46 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 3 - Part 2 - Book 4 - Sodom and Gomorrah

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com LESSON THREE * PART II SODOM AND GOMORRAH Genesis 16-20 Let's begin in Genesis, Chapter 18. I like to remember Chapter 18 as one of the most vivid chapters of God appearing in human form to the Old Testament patriarchs. Genesis 18:1-4 So really that is all Abraham is content to do at this point in time. I know in verse 3 the "L" in the word Lord is capitalized in the King James. I would tend to agree with the latter, because I don't feel that as these three men approached Abraham's tent he knew one of them was Jehovah. Genesis 18:5a "And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on:..." If Abraham knew this was Jehovah, would he be so ready for Him to just pick and go? If you want to maintain that Abraham knew Who that was, I have no argument with that either. Genesis 18:5b Genesis 18:6-8 "And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, `Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.' And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it (This is a Middle East banquet). Turn to Luke, Chapter 24. In Luke 24 we have The Lord Jesus in the forty-day period after His Resurrection. Luke 24:36-43 John 21:3a "Simon Peter saith unto them, `I go a fishing....'" Then Jesus saith unto them, `Children, have ye any meat (any fish?...anything to eat?)?' Now to verse 10: John 21:10-13 "Jesus saith unto them, `Bring of the fish which ye have now caught (get the correct time frame - this is after His Resurrection).' Jesus saith unto them, `Come and dine.' I don't think The Lord had to wait for the fish out of Peter's net. I think The Lord already had fish cooking on the fire when they arrived. Jesus ate! It is The Lord, and two angels, as we'll see in the next Chapter. Genesis 18:9 "And they said unto him, `Where is Sarah thy wife (I imagine the Lord is speaking)?' The old patriarch had his own tent. I can picture that so vividly here; them asking Abraham where his wife was, and Abraham replying that she was out back in her tent. Genesis 18:10 "And he said, `I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son.' Genesis 18:11,12 "Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women (Abraham is now 99 and Sarah is 89). Genesis 18:13,14a "And the Lord (Jehovah) said unto Abraham, `Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Do you remember when The Lord said it was almost impossible for a rich man to be saved? What did Jesus say? "Why of course not, because with God nothing is impossible." Nothing! Always remember that with our God, nothing, nothing is impossible. You can't dream of something that is impossible in the eyes of our God. Genesis 18:14b "...At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son." Genesis 18:15 - Laughter. Genesis 18:16 "And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way." It is up in the mountainous area that Abraham agreed to stay with his flocks, whereas Lot pitched his tent toward Sodom because it appealed to him. So from that vantage point then, from the highlands, The Lord says as He looks toward Sodom: Genesis 18:17,18 "And the Lord said, `Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do (referring to destroying Sodom);'" He wants to bring Abraham in on this because he's been such a man of faith. "Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?" All the nations in the world, Gentile as well as the Hebrew, can trace their great men back to this man Abraham. Genesis 18:19-22 Now, take your three men who appeared in verse 1. Two are going to start heading toward Sodom, but the third one (or the first one - The Lord) is going to stay with Abraham and finish out the Chapter. These other two men, however, are making their way to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Here Abraham pleads with the LORD concerning the inhabitants of Sodom. Lot, his beloved nephew, and his offspring are now living in Sodom. So Abraham begins to `bargain' with God, (I guess is a safe word), saying, "Now Lord if there are fifty righteous in Sodom will you spare it?" America is ripe for judgment as surely as Sodom and Gomorrah were. My prayer is that The Lord will grant me and my wife health and strength, and keep America free until the trumpet sounds. - angels! Lot, Abraham's nephew, is sitting in the gate. Genesis 19:1,2a Lot knew the Sodomite people had even more at stake than Abraham as he entertained the three. We'll spend the night in the street." Genesis 19:2b #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible