Again the solemn command was given to hasten, for the fiery storm would be delayed but little longer. But one of the fugitives ventured to cast a look backward to the doomed city, and she became a monument of God's judgment. If Lot himself had manifested no hesitancy to obey the angels' warning, but had earnestly fled toward the mountains, without one word of pleading or remonstrance, his wife also would have made her escape. The influence of his example would have saved her from the sin that sealed her doom. But his hesitancy and delay caused her to lightly regard the divine warning. While her body was upon the plain, her heart clung to Sodom, and she perished with it. She rebelled against God because His judgments involved her possessions and her children in the ruin. Although so greatly favored in being called out from the wicked city, she felt that she was severely dealt with, because the wealth that it had taken years to accumulate must be left to destruction. Instead of thankfully accepting deliverance, she presumptuously looked back to desire the life of those who had rejected the divine warning. Her sin showed her 162 to be unworthy of life, for the preservation of which she felt so little gratitude.


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Sodomas ødelæggelse

Atter lød den højtidelige befaling til ham om at skynde sig, for ildregnen ville kun blive holdt tilbage lidt endnu. Men en af de flygtende vovede at kaste et blik tilbage på den dødsdømte by, og hun blev til et mindesmærke over Guds straffedom. Hvis Lot selv ikke havde tøvet med at adlyde englenes advarsel, men målbevidst var flygtet op i bjergene uden at fremkomme med anmodninger eller indvendinger, ville hans hustru have reddet sig. Hans eksempel ville have frelst hende fra den synd, der beseglede hendes dødsdom. Men hans tøven fik hende til at tage den guddommelige advarsel let. Hendes legeme var ude på sletten, men hendes hjerte hang stadig ved Sodoma, og hun omkom sammen med den. Hun gjorde oprør mod Gud, fordi hans straf også omfattede hendes ejendom og hendes børn. Skønt hun netop var blevet meget begunstiget ved at blive kaldt ud af den ugudelige by, følte hun, at hun var blevet hårdt behandlet, fordi de rigdomme, som det havde taget årevis at samle, måtte overlades til ødelæggelsen. I stedet for i taknemmelighed at tage imod befrielsen formastede hun sig til at se tilbage og ønskede, at de, der havde forkastet Guds advarsel, måtte beholde livet. Hendes synd viste, at hun var uværdig til at leve, fordi hun ikke var mere taknemmelig over, at hendes liv blev sparet.

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