Lot: Righteous, Unrighteous or Buffoon? SE Bible Heresies and Orthodoxies

Lot, nephew of Abraham is a controversial figure in the Bible. On the one hand he is gifted lands by his uncle, is saved from certain death by God and becomes the father of at least two nations, but on the other hand he founds his nations through incest and his nations become accursed, Moab even being referred to as Gods washbasin. Yet, the line of Lot is integral to the story of the Bible, not just because the nations of Moab and Ammon were founded by Lot and become serious enemies of Abraham’s people, but because without Lot, King David would not have been, and the line of the Messiah would have been very different. Yes, the nation born of incest, Moab, gives rise to Ruth, who in the book of Ruth becomes a symbol of redemption for Lot’s line, a line that ultimately leads to Yeshua, the Messiah. So it bodes the question, who was Lot? What was he like? And why is he so controversial?



This is an SE episode, but owing to the subject matter of Sodom and Gomorrah, is also PG - Parental Guidance Suggested.