Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today's reading covered some sensitive topics, so if you have young ears nearby, user discretion is advised.

Yesterday, we wrapped up with a bit of a cliffhanger.

God tells Abraham he's going to destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because of their wickedness,

and Abraham was trying to negotiate with God not to destroy the city of Sodom in particular

because that's where his nephew Lot lived.

We know Abraham really cares for Lot because, as you may recall, Abraham

traveled hundreds of miles with 318 of his warrior servants to rescue Lott and his family

when they were kidnapped and taken hostage during a war. So here we are today, with two angels

showing up in 191, and again, they appear as human males. We know this because that's how they're

referred to in verse 10. Verse 5 gives us reason to believe that the human appearance they took on

was probably physically attractive because the local men demanded to have sex with them.

This is another scenario where, like in Genesis 6, humans are attempting to have sex with angels, but this

time it's human males. The enemy has shifted his strategy a bit. Sodom is a city that's known for

several types of sin, and this can be a pretty divisive subject in society today, and even within the

church itself. One type of sin Sodom is known for is homosexuality. We haven't

gotten to Leviticus 1822 yet, but it uses the same Hebrew word when addressing this topic in detail.

And then again in the New Testament, Jude 7-8 also points to this. But it's not fair to say this is

the sin they're known for at the time.

Ezekiel 16, 49 through 50, says,

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom.

She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned.

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