Are We Living In Times Worse Than Sodom & Gomorrah

[Seadog]

A friend posed a question to me: Are the times that we're living in worse than what Sodom & Gomorrah were? I've thought about that. A lot. Politicians that ran on a woman's 'right' to have her own baby ripped limb from limb from her womb in a heinous murder, pedophiles, drugs, queers, trans, illegals, rapes, murders, left-wing politicians supporting absolute evil-and attacking attempts to stop waste, abuse, and evil. Most businesses that you speak with can't find enough help-people that want to work-yet YOU work to support these freaks that don't. God help us! I am thankful for President Trump, especially his comments and reliance on God, at least from my perspective. I can't take much more of the crazy left and their support for everything I oppose. Aaron Lewis has a great some: "Am I The Only One?" Maybe I am-but I'll stand for God & this country until the end. To answer my friend's question: Yes, I do!

[fedup]

All the problems you see, can be traced back to one group of people. 

[Polo]

I agree the times we are living in are bad, no doubt.  Worse than Sodom and Gomorrah?  Not sure.  I have read some pretty nasty things that went on back then that people are doing now, right from the pages of the Holy Bible.  God spoke out against those things.  He judged those things.   And people are still doing those things today.   People have always done evil.  Satan is a liar and the father of it and he walks around like a roaring lion seeking people to devour.  He entices folks to sin.   Where there is sin, there is evil.  It's just that back then, it was hidden more because they didn't have social media.  Now we can see it more clearly.  So my answer to that is two fold.  If you count the fact that people did back then what we do now, the world is still the same evil sinning world.  If you count all the advances in social media, AI, etc., then since the evil is more visible, then Yes, it is worse.

I feel God has been merciful to our country for a long time.  Other civilizations have been judged for their sin over the years.  I think the current administration has some good principles and values that align with God's purposes.  I'm not saying the current administration is perfect, but they have a lot of good things they are putting forth and trying to fix.  We are going to have our bumps and bruises and mistakes, I know, but if we keep moving forward I think we can get some big improvement.  That's all we can ask for.

[Petee]

When God's angels visited the city to warn Lot to leave, the residents were determined to have sex with them.  Not even ten Godly men could be found in the cities, so God exterminated the entire area as well as all the people, possessions, wildlife and plant life.  He did not want His Godly children contaminated by the sinful and unrepentant atmosphere of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Our world is not as bad because we have many more than 10 righteous people in our countries, so there is still a chance for God's children to grow and bring others to His love.  In Sodom and Gomorrah there was no chance for this, so just like you would destroy a rabid dog, He destroyed and sanitized the sinners to protect the innocent who were growing properly in His nurture. He weeded out the garden.

God's New Earth is not about sin but only about what's in the hearts of God's children. Jesus showed us how to live and die, but then to live eternally and commune with God which is His desire.

“And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar” (Genesis 13:10).

This land was around the city of Sodom. While Lot started out just wanting to live around the city, he eventually moved in and raised his family there. After a period of time, God determined to pour out His judgment of the cities due to their wickedness. Abraham negotiated with God that if he could find ten righteous people in two cities, He would not destroy the cities. However, Abraham could not even find that many, and the only ones who would be spared were Lot and his family. When the time came, the sun rose, “Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven. And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground ... behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace” (Genesis 19:24-25, 28b).

God made that valley uninhabitable, and the area that Christian archeologists and theologians believe is the location of the cities still has no wildlife, and no vegetation growing there. Why Did God Destroy Sodom and Gomorrah - The Real Reason

Abraham loved his nephew Lot and did not want to see his nephew destroyed. Many people assume that Lot was only rescued because of the intervention of his uncle, however, there is evidence God rescued Lot for other reasons.

In the New Testament, the Apostle Peter expounds on why God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but spared Lot; “if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials” (2 Peter 2:6-9a).

Lot saw all the evil around him, and it bothered him. He lived among the wicked, disturbed by their behavior, and tried to spare God’s messengers from assault. For his faith, God rescued Lot, though his wife did not make it out.

In the New Testament, the Apostle Peter expounds on why God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah but spared Lot; “if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials” (2 Peter 2:6-9a). Lot saw all the evil around him, and it bothered him. He lived among the wicked, disturbed by their behavior, and tried to spare God’s messengers from assault. For his faith, God rescued Lot, though his wife did not make it out.

The angels warned Lot’s family not to look back for two reasons. First, the extent of God’s destruction was so great they had to flee to a smaller city some distance away not to get swept away. Second, looking back meant regretting the loss of the cities. The righteous Lot understood that despite the difficulties facing him without a home, getting to keep his life and his standing with God was worth much more than anything the cities of vice offered. Unfortunately, Lot’s wife had pangs of regret, “But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:26).

 

[Petee]

The stories of the Bible are amazing when read with the right heart.  Better than anything on the market at any time or even now. Find a pastor, friend or relative who is able to teach it properly so you can learn to love it.