Why did Lot offer his daughters?

This site tells a little about why Lot offered his daughters:

http://www.bib-arch.org/reviews/review-sex-in-the-bible.asp

But what do we do with Lot’s offer to hand his virgin daughters to the crowd of Sodomites? Since the Bible does not condemn this offer, but only its refusal by the crowd of Sodomites, I would assume that a completely different code of sexual behavior than ours is at work here, a code that does treat women and their sexuality as the property of their menfolk to be appropriated at will.

-From a book review of Sex in the Bible by: J. Harold Ellens. The book review was writted by: Tan Ilan

Tal Ilan received a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and was guest professor at Harvard and Yale. She is currently professor of Jewish Studies at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.

There are a ton more sites that talk about this topic, this is just one explanation.

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Day 2:Genesis 18:1- Genesis 21:7

Today we read about the three visitors, when Abraham pleads for Sodom, when Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, Lot and his daughters, Abraham and Abimelech and the birth of Isaac.
I feel like some of this was a pretty difficult read. I do not really understand the reasons why some of the things happened the way that they did. I don't understand why the people of Sodom asked Lot to bring the men of their house outside to have sex with them. What I really don't understand is why Lot offered him daughters instead. I guess I will have to look up these things and get back to you. I also do don’t understand why Abraham felt the need to refer to Sarah as his sister. Guess I have a lot of things to look up.
One of the most amazing things for me to read in this is seeing Sarah's belief in chapter 18 and how her circumstance changed so dramatically by chapter 21, with the birth of her son Isaac. She started off in chapter 18 laughing at the Lord, who said that he would give her a child. Even when she doubted the Lord still provided what he promised.
I know that if I had said that I would do something for someone and they laughed at me, I would be less inclined to follow through. I would think that they were ungrateful and perhaps not see the purpose. Not God. He knew what this child would mean to Sarah and Abraham. He knew that even if they laughed at him He was going to provide for them their heart's desires.
When I look at Sarah's reaction to what the Lord was telling her He would do I recognize my reaction to Him as well. I recognize times when I may not have laughed at God outwardly, but inwardly I doubted that He would follow through like He promises. I try to find my own way, apart from God. Sarah was trying to deal with the reality that she was never going to have a child, even though that child was inevitable. It's a difficult pill to swallow when a husband and wife realize that they will not be able to have a child of their own. In the case of Abraham and Sarah this was a pill that they swallowed unnecessarily. It reminds me that if we would just listen to God, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11), we would save ourselves a lot of hurt and a lot of wrong turns.

The Holiday Season!

Soon I will have pictures and videos of the holiday season. For Christmas I went to Florida to visit my Grandma. For New Year's Eve I went techno dancingThe next day I went camping at Wolf Gap, in Wardensville, WV. It was so cold but such a great experience.

Day 1: Genesis 15:1- 17:27

So yesterday Jon and I read Genesis 15:1 through 17:27. We read about God's covenant with Abram, Hagar and Ishmael and the covenant of circumcision. In chapter 16 we found it odd that when Hagar was approached by the angel of the Lord she seemed to be so calm, as if that was a normal everyday occurrence. Guess we will have to look into that in further detail. We also came to the conclusion that it would stink to be 13 (Ishmael) and 99 (Abraham) at the time you were circumcised. You would have to have great conviction in your beliefs to do that.

Verse that we really enjoyed from the reading:

"Do not be afraid Abram.
I am your shield,
your great reward."
-Genesis 15:1b

The One-Year Bible Challenge

Today I decided to start reading the one-year bible. I am pretty excited about it. I think that it will be quite the adventure. I think I am most excited about spending time with God with one of the people I care the most about. It will be a great experience. Someone once told me that when you write out your goals you are more likely to achieve them.

Just in case you are interested here is the website for the One-Year Bible:

http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/

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