Deacon D

  Genesis 19 In verse 1, we see that there are now TWO angels. Before ( in Genesis 18:2 there were three angels and we see that the Lord went on HIS way in Genesis 18:33.  That's lead some of the scholars to believe that GOD was actually one of the angels that met with Abraham, face to face! No one's really sure if it was HIM or not, but in either case, we now see that there are TWO angels going to Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels are said to have arrived in the evening, however, some scholars actually think it was closer to sunset for a few reasons, the first being that the gates would have been closed at night to keep out bandits and secondly, the word used for evening "ereb" could mean "evening", "night" or even "sunset".  When the angels arrived, Lot was said to be "sitting in the gate" and this is absolutely correct. At that time each city had two sets of gates, an outer gate and an inner gate. The space between those two...

Walk in the Bible - Genesis, Chapter 7      In Verse 1 we see a  change right away, GOD's name is different. In the original Hebrew, prior to this portion of Genesis (since the start of Verse 7) GOD had been referred to as "Elohim", which DOEs mean "Lord" but it also means "Judge".  At this point his name changes to the proper name of GOD, "Yahweh".  Also notice that now, instead of Noah and his immediate family being saved, GOD is telling Noah that his whole household (immediate family and servants) would be saved because he was found to be righteous in GOD's eyes. This is because the sins of the father , at that point, were passed down to the children.         Ezekiel  (Ezekiel 18:2 ) and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:29) both refer to this.  Now because it's true that the children would carry the weight of sin passed down from their parents, the reverse would also be true, if the parents were righteous, then they too would be c...