Tag: mountain
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Too Late for the Mountain – Genesis 19:27-30
Genesis 19:27-30And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord: And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. And it came to pass,…
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Settling for Zoar – Genesis 19:21-22
Genesis 19:21-22And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Zoar means little…
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A Little Compromise – Genesis 19:20
Genesis 19:20Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. Lot is still negotiating. The Lord said, “Go to the mountain.” Lot says, “How about a little city?” That is so much like…
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Afraid of the Mountain – Genesis 19:18-19
Genesis 19:18-19And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: This is so…
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Escape for Your Life – Genesis 19:17
Genesis 19:17And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. The message could not be clearer. “Escape for thy life.” Not improve your life.Not manage your…