Let's Take the Focus off Lot's Wife

Well, I'm reading in the book of Genesis and we come across a familiar story. What? Sodom and Gomorrah. If we were to take a random survey of things that we think about when we hear the story we would probably say homosexuality, God's wrath, and a pillar of salt. Even though these are truthful recollections of the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, I am saddened by the lack of discussion that has been raised over this individual 'Lot'. On a simple comparison with Lot and his wife, the wife truly is getting a terrible rep. Why? She looked back. Terrible. Disgusting. How could she? That is horrendous! She looked back at her home of sin. She looked back at the disparity of humanity. She disobeyed God. She transformed from flesh to salt, marinated in the smell of sulfur. And then there was LOT.

Now, let's just highlight some of the accomplishments of this fine, upstanding individual. He did show some hospitality to some angels and that was very nice of him. However, when the sex crazed town surrounded his home - all the men both young and old - and demanded that these visitors be given to them so that they could rape them, he came up with a better idea. He steps out the door and tells them - "why don't you leave these strangers alone. I have a better idea. I have some daughters and they're virgins. How about I bring them out and y'all can just rape them. Doesn't that sound like a great idea?"

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON HERE? YOUR DAUGHTERS? YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD? YOUR KIDS OVER SOME STRANGERS? YOU'D GIVE YOUR PERMISSION TO A BUNCH OF PERVERTS TO RAPE YOUR DAUGHTERS IN SOME CITY GANG BANG? THIS IS SICK!

Well, the daughters don't get given over. Instead the angels step in and take over the situation. They blind the crowd, tell the family to get out of there, the wife looks back, and eventually you have Lot and his two daughters living in the desert alone. Well, the daughters get a great idea to get their dad drunk and have sex with him so that they can have children. Next thing you know, the daughter's pouring shots for dad and then going in to have sex with him. Drunk or not drunk - he had to be semi concious to impregnate a woman. So she gets pregnant. The next daughter does the same thing and she gets pregnant. Don't tell me that Lot was unaware of what was going on. Here they are living in the middle of the desert anhd mysteriously (immaculate conception?) one daughter gets pregnant and then the other?

THIS PERVERT WAS HAVING SEX WITH HIS OWN DAUGHTERS. INCEST! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING! THIS GUY WAS A SLIME IN THE THIRD DEGREE. WE DON'T READ MUCH ABOUT LOT AFTER THIS, BUT I BET HE LIVED WITH THE REMINDERS OF HIS SIN SURROUNDING HIM EVERY DAY.

Next time you hear about Lot's wife and the grievous sin of turning back - think about Lot. Next time someone tells you how bad her sin was - think about Lot. She turned to stone and he went out and continued in his sin. Let's refocus from the turning back to the sins of a Level 3 sex offender. Today, this is what he'd be!

GP