William Bode

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Is God not more just and merciful than you? Genesis 18:32 ESV Then he said, "Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there." He answered, "For the sake of ten I will not destroy it." _____________________ Here in Genesis 18 God debates within himself the appropriateness of telling Abraham his plan to judge Sodom. (v.17) Abraham, most likely thinking of Lot, his nephew, begins to consider the consequences of judgement on Sodom. Abraham like us knew Lot was wealthy and he had many employees, and some married daughters as well as sons in laws, so from this considerable family and business surely there'd be 50 people who did not deserve to be judged. But Abraham reconsidered his original negotiation with God. He thought about things in Lot's town being pretty bad. So with determination and a bit of fear Abraham haggles with God down to a mere ten. Could this number represent just Lot and his immediate family? Whatever it was Abraham had