“And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.”
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where Lot had lived. The narrator's theological summary is decisive: Lot was rescued not because of his own righteousness (though he was righteous) but because God remembered Abraham. The covenant intercession of Genesis 18 is the direct cause of Lot's rescue. Romans 5:19 speaks of the many being made righteous through one man's obedience — Lot's rescue through Abraham's intercession is a small picture of that dynamic. The application: who is interceding for you? And who are you interceding for? The person you love who lives too close to the wrong city may be waiting for someone to stand before the LORD on their behalf.
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