seekeroftruth
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Genesis 19:9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
10 But the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, young and old, with blindness so that they could not find the door.
So here's the blueletterbible.org commentary.
This shows Lot's feeble efforts at providing moral and spiritual leadership were rejected and mocked by the men of Sodom.
Perhaps Lot thought that through compromise he might reach these men, but just the opposite has happened. They have no respect for him whatsoever, even though his "buddy-buddy" approach leads him to call such wicked men my brethren.
It must have taken great, perhaps supernatural, strength to do what the angels did at the door. Obviously, the work of striking the men blind was supernatural. Now this mob had a physical blindness appropriate
Perhaps Lot thought that through compromise he might reach these men, but just the opposite has happened. They have no respect for him whatsoever, even though his "buddy-buddy" approach leads him to call such wicked men my brethren.
It must have taken great, perhaps supernatural, strength to do what the angels did at the door. Obviously, the work of striking the men blind was supernatural. Now this mob had a physical blindness appropriate
This is how bible.org interprets these two verses.
Fortunately, the sick Sodomites did not take Lot up on his offer. Rather, they told him to, “‘Stand aside.’ Furthermore, they said, ‘This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.’ So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door. But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway”. Lot may have had a degree of political power, but his spiritual influence was pathetic. The men of Sodom identified him as “an alien.” Instead of being the salt of the earth, Lot had become tasteless and was good for nothing, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. Ironically, the two angels prevented Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:13 from being fulfilled in their midst. As the men of Sodom were trying to break down the door, the two angels grabbed Lot, shut the door, and struck the perverts with blindness.
The bible-commentaries.com site says this.
It is also obvious that the effort of the men of Sodom to engage in this gang-rape seals their doom. The Lord now has the proof He has been looking for. This sounds like something redundant because God does not need proofs like these, but the proofs justify God's actions before men and angels and prove His righteousness.
Lot's reaction is almost as detestable as the actions of the Sodomites. Commentaries state that oriental hospitality requires that the host defend his guests with his own life. But Lot does not offer his own life. He is not willing to die himself, but rather to sacrifice his daughters instead. Imagine the effect upon the girls to hear their father say such a thing. Whatever respect they may have had for him was certainly lost at this point. Lot's proposal shows how much he had come under the influence of the spirit of Sodom himself. The ethical boundaries have almost been wiped out in his mind. It makes one wonder how much righteousness was left in Lot.
His life and that of his daughters is saved by the angels. They pull him inside and strike the people of Sodom with blindness. This blindness may very well have been more a blindness of rage than a physical inability to see. The men must have been in a frenzy. The mentality of a mob is the most unreasonable and inhuman feature humanity can acquired. If the devil can take possession of a mass of humans then he can make them ungovernable and closed for any argument. It is amazing that even at this point Lot does not realize that he has lived all those years on a powder keg. He and his family still find it extremely difficult to separate themselves from Sodom.
Lot's reaction is almost as detestable as the actions of the Sodomites. Commentaries state that oriental hospitality requires that the host defend his guests with his own life. But Lot does not offer his own life. He is not willing to die himself, but rather to sacrifice his daughters instead. Imagine the effect upon the girls to hear their father say such a thing. Whatever respect they may have had for him was certainly lost at this point. Lot's proposal shows how much he had come under the influence of the spirit of Sodom himself. The ethical boundaries have almost been wiped out in his mind. It makes one wonder how much righteousness was left in Lot.
His life and that of his daughters is saved by the angels. They pull him inside and strike the people of Sodom with blindness. This blindness may very well have been more a blindness of rage than a physical inability to see. The men must have been in a frenzy. The mentality of a mob is the most unreasonable and inhuman feature humanity can acquired. If the devil can take possession of a mass of humans then he can make them ungovernable and closed for any argument. It is amazing that even at this point Lot does not realize that he has lived all those years on a powder keg. He and his family still find it extremely difficult to separate themselves from Sodom.
