Sodom, Fire and Brimstone P. 1

00:00:00 Speaker 1: For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil. Ecclesiastes twelve fourteen. Dear Lord, we thank you for your grace. We thank you for your mercy. You see all things, both hidden and revealed. Nothing escapes your wisdom, Nothing is beyond your justice. We confess our failings. We confess our shortcomings. At times, we act in ways that do not honor you. At times, our thoughts wander from your truth. Forgive us, Lord and cleanse our hearts. Teach us to live with integrity. Teach us to walk humbly before you. Instill in us a spirit of accountability. Help us to remember that every deed matters. Guide us to act with kindness. Strengthen us to choose what is good. Fill us with courage to live by your word. Let our actions reflect your light. Let our lives reveal your love. May we seek justice, May we love mercy. May we walk closely with you each day, and when we stand before you, may we hear well done, Good and faithful servant. Amen, Thank you for praying with me today. You're listening to the Chosen People. Remain here for a dramatic story inspired by the Bible. Be sure to leave a review and share your journey of faith today. 00:01:49 Speaker 2: Previously on the Chosen People. 00:01:53 Speaker 3: So close to Sodom, Are you sure? 00:01:57 Speaker 4: I think? 00:01:59 Speaker 5: I think the proximity of the city would prove useful to me. 00:02:03 Speaker 4: Eh, useful. Be careful near those cities. 00:02:07 Speaker 6: I fear the influence of their culture is more dangerous than their spears. 00:02:12 Speaker 7: But I hear that the lands in Canaan are untamed, and there are fortunes to be had if you're bold enough to take it. Wealth You can't even imagine. Wealth that would put Er and Haran to shame. 00:02:26 Speaker 8: The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is immense. The victims of this terrible wickedness plead for justice. The sin of both Sodom and Gomorrah is extremely serious. 00:02:39 Speaker 9: Yes, my Lord, your judgment will be carried out according to your will. 00:02:44 Speaker 8: My Lord, would you have us continue on our way? Yes, go ahead of me and scout out the city. See what you make of it in its inhabitants. 00:02:56 Speaker 3: My God, will you really sweep away the righteous the wicked? 00:03:01 Speaker 2: After Abraham's God departed to see about Sodom, Abraham walked for a long time on his own, processing what was to come. He knew his God was right in his authority and write in his judgment. But when he thought of those who were oppressed and abused by the wickedness of Sodom, for this was the need for justice, Abram had to acknowledge that his heart was still broken. 00:03:26 Speaker 10: You've read the stories right. 00:03:28 Speaker 5: Are distant relatives the line of Haim, the cursed, Abram cursed, And yet there they are, setting in seats of power. 00:03:35 Speaker 4: And then there's me. I don't want to just. 00:03:38 Speaker 11: Be another name, Abram, just another name in a long, endless list of men from the line of Noah. 00:03:48 Speaker 2: This episode of The Chosen People contains explicit content that may be triggering for some listeners and inappropriate for young children. Listener discretion is advised. The day had been sweltering, and even though the evening was nearing, tensions still ran hot. Sweat beaded on Lot's forehead, and he could even feel troplets sliding down the back of his neck into his tunic. The two men before him were nearly nose to nose. Their angry shouts reverberated off the stone walls of the gate. 00:04:22 Speaker 5: Brothers, please lower your voices. The entire city doesn't need to know your business. 00:04:28 Speaker 4: Maybe they should know. 00:04:29 Speaker 6: Ah, yes, they should know Durak as a snake and doing business with him will only leave your bleeding. 00:04:36 Speaker 3: Ha ha ha. 00:04:37 Speaker 4: Ha Oh, don't be so naive, Chauvar. 00:04:41 Speaker 12: You can play the victim all you want, but even a child could tell you that the price you gave was too low. 00:04:47 Speaker 3: That's your excuse for lines for your teeth running to weep into the skirts of a city judges your response, bear man. 00:04:55 Speaker 12: Chauvar, you should have offered more or non, I would find another. 00:05:00 Speaker 6: You use my price to drive up the other bids. We had an understanding. We had no such thing. They were witnesses. 00:05:08 Speaker 12: And how much you're paying them to pack your story? 00:05:11 Speaker 4: Keep your fault time behind, Josie. 00:05:14 Speaker 3: I did no such shame, and I would never need to do such a thing. 00:05:18 Speaker 12: You're a cheap man who needs to pay for friends as well as a snitch. 00:05:23 Speaker 4: This is the only friend I need. 00:05:27 Speaker 2: Chavar flashed a blade and Durrak falsh. Both men were poised and ready to strike brothers. 00:05:34 Speaker 4: That's enough. 00:05:35 Speaker 10: I've heard what I need to hear, and I sighed with you. 00:05:40 Speaker 3: Chavar. 00:05:41 Speaker 4: Ah see the rak, what what you can't be serious. 00:05:46 Speaker 10: Yes, Derek, you will pay for a fine for breaking your agreement with Chavar. This is outrageous. 00:05:52 Speaker 12: What and you're not I don't know what kind of business you ran in Haran? But am I not entitled to get the best price for my buyer? 00:06:00 Speaker 10: But you had an agreement, you broke your word. 00:06:03 Speaker 4: What do words matter when it comes to money? Any businessman worth his. 00:06:08 Speaker 6: Salt would tell you that, I suppose it pays to have the judgment of the lawn. 00:06:13 Speaker 4: You sign more like a bleeding heart Hebrew. 00:06:17 Speaker 12: Where do you get off on this nonsense about word and honor? 00:06:21 Speaker 10: Enough, the matter is settled. It's the end of the day. 00:06:26 Speaker 13: Go home. 00:06:26 Speaker 10: I'm sure we all have matters to attend to. 00:06:30 Speaker 4: This isn't over, Lot, mark my words. I'll remember this. 00:06:36 Speaker 2: Dark slunk off into the crowd in the direction of the wealthiest part of the city, the part of the city Lot not so secretly long to be. Lot had done well for himself in the years since his abduction and the invasion of the city. Sodom had rebuilt and resumed its commerce, and Lot had ensured he was a part of it. He no longer resided in his caravan outside the city, but within its walls, and held the position of a judge. Never again would Lot not have a stone wall at his back or a heavily guarded gate before him. Despite the comforts and securities he had worked tirelessly to obtain, Lot still awoke screaming and sweating to nightmares of clanging spears and bloodied knives being held to his throat rogues. Like Durarch, he could stomach Sodom had no shortage of cases to be heard here at the city gate. His wealth and his connection to his uncle, Abram the war Hero, or Abraham, as he was now called, had brought him influence and favor with the city officials. Judging the back dealings and corruption of the city helped quiet his fears of inadequacy and helped him reclaim what was left of his pride. Lot had finally achieved his dream, the one of legacy and destiny he spoke of to his uncle in his grandfather's house all those years ago. It wasn't anything like he thought it would be, and so much had happened that he had not anticipated. But he supposed that was the way of dreams, and so he shrouded himself in the air of importance and hid behind not only the city walls, but also his righteousness. Lot found it advantageous to follow in his uncle's footsteps and play the part of the holy man, a man of faith. He found it gave him an edge over the other civic leaders, and he found that the more responsibility shifted his way, the more pious and respected he became. Lot didn't know whether to thank Abraham's God or his own shrewdness for his rise. In his heart of hearts, he thanked himself. 00:08:44 Speaker 4: You know he won't forget this, Lot. 00:08:47 Speaker 2: Chauvar's words brought Lot out of his reverie and back to the present. 00:08:51 Speaker 5: Eh, I'm sure he won't. That's future Lot's concern. He can be my headache another day. 00:08:57 Speaker 3: Well, you have my fags, Lot, and I'll need to think of ways I can show you my fakes and perhaps keep you in my good graces for any future cases it might come to your gate. 00:09:12 Speaker 2: Lot cringed slightly. Some customs in Sodom he would never get used to. Before Lot could deny Chauvar's offer, he noticed two last travelers were passing through the outer gates. 00:09:24 Speaker 8: Up ahead. 00:09:25 Speaker 2: They were being questioned by the men on watch, who seemed eager to move them along so they could close the gates and change out the guard for the night. Chauvar followed Lot's gaze and saw what drew his attention. 00:09:37 Speaker 3: Well, well, well, these men are no ordinary travelers. Their clothes and appearance are not fashionable in these parts, but they are quite handsome. They will surely attract a lot of attention in town. Who do you suppose they are? 00:10:01 Speaker 4: I don't know. 00:10:03 Speaker 10: I think you're right. 00:10:05 Speaker 5: Yeah, they are peculiar. I mean, look at them, no saddle bags, no mounts. I mean they've got to have some sort of servants or a larger company staying outside the walls. 00:10:16 Speaker 4: Right, these seem like men of. 00:10:18 Speaker 5: Importance, dignitaries maybe, or maybe merchants. You know my uncle, he was visited by a king once, and let me tell you he carried himself just like this. 00:10:32 Speaker 3: Rats, This will be my first gesture of gratitude for your favorable ruling earlier. You should host him, and I would offer quickly before Durat catches word that there are new merchants in town, he'd swoop in and steal their business with our second fault. 00:10:51 Speaker 5: Oh yes, yes, yes, good idea, Chauva, very good idea. I'll take your suggestion really, thank you, and I look forward to ourdea in the future. Honorable men like you and me, we got to stick together. 00:11:05 Speaker 3: Indeed, we may be the very last ones in the city of Sodom. 00:11:13 Speaker 2: Lot laughed good naturedly as he hurried to meet the distinguished men just clearing the city gatehouse. He bowed respectfully before them. 00:11:21 Speaker 5: My lords, be welcome to the city of Sodom, the pride of the great cities of the plain. Please allow me to be your host while you stay here in these walls. My name is Lot, son of Haran, of the line of Shem. 00:11:38 Speaker 9: So you are, and you are the nephew of Abraham, a follower of the God almighty. 00:11:45 Speaker 5: Ah yes, yes, ah, certainly I am a faithful follower my lords, of course. 00:11:53 Speaker 13: And you are a city official here. You have come to not only reside but represent the city. 00:12:00 Speaker 2: Lot blinked at the non question. He also waited for the men to offer their own names in kind, but none came. 00:12:07 Speaker 10: Ah, I I am my lord. 00:12:11 Speaker 2: Again, They offered up no further information and asked nothing of Lot. They took his measure for a long moment, Lot could feel the cheeks under his beard turned pink of the stairs. This stilted conversation was drawing from the smattering of people gathered along the stone benches lining the gated walkway. The two mysterious men then inclined their heads respectfully and made to turn and leave. 00:12:37 Speaker 10: My lords, please tell me where do you plan to stay. 00:12:40 Speaker 13: Here in the city. 00:12:42 Speaker 9: In the city's square. 00:12:44 Speaker 2: Lot could feel the growing curiosity of onlookers and felt the knee to redouble his efforts as the accommodating host of his city the square. 00:12:53 Speaker 4: Oh no, no, no, no, that will not do. 00:12:56 Speaker 10: Please, my lords. 00:12:57 Speaker 5: You must turn aside from your current lands and allow me to be your host, your servant. I will have you stay at my house, wash your f he'd spend the night, then you can get up burly, Sure, go on your way, no problem. But I can't. I won't have you stay the night in the square when I can wait on you personally. 00:13:18 Speaker 10: It's just not right. 00:13:19 Speaker 13: The city square is enough for us. We want to take in the city while we're here. 00:13:25 Speaker 5: Ah, you won't take in the city. 00:13:27 Speaker 10: The city will take in you. I assure you. 00:13:30 Speaker 5: The city can't can't offer you the hospitality that I can. I mean my wife, she's a fantastic cook. She oversees the most skilled cooks, the best servants in the land. 00:13:45 Speaker 10: Even now, I bet they're preparing the evening meal. 00:13:48 Speaker 5: I'll order them to prepare meat, good meats, and extravagant courses, so you'll taste the finest food, drink the best wine this region has to offer. 00:13:59 Speaker 10: Our land. 00:14:00 Speaker 5: Oh, it's well wadded and fertile, very fertile. The crops are a unparalleled Listen, listen, I know you've traveled far, but I humbly boast you'll want for nothing after a feast in my household. 00:14:16 Speaker 10: How can you say no to this offer? You can't. You just can't. 00:14:22 Speaker 9: I suppose we cannot. 00:14:25 Speaker 2: Lether way, Lot couldn't deny the satisfaction he felt as he led the men through the streets of the city. Chauvar was right about one thing. They certainly drew a lot of attention. Their fine clothes and exotic, handsome features drew the eyes of many double takes and even open stairs from both women and men. True to his word, Lot and his household sprang into action and pulled together a great feast for these mysterious distinguished guests. Lot was determined to s of them in a manner that befitted his role as a city judge. If he were able to secure their trust and their business as well, then no one could argue that he did not belong here, or that his uncle paved the way for him. 00:15:13 Speaker 9: To be here. 00:15:14 Speaker 7: You must tell us what sort of merchants are you. Lot can help you learn all the players here in Sodom. If you're looking to set up. 00:15:19 Speaker 4: Shop, we are not merchants. 00:15:22 Speaker 7: Oh, I see, have you been to this region before? I'm sure find men such as yourself have traveled far and wide. It was much the same when we were settled in Haran and Er Before that. 00:15:34 Speaker 13: We have been many places. 00:15:38 Speaker 7: Your wives must come with you next time you feast with us. I would love to meet them, And the same for my daughters. 00:15:44 Speaker 9: We do not have wives. 00:15:47 Speaker 7: Well, that is most surprising. I would offer you one of my daughters if they were not promised already. They are to marry the sons of a very prominent city official. We're in the throes of arranging the wedding. I have been working tirelessly. You could not imagine the intricacies, but it is a labor of love. My daughters, Keziah and Milka deserve nothing less, and. 00:16:10 Speaker 10: They will make lovely brides. 00:16:12 Speaker 7: He thank you Father, Thank you Father, and the match will be most beneficial for both our houses. Of course, there's our noble line. We can trace our family history back to Noah, if you can believe that, through his son Shem, our family was among some of the most prosperous in er And when we settled in Haran, our fortune only grew. And now Sodom, my husband Lot finds success wherever he goes. We're most eager to join our house with the nobility and wealth of this land. Who knows what the future will hold for this family. 00:16:47 Speaker 2: Lot's wife carried the conversation for the rest of the meal, hardly noticing the scant contribution from the visitors. Lot found it a little strange that they were so withholding, but perhaps it would take time to earn their trust, and they were guests under his roof, which placed them in a higher place of honor and respect than even his family. According to the customs of their land. Lot was so unattuned to the presence of God that he hadn't noticed what Abraham noticed, He did not recognize the divinity veiled behind their handsome faces or the authority vibrating from their voices as they spoke. Lot was too consumed with self to see what was right in front of him. When the household began to settle in for the evening and the servants were taking away the remnants of their meal, Lot heard a familiar voice shouting from the street. 00:17:42 Speaker 4: Yea yeay, let's go see it. 00:17:45 Speaker 9: Lot in his stupid friends he was seeing in the city of stuff. 00:17:52 Speaker 14: Lot, who is it you're hosting in there? 00:17:57 Speaker 4: Who doos? Pretty men? You're keeping all to yourself. 00:18:00 Speaker 12: You you treat these strangers like kids and then steal money from my theiry hands. 00:18:07 Speaker 15: You would tear your back on those who. 00:18:10 Speaker 12: Built, and they built this city in favor of a foreigners. 00:18:15 Speaker 3: For a bird's flock together. 00:18:19 Speaker 10: Maybe we shouldn't make sure they are on spies. 00:18:23 Speaker 4: Say send send it out to us so we can question them. I'll hold them down so you can find out. 00:18:31 Speaker 10: I'll be sure to leave one for you. 00:18:33 Speaker 5: Causim, I won't deny you the enjoyment of taking one of them. 00:18:40 Speaker 10: They're so fair, fine figures of men. Derek, Will you want to turn to We'll let you pick the one you want. 00:18:51 Speaker 2: Horrified at both what they were saying and how loudly they were saying it, Lot ran to the front door and into the street, slamming the door firmly behind him, as if that could drown out the crew jeering. Seconds later, drunken knocks pounded against the door. A Lot could smell the wine on their breath from the doorway and see the glassy lust in their eyes through cracks in the wood. They meant to defile his guests and humiliate them, and by extension him. 00:19:18 Speaker 5: Brothers, please don't do this what you're suggesting, it's evil, it's foul. 00:19:24 Speaker 10: Who even told you about my guests? 00:19:26 Speaker 5: Sir? 00:19:27 Speaker 14: Who are you to say? What's foul? You praded them through town for all to see, and you think my men Cosin wouldn't tell me of your comings and goings. 00:19:42 Speaker 4: I have eyes all our brother city. 00:19:44 Speaker 3: Lot, You don't realize what a powerful enemy you've made here today. 00:19:49 Speaker 5: Lot, Now don't make us ask again and over your pretty guests. 00:20:00 Speaker 2: Stomach turned as the man grabbed himself in a vile gesture. There was no mistaking his intentions. 00:20:06 Speaker 9: With lots of guests. 00:20:08 Speaker 10: Look look, I have two daughters, virgins. I'll hand them over to you instead that you'll not take his name. 00:20:16 Speaker 5: They are my guests and therefore, under my protection cannot mean to violate their rights. 00:20:23 Speaker 4: Has Mad mistaken you over? 00:20:25 Speaker 16: Yeah, a my way of course, you claim guest the rights you're always hiding under the protection of proprie to you. The lie, the image of honor is everything you've flount around like a host when you're a mere foreigner in our land. 00:20:50 Speaker 3: You can play it being a judge all you want. 00:20:52 Speaker 2: But you'll always be an outside. 00:20:55 Speaker 15: We should take him too, ay that plan initiation if you will make him rry of stamites, Lots. 00:21:09 Speaker 9: If you don't get out the fire, I'll have my men rape. 00:21:13 Speaker 14: You two eh when they had their film, I'll kill you. 00:21:18 Speaker 2: My set the wood of the door was immediately met with the dull funk of the blade of a dagger, followed by two pairs of fists. Terror shot through Lot's limbs, and his vision narrowed to a point. He could hear Duraks struggling to remove his blade from the soft wood of the door. As he shouted for more men to join him. Lot could see the light of torches from the street through the cracks in the door, and hear more men joining him. Their bloodlust whipped into a frenzy. To his horror, the edge of Durak's blade appeared in the door, cracked by the frame, and began to pry it open. To Lot's further dismay, Calculated fingers began to claw their way into the opening, and the door strained against its groaning and whining at the force. He wasn't dealing with men, but animals. Regret cascaded into Lots. He should have known better than to make his home in a wolf's den. The crazed men would soon have their hands on Lot and would surely drag him into the street to his. 00:22:17 Speaker 8: Death or worse. 00:22:19 Speaker 2: Gasping for air, Lot squeezed his eyes shut as he struggled in vain against the door's movement behind him. Every second he was losing ground. He felt the door go slack for a moment while the men outside pull back together their strength to surely strike the door and serve the final death blow to both the lock and the door. 00:22:39 Speaker 10: This is it, This is where I die. 00:22:42 Speaker 5: Being captive to a psychotic king seems like paradise. 00:22:47 Speaker 10: Compared to the horrors awaiting me. 00:22:50 Speaker 2: Just then Lot felt a pair of strong, sure hands grasp his shoulders and hurl him aside. His eyes snapped open, and he saw that his guests had stepped in and secured the door themselves. Lot couldn't believe his eyes. They had shoved it shut, and somehow the lock was holding fast, as if the massive stress it had just undergone had never happened. One of them threw a hand in the air and pulled down forcefully. As his hands soared down to his side, a blinding light illuminated the street behind the door. 00:23:24 Speaker 13: The light that refracted. 00:23:25 Speaker 2: Through the door frame and the front windows was brighter than even the sun. At it Zeneth. Lot had to shield his eyes with his hand as light flooded into his entryway. The flash was gone as suddenly as the mysterious guest had summoned it. He heard the startled cries of the men outside my eyes. 00:23:44 Speaker 10: I I can't say what happens I've been blinded. Can you see anything? 00:23:50 Speaker 16: Well? 00:23:50 Speaker 4: Where is the door lock? What did the doors? 00:23:53 Speaker 3: What? 00:23:54 Speaker 4: What fun saucery? 00:23:56 Speaker 9: Is this rap? 00:23:58 Speaker 3: I think it's on the air? 00:24:00 Speaker 1: Where are you man? 00:24:01 Speaker 3: Here? 00:24:02 Speaker 15: Where? 00:24:03 Speaker 2: Lot gaped in amazement as the sounds of the mob faded away. In their blindness, they lost their bearings and were miraculously led away from the house. He then turned his attention to his two guests. 00:24:17 Speaker 10: What what was that? 00:24:19 Speaker 4: What happened? 00:24:21 Speaker 9: Listen to me, Lot, Do you have any one else in the city, Your sons in law, other sons or daughters, any one else in the city who belonged to you. 00:24:33 Speaker 2: Lot was still in shock over what he had witnessed. He then noticed his wife and daughters were crouched in the stairway further inside their home. They had undoubtedly witnessed both the confrontation in the street and all that had come after. They looked equally bewildered. 00:24:49 Speaker 13: Lot, Listen, this is important. Who else in the city belongs to you? 00:24:55 Speaker 15: Ah? 00:24:56 Speaker 7: The girls has betrothed? 00:24:57 Speaker 5: Yea, yes, ye, the two brothers who are promised to my daughters in the families. 00:25:05 Speaker 9: You need to go get them right now. You need to convince them to leave this place. 00:25:12 Speaker 13: Yes, you and those who belonged to you, we need to get out of the city. 00:25:17 Speaker 9: The evil and vile atrocities have caused a great outcry against its people. 00:25:23 Speaker 13: It has become so great before the God Almighty that he has sent us to destroy it. 00:25:30 Speaker 7: Destroy it. 00:25:31 Speaker 9: Yes, the city, the city will be destroyed. 00:25:36 Speaker 2: Lot's mouth was still hanging open in disbelief as he absorbed the men's words, the power they wielded, the certainty with which they spoke. Lot didn't know many things at that moment, but one thing he knew for sure. These were not men. They were messengers of God Almighty, sent here to exact judgment upon Lot's home. The adrenaline from the confrontation still pulsed through his veins as he grappled with this new information. He gaped at the other worldly messengers standing in his entryway as he again slumped to the ground. 00:26:13 Speaker 7: Lot, what are you going to do? 00:26:16 Speaker 10: I think I must go. 00:26:18 Speaker 5: I must go to our sons in laws of arm in love and have gott to warn them. 00:26:22 Speaker 7: Please, Father, go and warn them, tell. 00:26:25 Speaker 10: Them what they must do, Tell them to come to us. 00:26:29 Speaker 2: One of the visitors approached Lot and offered him a hand and pulled him to his feet. The other similarly helped his daughters and wife. Stand, you should go now. We would see you after safety. And as soon as we do that, we can get to our task. 00:26:47 Speaker 13: Yes, we would not delay the hour of judgment a moment longer than we need to. The vile corruption he of his fow and the rot is all consuming. 00:26:58 Speaker 2: The visitor who helped Lot to his feet ushered him toward the door and opened it. Lot then stumbled into the street beyond his front door and made his way toward the household of his sons in law. Lot stumbled through the streets of Sodom to his son in law's house. Durak and his angry mob mercifully had been led astray. He forced himself to repeat the stranger's words in his head over and over. Destroy. They were going to destroy the city. Everything he worked so hard to build rebuild was going to be taken away from him again, but he would be under their protection. He was being given a way out. This wasn't like the last time Stranger's hell bent on destruction had come to Sodom. This time would be different. 00:27:48 Speaker 10: Zaran, Lavin Jess, run everybody. 00:27:52 Speaker 2: Despite the late hour, Lod pounded on the front door and his son in law's house. 00:27:57 Speaker 10: Lot, what is the meaning of this? 00:28:00 Speaker 2: The hour is late, Our father is already in bed. 00:28:03 Speaker 10: Oh, my sons, my son's listening to me. This is important. We need to leave the city right away. 00:28:09 Speaker 5: I've just gotten word that the god of my uncle Abraham is going to destroy the city. 00:28:17 Speaker 4: A god has come to speak to you. Who do you think you are? 00:28:21 Speaker 10: An oracle? You can see the future now? 00:28:26 Speaker 4: Either that or he's drunk. Sleep it off, old man. 00:28:30 Speaker 10: Oh no, what I'm telling you is true. You have no idea what I've seen. 00:28:35 Speaker 5: Oh the things I've seen, what these men are capable of. Get your belongings. We need to get up and leave the city as soon. 00:28:42 Speaker 10: As we can. 00:28:44 Speaker 4: This is a bore. 00:28:45 Speaker 2: I'm going back to bed. 00:28:48 Speaker 4: Come now. 00:28:49 Speaker 10: How many cups of wine have you had? 00:28:52 Speaker 5: Or is it the spirits brood in the high temples that have you hallucinating like this? 00:28:58 Speaker 9: What? 00:28:58 Speaker 5: No, No, I'm sober and I'm telling you the truth. 00:29:02 Speaker 10: Wake your father and mother, Wake the whole house. We need to leave. 00:29:08 Speaker 2: Lot watched as the brothers exchanged long glances, assessing what to do with him. Lot hardly blamed them. He could only imagine how deranged he appeared and sounded, banging on their door in the middle of the night and shouting promontory nonsense. 00:29:24 Speaker 5: Lot, We're not doing that, crazy, old goat Ah, you need to get home. Lot. Out of respect for you as our future father in law, we'll turn a blind eye to this outburst. But I know I speak for Lave and when I say, I hope this will not happen again. 00:29:45 Speaker 2: With that, they slammed the door in his face. Lot was dismayed. What was he going to do now he had failed his daughter's not to mention men who at once respected him thought he was losing his grip on reality. They had not even offered to walk him home. They couldn't be bothered. Lot knew it was the least of his worries, but that was indeed a blow. He had risen up the ranks in this town, only to be treated like a pariah. Lot stewed in his thoughts all the way home. Just as the night sky was beginning to lighten, he found his wife and daughters being conjoled around into packing and gathering their things by the two visitors. 00:30:26 Speaker 13: Lots, have you told those in your family to leave? Your wife and daughter were almost ready here. 00:30:33 Speaker 9: You need to leave now, take your wife and your daughter's or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city. 00:30:43 Speaker 2: Despite all Lot had seen earlier that night, with the mob and the blinding light, and even all the acts of Abraham's God in the years since they left Haron. He hesitated. His wife and daughters were in their traveling clothes, supplies and packs slung over their shoulders and in their arms. The reality of the situation was right before his very eyes. But yet Lot hesitated. He thought of all he had won and lost and won again. He thought of the horrors he had faced and the life he had built here. Could he really leave it all behind because of a single night of panic. What would his peers or even his enemies say if he ran like a coward in the night? What if all of this was a misunderstanding, or perhaps something could be worked out. Surely Sodom was not so vile as to warrant total destruction. The visitors watched his silent calculation, and as if in response, they swooped upon him, grabbing his hands and dragging him from the threshold of their home into the streets of the city. This prey Dog comproduction is only made possible by our dedicated team of creative talents. Steve Cottin, Max Bard, Zach Shellabarger, and Ben Gammon are the executive producers of The Chosen People. Narrated by Paul Coltofianu. Characters are voiced by Jonathan Cotton, Aaron Salvado, Sarah Seltz, Mike Reagan, Stephen Ringwold, Sylvia Zaradoc, Thomas Copeland, Junior, Rosanna Pilcher, and Mitch Leshinsky. Music by Andrew Morgan Smith, written by Aaron Salvato, bre Rosalie and Chris Baig. You can hear more Prey dot Com productions on the Prey dot Com app, available on the Apple App Store and Google play Store. If you enjoyed The Chosen People, please rate and leave a review,