Friday, June 6, 2008
Genesis 18:16-21 (NIV)
16 When the men got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him." 20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."
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This scene shows how much God loves all His people. He is filled with grief because of Sodom and Gomorrah's sins. He could have just destroyed these cities from a far distance without looking back. Instead however, the LORD gracefully comes down Himself not to condemn these two cities immediately. It's similar to the coming of our Messiah Christ. Though the world was filled with sins and people no longer abided by His words, God himself (Jesus) came down as a human being to free us from our sins and to give us new life.
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