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In Genesis chapter 18, God told Abraham:
"Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know." (Genesis 18:20-21)
At this point He does not give the details of their sin but only that because of their wickedness people were crying out to Him. It is not until Ezekiel chapter 16 that we find out what Sodom did that was worthy of death.
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy. (Ezekiel 16:49)
God destroyed Sodom on behalf of the oppressed. Sodom's prosperity had caused them to grow prideful and neglect the poor and needy.
We might have expected God to judge them so harshly had they committed more heinous crimes. But the truth is, all of us are worthy of the same judgment.
Ezekiel 18:20 bluntly declares, "The soul who sins shall die." Romans 3:23 brings it closer to home: "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
And again:
None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one. (Romans 3:10-12)
But there is a solution. Though we all fall under condemnation just like Sodom and Gomorrah:
The righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it -- the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. (Romans 3:21-25a)
The righteousness that God requires has been made available to us apart from the law even though the law bears witness to it. The way to be righteous before God is to simply believe in Jesus Christ. Just as all have sinned, all may receive righteousness as a gift because God made Jesus to be a propitiation by His blood.
What this means is, "for our sake" God made Jesus "to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21) The sacrifice of Jesus Christ satisfies God's righteous anger against our sin. If we believe Him, we will escape the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah just as Lot did.
What else can I help you with?
What year were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed?
Some biblical scholars believe that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed around 1892 B.C.
When did the destruction of sodom And gomorrah take place?
Jewish tradition states that Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed in April.
What were the three cities that were destroyed with Sodom and Gomorrah?
Only the cities of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim were destroyed. Some people believe Bela (Zoar) was destroyed at a later time.
What did Abraham think when sodom and gomorrah were destroyed?
He was really sad.
About what time BC were the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed?
Scholars say the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah never existed. If the cities never existed they were never really destroyed, so there is no date of their destruction.
Who asked about the righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah about being destroyed?
abraham
Name of town god destroyed I?
Sodom was the name of a town that was destroyed by God. Another was Gomorrah.
The two cities that God burned because of their sinfulness?
The two cities that God burned because of their sinfulness are Sodom and Gomorrah, as described in the Bible in the book of Genesis. God destroyed these cities with fire and brimstone due to their great wickedness and immoral behavior.
What city was destroyed for being bad by god for sexaual morality?
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Which two cities in the old testament were destroyed by fire and sulphur?
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Who destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?
The people of Sodom and Gomorrah only had pure evil in their hearts, and lusted after "strange flesh". Not limited to just homosexuality, but also bestiality, necrophilia, gang rape of both sexes etc.. Virtually anything that's totally disgusting from a sexual point of view, without remorse.
Where in the bible god is orchestrating situations or persons?
In the book of Genesis it destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah
