Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may know them carnally.” Genesis 19:4-5
This is a touchy subject these days and I’m about to show my horrible intolerance. It always surprises me to hear people say that the Bible doesn’t condemn homosexuality. I have heard great scholars say that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah is not mentioned. I wander if they have actually ever read the Bible? I’m sure some details of all of Sodom and Gomorrah’s wickedness are left out but I find it interesting that the one sin demonstrated here is homosexuality and bisexuality. We are told that the men of the town wanted to have sex with the male visitors. Another part of this is that they were going to rape them if they didn’t come willingly. The visitors then tell Lot to leave with his family. Ten righteous were not found. Only Lot, his wife and two daughters escape before the city is destroyed.
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens. Genesis 19:24
Many scholars try to write this story off as a volcanic eruption. The problem is that there is not a volcano within 500 miles of this area. Geologists have confirmed that there was a fire with sulfur (brimstone) in this area but say without a volcano it should not be there. The fact that there was so much petroleum in the ground means that this was probably a very destructive fire that spread with even the ground exploding. Two archaeological sites called Numeira and Bab edh Dhra match the destruction with fire that is described in the Bible. Science has confirmed that five cities existed here with two of them being destroyed when skeptics at one time said this was all a fairy tale because this region was so desolate that humans couldn’t live here.
This is a touchy subject these days and I’m about to show my horrible intolerance. It always surprises me to hear people say that the Bible doesn’t condemn homosexuality. I have heard great scholars say that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah is not mentioned. I wander if they have actually ever read the Bible? I’m sure some details of all of Sodom and Gomorrah’s wickedness are left out but I find it interesting that the one sin demonstrated here is homosexuality and bisexuality. We are told that the men of the town wanted to have sex with the male visitors. Another part of this is that they were going to rape them if they didn’t come willingly. The visitors then tell Lot to leave with his family. Ten righteous were not found. Only Lot, his wife and two daughters escape before the city is destroyed.
Then the LORD rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the LORD out of the heavens. Genesis 19:24
Many scholars try to write this story off as a volcanic eruption. The problem is that there is not a volcano within 500 miles of this area. Geologists have confirmed that there was a fire with sulfur (brimstone) in this area but say without a volcano it should not be there. The fact that there was so much petroleum in the ground means that this was probably a very destructive fire that spread with even the ground exploding. Two archaeological sites called Numeira and Bab edh Dhra match the destruction with fire that is described in the Bible. Science has confirmed that five cities existed here with two of them being destroyed when skeptics at one time said this was all a fairy tale because this region was so desolate that humans couldn’t live here.
Picture: Archaelogical site of Bab edh dhra illustrating the city was destroyed by fire.
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