Righteous Men from The Bible

Righteous Men from The Bible

“Examples of Biblical Righteousness”

Christians say we should look to the Bible as our moral compass, after all, they want things like the Ten Commandments outside courthouses, and almost every politician has to claim to be a Christian of some flavor.

So I think we should take a look at an example of one of these men from the Bible that the book itself claims is “righteous”.

Let’s take a look at Lot from the Book of Genesis. The Bible not only confirms his “righteousness” for the fact that God saved him from a catastrophe but also confirms his righteousness in the New Testament.

6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 2 Peter 2:6–9

OK! He sounds like a real stand-up guy! I’m sold!

Let’s dive into what made this man so righteous! I mean with praise like that from an Apostle of Jesus this guy must be something else! A real role model.

Genesis 19

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2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

He seems like a good guy! Brought two random angels into his house and cleaned them up, offered them food…I had no idea angels ate food, but sure. Hmm I wonder why he is so pushy about getting them into his house though?

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

Oh shit, had no idea that this town and evidently the neighboring town also had nightly rape squads…were they aware that these two were angels? They call them men….are they even angels? Do they rape any random men that show up in town?

Lot seems like a solid guy for trying to protect them though. I can see so far why he is called righteous by the Apostle Peter. I’m wondering how he’s going to deal with these people…

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

What. the. fuck. Lot? He sees a huge mob of rapey men from his town and the neighboring one and is going to offer up his two virgin daughters to likely be raped to death by this mob…….did Simon Peter read the Torah and know about this? Maybe he got the abridged “Cliff’s Notes” version?

At least the angels were able to smite them blind, I wonder where this is going to go?

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

It’s a bit odd that he had two dick-head “son-in-laws” but his daughters were virgins? But evidently, none of them care about them much since they left them behind.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

So Abraham was able to look towards Sodom and Gomorrah and not turn into salt or any other type of condiment, but Lot’s wife did, interesting…

The authors also for some reason didn’t think she even deserved a name. Let’s see how this all ends, I mean so far he lost his wife and dick-head son-in-laws, but maybe things will have a rosier ending.

Maybe he has a lesson to learn from trying to toss his daughters out to the rape mob? That’s likely what makes him the righteous man that the Apostle Peter is referencing.

29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Holy fuck….

So let me get this right…this “righteous man of God” welcomed two random dudes into his house who somehow he knew were angels, doing this to save them from the nightly rape mob. Then decides he’ll toss out his own two daughters to be raped and likely killed by these people, and the angels still decide to save him and his family.

He then proceeds to have sex and impregnate his own two daughters, although the misogynistic authors are careful to place the blame on the two virgin daughters for this act…but let’s just say I’m not convinced he was drunk enough to not have any idea what was happening or to remember any of it…and still be functional in that way.

Then of course the two tribes that originate from these “unions” will be some of the folk the Old Testament tosses into the meat grinder for generations to come against the Israelites.