GOD FOUND IT NECESSARY to destroy Sodom and its neighbors. 400 years later, He sent a plague against the Israelites for worshipping Baal-Peor, whose temple may have been inside the city of Sodom.Continue Reading
SODOM AND GOMORRAH come to mind when reading the last chapters of the Book of Judges.Continue Reading
WHEN GOD personally intervenes in human affairs, it’s a big deal.Continue Reading
GOD ORDERED the Israelites to take revenge on the people of Midian. This is hard to understand, since Moses was married to a Midianite woman—until you consider the context of the spiritual war being waged around the Israelites.
BALAAM WAS unable to curse Israel, but the people were lured into worshiping a god called Baal-Peor—with disastrous consequences.
JACOB WAS buried at the Cave of Machpelah in Hebron. So, why did Joseph and his brothers take his body all the way around the other side of the Dead Sea and mourn for seven days at a threshing floor in the ruined city of Sodom?
THE DESTRUCTION of Sodom and Gomorrah was not about alternative lifestyles—and yes, it really happened.