When Abraham interacted with the three men, he spoke of the… “Judge of all the earth…” Who is the Judge of all the earth? And how did Abraham know that? We know from other Scripture that Jesus is the judge of all the earth, so that must mean that one of the three men was indeed the Son of God.
Why did Abraham bargain with the Lord for ten people? Why not ask specifically for all of Lot’s family?
Why did Lot’s wife look back? What exactly is a “pillar of salt”? Was this city Lot's wife's hometown? Did she look longingly back at the life she had there? This city was definitely "sin city". Before we become Christians we are dead in our sins. We are citizens of "Sin City". Once we become believers in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior we are then citizens of "The Kingdom of Heaven". Shouldn't we live then as if we are citizens of the Kingdom? We should never look back at the life we had in "Sin City".
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It is quite evident that Abraham recognized "the Lord" by the way he treated Him, so this must not have been an isolated incident of "the Lord" walking around talking to Abraham.
I believe the way Abraham "bargained" with "the Lord" was a culturally way of pleading for the life of Lot. Interesting the angels interaction with Lot and his family. The son-in-laws don't heed the warning, Lot hesitates to act to the warning to the point the angels have to seize the hand of him and his family to get them out of the city, they are told to flee to the mountain. Interesting all translations except King James say mountains. King James says mountain, hmmmm? Then Lot later goes to a cave in the mountains, did he originally have an inkling of what lay ahead with his daughters on the mountain, and that is why he was resistant to go there right from Sodom? This whole picture in Genesis 19 reminds me of Matt. 24.
Consequences of the sin of the daughters is still being felt today.
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