the last days of sodom and gomorrah paul hilton

' Jonathan, oh Jonathan thy love for me was better than those of women' Paraphrasingĭavid's cry when Jonathan the son of Saul died. ' I have never seen so much faith.The Pais was healed immediately and the Centurion left with gladness in his heart. Suffice be your word and he will be healed. When the Lord said, Let us go to your house to heal him. The word 'pais' classical Greek means, Companion, one that tends to all necessities of his master. The Lord did not condemned the Roman Centurion that came seeking for his 'slave' to be healed. They all ride an ugly horse named Ignorance. Had nothing to do with the intimacy between to persons of same sex that love each other. regardless of the offerings brought to the Sacred Place. They will 'rape' the stranger, its animals. Sodoma and Gomorrah were destroyed due to their wickeness. What does it cost us when when we claim a private God to do our own bidding,when we deny justice to those who need it most, when we fail to trust in the power of God?ĭo we not risk calamity, and do we not risk the destruction of our own hearts - the very hearts with which we claim to love God? Is Lot's sin not as great as the injustice of his fellow citizens? Does it not cost him is heart, his wife, his compassionate half, rendered a pillar of salt? The angels need no protection, and no one need be sacrificed for their welfare. The angels of the Lord, the very presence of the divine among them are captured and exploited for private exploitation, and social justice and neighborliness are ignored.Īnd what do we make of the stark horror when Lot is so frightened by the threat posed to the divinity, that he is willing to sacrifice his greatest treasure, his daughters to avoid the sacrilege. What an interesting angle - Sodom and Gomorrah as metaphor for the decline and fall of Judah and Israel.

The last days of sodom and gomorrah paul hilton