Lot's wife looked back when fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah because she disobeyed the angels' warning not to look back, and she was curious or attached to her home and past life in the city.
Lot's wife was told not to look back at Sodom and Gomorrah. When she did, she turned to a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26
It is not known when Lot got married. Lot appears in the book of Genesis in the bible. In his story he and his wife flee Sodom and Gomorrah but his wife is turned into a pillar of salt when she looks back at the city of Sodom.
Lot, his wife, and their two daughters fled Sodom and Gomorrah before the cities were destroyed by fire and brimstone. However, Lot's wife looked back against the warning and turned into a pillar of salt.
Lot's wife looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible. As a consequence, she turned into a pillar of salt.
In the Bible at Genesis 19:17 when God was getting ready to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot, his wife and 2 daughters were told not to look back. In verse 24-26 it states that the Lord causes it to rain brimestone and fire. Lot's wife looked back and turn to a pillar of salt.
The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were mentioned in the Book of Genesis in the bible. The cities were considered hedonistic. The story is famous for Lot and his wife being told to leave the city and to not look back. Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt.
God spared Lot and his family by allowing them to flee. Lot's wife turned back to see the destruction and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Gen.19:26 says that she became a pillar of salt.
As Lots wife looked back at the city of Gomorrah, she became a pillar of salt.
Christian AnswerYes. It is considered that this was the chief sin (although not the only one) of Sodom and Gomorrah which God destroyed with 'fire and brimstone.'Jewish AnswerNo. There is no mention of anything to do with homosexuality in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah (This is purely Christian and Muslim interpretation), and in Jewish oral tradition, going back thousands of years, says that no one was ever put to death for certain sins, including homosexuality.
The allusion to "Pillar of Salt" refers to the biblical story of Lot's wife in the Book of Genesis. It symbolizes the consequences of looking back or longing for the past, as Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
a worldly woman, she was married to a man of God, she has had opportunity to hear the word of God from her husband and from the church BUT she loved the world and refused to allow the WORD OF GOD to change her life. You can not serve 2 masters at the same time hence on her looking back she was turned to a pillar of salt.