Lot's Family Flees Sodom as His Wife Turns to Saltby DabarAdoni
17:32Luke 17:32
Remember Lot’s wife.
The brief command belongs to Jesus' warning about the coming day of the Lord, calling all who have received light to follow Him, to watch and pray, and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. That day comes as a thief in the night to all who are not watching and praying and working. It stands in the account of Noah and Lot, where warnings were given before destruction, yet some refused to heed them and mocked those who did, so that Lot's wife is set as a warning amid coming judgment. She looked back in disregard of God's command and became a pillar of salt, showing the consequence that follows disobedience. Her fate illustrates the judgment that comes when people persist in resisting God.
In the call to flee from coming danger, especially in the time of trouble, she warns against turning back when escape is urgent. That escape requires decisive obedience, not shrinking from the test of faith. Applied to the 1844 message, the warning urged people to act on the call to leave all and meet the Lord, rather than draw back through doubt or fear.
She left Sodom mournfully and with a regretful spirit for what had to be left, warning against clinging to worldly attachments with regret. By contrast Christians are to deny themselves and give up even cherished wants and idols joyfully for Christ's sake and because it is right. They are to let nothing divert their minds from Scripture, prayer, and following Him.
The brief command belongs to Jesus' warning about the coming day of the Lord, calling all who have received light to follow Him, to watch and pray, and to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. That day comes as a thief in the night to all who are not watching and praying and working. It stands in the account of Noah and Lot, where warnings were given before destruction, yet some refused to heed them and mocked those who did, so that Lot's wife is set as a warning amid coming judgment. She looked back in disregard of God's command and became a pillar of salt, showing the consequence that follows disobedience. Her fate illustrates the judgment that comes when people persist in resisting God.
In the call to flee from coming danger, especially in the time of trouble, she warns against turning back when escape is urgent. That escape requires decisive obedience, not shrinking from the test of faith. Applied to the 1844 message, the warning urged people to act on the call to leave all and meet the Lord, rather than draw back through doubt or fear.
She left Sodom mournfully and with a regretful spirit for what had to be left, warning against clinging to worldly attachments with regret. By contrast Christians are to deny themselves and give up even cherished wants and idols joyfully for Christ's sake and because it is right. They are to let nothing divert their minds from Scripture, prayer, and following Him.