Genesis 19:24-29
19:26 a looked back: The verb indicates prolonged, intense gazing toward the world she loved, not a curious glance (15:5 b; Exod 33:8 c; Num 21:9 d; 1 Sam 2:32 e; cp. Exod 3:6 f). Lot’s wife was too attached to Sodom to follow God’s call of grace, so she was included in the judgment as she lingered on the valley slopes. Christ’s return to judge the world will be as sudden and devastating as the destruction of Sodom (Luke 17:32-37 g). Those who crave the life of this wicked world will lose this world and the next.19:29 h God honored Abraham’s intercession (cp. 18:23-32 i), but Lot’s entire world was gone because he lived by instinct and desire, not by faith in God. He could no longer live in the good land he selfishly chose for himself (13:10-13 j; cp. Matt 16:26 k; 2 Cor 5:7 l).
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