Today’s Daily Lesson comes from Genesis chapter 14 verses 11 and 12:
11So the enemy took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way; 12they also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.
To understand the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, we have to see it in its context.
Everyone knows the story of the visit of the angels to Sodom, their threatened rape, and then the destruction. But few can see that story in the broader context of war and terror, and what happened to the city of Sodom before the visitation.
Rape is an weapon of war and terror. It is also a weapon against war and terror.
The story of Sodom has nothing to do with mutually-affirming, respectful, and beautiful gay relationships.
Sodom is about war and the ravages of war, and the suspicion and cruelty of xenophobia war reaps.
Learning to read the Bible in context helps us to understand the real lessons of the story.
Ryon Price is Senior Pastor of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
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