked their lives for days, and the minds 74 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 2: of Lot and his daughters began to wander into darkness. 75 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: In madness, the three of them dwelt, and fear began 76 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: to be the driving force of all their decisions. One day, 77 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 2: while Lot was away from the cave, the older daughter 78 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 2: said to the younger daughter, we have lost everything, and 79 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 2: our father is old. There is no man here to 80 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 2: give us children, and we are missing out on the 81 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 2: customs of. 82 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: The whole earth. 83 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 2: Her voice slithered with delirium as she spoke, Let's get 84 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 2: our father drunk and sleep with him so that we 85 00:05:36,160 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 2: can preserve our family line. So that night they filled 86 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: their father. The three of them laughed as the night 87 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,279 Speaker 2: drug on, and Lot drank more and more, drowning his 88 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: sorrows and losses with more wine. The daughters tactfully drew 89 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 2: Lot into a crapulous state, and he was unable to 90 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:00,280 Speaker 2: discern reality from his drunken nightmares. The older daughter drew 91 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:04,000 Speaker 2: him in close, and in their cave of deception, the 92 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: two slept together. Lot, completely unaware of what he was doing, 93 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 2: yet responsible for where he was, had sex with his daughter. 94 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: Lot awoke the next morning, ignorant of what had taken place. 95 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: His daughter had left in the night. The following evening, 96 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,679 Speaker 2: as the sun set and Lot's inhibitions waned, he drank 97 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,679 Speaker 2: again with his daughters and slept with a younger daughter. 98 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 2: Though he may not have been totally aware of what 99 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 2: had happened, it was him who had allowed the heart 100 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 2: of sodom to creep into his daughters. It was him 101 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:42,480 Speaker 2: who showed cowardice in the face of adversity, in the 102 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: pit of darkness and paranoia. Two sons were conceived by 103 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:51,599 Speaker 2: Lot and his daughters. The first was named Moab and 104 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 2: the second was named Benami. These two men would build 105 00:06:55,720 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: nations of their own, the Moabites and the Ammonites, from 106 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:04,039 Speaker 2: the debased and crooked nature from which they were conceived. 107 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,240 Speaker 2: That two men would build cultures that would wage war 108 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 2: against the people of God for dozens of generations to come. 109 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 2: Lot would be remembered as righteous, not because he exemplified 110 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,760 Speaker 2: any sort of faithfulness at all, but because God chose 111 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 2: to save him. 112 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 3: A Lot and his daughters have escaped by the skin 113 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 3: of their teeth from the horrors that befell Sodom and 114 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 3: Gomorrah their home. For his daughters, this had been the 115 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: only home they had known. Think for just a moment 116 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 3: about the implications of that statement. They grew up in 117 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 3: sin and debauchery and evil all around them. It had 118 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 3: been the status quo of this culture in which these 119 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: two young women had grown up. This is important contact 120 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 3: for what happens in today's passage. But before we get 121 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 3: to that, let's look at what Lot does to set 122 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:01,880 Speaker 3: the stage for things you call from our previous passage. 123 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 3: Lot had pleaded with the angels, who told him to 124 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 3: flee to the mountains to spare the city of Zohar 125 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 3: so he could settle there. The Lord granted his request 126 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 3: and did not destroy that city. How odd then, that 127 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: this place Lot envisioned as a safe haven for him 128 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: and his family so quickly became a source of fear 129 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,920 Speaker 3: and danger. Listen to what it says in Genesis nineteen thirty, 130 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 3: Lot went up from Zoar and stayed in the mountains 131 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid 132 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 3: to stay in Zoar, and he stayed in a cave 133 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 3: he and his two daughters. At first he told God 134 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: he was afraid to go to the mountains, and now 135 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 3: just a few verses later, Lot is afraid to stay 136 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 3: at Zoar, so he flees to the mountains. It's worth 137 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 3: noting what is also absent from this story. Think back 138 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,080 Speaker 3: on the examples of Noah and Abraham when God spared 139 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 3: their family or gave them a victory. What was their 140 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 3: response worship? They worshiped God remembrance. Noah built an altar 141 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 3: to the Lord. Abraham built an altar to the Lord 142 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 3: as well. What does Lot do? Does he fall on 143 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 3: his face with thanksgiving. Does he build an altar of 144 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,199 Speaker 3: worship to remember how God had worshiped him? Sadly, no, 145 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 3: He and his daughters take up residence in a cave 146 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 3: isolated from the world. Now, I do not believe this 147 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 3: was God's intention when he instructed Lot to flee to 148 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 3: the mountains. Isolation and fear not a part of God's 149 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 3: plan for us, and we immediately see the effect that 150 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 3: it has on Lot's daughters. They begin to talk to 151 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 3: each other about all they are missing out on, namely 152 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 3: sexual pleasure and the opportunity to bear children. These desires 153 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,560 Speaker 3: are God given and natural, but the influence of sin 154 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 3: in their hearts, twisted by the cities of Sodomygemore in 155 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: which they grew up, these desires have taken over in 156 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,920 Speaker 3: a way that is ruining their lives. They would get 157 00:10:05,960 --> 00:10:10,560 Speaker 3: their father drunk and have intimate relations with him. This 158 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 3: is a perversion right from the culture from which they 159 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 3: were spared. We know that they were virgins, never having 160 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 3: been with a man, from the account of the angels 161 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 3: in Sodom and how Lot offered his daughters to the 162 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:26,320 Speaker 3: wicked men. But just because they were physically pure, it 163 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 3: did not mean their hearts were pure, and we see 164 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 3: these wicked intentions now turned to full blown terrible sin. 165 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 3: Lot is tricked into sleeping with his daughters and getting 166 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,600 Speaker 3: each of them pregnant. However, he is not innocent here. 167 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 3: Once again, rather than being the watchful leader of his family, 168 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 3: he allows himself to become drunk to the point of 169 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 3: not knowing what he was doing. There's a lesson in 170 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 3: here for all of us, a strident, stringent lesson. Earlier 171 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:59,600 Speaker 3: in Genesis we heard as God warned Kine that sin 172 00:10:59,679 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 3: was at the door, and here we see what happens 173 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 3: when we fail to remain vigilant. Sin like a lion, 174 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 3: Satan like a lion, will pounce on us and overtake 175 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 3: us if we do not guard ourselves. Lot fail to 176 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,520 Speaker 3: remain watchful, and rather than taking on the responsibility of 177 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 3: fatherly leadership and helping his daughters find husbands who could 178 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,200 Speaker 3: fulfill their God given desires for intimacy and motherhood, he 179 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 3: became drunk and fathered a son. With each of them. 180 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 3: These two boys would grow up to be fathers of 181 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 3: two nations that would be at war with God's chosen people, 182 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 3: the Israelite, for years and years to come. What a story, 183 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 3: What a terrible story, and it all started with fear 184 00:11:47,280 --> 00:11:51,079 Speaker 3: and failure to keep an eye out for sin. Our 185 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 3: Holy Father, we are appreciative of this story today and 186 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,359 Speaker 3: what it teaches us about our need to be vigilant 187 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,080 Speaker 3: for sin. Sin of all kinds crouches at the door, 188 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 3: and we'll try to enter by any means necessary. Lord, 189 00:12:05,760 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 3: help us to trust you and to believe in you 190 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 3: and not listen to our fears, and to turn our 191 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 3: fears to faith and thanksgiving and adoration to you for 192 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: your mercies and your hand of protection in our lives 193 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 3: is just what we need in Jesus' name. Amen, Thank 194 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 3: you for listening to today's Bible into Year podcast. 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