Today’s Devotional – August 22nd (Sodom Rising! Part 1)
By admin On February 2nd, 2021.
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Today’s Devotional – August 22nd
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Sodom Rising!
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Part 1
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When Abraham’s nephew, Lot, was given first choice, he lifted up his eyes and beheld the rich and fertile countryside compassing about the wicked cities of Sodom.
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And so, the rest is history!
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While Abraham took his family up to the less-fertile and less-populated hill country…
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…Lot took his family to live near the great opulence and decadence of Sodom.
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Abraham & Lot Part ways – www.christianimagesource.com
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SODOM ALL OVER AGAIN!
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Now, we seem to have a similar situation today. Scripture has foretold…
…”Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot;
they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodoma,
it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”
Luke 17:28-30
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People on Times Square – cropped image – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License
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EATING, DRINKING, PLANTING, BUILDING
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Well, to a great extent, Christians today have joined together with unbelievers in the pursuit of “unrighteous Mammon”. (Luke 16:11)
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And just like the citizens of Sodom, we’ve been eating and drinking, planting and building, instead of wholeheartedly engaging ourselves in the work of soul-regeneration!
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And now, all of a sudden, Sodom is rising up all around us!
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Yes, we have been taken by surprise, seeing the abominations of Sodom now becoming the norm, even in our government.
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Pride Parade – cropped and altered image – image – Wikimedia – GNU Free Documentation License
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PANDEMIC SITUATION
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But all we need to do, is to take note of the similarity between this modern-day opulence and hedonism, being exactly what caused the downfall of Sodom & Gomorrah!
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And it is the same opulence and hedonism which caused the downfall of other great societies, too!
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But now we are at the end of all things!
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This is a pandemic situation: a world-wide phenomenon!
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But we should not be surprised! After all, the Book of Romans warns us…
…”Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
through the lusts of their own hearts,
to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:”
Romans 1:24.
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As this above passage reveals, it is when God gives a society over to their wickedness, that such perversions result!
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Mall Market culture – Jakarta – Wikimedia – share-alike-lic.
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FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS
Matthew 24:15, 16.
Now, in the Genesis account, the day finally came when Lot was warned to, “escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed!” Genesis 19:17.
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Yes, the day ultimately arrived when God was ready to pour out His fire and fury upon Sodom and its surrounding cities.
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And so, God is now allowing Satan to create a similar situation in the world.
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And the call is just now going out to God’s people… “escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed!”
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Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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“Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
Habakkuk 2:2
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But what are we to do? Where are we to flee?
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After all, this modern-day society does not permit people to merely homestead anymore!
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And it seems that God has given up the entire world!
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So, just how are we to escape with our children from the destructive forces which are enveloping around us and around our families?
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Listen to Luke’s admonition…
…”In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop,
and his stuff in the house,
let him not come down to take it away:
and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
Remember Lot’s wife.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it;
and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”
Luke 17:31-33
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REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE!
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Notice that it says in the above passage…
…”Remember Lot’s wife.
Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it;
and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”
Luke 17:32, 33
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Remember what Mrs. Lot did?
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She looked back, didn’t she?
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She looked back at her opulent life!
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She already missed her comfortable and selfish lifestyle of wandering through the richly adorned malls, restaurants and materialistic marketplaces which catered to every whim of the local citizenry of that opulent citadel of selfishness!
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Both she and her husband dreaded the supposed austere existence which awaited them on that mountain.
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But if only they had considered that Uncle Abraham and Aunt Sarah had a wonderful life up there, serving the Lord, in those very same mountains!
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Lot and His Daughters flee – by Raphael – for www.wikigallery.com – public domain
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But where are we to flee? Where is that mountain today?
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Well, tomorrow’s devotional will answer the question, “Just where are we to flee? And just how are we to flee?”
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TO CONTINUE READING PART 2, CLICK HERE…
“August 23rd (Sodom Rising! Part 2: Flee!)”
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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TODAY’S PRAYER…
“Dear Lord, Graciously allow me to enter into Thy hiding place. Help me to seek righteousness and meekness. Help me to cast away my idols, and flee to Christ in these last moments…
Prayer for USA – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “How To Be Hidden in the Day of Wrath”…
…or you can also read… “How To Enter The Most Holy Place”
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THE END
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TODAY’S FEATURED SIGN
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CASTOR AND POLLUX = THE NARROW WAY…
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“And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.” Acts 28:11
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Most theologians interpret this verse to be speaking of two pagan gods known as Castor and Pollux.
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Beyond that, they are puzzled as to what significance do these twin gods have.
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Some believe these gods to be the patrons of safe ocean travel.
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Certainly, God would never want His people to board such a pagan ship!
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But there is much significance to Castor and Pollux.
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No, not to those twin-gods.
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But there are two stars named Castor and Pollux.
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They are twin-stars, and not twin-gods.
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They are the two bright stars of the constellation commonly known as Gemini.
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But as “Signs Of Heaven” points out, these two stars also happen to be the two brightest stars on Orion’s sickle.
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And these two stars are also known as The Narrow Gate Stars.
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And if you explore this concept, you will see that Castor and Pollux possess great significance…
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READ MORE…
To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Castor and Pollux & The Mystery Ship of Scripture”
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TOMORROW:
“August 23rd (Sodom Rising! Part 2: Flee!)”
Picture – Lot Escapes – www.thebiblerevival.com offers free Bible clipart – Public Domain.
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