Today is our anniversary. It's been 2 years. Thanks to God Almighty. We got up early and prayed. A great coincidence was today's chapter being 18 !
Genesis 18
Abraham is sitting at the entrance of his tent. The time is afternoon. Suddenly when he looks up he sees 3 men standing there. Since it is hot, he invites them inside, asks Sarah to take the best flour and bake bread and one of his servants to take the best calf and get it ready for meal. He gets some water to wash the feet of the guests.
We come to know that one of the 3 is the Lord.
While they are eating, they ask about Sarah and when she comes, the Lord says to Abraham that in nine months, she will have a baby. Sarah laughs in her mind since she is very old and thinks it is impossible.
God asks Abraham why Sarah laughed at this
"Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son." [18:14]
She gets scared and denies.
After the lunch, the Lord and the angels (the other 2 men are angels), go to a high place where they can see Sodom. The Lord tells Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah have become so sinful that he is going to destroy the cities. Abraham gets worried and asks the Lord if he would spare the destruction if there were at least 50 innocent people. The Lord says yes. Then Abraham says what if there were only 45 ? The Lord says yes to this also. Abraham asks again and this way, he brings down the number to 5. The Lord agrees that even if there are 5 innocent people in the cities, he will not destroy them.
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