LESSON 12 - DESTRUCTION OF SODOM

March 24, 1888.

  1. WHILE Abraham was pleading with the Lord for Sodom, what were the two angels who accompanied him doing? Gen. 13:22.
  2. At what time did the angels reach Sodom? Gen. 19:1.
  3. How did Lot greet them?
  4. What trait had Lot in common with Abraham? Ans.- Hospitality.
  5. How did he exhibit it? Gen. 19:2, 3.
  6. What place of honor did Lot occupy in the city of Sodom? Verse 1.
  7. Cite other instances that indicate that those who sat in the gate occupied an office of public trust. Dan. 2:49; Esther 2:19,21,22; 3:2,3; Prov. 24:7; 31:23; Lam. 5:14.
  8. What words of the Sodomites corroborate this? Gen. 19:9.
  9. Did Lot participate in the wickedness of the Sodomites? 2 Pet. 2:6-8.
  10. What was the crying sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? Jude 7.
  11. What marked contrast was there between the hospitality of Lot and the actions of the men of Sodom? Gen. 19:4-7,9.
  12. What did the angels say to Lot? Verses 12, 13.
  13. What did Lot do? Verse 14.
  14. How did his sons-in-law regard his appeal?
  15. What did the angels say as soon as it was morning? Verse 15.
  16. What steps did they take to hasten Lot and his family? Verse 16.
  17. What earnest charge did the angels give them? Verse 17.
  18. As soon as Lot had escaped, what did the Lord do? Verses 23-25.
  19. What happened to his wife because she disregarded the command of the angels? Verse 26.
  20. What warning is given to us, in view of such facts as this? Heb. 2:1-3.
  21. What did Jesus say of the condition of the world just before his second coming? Luke 17:28-30.
  22. What will he do when he is revealed? 2 Thess. 1:7-9.
  23. Of what was the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah an example? Jude 6,7.
  24. What charge is given to us who are living in these last days? Luke 21:34-36.
  25. What warning is given us? Luke 17: 31,32.

NOTE.

On Jude 7 Dr. Barnes says: “The phrase eternal fire is one that is often used to denote future punishment - as expressing the severity and intensity of the suffering. As here used it cannot mean that the fires which consumed Sodom and Gomorrah were literally eternal, or were kept always burning, for that was not true. The expression seems to denote, in this connection, two things: (1) That the destruction of the cities of the plains, with their inhabitants, was as entire and perpetual as if the fires had been always burning - the consumption was absolute and enduring - the sinners were wholly cut off, and the cities forever rendered desolate; and (2) that in its nature and duration this was a striking emblem of the destruction which will come upon the ungodly.” And the apostle Peter expressly declares that God made Sodom and Gomorrah “an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.” 2 Peter 2:6.

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