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One of the most prevalent sins in Sodom was the homosexuality of the men, engaging in sexual relations with other men and boys. That’s where we get the term “sodomy” named after this widespread sin of the town.
There were angels who went into the house of Lot (the holy man). They were surrounded by men who yelled “where are the men who came to you? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
The men didn’t stop there. They literally tried to force themselves into the house, even Lot (in desperation) gave his two daughters to the men to have sex with, but they wouldn’t.
This is when God told Lot to take his family and get out of the land because he was going to destroy it.
The only people in his family that would leave were Lot with his wife and two daughters.
When God rained down sulfur from heaven, destroying every living thing in the two cities, even all the plants, Lots wife looked back instead of continuing on her journey to safety.. and because she couldn’t leave her past behind her, she turned into a pillar of salt. She apparently wasn’t able to follow God’s instructions because she identified with the sinfulness of the city. So she disobeyed and lost her life.
All of this happened because God was going to destroy the city but Lot pleaded with God not to do it if he could find even 10 righteous people in the area.
He couldn’t find even just 10 people in both cities combined who were devoted to God.
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