OUR LORD WHO RESCUES HIS PEOPLE FROM JUDGEMENT

Genesis 19 verse 4 says this;

Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.

This verse records a ghastly scene where two visitors had come to the city to see Abraham's nephew, Lot, and to give him warning of an impending catastrophe.

As it was getting late, the visitors wanted to fend for themselves and spend the night in the public square but Lot, understanding the nature of the town in which he lived, insisted that the two visitors stay under the shelter of his roof.

What Lot did not realize  was that roving gangs of thugs in the town had noted the arrival of his visitors and that night, they surrounded his house in order to compel him to surrender his guests to them.

This frightening situation resulted from the brazen willingness of the men of Lot's town to assault anyone they wanted with impunity.

The visitors, it turned out,  were  angels sent to save Lot and they urged Lot and his family to flee the city before it was destroyed by the imminent  judgement.

Even as Lot vacillated on the decision to leave, the angels took the whole family by the hand and led them away to a safe place where they would be spared the judgement that was about to befall their town.

Amen.