Was Lot a just and righteous man?

Question

Out of all of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, God saved only Lot and his family.

What did God like so much about Lot? Well, the bible doesn't say. About the only thing that we know about him is that he offered his two virgin daughters to a crowd of angel rapers, saying:

Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Gen.19:8

(Lot was lying about the "virgin" part, just to make his daughters look more attractive to the lecherous mob. According to (Gen.19:14) both of his "virgin" daughters were married.)

And that he later allowed himself to get drunk and impregnate them. Gen.19:30-36

Answer 1

Lot was not Righteous. It was because of Abraham that he was saved from Sodom and Gomorrah

Answer 2

2 Peter 2:6-8
6 Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered JUST (holy, innocent) LOT, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8 (For THAT RIGHTEOUS MAN dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Lot was a just and righteous man according to the Bible, until he went to Soddom and Gomorrah. If you read his account in Genesis, you'll notice that he moved closer and closer to the city of Sodom, and before you know it, he's living in the city among the residents. Once inside the city, it says that his "righteous soul was vexed". Vexed means to torture, torment or cause pain. So that tells me that because of living among them, it tortured and tormented Lot with their lifestyle and he became part of them, even though I believe he didn't want to because it says that he was a righteous man.

Answer 3

Lot selected a well-watered area, the whole district of Lower Jordan. He moved his camp to the E and eventually pitched tent near Sodom. (Ge 13:8-12) But Lot did not become like the Sodomites. He proved himself to be a “righteous man” who “by what he saw and heard while dwelling among them from day to day was tormenting his righteous soul by reason of their lawless deeds.” 2Pe 2:8.

Lot’s two daughters, who had “never had intercourse with a man,” were in some way engaged to two local men. Lot’s ‘sons-in-law were to take his daughters,’ yet the Bible does not tell us why or how the engagements came about. Were the daughters adults? Did they have a key voice in choosing whom to marry? Did they become engaged by taking some public step? We do not know. (Genesis 19:8-14) We do know that Jacob made his own agreement with Rachel’s father to marry Rachel after he worked seven years for him. Though Jacob spoke of Rachel as “my wife,” they had no sexual relations during those years. (Genesis 29:18-21) As another example, before he could marry Saul’s daughter, David had to gain a victory over the Philistines. Upon meeting Saul’s demand, David could marry the daughter, Michal. (1 Samuel 18:20-28) Those “engagements” differed from one another and from what is common in many lands today.

Lot and his two daughters were the only persons to survive the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. After this destruction they began residing in the city of Zoar. However, for some reason Lot was afraid to continue dwelling there and, with his daughters, took up residence in a cave. (Gen. 19:30) Thereafter the firstborn said to her younger sister: “Our father is old and there is not a man in the land to have relations with us according to the way of the whole earth. Come, let us give our father wine to drink and let us lie down with him and preserve offspring from our father.” Gen. 19:31, 32.

The fact that they sought to get their father intoxicated suggests that they realized he would never have consented to having sexual relations with them in a sober state. But under the circumstances, they felt that this was the only way to prevent the extinction of Lot’s family. They were aliens in the land and there was no one of their kindred with whom they could enter into marriage and thus preserve the family line. It should also be remembered that Lot’s daughters had resided among the morally debased inhabitants of Sodom. In view of these factors, it would not have been difficult for them to justify their course of action in their own minds

Answer 4

But Lot did not become like the Sodomites. He proved himself to be a “righteous man” who “by what he saw and heard while dwelling among them from day to day was tormenting his righteous soul by reason of their lawless deeds.”—2 Peter 2:8. Later, when Lot was visited by two angels at the time of Sodom’s impending destruction, he extended hospitality to them.

Lot tried to reason with the mob, but to no avail. The mob would not listen and almost broke down the door. Finally, the angelic visitors struck that frenzied crowd with blindness. He was placed in a difficult situation. By saying that the visitors had “come under the shadow” of his roof, Lot indicated that he felt compelled to provide protection and refuge for them. Yet, Lot did not shrink back from the hateful mob. On the contrary, he went out and reasoned with those angry men. He even “shut the door behind him.”—Genesis 19:6. Lot may well have acted in faith. How so? No doubt Lot was aware of how Jehovah had protected Sarah, the wife of Abraham, Lot’s uncle. Recall that because Sarah was very beautiful, Abraham had asked her to identify him as her brother, lest others kill him in order to take her. Subsequently, Sarah was taken to the household of Pharaoh. Jehovah, however, intervened, preventing Pharaoh from violating Sarah. Abraham’s fear was valid, for an ancient papyrus tells of a Pharaoh who had armed men seize a beautiful woman and kill her husband. (Genesis 12:11-20) It is possible that Lot had faith that his daughters could be similarly protected. Significantly, Jehovah through his angels did intervene, and the young women were kept safe.

Lot may also have been trying to shock or confuse the men. In addition, the young women were engaged to men of the city, so relatives, friends, or business associates of his prospective sons-in-law might well have been in the crowd. (Genesis 19:14) Lot may have hoped that by reason of such ties, some men in that mob would speak up in defense of his daughters. A mob thus divided would not be nearly so dangerous. According to the Oriental code, it was a host’s responsibility to protect the guests in his home, defending them even to the point of death if necessary. Lot was prepared to do that. He bravely went out to the mob, closed the door behind him, and faced them alone. By the time he offered his daughters, Lot likely realized that his guests were messengers from God, and he may have reasoned that God could protect his daughters as He had protected his aunt Sarah in Egypt. (Genesis 12:17-20) Indeed, as the matter turned out, Lot and his daughters were kept safe.

Jehovah condones neither incest nor drunkenness. (Leviticus 18:6, 7, 29; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10.) Lot actually deplored the “lawless deeds” of Sodom’s inhabitants. (2 Peter 2:6-8.) The very fact that Lot’s daughters got him intoxicated suggests that they realized that he would not consent to having sexual relations with them while he was sober. But as aliens in the land, his daughters felt that this was the only way to prevent the extinction of Lot’s family. The account is in the Bible to reveal the relationship of the Moabites (through Moab) and the Ammonites (through Benammi) to Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites.

Answer 5

Look around at what passes for a religious leader these days. Contrary to reputation, God apparently has very lax standards.

Answer 6

all of us make blunders. with the help of how contained in relation to Lot and his daughters that's what relatively got here approximately, Lot did no longer opt to sleep along with his daughters yet he did no longer have a call because of the fact his daughters tricked him into ingesting too plenty so he could bypass out so his daughters ought to bypass in and rape him.

Answer 7

How is getting drunk and screwing your daughters "righteous"? Does anyone really need to ask this question???

Answer 8

The Lot story says more about the biblical "God" than it says about Lot.