"The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today."
{Genesis 19:37} (NIV)
This is one of the most shocking descriptions of sin in the Bible; homosexuality, violence, rape, drunkenness, and incest. God’s judgment of this city stands in history as a sign of what awaits all who give themselves over to sin.
Not only is this chapter shocking to read, it stands in stark contrast to the surrounding chapters. Genesis 17 and 18 give us God’s promise of a son to Sarah. Chapter 20 describes God’s miraculous intervention to keep Sarah sexually pure, despite Abram’s failure, and chapter 21 gives us the account of the birth of the son of the promise.
As we consider the importance of the birth Isaac to the entire world, I mean this is the son through whom the world will be blessed! As we consider Isaac, we wonder, Why did I need to know about Lot’s daughters and their sordid encounters with their father, who has fallen so far from his privileged position as Abram’s companion? There is a little book in the Bible called Ruth, which is all about a Moabitess (a descendant of Lot and his oldest daughter), how she came to faith in the LORD, how she married a man named Boaz and how she gave birth to a son who fathered a son who fathered David, who was a man after God’s own heart.
Friend, may we consider today the blessing that our world received because a young woman became pregnant and had a baby under terrible circumstances. God blesses this world through babies, all kinds of babies. May His Name be praised.
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