Rise up

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“And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.”

Lot came from the same culture as Abraham, even though he was living in the city of Sodom at this stage. In fact, we know that Lot was one of the leading men of that city but that time because he was sitting in the gate with the other leaders of the city. It was getting late in the day and the two angels came to the city. Lot didn’t know that they were angels but he offered them hospitality as he had been taught to do from a young age. They said that they would stay in the street. One would assume that there was a caravanserai in the city where they could stay with other travellers but Lot insisted that they stay with him. He, like Abraham, offered the angels the best that he could offer. However, he had to use unleavened bread because he didn’t have time to let leavened bread rise before feeding the men. This passage is also important because it defines the word rise for the Bible. The two angels were going to sleep the night and then rise up and go on their way the next morning. Rising involves lying down and then getting up and continuing with the business that they were doing before. In John 11: 24, 25 we read “Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:”) Anyone who believes in the Lord Jesus Christ can easily believe that they will rise again. One day all, except those who are alive at the Rapture (see 1 Thes 4: 13-18), those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will rise again. We will lie down in death and then, when the Lord calls us we will get up again and continue with the everlasting and abundant life that He has given us at great cost to Himself. The only difference will be that there will be no more sin or its consequences.