Why did God burn Sodom and Gomorrah?

Answer 1

Because God is a loving God who is always ready to forgive, if the person repents. even if the person does not repent and always refuses, much like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, God still loves that person. He will forgive. He forgave Sodom and Gomorrah out of love. Below is a passage describing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah:

"By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. Then the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah-from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities-and also the vegetation in the land." - Genesis 19: 23-25

This part of The Bible below is before the destuction - Abraham and the Lord are bargaining over whether Sodom and Gomorrah will be saved if there are righteous people there:

" 20 Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous 21that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

22 The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD. [e] 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: "Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare [f] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing-to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge [g] of all the earth do right?"

26 The LORD said, "If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."

27 Then Abraham spoke up again: "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city because of five people?"

"If I find forty-five there," he said, "I will not destroy it."

29 Once again he spoke to him, "What if only forty are found there?"

He said, "For the sake of forty, I will not do it."

30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?"

He answered, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

31 Abraham said, "Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?"

He said, "For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it."

32 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?"

He answered, "For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it." "- Genesis 18: 20-32

Answer 2

Both the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by fire, as the people were living deep in sin , and practiced sodomy.

Answer:

"...God... 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..." (II Peter 2:4-6).

"Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for AN EXAMPLE, suffering the vengeance of Eternal Fire." (Jude 1:7)

God did it to set an example for "MANKIND, TODAY"... as a warning to us against the coming Judgment at the "Last Day."

Answer 3

God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because they were living in sin, ans sodomy.

Answer:

"... 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..." (II Peter 2:6).

"...Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, ARE SET FORTH AN EXAMPLE, SUFFERING THE VENGEANCE OF ETERNAL FIRE." (Jude 1:7)