Then the LORD said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is very grave, I will go down to see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me. And if not, I will know.”
The above passage is spoken in front of Abraham about the city his nephew, Lot, lived in with his wife and two daughters. The “LORD” in this passage is probably a Theophany of Jesus (an Old Testament appearance of the second person of the Trinity, the Son of God). The LORD has just visited Abraham and Sarah and confirmed to them that even in their old age (Abraham, 100; Sarah, 90) God would give them a child and Abraham would be the father of many nations. As the LORD is finishing these covenant agreements with Abraham, He reveals to Abraham the condition of Lot and the city he lives in. The cry of the sin was so rich that the LORD was about to destroy the city. The above passage seems to indicate that the LORD does not really know if the city is fully corrupt or not and He is sending embassies to Sodom to check it out. The LORD knew the corruption. But the language used in the above passage is for Abraham’s (and Lot’s) needs. God will destroy Sodom for their corruptness. This is a lesson to learn here. God sees and knows about the sins of a city, a town or a nation. He knows when people sin and He knows when they are to be punished for those sins. Sodom and Gomorrah were so corrupt God sent fire and sulfur upon them. This will be true for all nations and cities of the earth as well. One of the famous quotes attributed to the great evangelist, Bill Graham, states this thought:
"If God doesn't soon bring judgment upon America, He'll have to go back and apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah!"
God sees the sins of people, villages, towns, cities, counties and nations. He will bring judgment upon them. There is no hiding from His eyes.
Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV)
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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