"But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt." v.26
Read chapter 19.
Why did she look back? Out of wonder? Out of missing her home? Not taking the angels words serious, not realizing the sinful culture she was surrounded by, not wanting the freedom she was being given. Lot's wife was on her way of being free but she couldn't let go of her past. And not trusting the angel's words was an act of unfaithfulness that led to her death. Sodom was a horrible city to live in but seems that she, and her family too, became immune to the sin around them and justifying that way of life by not hating its sin.
This is a hard chapter to read about Lot's response of giving over his daughters, a city of homosexuals and the judgement called down on them. But God is the Judge to set things right and act on the outcry to Him. What are sins that you can't let go? How do you identify with Lot's wife?
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