Genesis 19:6-8 Lot
went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him and
said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing. Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man.
Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t
do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.
This is a horror story of sorts. This city where Lot lived was so full of
wickedness that perverted sexual acts were taking place in the streets. Two angels showed up at Lot’s house and he
gave them refuge. Men of the city showed
up at the door asking to have sex with the two “men” they had seen enter Lot’s
house.
However, the two angels inside struck the men
outside with blindness so that they could not find the door, as they were about
to bust it down. You see, the angels had been sent there to destroy the wicked
city, and all who were in it, except Lot and his family.
The phrase “under the protection of my roof” once
again denotes the importance of a covering to a home. Had there been no roof on Lot’s home, the
locked door would not have stopped the evil from entering.
However, because Lot housed part of heaven in
his home, under his roof, heaven rose up and destroyed the evil outside.
Who and what resides in your home, under your
roof?
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