What was Lot's Wife's Name?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [What was Lot's Wife's Name?]
We've got many
like her in our nation.
They love the world too much.
But his wife looked back from
behind him, and she became a pillar
of salt [Gen. 19:26].
"I think this verse has been greatly
misunderstood. Why in the world did
Mrs. Lot turn and look back? I think
that the reason is twofold. First of
all, she turned and looked back
because she did not want to leave
Sodom. She loved Sodom. She loved
Lot, too, but it was a lot of Sodom
that she loved. And she didn’t want
to leave it. She was probably a
member of the country club, the
sewing club, and the Shakespeare
club. In fact, there wasn’t a club
in town that she was not a member
of. She just loved these little get–togethers
in the afternoon. I’m not sure but
what they met and studied religion
in a nice little religious club
also. She was right in the thick of
it all, my friend, and she didn’t
want to leave. Her heart was in
Sodom. Her body walked out, but she
surely left her heart there.
This is a tremendous lesson for us
today. I hear a great many
Christians talking about how they
want to see the Lord come, but they
are not living as if they mean it.
On Sunday morning, it is difficult
to get them to leave their lovely
home. And on Sunday night, they are
not going to leave their lovely home
because they love television, too.
They have a color television, and
they are going to look at the
programs on Sunday night because
there are some good ones then. But
when the Lord comes, my friend, you
are going to leave the television;
you are going to leave that lovely
home; you are going to leave
everything. I have just one question
to ask you: Will it break your heart
to leave all of this down here?
I have asked myself that question
many times. To be honest with you, I
am not anxious to leave. I would
love to stay. I have my friends and
loved ones whom I want to be with.
And I have the radio ministry that I
want to continue. I’ll be frank with
you, I hope the Lord will just let
me stay here awhile longer. But I
also want to be able to say that
when He does call, I will not have a
thing down here which will break my
heart to leave—not a thing. I love
my home too, but I would just as
soon go off and leave it. How do you
feel about that today? Mrs. Lot
turned and looked back, and this is
one of the explanations.
The other reason that she looked
back is simply that she did not
believe God. God had said, “Leave
the city, and don’t look back.” Lot
didn’t look back; he believed God.
But Mrs. Lot did not believe God.
She was not a believer, and so she
didn’t really make it out of the
city. She was turned to a pillar of
salt.
I am not going to go into the story
of Lot’s two daughters in verses
31–38. It is as sordid as it can be.
Frankly, Lot did not do well in
moving down to the city of Sodom. He
lost everything except his own soul.
His life is a picture of a great
many people who will not judge the
sins of their lives. They are saved,
“yet so as by fire.” The Lord has
said in a very definite way to these
folk who have put all their eggs in
a basket like this that if they will
not judge their sin down here, He
will judge it. Apparently, that was
the case in Lot’s story..." McGee,
J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible
commentary: The Law (Genesis 16-33)
(electronic ed., Vol. 2, pp. 51–52).
Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
