How come we can pray forgiveness for our sins and not die but Lots wife wasn't given the chance?

Question

She was killed instantly with no chance of redemption or forgiveness.

Now, you might say that's because Jesus paid the wages of sin but what about those before that event?

Why can I earn forgiveness and redemption for disobeying Gods order, laws and commandments but Lot's wife wasn't even given the chance to pray before she was killed?

How is that the action of a fair and just god?

I'm not looking to take shots. I'm genuinely curious about this.

Answer 1

It didn't say she died, it said she turned into a pillar of salt.



She looked back. She wanted to go backward. She missed it already. Didn't want to leave it behind.



A pillar of salt can't hold anything up.



Get it? It's a metaphor. Leave that awful **** behind and never look back or you'll become a pillar of salt and you won't be able to support anything.



She wasn't killed. Lot simply left her and she had to go her own way. ***** was an asshole really.



Did you know that demons know alot about scriptures? They can basically recite the entire thing from memory and tell you what it means. I didn't even ask either.



This isn't about control or obediance, it's not mindless obeying or some guy barking meaningless orders for no reason. I try repeatedly to prove it's just that but it hasn't happened yet. His orders were always meant to keep us healthy and safe.



I will however keep trying to find something that will prove him guilty. I really want god to be guilty. There has to be something in there that will prove it.

Answer 2

Some times when we make a choice there is an imediate result, and some times the result comes latter.

The same is true of God's judgment on us. We do not know when we will be judged. Some people are judged in this life, others will be judged after death.

That is why we need to repent as soon as we can, because we do not know when our life will be over.

If we knew how long we had to repent, most people would wait until the last moment. But God does not tell us how long we have, so we can repent now, or we can wait for a tomorrow that may never come to get right with God.

Answer 3

God has given us many examples on how disobedience means death. This is because it does. However, God recognized that we are sinners because of Adam. This is why he sent his son as a ransom and to initiate a New Testament, a New Covenant, a covenant of faith. By this means we have mercy, as do a lot from the past perhaps also Lot's wife. She might be resurrected while her death served as an example to us about obeying God when he tells us to do or not do something.



In Christ we can live holy lives and receive eternal life. This is a life according to best effort so as to avoid sin. None can avoid it totally, but if we avoid willful sin, the practice of deliberate sin then we are OK and will be forgiven. If we engage in deliberate sin fully knowing this to be wrong, we become damned and cannot again receive forgiveness.



1. all sin:

1 John 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us



2. willful sin damns:

Hebrews 10: 26 For where we sin wilfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains any sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.



3. there is a sin to death and another not to death:

1 John 5: There is a sin to death: I do not say of that that he should make a request. 17 Every unrighteousness is sin; and there is a sin not to death.



4. the practice of sin damns and makes a person a child of Satan:

1 John 3:

. 8 He that practises sin is of the devil; for from the beginning the devil sins. To this end the Son of God has been manifested, that he might undo the works of the devil. 9 Whoever has been begotten of God does not practise sin, because his seed abides in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been begotten of God. 10 In this are manifest the children of God and the children of the devil. Whoever does not practise righteousness is not of God, and he who does not love his brother.



Thus those who do not understand, do not know, what they have done will get a lesser sentence than those who commit the same sin knowingly. But, it is living in Christ at best effort that saves. Do not live a life wherein you live a life of sin knowing this to be so. If you do you'll be committing the practice of sin and that damns.

Answer 4

Unlike humans God has the unique ability to read hearts. 1 Corinthians 10:11 says that everything in the Bible is a warning for us. Therefore, there is much we can learn from what happened to Lot's wife. It shows us that God does not tolerate deliberate disobedience from anyone. Proverbs 17:3 says God is an examiner of hearts so there must have been something about Lot's wife's actions that showed a disregard for God's commandment not to look back once they left the city. As mentioned, Jesus even warned us to "remember the wife of Lot" because she would serve as an example that Jehovah will not tolerate willful disobedience indefinitely. Hebrews 10:26 shows that Jesus' sacrifice for forgiveness does not apply to those who knowingly practice sin.



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Answer 5

You cannot compare the Old Testament to the New because in the Old Testament Christ hadn't come and died yet, so they were treated differently.



Besides, it's not quite true what you said, that she was killed instantly without any chance etc. SHE WAS WARNED NOT TO LOOK BACK. We all have to learn that when we disobey God - there's a huge consequence. She would have been better to have obeyed the warning.



What if you warn your child NOT TO put their hand in the fire and they do. That's not your fault and you cannot stop them from being burned - it's a consequence of their rebellion. That was the same with Lot's wife. She got the consequences of her actions. SO DON'T JUDGE GOD WILL YOU?



He is LOVING and that's why SHE WAS WARNED NOT TO.



You have it all the wrong way around. Loving God warned her because He knew what would happen. She would rebel so she copped it. Don't blame God - that's blasphemous. Think about what you are saying before you say it - think how loving God was to warn her. Think how loving God is to send His Son to die for us and warns us NOT TO reject Him or we will end up in Hell. It won't be God's fault if we do but everyone wants to blame God instead of Adam who caused it all. God sent JEsus to rescue us. It's our own fault if we send Him away.





Before faith came, they were kept under the Law, under guard, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. Therefore the Law was their TUtor/teacher/schoolmaster TO BRING THEM TO CHRIST that they may be justified by faith (like us) but after faith has come then nobody is any longer under a school master (Galatians 3: 23 - 25) for then we are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus and baptism (Galatians 3: 26 & 27)



You are on dangerous ground when you consider that a righteous and just God may not have been fair. Of course God is fair. He knows men's hearts, we don't. God never makes any mistakes. God is loving and kind and it is not His will that anyone perish but that ALL should come to repentance (11 Peter 3:9)



God understands our weaknesses but we have to be humble and let Him explain. All the answers are in God's word but you won't understand them unless and until you get born again my dear, so the best thing is to stop asking questions and having answers here there and everywhere and get born again and start reading God's Word and understanding the Faith of Christ.



That's the beginning of everything and once you come into God's kingdom through faith, repentance and water baptism (John 3 - 3-7) you will understand a lot more GRADUALLY as you read and learn and live the Christian life.



We don't stop sinning; God by His Spirit changes us from the inside out - that's what renovation of the Holy Spirit in baptism is all about (Titus 3:5). He makes us New creatures in Christ 2 Corinthians 5:17).



You can't make this happen by yourself - by learning enough. You have to submit to Christ first, be humble, be repentant, admit that you are a sinner and ask for His forgiveness. Then He will help you

Answer 6

The fact of the matter, No we can't pray for forgiveness for our sins, that is 100% God Jesus Christ work, from before the foundation of the world, that is why it is written in the bible only No man comes to the father but through the son Jesus Christ, he did all the work before the foundation of the world, that is why he is called the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. Sodom and Gomorrah is a picture of hell, and Lot and his two daughters are true believers of God, Lot's wife looks like a true believer of God, but her heart is still in Sodom just like all of the people in all of the churches when God Jesus Christ comes back to judge the living and the dead and too destroy the heaven and the earth by fire, the second death, where the heaven and the earth shall be burned up, by the hell fires. read Revelation 18:4 read Matthew 24:15 read 1 Peter 4:17

. We can not pray for forgiveness and become saved, that is impossible, the only way to become saved is God Jesus Christ, as it is written in God word the bible only, Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ,( by grace ye are saved;), Also it is written No man comes to the father but through the son Jesus Christ, he did all the work before the foundation of the world, that is why he is called the lamb slain before the foundation of the world. Also the reason we can't do anything is we are dead in trespass and sin that is why we need a Saviour to save us from the wrath of God and are sin.

Answer 7

Because.



Around the Dead Sea there are a lot of natural salt pillars. The story of Lot's wife is literally nothing more than an "old wive's tale" concerning those pillars.



The myth of Soddom may have been inspired by a real city that was actually destroyed. By a volcano, earthquake, meteor strike, whatever. But all the details in the story, characters, etc are just made up. This isn't uncommon though. Just look at say.....the movie/book The Perfect Storm. It is based on a real story. But that ship and crew was never seen again. So all the dialogue and everything else that went on in the story on board the ship was just made up. The story of Soddom is just an attempt by ignorant and superstitious people to explain away the natural destruction of a town they couldn't explain, and to work in a way of trying to scare people into behaving the way they want them to. Parents to this day use that tactic with their kids, concerning Santa Claus.

Answer 8

This is a great question. Many people gave biblical responses, which will get you only so far, with a complex question such as this. One usually gets a personal exegesis. I will try and give you the best logical discourse from what other theologians (scholars) believe to be true.

Purgatory- Popular belief pre- 1400’s was that a soul, (before Christ) was sent to purgatory. Lots wife would have fallen into this category. It is also believed that Jesus went into purgatory and set those people free. However, once Martin Luther started the reformation, different denominations did not share in RC’s doctrine. There are tens of thousands of denominations currently. The reformation never really stopped. Some believe that when death occurs, a soul will go straight to heaven, or hell. Meanwhile, others take the approach that the soul rests until the day of judgement. 1 Thessalonians 4:16 says: “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first” (ESV). Note: Who are the dead if they are already in heaven?

You could also take the stance that this was an allegorical story. Jewish tradition was to tell stories to drive home deeper moral truth. Jesus Christ taught by the use of parables.

If you take the position that this is the literal interpretation of the story then you have some choices to make.

A) You would be in the default position to justify Gods universal law throughout the OT. It would be arrogant to think anybody truly understands Gods universal law based on scripture alone. There is not enough information to draw from in many areas.

B) You also have to keep in mind that you are measuring 1st century ethics and comparing it to 21st century principles. This will add to further confusion. The OT was written for a nomadic audience. Christ is a savior in many ways. Christianity would have never survived historically without Jesus. You could not legally practice Christianity in western culture based on a Leviticus worldview.

C) You accept the fact that some of these questions will never be answered. I know that is difficult. Moreover, the bible is silent on a plethora of issues. You could ask scholars all day long about their opinion, but in the end, you will get their best guess. You are not alone. Spartan King Leonidas had a son by the name of Origen. He was a famous theologian that had a difficult time deciphering the Old Testament. I pray that you will seek the truth that you are looking for and that it will guide your moral compass. God bless.

Answer 9

No man that has put his hand to a plow and looks at the things behind is well fitted for the kingdom of God.”—LUKE 9:62.



REMEMBER the wife of Lot.” (Luke 17:32) Jesus Christ gave that strong warning almost 2,000 years ago. That warning is now more important than ever. What did Jesus mean? The Jews he was talking to knew exactly what had happened to Lot’s wife. While she was fleeing from Sodom with her family, she disobeyed Jehovah and looked back. Because of that, she was turned into a pillar of salt.—Read Genesis 19:17, 26.

Answer 10

Sodom and Gomorrah were cities filled with sin. The worst sin you could possible commit is the violation of hospitality. And for Pete's sakes, she disobeyed a direct order from God. Soldiers get killed for insubordination. There really is no argument for the sake of her friends as they (her neighbors at least) were the ones that tried to rape visitors. In that time, that is the worst sin you could preform, being vicious to guests. By disobeying God by turning back, she died.



Just like in the military, insubordination is not tolerated. This is God's military operation and Lot's wife didn't follow orders.

Answer 11

During the time of Lot and his wife, they were living under the Law of Moses and the Law of God. Salvation was not afforded by repentance of sin through grace at that time. Only animal sacrifice covered man's sin and was done daily. Lot's wife knew the consequences of disobedience and chose to disobey the commandment to not look back. By the way, the context and translation of looking back was that she longed to stay in Sodom which is why she looked back.

Answer 12

1. What warning did Jesus give? What question arises?

“REMEMBER the wife of Lot.” (Luke 17:32) Jesus Christ gave that strong warning almost 2,000 years ago. That warning is now more important than ever. What did Jesus mean? The Jews he was talking to knew exactly what had happened to Lot’s wife. While she was fleeing from Sodom with her family, she disobeyed Jehovah and looked back. Because of that, she was turned into a pillar of salt.—Read Genesis 19:17, 26.



2. Why may Lot’s wife have looked back? What happened to her when she disobeyed?

2 But why did Lot’s wife look back? Maybe she wanted to see what was happening. Or it is possible that she turned around because she could not believe that the city was being destroyed. Maybe her faith was weak. Or maybe she wanted to go back to the things she had left behind in Sodom. (Luke 17:31) Whatever the reason for her looking back, she died when she disobeyed. Just think of it! She died the same day as those wicked people of Sodom and Gomorrah. That is why Jesus said: “Remember the wife of Lot.”



3. How did Jesus emphasize that we should not look back?

3 Lot’s wife should not have looked back at what was behind her. In the same way, we should not look back at, or keep thinking about, the things we left behind. Jesus emphasized this when talking to a man who had said that he wanted to be Jesus’ disciple. The man had said that he first wanted to return to his family to say good-bye. Jesus answered: “No man that has put his hand to a plow and looks at the things behind is well fitted for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) Was Jesus’ answer to the man too strong or unkind? No. He knew that the man was just making excuses to avoid the responsibility of becoming a disciple. Jesus said that a person who avoids his obligations to God is looking at “the things behind.” A person who is plowing a field may look back while he is plowing or put the plow down and turn to look back. Either way, he is distracted from what he should be doing, and he is not doing his work properly.



4. What should we focus on?

4 We must focus on the future and not on the past. The Bible clearly says this at Proverbs 4:25: “As for your eyes, straight ahead they should look, yes, your own beaming eyes should gaze straight in front of you.”



5. We have what reason not to look at the things behind?

5 We have good reason not to look at the things behind. What is the reason? These are “the last days.” (2 Timothy 3:1) Soon God will destroy, not just two wicked cities, but the whole system of things. What will help us to avoid being distracted as Lot’s wife was? We need to know what some of the things are that we might be in danger of looking back at. (2 Corinthians 2:11) So let us consider what they are and see how we can avoid focusing on them.

Answer 13

She was given the chance, being divinely forewarned of the consequences of looking back in longing for the sinful life she and Lot led. Ultimately there comes point in time when you must choose to follow either God or your own inclinations. That was her do-or-die moment. Yours is coming up, just as everyone else will have to confront. Make no mistake.

Answer 14

The pillar of salt is an analogy. Lot's wife died along with all the people of Sodom because she wanted to return to that type of life, she wasn't ready to leave that place.

Answer 15

This is the story of Lot's wife. Lot moved his family and animals to Sodom and made their home there. The people of Sodom were very bad. This upset Lot, because he was a good man. God was upset too. Finally, God sent two angels to warn Lot that he was going to destroy Sodom and the nearby city of Gomorrah because of their badness.



The angels told Lot: "Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters gone and get out of here!" Lot and his family were a little slow in going, and so the angels took them by the hand and led them out of the city. Then one of the angels said: 'Run for your lives! Don't look back. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed.'



Lot and his daughters obeyed and ran away from Sodom. They didn't stop for a moment, and they didn.t look back. But Lot's wife disobeyed. After they had gone some distance from Sodom, she STOPPED AND LOOKED BACK. Then Lot's wife became a pillar of salt.



It shows us that God saves those who obey him, but those who do not obey him will lose their lives.

Answer 16

Lot's wife was willfully disobedient. She had been warned, yet she longed for her old life, turning back fondly in hopefulness. Like the Israelites when they were wandering in the wilderness, as they began to complain and desire foods from Egypt, God saw they were ungrateful for their escape from Egypt. Lot's wife was also ungrateful for the escape she was given. She was turned to stone. The Israelites in the wilderness, of that first generation, all died enroute to the promised land, never having received the promise. All were warned, just as Lot's wife was warned.

Answer 17

Acts 24:15 says: There will be a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous... So those who died before Jesus will have a chance to make their stand with or against Jehovah however he is able to read the heart and that is what he did with Lots wife. She had a longing for the material things of that city and not to love Jehovah with her whole heart and soul and that's why his judgment of her was what it was.

Answer 18

If you had a direct warning from God to leave but you didn't want too but left because you wanted to live and then look back at longing at what you knew was going to be destroyed because of its filth purposely disobeying that you were not to look back I would say she had plenty of time to decide what she was doing! Remember not one righteous person could be found in a total of five cities that were destroyed, just because she was Lot's wife would she be considered righteous. Spouses can learn that they will not inherit God's Kingdom on the shirt tale of their spouses just because they are married! Anyone that practice actions that stops them from inheriting God's Kingdom will not make it there because their spouse in acting accordingly to God's laws and requirements.(1 Corinthians 6:9-10)

Answer 19

If you think that's puzzling, go back and reread the story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts, chapter 5). They were killed instantly without notification and THAT was after Jesus died.



The more you study the bible and listen to the embarrassing stories people come up with in an effort to make it make sense.... the more you realize the whole thing leaks like a sieve.

Answer 20

Their lives depended on obedience. Lot and his two daughters did what they were told and were spared. But Lot’s wife evidently was reluctant to tear herself away from the material things being left behind. Turning to look back, she lost her life, becoming a pillar of salt.

Jehovah wants us to know that he is truly ready to forgive our sins as long as he finds us sincerely repentant. We need not fear that he will hold such sins against us in the future. This is shown by something else that the Bible reveals about Jehovah’s great mercy: When he forgives, he forgets. (Acts 3:19; Jeremiah 31:34; Ezekiel 18:21, 22)

Answer 21

For one thing Jesus paid the price for all sin past, present and future. OT saints did not go to heaven, they went to a protected area of the underworld called Paradise. The OT saints didn't go to heaven until Jesus paid the price for their sin. As for Lot's wife. She had her chance. She was warned not to turn back to look at the destruction of Sodom, but she did. It could be that she still yearned for that sinful city.

Answer 22

You pray to God for the forgiveness of sins but that won't save you from death itself. Jesus Christ is the only person who can save us because He died on the cross and He was resurrected and had ascended to Heaven. But we will not go to heaven or hell when we all die. We shall all be resurrected to live on this newly restored Earth in the Afterlife as immortal human beings.

Answer 23

Well, according to Islam, if Allah(God) being 'Omniscient' knew that there is some goodness in her that she would repent and seek forgiveness, Allah wouldn't have allowed her to die without giving her a chance.

Answer 24

Lot's wife didn't follow the important instruction and it costed her her life.



REDEMPTION BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH



Because mankind is incapable of meeting God’s standard of perfection necessary to abide in God’s presence (Romans 3:19-20,23), God sent His Son Jesus Christ to pay the total debt for the believer’s sins and mercifully credits to his account Christ’s righteousness (Romans 3:21-28,5:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:18-21). Jesus’ gracious act of atonement was complete and covers all sin (Colossians 2:13-14; 1 John 1:9). Salvation is not based on good deeds but according to the mercy of God (Titus 3:4-5). Believers are justified by faith; it is a gift by God’s grace (Romans 4:3-8; Ephesians 2:8-9). A true, living faith will result in a desire to live a holy, loving life of good works (Ephesians 2:10; Galatians 5:6; James 2:14-26), but failure to be absolutely successful at righteous living does not negate the believer’s justified status.



If you sincerely say this prayer, your sins will be washed away, you will be redeemed to God, be saved from eternal torment and inherit the Kingdom of God:



"Dear Jesus,



I am a sinner.

I repent of my sins.

Please forgive me and save me by your shed blood;

come into my heart.

I want to receive you as my own personal Lord and Savior.



Amen"





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Answer 25

The angels, informed Lot that the outcry against the inhabitants of Sodom had grown loud before Jehovah and that they had been sent to destroy the city. As instructed, Lot warned his prospective sons-in-law, who evidently were intending to take his daughters as wives but had not yet done so. ( Ge 19:8, 14.) However, his sons-in-law did not heed his words.



((God always give warning of His bringing destruction before He Bring it)) (2 Timothy 3:1) But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here. (Matthew 24:14) And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come. (Ge 19:12-14) At dawn the two angels urged prompt departure, hastening it by seizing the hands of Lot, his wife, and his two daughters. In keeping with Lot’s request, the angels permitted him to flee to the nearby city of Zoar. After Lot arrived there, Jehovah brought fiery destruction upon Sodom and Gomorrah.



However, Lot’s wife (who is unnamed in the Scriptures) disobediently “began to look around from behind him,” perhaps with longing for the things left behind. For doing so, “she became a pillar of salt.”—Ge 19:15-26.



The authenticity of the Scriptural account regarding Lot is attested to by Jesus Christ. He showed that “in the days of the Son of man,” or during his presence, circumstances would parallel those of the days of Lot when persons were unconcernedly eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, and building until fire and sulfur rained down from heaven to destroy them all. Christ showed that at that future time persons should not return to the things behind, and he gave a striking example to show the dire consequences of doing so, by saying: “Remember the wife of Lot.”—Lu 17:26-32. (2 Timothy 3:1)



(1 Samuel 15:22) Samuel said: “Does Jehovah take as much pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Look! To obey is better than a sacrifice, and to pay attention than the fat of rams.

Answer 26

She was specifically told not to look back. She disobeyed and paid the price. There was no time for repentance which is why no one should put off accepting Christ thinking they can wait until they are on their death bed. We don't know how we will die. It could happen too quickly for a person to have a chance to repent. NOW is the time for salvation. We may not have a "later."



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Answer 27

God dealt with the Fathers or head of household in that time. God told Lot what the penalty would be for looking back. lot told his wife what the angels had said not to look back. the Law of Moses was not even in that time this was before the Ten Commandments under the law of Moses no flesh could be saved because no one could keep all the Commandment i think there were 613 commandments. There needed to be a sacrifice that could take away sins. Jesus came about 2,000 years ago and paid the price for sin we are under grace now. Jesus blood that was shed and paid the price for sin went forward and backward to cleanse all people who would believe in him to be free from sin and death. i have no doubt that Lot's wife is in a saved condition because Jesus blood wiped away her sins as if they had never been. God dealt differently with people in the Old Testament Aaron two sons were burnt up for offering strange fire before God who did not command it. a person was stoned to death for cursing God and taking his name in vain this was done right away also a man was stoned to death because he picked up sticks for a fire on the Sabbath when no work was to be done. we are no longer under the head of the household or the Law of Moses we are under the grace of God. Jesus said if we walk in the light as he is the light we have fellowship with one another if we confess our sins he is good and faithful to forgive us our sins. if we say we have no sin we call God a liar and the truth is not in us. if we walk in the light and not darkness we will be saved. Thanks for the question friend. God bless.

Answer 28

She WAS given the chance and was allowed to be free from the penalty and she went outside the city that was condemned....BUT she looked back



the Bible states this :But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.



That is what Lots wife did...she was told to Go and yet her heart and mind was on what was left behind....



That goes for all of us...when we set out to serve the Lord and we try and then desire to go back to what He bought us out of, we sin .



It also states this :Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.



She was set free and redeemed and yet she wanted to go back....and her folly turned her into a pillar of salt.

Answer 29

Jehovah have the ability to read hearts and no doubts read the heart of Lot's wife. Even though she was leaving that is not what she wanted to do. She was looking back in her heart and Jehovah knew that.

Answer 30

We are hardly in a position to Judge God and what He knows more than our limited knowledge of the WHOLE story(s) here or in other parts of the Bible. God commanded - Lots wife left but then....turned back. God knew her heart I'd guess and HE knew better then we where her heart truly was and apparently it was NOT right with God.

Answer 31

She killed herself by disobeying God. She was told not to turn and look back. Instead, she disobeyed and went back, right into the volcanic down bursts. The lesson = don't disobey God. And of course, the bleeding hearts will come on and cry for fools. Fools who refuse to listen to God will die just like Lot's wife, in a lake of fire.

Answer 32

The angels told Lot: Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters and get out of here! Then one of the angels said: Run for your lives! Don’t look back.



Lot and his daughters obeyed and ran away from Sodʹom. They didn’t stop for a moment, and they didn’t look back.



But Lot’s wife disobeyed. After they had gone some distance from Sodʹom, she stopped and looked back.



We can learn a good lesson from this. It shows us that God saves those who obey him, but those who do not obey him will lose their lives.



The city of Sodom, where Lot and his family lived, was materially prosperous but morally bankrupt.



Jehovah sent his angels to bring the place to ruin. The angels urged Lot and his family to flee from Sodom and not to look back.



Encouraged by the angels, they did leave the city. Lot’s wife, however, evidently could not let go of her feelings for her home in Sodom.



Disobediently, she looked back, and for this she paid with her life.

Answer 33

Unlike humans, God can read the heart. His justice is therefore unquestionably fair. On the outside, we may think that someone repenting of their sin, or was not given the opportunity to do so. But God is not a human, and knows what the person is thinking and feeling.

Answer 34

"Remember the wife of Lot.” (Luke 17:31, 32) “.



Jesus powerful statement ( above ) in clear support of Jehovah God's destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah!--This included- All His actions



JESUS CLEARLY STATED:



(Luke 17:28-30) “. . .Likewise, just as it occurred in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building. 29 But on the day that Lot went out of Sodʹom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 It will be the same on that day when the Son of man is revealed." 



NOTE THE PRINCIPLES involved as to Jehovah & Christ's judgments



(Ezekiel 18:23) “23 “‘Do I take any pleasure at all in the death of a wicked person?’ declares the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. ‘Do I not prefer that he turn away from his ways and keep living?’”



NOTE THE ADOMONITION to all who claim true worship:



(Ezekiel 18:25) “25 “‘But you will say: “The way of Jehovah is unjust.” Please listen, O house of Israel! Is it my way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?”

Answer 35

She had fled with her husband. However, was she in full agreement with what he was doing? There is nothing to indicate that she in any way approved of the immorality of Sodom. But was her love for God stronger than her attachment to her home and the material things she had there? (Compare Luke 17:31, 32.) Under pressure, what was in her heart became manifest. Evidently they were already near Zoar, perhaps at the point of entering the city, when she disobediently turned and deliberately ignored explicit instructions. “His wife began to look around from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” (Gen. 19:15-26)

Answer 36

You do not earn eternal life , it is a free gift. Jesus did the work to bring us back into fellowship and forgiveness with him. He only asks us to believe in him. That is the work of God (to believe him by faith and his promise of restoration) It is really simple. Believe in him and his promise or try to be good enough to get into heaven.



The people of Lots day only had to believe God is going to redeem. They were looking forward to their messiah. The same way we believe by faith is the same way they would have to believe by faith.



Lots wife died because of disobedience but that doesn't send her to hell. For all we know she is in heaven now. The only thing she lost is reward because of her foolishness she lost more time to earn rewards. And the whole works thing is all about reward. You can earn reward and lose reward but God never hangs heaven over our heads as a reward. Heaven is the gift our inherentance is the reward

Answer 37

It is a rebellious question to ask how we can pray forgiveness for our sins and not die but Lots wife wasn't given the chance. She was given the chance, and wanted to return to Sodom. Do you want to return to Sodom?



But I thank you for posting your raging rant against the God who loves you so much He sent is own Son to die in your place so I can post the simple saving message of the Gospel for those of us who wish to stop our rebellion, humble ourselves before God, be forgiven, and inherit eternal life:



1 John 4:9-10: In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.



John 14:6: Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."



John 8:24: "I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”



God is just. There will be punishment for sin. But God provided a way out. One way. An easy way.



Romans 10:13: “All who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”



John 10:28: “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.”



Will you call upon the name of Jesus Christ the Lord right now, before clicking away, and ask to be forgiven? Will you join the family of God and spend eternity with us in paradise?

Answer 38

Christianity is based SOLELY on the teachings of Christ as found in the New Testament. The OT is the story of one people's growth in faith and understanding of God. It is not a history book.

Answer 39

She was given divine instruction not to look. If she wasn't warned then you have a point.

Answer 40

Lot's wife was warned what would happen if she looked back, and she disobeyed a direct commandment from God.

Answer 41

The God characterized in the Torah and Old Testament is neither fair no just.

Praying for forgiveness is a Christian idea since Christianity speaks of a fair, just and forgiving GOD.

Answer 42

What warning did Jesus give? What question arises?



“REMEMBER the wife of Lot.” (Luke 17:32) Jesus Christ gave that strong warning almost 2,000 years ago. That warning is now more important than ever. What did Jesus mean? The Jews he was talking to knew exactly what had happened to Lot’s wife. While she was fleeing from Sodom with her family, she disobeyed Jehovah and looked back. Because of that, she was turned into a pillar of salt.—Read Genesis 19:17, 26.



Why may Lot’s wife have looked back? What happened to her when she disobeyed?



But why did Lot’s wife look back? Maybe she wanted to see what was happening. Or it is possible that she turned around because she could not believe that the city was being destroyed. Maybe her faith was weak. Or maybe she wanted to go back to the things she had left behind in Sodom. (Luke 17:31) Whatever the reason for her looking back, she died when she disobeyed. Just think of it! She died the same day as those wicked people of Sodom and Gomorrah. That is why Jesus said: “Remember the wife of Lot.”



How did Jesus emphasize that we should not look back?



Lot’s wife should not have looked back at what was behind her. In the same way, we should not look back at, or keep thinking about, the things we left behind. Jesus emphasized this when talking to a man who had said that he wanted to be Jesus’ disciple. The man had said that he first wanted to return to his family to say good-bye. Jesus answered: “No man that has put his hand to a plow and looks at the things behind is well fitted for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62) Was Jesus’ answer to the man too strong or unkind? No. He knew that the man was just making excuses to avoid the responsibility of becoming a disciple. Jesus said that a person who avoids his obligations to God is looking at “the things behind.” A person who is plowing a field may look back while he is plowing or put the plow down and turn to look back. Either way, he is distracted from what he should be doing, and he is not doing his work properly.



What should we focus on?



We must focus on the future and not on the past. The Bible clearly says this at Proverbs 4:25: “As for your eyes, straight ahead they should look, yes, your own beaming eyes should gaze straight in front of you.”



We have what reason not to look at the things behind?



We have good reason not to look at the things behind. What is the reason? These are “the last days.” (2 Timothy 3:1) Soon God will destroy, not just two wicked cities, but the whole system of things. What will help us to avoid being distracted as Lot’s wife was? We need to know what some of the things are that we might be in danger of looking back at. (2 Corinthians 2:11) So let us consider what they are and see how we can avoid focusing on them.

Answer 43

She was told not to look back and was rescued from the city wasn't that a chance but it was her decision to look back no body forced her

Answer 44

Lot s wife disobeyed and looked back because of her regret over being made to leave. She loved her life in Sodom and Gomorrah. In Luke 17:32 Jesus said,



“Remember Lot’s wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.”



Jesus referred to her as an example of what could happen to people who delay leaving Israel when the anti-Christ is revealed, saying that people who try to keep their lives will lose them.



Lot’s wife also represents those who claim to be part of the Church but are actually Christians in name only. They haven’t really given their heart to the Lord. Lot’s wife had her heart in this world. Even though she was escaping certain death, she looked back to consider the things she held dear. People who claim to be Christians but don’t want the Lord to come until they’ve done everything they want to do in this world should find this very unsettling, since she is the example of what can happen to those who by their actions demonstrate where their heart really is.



Today people are saved by their belief in the life and works of the Redeemer, Jesus of Nazareth (John 1:12-13, John 3:16, John 5:24, John 6:28-29, John 6:40, John 11:25-26, Romans 10:9, and others). Before the cross, people were saved by their belief in the coming Redeemer, though they did not know who it this would be. The promise of a Redeemer was give back in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:15).



King David committed adultery with Bathsheba, a crime punishable by death. He then conspired to have her husband, Uriah, killed in battle, a crime punishable by death. But God never took vengeance on David because he was a man after God s own heart. David did pay a hefty price for his crimes in this world, but his eternal salvation was never lost.



Abraham was as much a sinner as anyone else in his day, but Paul wrote that righteousness was credited to him by his faith (Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6). In the oldest book of the Bible, Job proclaimed, "I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth." (Job 19:25)



In Luke 12:29-31 Jesus said,



"And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well."



Paul wrote that we should set your minds on things above, not on earthly things (Colossians 3:2). Had Lot s wife done so, she would have been saved.

Answer 45

Do you know Lot's wife was given no opportunity, or that she would have, or are you just assuming that to be the case? Remember God can search hearts and minds! how do you establish God did not search her heart and mind and find no repentance was forthcoming? If no repentance was forthcoming, the how was God not being just?

Answer 46

I cant believe that grown men and women are having a serious discussion,on a subject that never happened,the story of Lots wife is exactly what it is,a fairy story from the bible that never really happened,the bible today is no better than an adventure comic,it is now accepted as the greatest book of fiction ever written by mortal man.

Answer 47

The Christian 'god' is a maniac. Learn about the truth here: ExposingChristianity.com

Answer 48

Read every scripture you can find where Jesus speaks on Sodom and Gomorrah. Ask God to help you see more... and Remember those words... of Jesus; give this your full attention... ask why God will show tolerance.



"Father forgive them for they know not what they do!"

He is full of mercy and love!



Remember the Thief on the cross next to Jesus Christ because he showed how simple it is to >> Renounce every competitor of Christ for first place in y(our) hearts!



While this story could be considered just literally; it could be viewed symbolically as well as types and arch types.

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The story of Lot and His wife may mystify you, as many questions do arise from this account; don't lose faith; understand what you can; ask God to help you see more. God bless. Remembering this



"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)...

((hugs from me)).

Answer 49

She was given specific instructions not to look back. She was given a chance to get out and be free the only requirement was not to look back. So by her looking back what was God to do give her one more chance. He had already told her not to look back she disobeyed a single easy command and so therefore she died.

Answer 50

When God says Lots and Lots wife don't look back

so

she turns around and looks back

wow and God told me Not to look back

I don't see anyone living

so they can't hurt me.

they she turns into something of Gold.

oh wow.

Answer 51

Lot's wife was warned not to look behind her as they left Sodom. But she looked anyway and the result was death.

Answer 52

Thank god that lot was the ideal man and his daughters were ideal daughters. Sin they all committed incest I have to wonder what his wife did to get turned into a pillar of salt just for looking over her shoulder. Come to think of it who was looking backward to see her turn into a pillar of salt ? In Jewish tradition the man leads.

Answer 53

it never said she lost redemption if you read about her and her family she likely didn't what happended was she lost her life on earth because she ignored what god told her and that was a warning that whoever should look back at these cities shall turn to salt

Answer 54

Lots wife went back to become worth her weight in salt.

Answer 55

mainly because the old testament deals with the beginning of Israel and how they came to be in the promised land and lot and his wife were from the old testament but jesus Christ in the new testament is the sacrificial lamb to bear all of our sins.

Answer 56

She had a chance.....Angels were send there to take them out from the judgement that was to come. She just ignore it and pay the price for it. Anyone that looked back would be killed....

Answer 57

no supermarkets back then, also no refrigeration. salt was used to preserve food, so if someone got turned into a pillar of salt that was a very good thing...could use and sell to the rest of the crowd. now we have refrigerators and preservatives in your food. a victory for wives.

Answer 58

< before that event?>>



Exactly. Jesus had not yet reconciled man to God. Therefore, that "option" was not available to Lot's wife. At the time, you either obeyed God, or you didn't at your peril.





< she was killed?>>



Kind of gives you a a better idea and appreciation for how bid of a deal being reconciled to God is. No?





< and just god?>>



You forget - the reason God was not reconciled to God was mankind's doing! Consider Lot's wife fortunate that God gave her ANY option at all to be saved - because He didn't have to!

Answer 59

She disobeyed a direct order from God. She was told to flee and not look back but she disobeyed that direct order. Also her reason for looking back was her heart was still in that city.

Answer 60

Because the god of The Old Testament was a borderline psychopath.

Answer 61

here is the difference bet. us and lot's wife.



us ...

we were not given a specific COMMAND to do something.



lots wife ...

she was given a specific command and she DISOBEYED outright w/o u/standing that it would cost her life !

Answer 62

a) It is a story. b) it is no doubt partially an aetiology to account for a natural feature c) it should be taken with a pinch of salt (And if you don't know where to get some.....)

Answer 63

Just a distinction between grace right now--and how serious the word of God really is--in light of her disobedience.

Answer 64

So was the guy who touched the Ark, and those who lied to the church about their land sale. God means what He says. It needs to be taken seriously.

Answer 65

The angels said to not look back. God told Adam to not eat of the fruit of that one tree. Same thing, they were judged. jw.org

Answer 66

you cant 'earn' forgiveness and have already received a judgement of death .. Christ and His salvation is a gift .. take advantage of it ..

Answer 67

She was given plenty of warning also it was a judgment time. A time to obey.

Answer 68

Everybody dies.

Praying for forgiveness is no guarantee that death will not soon occur.

Answer 69

Sin is an imaginary disease invented to sell you an imaginary cure.

Answer 70

Jesus Christ died so that we can be forgiven our sin. I am not schooled in the consequences of sin before that.

Answer 71

She was deliberately disobedient to a direct command.

Answer 72

What u stated is actually not true, ie it's not true that Christians can pray for forgiveness for their sins/evil-deeds n not die.

.......For example, in most countries, if a Christian committed murder n has been convicted, he/she will likely be executed or put to death, eg Robert Lewis Dear Jr who murdered 3 persons at a Colorado Planned Parenthood Clinic. EXO.20:13 is the commandment of God against murder. In Saudi Arabia, those convicted of adultery r stoned to death. In Uganda, gays r publicly lynched. In Singapore, convicted drug traffickers r hung to death. God may also be afflicting some Christians with terminal cancer for their intentional sins.



.......The forgiveness for sins, wrt salvation, only comes into play if this Christian murderer did not curse God n die(=be executed), he/she will be saved from Hell in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ.(1COR.5:5, LUKE.23:43) This is bc salvation is based solely on faith in Jesus Christ.(JOHN.3:16 & 6:51)

.......Forgiveness for sins wrt salvation actually referred to Adam's Original Sin which all humans hv inherited. (ROM.5:12, LEV.17:11, HEB.9:22) Hence, all humans often involuntarily lust, hate, envy, be angry, greedy, selfish, fearful, doubtful, etc in their hearts. If they entertain these evil thoughts, they may go n commit sins/evil-deeds, eg murder, adultery, stealing, perjury/lying, etc.



In comparison, Job's wife cursed God n died = no opportunity to be saved from Hell; ...Job did not curse God while suffering(=he was ignorant that he had sinned against God by trying to insure his sons' sins - JOB.1:5 & 3:25, EXO.20:5).



Nevertheless, Kings n Presidents hv the power to commute death sentences n other sentences for repentant prisoners who had committed sins/evil-deeds/crimes. Similarly for Jesus Christ, the King of Kings.(eg JOHN.8:11 & 5:14)

.......The govt/police do not punish people for having evil thoughts. God also does not punish people for having evil thoughts(=Adam's Original Sin) while they r still on earth, only when they die or leave this earth, ie will be sent to Hell unless they hv the cleansing blood of JC in their hearts.



Committing sins or breaking God's/Moses Law will result in being cursed by God with a sad, painful n short life on earth, n vice versa.(DEUT.28) And only faith in Jesus as the Christ/Messiah/Savior will result in being blessed by God with an everlasting life in heaven, n vice versa.



But bear in mind that for new Gentile Christians, God has exempted them from all the burdensome laws of Moses(ACTS.15:28-29), eg circumcision, kosher food n other ceremonial/customary laws.

.......They r to slowly learn to keep all the easy or non-burdensome laws, eg the Ten Commandments(EXO.20), DEUT.18:9-14, LEV.10:9 n other morality laws.

.......In comparison, new Jewish Christians r required by God to continue to keep Moses Law or Jewish Law bc it will not be a burden to them, ie will not cause them to abandon their newfound faith in Christ.

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Answer 73

God said, Leave now and don t look back. She left because she was told to, but she clearly didn't want to. Her action of looking back was evidence of what was in her heart. God judges the heart, not the actions. Her heart was regret for leaving an evil and depraved place.



Here s a woman who KNOWS that where she is isn t safe for her children, isn t safe for guests, isn t safe for her or her husband, as evinced by the mob pounding in their door. Their neighbors and townspeople didn t give a hang about them, just wanted what they wanted and were willing to be violent to get it, putting their own wants and desires fulfilled, even to the point of harming someone else to get it. Would you do that?



The place where they lived was SO depraved that God took special care to get those four people out before He blew it up -- AND Lot s wife was so depraved herself that she cared far more about her LIFESTYLE rather than her LIFE, period.



She was told, point blank, flat out, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. She was told do not look back. She couldn t help herself. Why? She was depraved. She was so far gone in her heart that she cared more about her the lifestyle that place provided than anything else.



Two angels were just in her house. Don t you think she should have taken them seriously? The men of the town basically broke in her door to have sex with her guests (angels), and God struck them with blindness for their wickedness, and her heart was SO depraved that she didn t even get THAT clue that maybe, just maybe, God was serious.



At that point, when your heart is that depraved that you have seen what God has done, know what He can do, know what God is getting ready to do, destroy the place where you live -- a place you shouldn t have been in the first place -- and your only regret is leaving Sodom & Gamorah (sp?) What was it there that she enjoyed MORE than the safety of her children? Makes you wonder. There s places that we all know and describe thus, and we stay out of those places for the sake and safety of ourselves and our children. She didn t care.



Let s put this in today s perspective: We have, all of us, read the stories in the paper of the woman who allowed her boyfriend to beat her child to death. Why? Was the sex that good? Was the money that plentiful? Were the gifts and prestige of being with him THAT splendid that you would sacrifice your child for your own gain? What do YOU say about such a person? Probably the same thing that I and everyone else with half a wit says. I'm not talking about someone who lives in a lousy neighborhood because that's what they can afford and that's all they can do. I'm talking about the woman who CHOOSES -- conscious choice -- to be with a man who harms her children for her own gain. The things you say about THAT woman is the same thing we say about Lot s wife.



Furthermore, at the point your heart is that depraved that your ONLY regret is leaving S&G, your heart condition is not such that you would have sought forgiveness in the first place; ergo, she never would have asked because she didn t see her longing for sin as sin.



As far as fair and just: I tell my son, Don't eat that cake. If you eat that cake I'm going to spank you. Now my son eats that cake. Knowing that he wasn't supposed to, knowing that there was going to be a consequence for that action, he CHOSE to do it anyway.



Now here I am as mom. Forget all the people who say, That's ridiculous that you should spank your boy over a cake. No, no, no, says I. I'm not spanking him over a cake. I'm spanking him for disobedience. He's old enough to know to obey. He knew what that cake was for. He knew it was for someone else. He knew it had a different purpose.



Now if I don't spank him, I also make myself a liar. Can you trust a liar? No. Can you trust someone who continually changes their mind? No. How does my son trust me and believe me if I don't follow through with what I said I was going to do? How does my daughter make the decision to obey me when she can't trust me to do what I said I was going to do? How is God any different?



If God says He's going to spank me for my disobedience and then doesn't, how do I trust Him when He says He's going to save me from this or that? I can't. The only way you believe someone, trust them, is when they show that they are trustworthy. And one shows his/her trustworthiness by ALWAYS keeping their word. Failing even once tells me you might just fail. God never fails, and I know this. Why? Because He keeps His word, always, without fail. Even when it's not nice. Even when I don't like it. Even when I cry and whine for something different -- which I have done. But because I know that God keeps His word, then I know to trust Him, respect Him, and believe Him.



We don't EARN redemption. It is given to us because our heart condition has turned from one of depravity -- or whatever word you would like to use -- to sorrow, contrition, regret for the things we've done. We all know that we have, all of us, done bad things. Hurt people. Made others cry. Damaged them. Lied. Cheated. Stolen. Hurt. Plotted destruction of our enemies, both perceived and real. And people have done so to us. No one is perfect. No man is righteous; no, not one. It is in recognizing this -- and that recognition comes from God -- that we turn our hearts to God (because they've been away from God), and seek forgiveness. Some of us never do. Like Lot's wife, who knew and didn't care. Was more interested in the lifestyle than the life. And we all know people like this.



And just in case anyone's wondering, the bit about my son and the cake is just an analogy.



And no, I'm not judging Lot's wife's salvation or lack thereof, just looking at the evidence and making a supposition, and educated guess. Only God knows, but the Book certainly does give us a clue.

Answer 74

Because prayer is wishfull thinking.

Answer 75

your one of those guys who is going to tell God what to do, huh?

Answer 76

ummmmm

Answer 77

yes its true.

Answer 78

She was ugly as s h i t.