What was the significance of her being destroyed?
2007-01-15 01:09:51 · 16 answers · asked by ? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God does punish those who DO NOT OBEY HIM!
other examples are Nadab and Abihu ( offered strange fire ) not the fire that God told them. They were both struck dead.
Uzzah, was struck dead for touching the ark of the covenant ( NO one was to touch it)
God tells us what he wants us to do and how he wants it and when he wants it ...We do not have the right to change any of God's words . We are told not to add to or take away from the Bible. Deut. 4:2
We must obey God rather than men! Acts 5:29
Christian in PA
2007-01-15 05:43:27 · answer #1 · answered by Penny Mae 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was to bear witness of a Scripture that would be written in the NT that says, "No man having put his hand to the plow and LOOKING BACK" is fit for (able to enter) the Kingdom of Heaven". Lot's wife was still longing for the life they had in that awful place for some reason. The Bible doesn't mention why, but one can assume it was because of the relative wealth Lot had accumulated over their time there as a farmer with significant head of cattle and etc. She must've felt a great sense of loss, not realizing that though obedience ( they were TOLD not to look back or go back for any reason) she could've had so much more.
2007-01-15 05:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by bigvol662004 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lot and his family was told to flee Sodom & Gommorah and not look back, and Lot's wife could not resist the temptation to do so,which was one of the reasons the two cities were being destroyed, so she was punished for disobeying the command of God. I think she was turned into salt to emphasize the value of life which she had so easily thrown away because in those days salt was very valuable. Roman soldiers were often paid in salt (hence the term salary).
M
2007-01-15 01:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The significance was that she:
a) was disobedient because she was told not to look back
b) looking back when you should be focusing on the future is a sure-fire way to self-destruction- on a physical and metaphysical level.
Not sure why she turned to a pillar of salt, though. Don't know what the pillar of salt represents.
2007-01-15 01:15:05 · answer #4 · answered by Alexandriagal 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's one of several instances of god inflicting punishment on people for not heeding his word literally and fully, as are found in the old testament.
Other instances are Adam and eve being sent out of Eden for eating of the fruit that was forbidden (even though they could not know it was wrong before they ate), or the Hebrews wandering 40 years in the desert before reaching the promised land because they had disobeyed god and made a golden calf image to worship.
PS I suspect the salt is a symbol of barrenness. Ancient people knew that land laden with salt was improper for cultivation, and when people fought a war to exterminate enemies, after razing the enemy city, they sowed the land with salt so that nobody could grow food there in the future.
2007-01-15 01:18:16 · answer #5 · answered by Svartalf 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The significance is simply that, God had spared her life from the disaster about to take place. God gave her new life, however she was still thinking of the things of her "Old" life. She had her attention on the things of this world, not on the things of God.
Jesus tells us that he who puts his hand to the plow and looks back, is not fit for service in the kingdom of God. Another scripture says: A dog returns to his vomit.
Imagine if you will: God sends His angels to earth to physically remove you from an area about to be wiped out for sin and iniquity. As these angels are leading you away, you think to yourself, I don't want to leave, I want to stay. Such is Lots wife, she enjoyed living a sinful life and preferred it over living her new Godly life. God gave her what she wanted. She was destroyed like everyone else in that town.
2007-01-15 02:02:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
She disobeyed the order to not look back. This angered the God in the OT, who was a vengeful God. The loving God of the NT would have turned the other cheek.
They hardly sound like the same diety. I guess that's what having a kid does for you.
2007-01-15 01:17:11 · answer #7 · answered by iamnoone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The significance is that even though grace was given there are still consequences for disobedience to God. Even though today we live under a new covenant of grace this has not changed and God will not be mocked.
2007-01-15 03:13:30 · answer #8 · answered by David R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gist of the story was she was materialistic. She didn't really want to leave even though the people were immoral and wanted to rape the strange men who came into the city. Angels.
Her daughters were even offered to them. That was not really what Lot was going to do, he was trying to shock them into thinking about what they were doing. Besides they had been promised in marriage to men in the city who wasn't going to let that happen he thought would step in and stop these perverts.
But no men stepping in and stopping it, they were all condemned to death. With all this happening all she could think about was leaving her material possessions. Remember when he divided off from Abraham he had servants and herds and was a wealthy man. He left with nothing but his life and his two daughters.
2007-01-15 01:17:39 · answer #9 · answered by Steven 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
She disobeyed the angels rescuing them.Looking back to the sinful world after being saved is harmful.
2007-01-15 03:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋