Genesis Unveiled: Lot's Two Daughters

[@appointedaday]

Really great Video, I love these

[@alexxr1]

Hi brother, I really appreciate this channel and videos. I want to thank you for your research and sharing your immense knowledge on such important topics. I started investigating the early church fathers to see for myself how things read and how this may affect my beliefs / practices. In this video I again got some new insights/things to consider! However, I want to comment on this statement: Lot was spared for this single good deed. The scripture doesn’t describe any other good deeds of his or any other virtues he possessed. From this, we ought to learn how greatly God esteems hospitality, because this single act was enough to save Lot... From my reading of scriptures, while I would agree that Lot wasn't as righteous and faithful before God as Abraham, I do believe there are at least 2 more things to consider: 1. Lot was not as wicked as the rest of the population: * 2 Peter 2:7-8 as another comment below points out, here it desribes Lot as just (righteous), who was vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked -- vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds) This verse reminds of Ezekiel 9:4-6: LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it ... slay old and young men, maidens and little children and women; but do not come near anyone on whom is the mark I think similarly, Lot was perhaps someone who was "sighing" over the abominations within Sodom & Gomorah. Finally, bible also implies Lot was saved perhaps at least in part for Abraham's sake: Gen 19:29 when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow... it would be possible, since God communicated with Abraham about destroying these cities, that Abraham would plead for Lot Thanks again! I just wanted to share this.

[@ante-nicenechristianity]

Thank you for your comment. I certainly agree that Lot despised the wickedness happening in Sodom, although he wasn't spared for his hatred of evil but his commitment to a good deed. This video is based on what I've read from the fathers on this subject, very little of the video is actually my own inputs. I'm often quoting various fathers in my videos without disclosing that I'm quoting them, because people are generally overwhelmed by many quotes. That section on hospitality is based on what Origen says, "Hear these words, you who close your houses to strangers; hear these words, you who avoid a guest as an enemy. Lot was living in Sodom. We do not read of other good deeds of his. The hospitality alone occurring at that time is mentioned. He escapes the flames, he escapes the conflagration for this reason alone: because he opened his house to strangers. Angels entered the hospitable house; fire entered the houses closed to strangers." Origen, Homilies on Genesis, Homily 5

[@alexxr1]

@@ante-nicenechristianity Ahh, I see! Thank you for clarifying and including Origen's quote! Appreciate your respect for the early church fathers. Something I myeslf hadn't considred much (or at all) in the past, but this seems a very reasonable approach. Thanks!

[@ante-nicenechristianity]

@alexxr1 I'm convinced it's the only reasonable approach, otherwise we're just choosing what we want from a big buffet of different beliefs. If you didn't already know, we have some unlisted videos on our channel from calls that we've had with some people interested in learning about the importance of the fathers and what they believed about different subjects kzbin.info/aero/PLyqzUejgGmxUTNmysYrPIJHBA9lUybvpN&feature=shared

[@appointedaday]

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)