14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord GOD’S JUDGMENT will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking. 15 Past, Present, and Future When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, 1 GENESIS 19 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” 16 And while evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and 2 toward the ground. And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape then you may rise early and go on your way.” for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” square.” 18 19 Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords! Indeed now, 3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I and they ate. cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I 4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of die. 20 See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul 5 surrounded the house. And they called to Lot and said to him, shall live.” “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to 21 And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this us that we may know them carnally.” thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have 6 So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you 7 behind him, and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so arrive there.” 8 wickedly! See now, I have two daughters who have not known a Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them 23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason 24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and they have come under the shadow of my roof.” Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 So He overthrew 9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal grew on the ground. worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the 26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar 10 man Lot, and came near to break down the door. But the men of salt. reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, 27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he 11 and shut the door. And they struck the men who were at the had stood before the Lord. 28 Then he looked toward Sodom and doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and they became weary trying to find the door. behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a 12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son- furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the 13 city — take them out of this place! For we will destroy this place, midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot because the outcry against them has grown great before the face had dwelt. of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” • Christ preached about a future time of judgment. GOD’S JUDGMENT LUKE 17 26 “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 they ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and Past, Present, and Future destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them • God judged Sodom for being very wicked. all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” EZEKIEL 16 49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she • Jesus said unfruitful branches will be burned. 50 strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty and JOHN 15 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them • Wickedness was the reason He had sent the flood. and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. GENESIS 6 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. • Peter wrote God’s judgment now begins with us. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was 1 PETER 4 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the gospel of God? air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of 18 Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the the Lord. sinner appear?” • God’s judgment was first exercised in Heaven. • He also wrote that while judgment day seems to 2 PETER 2 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for be delayed, to not disregard it as God being slack. judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight 2 PETER 3 3 …knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the ungodly; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) — heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved 9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack JUDE 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since eternal fire. all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the • John the Baptist said Jesus would bring cleansing. elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His MATTHEW 3 11 “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” LUKE 3:16-17 • Christ preached about a future . LUKE 17 26 “And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of GOD’S JUDGMENT the Son of Man: 27 they ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: they ate, they Past, Present, and Future drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them GENESIS 19 1 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face • Jesus said unfruitful branches . toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please turn JOHN 15 5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and wash your feet; abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them then you may rise early and go on your way.” and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. And they said, “No, but we will spend the night in the open square.” • Peter wrote God’s judgment . 3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his 1 PETER 4 17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; house. Then he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the and they ate. gospel of God? 4 18 Now “If the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of sinner appear?” Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 And they called to Lot and said to him, • He also wrote that while judgment day seems to “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to be delayed, to not disregard it . us that we may know them carnally.” 6 2 PETER 3 3 …knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking So Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the wickedly! 8 See now, I have two daughters who have not known a beginning of creation.” 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the as you wish; only do nothing to these men, since this is the reason heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved they have come under the shadow of my roof.” for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one came in 8 But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack to stay here, and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11 Therefore, since and shut the door. 11 And they struck the men who were at the all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the they became weary trying to find the door. elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His 12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son- promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city — take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it.” 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, “Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be GOD’S JUDGMENT joking. 15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, Past, Present, and Future saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” 16 And while • God judged Sodom . he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the EZEKIEL 16 49 Look, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: she and her hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and daughter had pride, fullness of food, and abundance of idleness; neither did she they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty and pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, “Escape committed abomination before Me; therefore I took them away as I saw fit. for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed.” • Wickedness was the reason . 5 18 19 GENESIS 6 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the Then Lot said to them, “Please, no, my lords! Indeed now, earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I 8 20 air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found grace in the eyes of die. See now, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little the Lord. one; please let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.” • God’s judgment was . 21 And he said to him, “See, I have favored you concerning this 2 PETER 2 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the arrive there.” ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live 23 7 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. ungodly; and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct 24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his 25 righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds) — Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. So He overthrew 9 then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 10 and especially those who grew on the ground. walk according to the flesh in the lust of uncleanness and despise authority. 26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar JUDE 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own of salt. abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of 7 27 the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone had stood before the Lord. 28 Then he looked toward Sodom and after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and eternal fire. behold, the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of • John the Baptist said Jesus would . the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the MATTHEW 3 11 “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, had dwelt. and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” LUKE 3:16-17