“And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
As dawn breaks, the angels urge Lot: hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished. The dawn brings urgency — the judgment is timed, and the window for escape is closing. The angels are not merely advising; they are urging, pressing, creating the urgency appropriate to the situation. But Lot is slow — verse 16 will record that he lingers. The angels say hurry; Lot does not hurry. The application: receiving the urgency appropriate to a situation is as important as receiving the information. Lot knew what was coming; he did not feel the urgency of the knowing in his body. There is a form of spiritual numbness that can absorb information about danger without producing the response appropriate to the danger.
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