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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

An example of this is in the account of Lot and
Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen.19, Acts.10:30, Tobit
12:11-22).
What is most interesting about the
encounter in Genesis 19, is that three angels went
to Abraham to inform him of what they intended
to do to Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham gave
homage to the angel in the middle and the angel
accepted it. At first sight, we find this strange in
that no angel of God will accept homage from
man and yet this one did. The following dialogue
wherein Abraham bargained for the people and
his request granted shows clearly that this was not
an angel, but Yahweh himself.
This dialogue takes place due to
Abraham’s covenant, and Yahweh, his covenant
partner, listens and grants his requests.
Amazingly, we find that Sodom and Gomorrah
would have survived had there been the few good
men found there. These huge cities laid waste by
fire included all the inhabitants, and this was an
act of God and his justice, and the reduction
bargained by Abraham was God’s mercy.
Today we are in the midst of another
Sodom and Gomorrah inasmuch as Same-Sex
Marriage is now legal in many western countries
including Australia. Canada and Britain's
experience is a good example of what this can
mean inasmuch as forbidding freedom of

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