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We all wonder how many people from among humankind will be preserved alive in the day of Christ's return - in our day! Using this window on mankind's history as a pattern, it doesn't seem there will be many. Choosing to abandon and avoid religion along with well intentioned mobs [terrorist groups], in favor of listening to Christ, will likely not ever be the popular choice. Do you want to be popular, or do you want to stay alive as God's friend? You must choose!

Genesis 19:1-26 GNB
When the two angels came to Sodom that evening, Lot was sitting at the city gate. As soon as he saw them, he got up and went to meet them. He bowed down before them (2) and said, "Sirs, I am here to serve you. Please come to my house. You can wash your feet and spend the night. In the morning you can get up early and go on your way." But they answered, "No, we will spend the night here in the city square." (3) He kept on urging them, and finally they went with him to his house. Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests. When it was ready, they ate it. (4) Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men [and likely women] of the city, both young and old, were there. (5) They called out to Lot and asked, "Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!" The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them. (6) Lot went outside and closed the door behind him. (7) He said to them, "Friends, I beg you, don't do such a wicked thing! (8) Look, I have two daughters who are still virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want with them. [Bible scholars say Lot was not literally offering his virgin daughters to the mob but trying to shock the men who had been his neighbors into sensibleness.] But don't do anything to these men; they are guests in my house, and I must protect them." (9) But they said, "Get out of our way, you foreigner! Who are you to tell us what to do? Out of our way, or we will treat you worse than them." They pushed Lot back and moved up to break down the door. (10) But the two men inside reached out, pulled Lot back into the house, and shut the door. (11) Then they struck all the men outside with blindness, so that they couldn't find the door. (12) The two men said to Lot, "If you have anyone else here---sons, daughters, sons-in-law, or any other relatives living in the city---get them out of here, (13) because we are going to destroy this place. The LORD  (  יהוה  )  has heard the terrible accusations against these people and has sent us to destroy Sodom." (14) Then Lot went to the men that his daughters were going to marry, and said, "Hurry up and get out of here; the LORD  (  יהוה  )  is going to destroy this place." But they thought he was joking. (15) At dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry. "Quick!" they said. "Take your wife and your two daughters and get out, so that you will not lose your lives when the city is destroyed." (16) Lot hesitated. The LORD  (  יהוה  ) , however, had pity on him; so the men took him, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city. (17) Then one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed." (18) But Lot answered, "No, please don't make us do that, sir. (19) You have done me a great favor and saved my life. But the hills are too far away; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die before I get there. (20) Do you see that little town? It is near enough. Let me go over there---you can see it is just a small place---and I will be safe." (21) He answered, "All right, I agree. I won't destroy that town. (22) Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there." Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar. (23) The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar. (24) Suddenly the LORD  (  יהוה  )  rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah (25) and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land. (26) But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:1-26 MKJV
(1) And there came two angels to Sodom at evening. And Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot rose up to meet them when he saw them. And he bowed himself with his face toward the ground, (2) and said, Behold now, my lords, please turn into your servant's house and stay all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early and go your way. And they said, No, but we will stay in the street. (3) But he urgently pressed on them, and they turned in to him and entered into his house. And he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. (4) But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both old and young, all the people from every quarter. (5) And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men which came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them. (6) And Lot went out to the door to them, and shut the door after him. (7) And he said, I pray you, brothers, do not act evilly. (8) Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. [Bible scholars say Lot was not literally offering his virgin daughters to the mob but trying to shock the men who had been his neighbors into sensibleness.] But do nothing to these men, for this is why they came under the shadow of my roof. (9) And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to stay, and must he judge always? Now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to breaking the door. (10) But the men put out their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door. (11) And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door. (12) And the men said to Lot, Have you anyone here besides yourself? Bring your sons-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatever you have in the city, bring them out of this place. (13) For we will destroy this place because great is the cry of them before the face of Jehovah  (  יהוה  ) . And Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  has sent us to destroy it. (14) And Lot went out and spoke with his sons-in-law, who married his daughters, and said, Get up and get out of this place, for Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons-in-law. (15) And when the dawn rose up, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, Rise up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. (16) And he lingered, the angel laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters ( Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  being merciful to him), and they brought him forth and set him outside the city. (17) And it happened when they brought him outside, He said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, nor stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain lest you be consumed. (18) And Lot said to them, Oh no, Lord, (19) please now, Your servant has found grace in Your sight, and You have magnified Your mercy, which You have shown to me in saving my life. And I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me and I die. (20) Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. (21) And He said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. (22) Hurry and escape there! For I cannot do anything till you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. (23) The sun had risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Zoar. (24) Then Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire, from Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  out of the heavens. (25) And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. (26) But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:1-26 LITV
(1) And the two angels came into Sodom at evening. And Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw, and he rose up to meet them and bowed his face to the earth. (2) And he said, Behold, now, my lords, please turn in to your servant's house and lodge, and wash your feet; and rise early and go to your way. And they said, No, for we will lodge in the street. (3) And he much urged them, and they turned in to him and came into his house. And he made a feast for them. And he baked unleavened cakes, and they ate. (4) Before they had laid down, even the men of the city, the men of Sodom, circled the house; from the young to the aged, all the people from its limits. (5) And they called to Lot and said to him, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them. (6) And Lot went out to them, to the door, and he closed the door behind him. (7) And he said, My brothers, please do not act evilly. (8) Behold, now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please let me bring them out to you and do to them as you see fit; [Bible scholars say Lot was not literally offering his virgin daughters to the mob but trying to shock the men who had been his neighbors into sensibleness.] only do not do a thing to these men, on account of this they came into the shade of my roof. (9) And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to visit, and must he always judge? Now we will do evil to you rather than to them. And they pressed on the man, upon Lot violently, and drew near to break the door. (10) But the men put out their hands and brought Lot in to them, into the house, and shut the door. (11) And they struck the men at the door of the house with blindness, from the small to the great; and they struggled to find the door. (12) And the men said to Lot, Who still is here to you? Bring out of this place your sons and your sons-in-law and your daughters, and whoever belongs to you in the city. (13) For we are about to destroy this place, for the cry of them is great before Jehovah  (  יהוה  ) , and Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  has sent us to destroy it. (14) And Lot went out to speak to his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters. And he said, Rise up, go out from this place, for Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  is about to destroy the city. And he seemed as one joking to his sons-in-law. (15) And when the dawn rose, then the angels urged Lot, saying, Rise up, take your wife and your two daughters who are found, lest you be cut off in the depravity of the city. (16) And he lingered. And the men lay hold of his hand and his wife's hand, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  having mercy on him. And they caused him to go out, and they put him down outside the city. (17) And it happened as they led them outside, he said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay in all the plain. Escape to the mountain, lest you be swept away. (18) And Lot said to them, Please, no, Lord! (19) Behold, now, Your servant has found grace in Your sight, and You have magnified Your mercy which You have done to me in saving my life. And I am not able to escape to the mountain lest some evil overtake me and I die. (20) Please, now, this city is near, to flee there, and it is a little one. Please let me escape there! Is it not a little thing, that my soul may live? (21) And He said to him, See, I have lifted up your face also as to this thing, without overthrowing the city for which you have spoken. (22) Hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until you have come there. So the name of the city was called Zoar. (23) The sun had gone forth on the earth, and Lot came into Zoar. (24) And Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from Jehovah  (  יהוה  )  out of the heavens. (25) And He overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all those living in the cities, and the produce of the ground. (26) And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation