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First posted MAY 11, 2019

Sodom and Gomorrah, cities in the plain. Moab and Ammon, nations they became. Two cities, two nations that have connections to Israel (Northern and Southern Kingdoms), and the end time transition back to the united kingdom of Israel in the rulership of The Anointed One. As Abraham and Lot are tied at the hip, so too are their dependants. Abraham had much love for his nephew, a man who could have filled the role of his son if he had his way. Abraham represents stability whereas, Lot portrayed uncertainty, indecision and unwise choices. But YHWH Elohim loved them both and showed Lot mercy on account of his uncle Abraham. Lot’s sons, Moab and Ammon, were born out of chaos and poor judgement. But YHWH Elohim considered them because of their father Lot. Moab and Ammon are tied to “Israel and Judah”, “Sodom and Gomorrah” and events to unfold for the end time. This presentation focuses on parallels between the doomed cities of Sodom and Gomorrah with connections to the children of Abraham and Lot and our current generation. Sodom and Gomorrah is presented in this third study of Genesis 19 because of the expansiveness of the topic and a mere gloss in the previous studies would not suffice. This topic is important given the signs of the times, and the command from the Anointed One about the faithful watching and praying. This presentation is a guide towards additional study on YHWH Elohim judgement related through his prophets.

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Daniel & Davene (AKA Team D)

Links from the presentation

Bereshit/Genesis Chapter 19c – Sodom, Gomorrah, Moab, Ammon and the Seed of Abraham

Supporting News Items

Sodom and Gomorrah is as real as The City of London in the UK and New York in the US. The problem lies in the how the truth of the destruction of cities is presented. Below are video presentations of Sodom and Gomorrah as told by those who have been there:

Sodom and Gomorrah – Part 1 of 2 – by Michael Rood

Sodom and Gomorrah – Part 2 of 2 – by Michael Rood

The Location of Sodom and Gomorrah: Ron Wyatt’s Discoveries

Where is Sodom & Gomorrah?

The Jordan River Basin is the water course way that fed the regions of Sodom and Gomorrah. Due to the cataclysmic event, nothing grows and the area has a high mineral content. This body of water is essential to the geo-political entities that now border that location and as such been one of the contentious issues that leads to conflict.

Where is Moab and Ammon, and are these people still living?

Due to the never ending conflicts, food crisis, historical facts and other destabilizing forces, people, places and cultures keep changing as one would change underwear. As a form of punishment, exile is used to shift people around and stifle national sentiment. The peoples of Moab and Ammon, though on the tongues of people as a byword, there are visible signs of their modem existence and they are not forgotten by the Elohim who see everything.

Notable verses mentioning Sodom, Gomorrah, Moab & Ammon

List of references – Wikipedia

Tanakh/OT Sources:

• Isaiah 1:9–10, Isaiah 3:9 and ,strong>Isaiah 13:19–22 addresses people as from Sodom and Gomorrah, associates Sodom with shameless sinning and tells Babylon that it will end like those two cities.
• Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 49:17–18 (29:17-18 LXX), Jeremiah 50:39–40 (27:39-40 LXX) and Lamentations 4:6 associate Sodom and Gomorrah with adultery and lies, prophesies the fate of Edom, south of the Dead Sea, predicts the fate of Babylon and uses Sodom as a comparison.
• In Ezekiel 16:48–50, God compares Jerusalem to Sodom, saying “Sodom never did what you and your daughters have done.” He explains that the sin of Sodom was that “She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me.”
• In Amos 4:1–11, God tells the Israelites that although he treated them like Sodom and Gomorrah, they still did not repent.
• In Zephaniah 2:9, Zephaniah tells Moab and Ammon, southeast and northeast of the Dead Sea, that they will end up like Sodom and Gomorrah.

New Testament

• In Matthew 10:1–15, cf. Luke 10:1–12, Jesus declares certain cities more damnable than Sodom and Gomorrah, due to their response to Jesus’ disciples, in the light of greater grace (RSV): And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town. Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor’rah than for that town.
• In Matthew 11:20–24, Jesus prophesies the fate of some cities where he did some of his works (RSV): And you, Caper’na-um, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I tell you that it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.
• In Luke 17:28–30, Jesus compares his second-coming to the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah (RSV): Likewise as it was in the days of Lot—they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built, but on the day when Lot went out from Sodom fire and sulphur rained from heaven and destroyed them all—so will it be on the day when the Son of man is revealed.
• In Romans 9:29, Paul the Apostle quotes Isaiah 1:9 (RSV): “And as Isaiah predicted, ‘If the Lord of hosts had not left us children, we would have fared like Sodom and been made like Gomor’rah.'”
• In 2 Peter 2:4–10, Saint Peter says that just as God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and saved Lot, he will deliver godly people from temptations and punish the wicked on Judgement Day.
• Jude 1:7 records that both Sodom and Gomorrah were “giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire”.
• Revelation 11:7–8 makes an allegorical use of Sodom when it describes the places where the two witnesses will descend during the Apocalypse.

Extra Biblical – Deuterocanon

• Wisdom 10:6–8 refers to the Five Cities: Wisdom rescued a righteous man when the ungodly were perishing; he escaped the fire that descended on the Five Cities. Evidence of their wickedness still remains: a continually smoking wasteland, plants bearing fruit that does not ripen, and a pillar of salt standing as a monument to an unbelieving soul. For because they passed wisdom by, they not only were hindered from recognizing the good, but also left for mankind a reminder of their folly, so that their failures could never go unnoticed.
• Wisdom 19:17 says that the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites were “struck with blindness, like the men of Sodom who came to the door of that righteous man Lot. They found themselves in total darkness, as each one groped around to find his own door.”
• Sirach 16:8 says “[God] did not spare the neighbors of Lot, whom he loathed on account of their insolence.”
• In 3 Maccabees 2:5, the high priest Simon says that God “consumed with fire and sulphur the men of Sodom who acted arrogantly, who were notorious for their vices; and you made them an example to those who should come afterward”.
• 2 Esdras 2:8–9 says “Woe to you, Assyria, who conceal the unrighteous in your midst! O wicked nation, remember what I did to Sodom and Gomor′rah, whose land lies in lumps of pitch and heaps of ashes. So will I do to those who have not listened to me, says the Lord Almighty.”
• 2 Esdras 5:1–13 describes signs of the end times, one of which is that “the sea of Sodom shall cast up fish”.
• In 2 Esdras 7:106, Ezra says that Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom.

Putting things into perspective

The narratives that encompasses the Torah, Prophets and OT/NT writings must be viewed and assessed collectively as a continuous, and contiguous, message to the readers it is intended for. The Sodom, Gomorrah, Moab and Ammon narratives, should not be viewed in isolation, or an OT/NT paradigm. Rest assured that Moab and the other nations are a part of the fulfillment of end time prophecies and would be fulfilled at the choosing of YHWH Elohim.