Seeing the Savior in Genesis 19

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 Until It Is Finished

The evils going on in Sodom in the days of Lot were so great that God could no longer allow them to continue (Gen 18:20)…something had to be done. God’s patience toward man DOES have a limit and when that limit is reached, His righteousness demands action in the form of justice over the wicked. In Genesis 19 we find God’s perfect, righteous justice finally coming to the wicked place and people of Sodom. When it came, it was fierce. It was an expression of His just anger on unrepentant evil. Romans 1:18 says that His wrath will be revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. God’s wrath was just because He had given those people knowledge of their sin and time to turn away from it.

Genesis 19:24-25 reads: Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

Only once the entire city and region were completely decimated was God’s wrath against the wickedness appeased. While it was severe, it was also needful.

Let us now consider another time when God's wrath was both severe and necessary: Jesus on the cross. His cry of “My God, my God, why have you forsaken Me?” is the completion of a prophetic reality when Jesus, Son of God, was separated from God the Father while He bore our sin and faced the wrath of a holy God. During this time, the full wrath of God against all ungodliness was poured out upon Him in the form of righteous justice. Like Sodom, the wrath of God continued until sin was fully judged and God’s righteous anger was appeased. At the end of God’s wrath, Jesus said, “It is finished.” Every infraction that we ever committed against God, great or small, was dealt with at the cross. Jesus’ suffering for sin, OUR sin, was severe and needed. By His stripes, we are healed and reconciled to God.

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