We are to let brotherly love continue
..keeping the lights burning
.
Hebrews 13:1-2 KJV
(1) Let brotherly love continue.
.and not forgetting (being asleep in the night) to entertain strangers
.whom Jesus sends.
(2) Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Lot entertained strangers (the two angels) who came to Sodom in the evening
in the night. Lot knew the time that the Lord visited him. For he received them who were sent by Him. The Lord came knocking on the door
.but he did not keep them in the streets of the city.
Lot bowed himself with his face toward the ground. The Hebrew word here in Genesis 19:1 which is translated face in the KJV is really nostrils
which signifies wrath. In other words, Lot was not wrathful toward what the two angels had to say. He saw them
he understood them. He did meet them with hospitality.
Genesis 19:1-3 KJV
(1) And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
He invited them into his house. We also are to invite His words of Life and spirit into our hearts
not keeping the Word of Truth that will be preached by His messengers out in the street. Let us hear and keep it our hearts. Lot heard the Word of Truth
the gospel of his salvation
.of his deliverance from wicked men. He was not to keep company with them.
(2) And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
The two angels are the Law and the Prophets
.who witness about the righteousness of God (the two witnesses)
.which without the law is revealed
..
Romans 3:21-23 KJV
(21) But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
They witness the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe. Lot was a believer. Lot was righteous because he was a believer.
The two angels are the two witnesses
the Law and the Prophets. We are made partakers of the inheritance of the biblical saints in light
.for we shall preach the Word of Truth that they are witnesses of. We are to preach their words in Christ Jesus in sincerity and truth.
(22) Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
(23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Lot believed the Word of Truth and he kept the feast with the unleavened bread of sincerity and Truth. Lot was righteous
.he was a believer
receiving them into his house. He did not rail in his wrath upon the angels. He was not a striker
.beating upon the servants of God with malicious words.
Genesis 19:
(3) And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Lot did not respond to the two angels with malice and wickedness. He entertained them with sincerity and Truth. He recognized the Lords visit.
1 Corinthians 5:8-13 KJV
(8) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
The two angels told Lot that he must depart from Sodom or be consumed in the iniquity of the city
.covetousness
.fornication
.idolatry. We also are not to keep company with the fornicators
.the covetous.
(9) I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
(10) Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
Lot was no longer to keep company with the men of Sodom. We are not to keep company with those who will rail upon the Truth motivated by the covetousness in the hearts of men
who call themselves brothers.
(11) But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
It is a judgment call
.
(12) For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
The men of Sodom knew Lot was going to leave them. They said that he came in to sojourn
and his leaving their company was a judgment upon their company. They threatened him. They did not receive the messengers
.knowing not the time of the Lords visit. They instead chose to do evil in the sight of the Lord. Lot had tried to make peace with them
..the two daughters = peace, peace. But they were for war.
Genesis 19:9 KJV
(9) And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
As He hears, He judges
and His judgment is just. The cry of them was waxen great before the face of Jehovah who had sent His messengers to find out if their sin was as great as its cry. Their response to the messengers showed that it was
..their sin had reached its limit.
Genesis 18:20-22 KJV
(20) And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
(21) I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
The Lord went down within the men who were sent by Him. All of the people of Sodom just saw 2 men that they could abuse
.while Lot knew who they were.
(22) And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
Jesus also sent 2 men before His face into every city and place where he would come. He will also send His messengers out again in these last days.
Luke 10:1-12 KJV
(1) After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come.
(2) Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
He will send them out as lambs among wolves
.
(3) Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
(4) Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
The first thing: PEACE.
(5) And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
(6) And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
(7) And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
(8) And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
(9) And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
The men of Sodom did not receive the 2 men.. Only Lot received them into his house and did not keep them out in the streets of the city.
(10) But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
(11) Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
(12) But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
The kingdom of God is near
..His judgment is near upon all of those who will behave wickedly against the Word of Truth. We are to get up
.arise up out of our sleep
and get out of the places of wicked men who will speak evil of the Way of Truth.
Genesis 19:12-15 KJV
(12) And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
(13) For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
(14) And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Or we will be consumed in the iniquity of the city. The tongue is a fire that shall set the whole course of nature on fire
..being set of fire of hell.
(15) And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
The 2 messengers are the Law and the Prophets who will be used to destroy this place.
Revelation 11:3-6 KJV
(3) And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
(4) These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
(5) And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
(6) These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
The Law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient
.of which the men of Sodom had proved themselves in the face of the Lord.
1 Timothy 1:9-13 KJV
(9) Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
(10) For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
(11) According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
(12) And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
(13) Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
Our God is merciful
.having abundant grace upon us
for we have all did things IGNORANTLY IN UNBELIEF.
Genesis 19:16-20 KJV
(16) And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
(17) And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
(18) And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
(19) Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Paul means little
.just as Zoar does. Pauls gospel is one of abundant grace. By His grace, we are saved.
(20) Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Proverbs 10:8 KJV
(8) The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.