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2/27/20 A. The introduction of Sodom and Gamorrah is to compare them to ’s judgment that fell on Perverted the in verse six, “as Sodom and Jude 1:7 Gomorrah”. vs. 7a 1. The name Sodom “Sodoma”, means The three illustrations Jude used have the overarching burning. theme of God’s judgment of past apostates and the sin a. The city of Sodom is mentioned 48 times of unbelief. in the . 1. Some in the nation of Israel apostatized by unbelief 1) Thirty-eight times in the Old to possess the land. Testament. 2. Some of the angels in heaven apostatized by 2) Ten times in the , once rebelling against God and being faithful. “Sodoma”. Rom. 9:29 3. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities b. Sodom was in the fertile plain of around them disbelieved the warning about God’s on the Southern end of the . destruction for their sinful living, being no different 1) From the area of Bethel where Abram than apostates. had pitched his tent we are told, “And * “as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around lifted his eyes and saw all the them in a similar manner to these, having given plain of Jordan, that it was well themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after watered everywhere (before the strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the LORD destroyed Sodom and vengeance of eternal fire.” Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you The third illustration of the is about Sodom, go toward Zoar. Then Lot chose for Gomorrah, the cities around them characterized by himself all the plain of Jordan, and three things. Jude 1:7 Lot journeyed east. And they I. The comparison of their judgment. separated from each other.” Gen. II. The comparison of their sin. 13:10-11 III. The comparison of their castigation. 2) Lot favored the urban city life, “Abram dwelt in the land of , I. The comparison of their judgment. vs. 7a and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain

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and pitched his tent even as far as 3) Both Sodom and Gomorrah fell under Sodom.” Gen. 13:12 God’s Divine judgement, “Then the 3) The four kings from the region of LORD rained brimstone and fire on came down from the area of Sodom and Gomorrah, from the on the east side of the LORD out of the heavens.” Gen. Jordan as far as the Dead Sea to make 19:24 war against the five kings of the five 4) No coincidence the meaning of the cities in the Jordan plain for rebelling, two cities combined mean “burning not paying tribute in the 13th year of submersion”. their servitude to , meeting in the Valley of Siddim, B. The introduction of three other cities are also to where there was much asphalt, near compare them to God’s judgment that fell on Sodom. Gen. 14:1-10 the angels in verse six, “and the cities around 2. The city of Gomorrah means submersion. them”. vs. 7b a. The city of Gomorrah is mentioned 1. The two of cities are mentioned by name, twenty-four times in . “And the border of the Canaanites was from 1) Nineteen times it appears in the Old Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Testament. Gaza; then as you go toward Sodom, 2) Five times in the New Testament. Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Matt. 10:15; Mk. 6:11: Rom. 9:29; Lasha.” Gen. 10:19 2Pet. 2:6; Jude 1:7 a. Admah “Admah”, meand red earth. b. Gomorrah was also located in the fertile * Admah appears five times in the Old plain of Jordan on the Southern end of Testament. Gen. 10:19; 14:2, 8; Deut. the Dead Sea. Gen. 13:10 29:23; Hos. 11:8 1) Every time Gomorrah is mentioned in b. Zeboiim “Ts@’ iym”, means gazelles. the , Sodom is * Zeboiim is never mentioned in the New mentioned with her, nineteen times. Testament. 2) Every time Gomorrah is mentioned in c. Everyone knows about Sodom and the New Testament, Sodom is Gomorrah for falling under God’s Divine mentioned with her. judgment, but not Adman and Zeboiim. 5 6

1) The prophet Hosea used this important mountains where the angels told him detail speaking for God and His to flee, fearing he would die. Gen. promise to never forget the northern 19:19-21 Kingdom in their captivity to 2) The angels told Lot, “Hurry, escape Assyrian and their return from there. For I cannot do anything until Babylon, “How can I give you up, you arrive there.” Therefore the name Ephraim? How can I hand you over, of the city was called Zoar.” Gen. Israel? How can I make you like 19:24 Admah? How can I set you like 3) The confirmation of the city of Zoar Zeboiim? My heart churns within Me; being spared, “The sun had risen upon My sympathy is stirred.” Hos. 11:8 the earth when Lot entered Zoar. Then 2) The point is clear, ask anyone about the LORD rained brimstone and fire Admah and Zeboiim, they will on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the respond, “who”, these two cities are LORD out of the heavens. So He not remembered, but forgotten! overthrew those cities, all the plain, 2. The last city is also mentioned by name, all the inhabitants of the cities, and Zoar. what grew on the ground.” Gen. a. The city Zoar “Tso’ ar”, means 19:23-25 insignificant, perhaps being very small? 1) Zoar appears ten times in the Old Illustration Testament. Gen. 13:10; 14:2, 8; said, “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I 19:22, 23, 30; Deut. 34:2; Is. 15:5; am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of Jer. 48:4, 34 a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the 2) The king of Bela was also Zoar. Gen. King, The LORD of hosts.” God is the epitome of 14:2, 8 holiness, the heavens are not pure in His eyes. Is. 6:5; b. The city of Zoar is the only one of the 15:15b five cities that was spared from God’s . Application 1) The sparing of the overthrow of the 1. The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah, sexual city of Zoar was due to the request of promiscuity, in particular , had never Lot to flee to Zoar instead of the 7 8 been questioned till recent with the pro-homosexual They spoke to the master of the house, the old acceptance in America and the world. man, saying, “Bring out the man who came to a. The city of Sodom is mentioned twice as much your house, that we may know him carnally!” as Gomorrah in both Old and New Testament Jud. 19:22 an example of the God’s judmgnet for their sin. d. “And there were also perverted persons in the b. The sin of Sodom was and is the practice of land. They did according to all the men having sex with men callled “”, the abominations of the nations which the LORD most unnatural way contrary to God’s design had cast out before the children of Israel.” and nature for a man and a woman. 1Kings 14:24 c. The men of Sodom knowing the two angels e. “For this reason God gave them up to vile were in Lot’s house asked for the angles. passions. For even their women exchanged the 1) “And they called to Lot and said to him, natural use for what is against nature. Likewise “Where are the men who came to you also the men, leaving the natural use of the tonight? Bring them out to us that we may woman, burned in their lust for one another, know them carnally.” Gen. 19:5 men with men committing what is shameful, 2) To deny that in fact the men could and would and receiving in themselves the penalty of their have had sex with the angels by sodomy is error which was due.” Rom. 1:26-27 ludicrous. 2. The sin of sodomites is distinct from 2. Homosexuals and pro-homosexual individuals are homosexuality. constantly saying the Bible does not condemn a. Sodomites in the Bible were sacred, homosexuality or that the words uses do not refer to consecrated male prostitutes to the service of homosexuality, let me give you a few to refute the . Astarte or Venus. Duet. 23:17; 1Kings 14:24; a. “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. 15:12; 22:46; 2Kings 23:7 It is an .” Lev. 18:22 b. A Sodomits is not always homosexual, b. “If a man with a male as he lies with a sometimes called a “dog” or “perverted woman, both of them have committed an persons”. abomination. They shall surely be put to death. 1) “Do you not know that the unrighteous will Their blood shall be upon them.” Lev. 20:13 not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be c. “As they were enjoying themselves, suddenly deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, certain men of the city, perverted men, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor surrounded the house and beat on the door. sodomites.” 1Cor. 6:9 9 10

2) “for fornicators, for sodomites, for a. “The word “cities” is in the nominative kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if case. The word “in like manner “ are in there is any other thing that is contrary to the accusative case and are classified as sound doctrine.” 1Tim. 1:10 an adverbial accusative by Dana and Mantey in their Manual Gramar of the The comparison of their judgment was Greek New Testament.” (pp. 91, 93) unmistakable! b. “This latter construction is related synthetically, not with a word in the II. The comparison of their sin. vs. 7a-b nominative case but with the verbal form in the sentence.” A. The comparison of the judgment of these four g. “All of which means that the words “in cities is to compare the sin of the angels in like manner” are related to the verbal verse six by the phrase, “in similar manner to forms, “giving themselves over to these.” vs. 7b ” and “going after strange 1. The clear understanding is not just that the flesh.” angels and these cities were guilty of commiting sin, but the fact that both were B. The comparison of the judgment of these four guilty of the same identical sin, sexual sin. cities is clearly equated to be the same sin of a. The Greek Scholar Wuest points out that the angles, “to these, having given themselves the punctuation in the Greek text is over to sexual immorality and gone after different from our KJV or NKJV. strange flesh.” vs. 7b-c b. “The A.V. punctuation gives the reader 1. Dr. Wuest says, “In addition to all this, the the impression that Sodom an Gamorrah Greek text has “tautois” “to these”.” comitted fornication and that the cities a. The translation should read, “just as about them committed fornication inlike Sodom and Gamorrah and the cities manner to the two cities.” about them, in like manner to these, c. “The phrase ‘in like manner” is having given themselves over to according to the punctuation construed fornication and having gone after strange with the words “the cities about them.” flesh.” 2. Dr. Wuest says, “A rule of Greek grammar b. Dr. Wuest says, “The sense of the entire comes into play here”. passage, vs. 6, 7, is that the cities of 11 12

Sodom and Gamorrah and the cities immorality sins against his own about them, in like manner to these (in body.” 1Cor. 6:18 the masculine, the angels) , have given b. This sin of the angels is specified by the themselves over to fornication and have phrase, “going after strange flesh.” gone after strange flesh”, homosexuality. 1) The word strange “ heteros”, means 2. Dr. Wuest stated, “That means that the sin of “another of a different kind” and flesh the fallen angels is sexual sin.” “sarx” indicates a human body of a. The phrase sexual immorality flesh and blood”, forbidden to angels. “ekporneuo” is made up of two words. 2) Dr. Wuest says, “That is that these 1) The prefix “ek” is out from, but in the angels transgressed the limits of their usage of the word it is a lust that gluts own natures to invade a realm of itself, satisfies itself completely.” createed beings of a different nature.” a) The force of “ek” which itself 3) “This invasion took the form of means “out”, is “out and out”. fornication, a cohabitation with beings b) It signifies a giving of one’s self of a different nature from theirs.” utterly. 4) The phrase is another participle in the 2) The root word “porneuo” means to historical aorist active, having gone prostitute one’s body to the lust of after”, the fact and reality of the sin another by unlawful sexual having been committed. intercourse. 5) This takes us back to Genesis 6:1-4 a) The root-word for pornography. where we have the account of the sons b) It is a sin being unmarried with of God (here, fallen angels), cohabited another person. with woman of the human race. 3) The phrase is a participle in the 6) All this confirms without any doubt historical aorist active, “having given what we stated in the last study about themselves over to fornication”, a real the “sons of God”, fallen angels that event and fact of sin. sinned by cohabiting with women. * “Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, Illustration but he who commits sexual 13 14

Jesus will judge the Anti-Christ for declaring himself b. The fallen angels are evil spirits influencing God in the temple he builds in , being a people, described as the kingdom of wicked man, only to be cast into the Lake of Fire. Rev. 20 spirits. Eph. 6:12 * “Many spirits have gone out into the world”, Application the cosmos-worldly system. 1Jn. 4:1 1. The angels were created by God. 4. There are subdivision in both good and bad angels. a. The good angels serve God and are faithful and Eph. 1:20-21; 6:12 loyal to Him. Heb. 1:14; Eph. 1:20-21 a. Principalities, which means “first ones, b. The bad angels serve and are faithful and preeminent ones, leaders”. loyal to him. b. Power, means authorities and spirits, demons of c. The division of bad and good angels came at Satan in the lower atmosphere, that make up his the fall or rebellion of Satan. Is. 14:12-14; Ezk. kingdom. 28:11-18 c. Rulers of darkness, refers to the world rulers of 1) Satan led one third of the angels in rebellion. darkness. Rev. 12:4 d. Wicked spirits, to the spirits force of 2) His tail drew a third of the angels of heaven. perniciousness. 2. The bad angels of darkness that are bound fall * We might look at these as privates, corporals, under two categories. lance corporals, sergeant, staff sergeant, a. Those permanently in chains in “Tartarus” for sergeant major, etc. leaving their proper domain or estate. 2Pet. 2:4; 5. Since the fallen angels originated from heaven, then Jude 6 they most likely fall into the same classes in heaven. b. Those temporary bound in bottomless pits, a. There are regular angels. Ps. 103:20; Heb. 1:14 loose in Great tribulation. Rev. 9:2, 14 b. There are cherubimm two and four wing. Gen. 3. The bad angels of darkness that are loose also fall 3:24; Ex. 25:19-20: Ezk. 1:11, 23 under two categories. c. There are Seraphim, six wing. Is. 6:1-4 a. Those demons that seem to possess people, d. There is an , . Rev. 12:7 unbelievers never believers that cause at times dumbness, deafness, sickness, etc. The comparison of their sin was detestable! * Demons are fallen angels. III. The comparison of their destruction. vs. 7c-d 15 16

A. The comparison of the judgment of the angels c) Amos and warned by and the four cites are to warn every person who the example of Sodom and Gomorrah. believes they can live a life of sexual sin and Amos 4:11; Zeph. 2:9 not be judge by God one day, “are set forth as b. In Classical Greek the phrase “set an example.” vs. 7c forth” was used of food on the table 1. The sin of the fallen angels, Sodom, ready for the guests and of a corpse Gomorrah and the other cities was clearly laid out for burial. revealed. 2. The sin of the fallen angels, Sodom, a. The phrase set forth “ prokeimai”, means Gomorrah and the other cities were carefully to lie or be placed before one’s eyes, the selected by God for give sinners of God’s verb means to lie or be exposed. consistant righeous judgments over sin. 1) This is the indicative present middle a. The word example “deigma”, means a voice, God Himself set them forth. thing shown, a specimen or pattern, only 2) The revelation about the rebellious this one time in the New Testament. and debauched sexual sin of the fallen b. The root verb means to dispay or exhibit. angels had been revealed by God. c. Therefore the word example refers to 3) The revelation about the sexual sin of something held up in view as a warning. fornication and homosexuality about d. The purpose and goal of revealing the sin Sodom, Gomorrah Admah and and the judgment of the angels and the Zeboiim had been revealed by God. four cities was to warn! a) pointed the example of e. Much like the flashing red lights and Sodom and Gomorrah as a warning to bells at a railroad crossing to keep people Israel before going into the land. form the peril to their lives. Deut. 29:23; 32:32 b) Isaiah and pointed to B. The comparison of the judgment of the angels God’s judgment over Sodom and and the four cites was to warn the person Gomorrah and calling the rulers thinking God’s judgments are temporal, Sodom. Is. 1:10; 13:18; Jer. 23:14; “suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” vs. 7c 48:18; 50:40 1. The judgments of God are not momentary, but for all eternity. 17 18

a. The word suffereing “hupecho”, means the LORD are true and righteous to hold under, to put under, or sustain or altogether.” Ps. 19:9 undergo, appearing only this time in the 3. The punishment of every unrepentant sinner New Testament. will experience at death is forever. b. Vincent the Greek Scholar says, “The a. The word eternal “aionios”, means particilple is present active, indicating forever or everlasting, because the that they are suffering to this day the punishment has a beginning, but no end. punishment which came upon them in b. The word fire “pur” is adjective and Lot’s time.” metapor to communicate and confirm the c. That means the judgment that came upon horrible punishment to come on sinners. Sodom, Gomorrah and the two other c. Those who have chosen to live in cities, though the destruction of the rebellion against God in sin without physical material was at that set time, the repenting will suffer eternally. punishment is still being suffered by the d. And though those who attack, accuse and people in Hades. Lk. 16:22-24 blame God now on earth at the hearing of d. They are in Hades in conscious suffering this truth, not one will attack, accuse or waiting till the White Throne Judgment blame God the instant they give up their when God will sentence each person the last breath and find themselves in Hades particular sentence and degree of suffering their deserved punishment, punishment in suffering. awaiting the final sentence in the Lake of 2. The judgments of God are not a revenge to Fire or . Rev. 20:15 get even with sinners, but holy justice. a. Dr. Wuest says, “The word vengeance Illustration “dike”, means justice, a judical decesion, We have the legitimizing of the Adult industry of especially a sentence of condemnation, pornography and the most perverted sex instruction is execution of sentence or punishment.” being given out to children in the Public Schools. b. The Greek scholar Vincent suggests punishment” rather then “vengeance”, as Application the most appropriate word. 1. warned those cities privileged to have the * “The fear of the LORD is clean, greater light of God’s word, the gospel and used the enduring forever; The judgments of city of Sodom for his illustrations! 19 20

a. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, * “Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord GOD, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were ‘I have no pleasure in the death of the done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, wicked, but that the wicked turn from his they would have repented long ago in sackcloth way and live. Turn, turn from your evil and ashes. But I say to you, it will be more ways! For why should you die, O house of tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of Israel?’” Ezk. 33:11 judgment than for you.” Matt. 11:21-22 b. But Jesus know not all will repent because they b. “And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to do not want to go to heaven, not believing there heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if is and eternal punishment! the mighty works which were done in you had * Listen to the people in the days of Isaiah, been done in Sodom, it would have remained “Because you have said, “We have made a until this da. But I say to you that it shall be covenant with death, And with Sheol we are more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day in agreement. When the overflowing of judgment than for you.” Matt. 11:23-24 scourge passes through, It will not come to 2. Jesus warned about those in the future that would us, For we have made lies our refuge, And reject the message and messenger of the gospel. under falsehood we have hidden ourselves.” a. “And whoever will not receive you nor hear Is. 28:15 your words, when you depart from that house 4. Jesus spoke more about hell than heaven knowing or city, shake off the dust from your feet. its eternal punishment “Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more a. “Then a third followed them, saying with tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah a loud voice, “If anyone worships and in the day of judgment than for that city!” Mk. his image, and receives his mark on his 10:14-15 forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also b. Paul said, “And as Isaiah said before: “Unless drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is the LORD of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We poured out full strength into the cup of His would have become like Sodom, And we would indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and have been made like Gomorrah.” Rom. 9:29 brimstone in the presence of the holy angels 3. Jesus died for the entire world. and in the presence of the Lamb.” Rev. 14:9-10 a. He is not willing that any perish, but that all b. “The devil, who deceived them, was cast into should come to repentance. 2Pet. 3:9 the lake of where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be 21 22

tormented day and night forever and ever.” Rev. 20:10 c. “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.” Rev. 20:14-15

The comparison of their castigation was justifiable!

Conclusion The third illustration about Sodom, Gomorrah, the cities around them was characterized by three things I. The comparison of their judgment was unmistakable! II. The comparison of their sin was detestable! III. The comparison of their castigation was justifiable!