About 5 minutes, from Gen. 18‒19
Participants (No need to memorize lines; the aim is simply to relive sacred events, not to perform)
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Lot |
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Lot |
I am Abraham’s nephew Lot. Two strangers have come to Sodom; they seem to be godly men, so I beg them to spend the night in my house. Could they be angels? |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Angels! |
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Lot |
That night a terrible thing happens. Men, crazed by perverted lust, come and make wicked demands. |
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Villain |
Lot! Lot, my friend! Send your guests out for us to have some pleasantries. |
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Lot |
Please, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Go away! |
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Lot |
In a panic, I foolishly tell those wicked men, “I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; but don’t harm these men, since they’ve come under the shelter of my roof.†|
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Angel |
Lot, you are pathetic! |
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Villain |
Hey! Lot, you are a foreigner. You have no right to tell us what to do. Come, guys, let’s force our way through the doorway. |
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Lot |
No! Stay out! Please! |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Stay out! |
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Lot |
They are forcing their way in! I cannot hold them away! The angels reach out and pull me into the house. They shut the door and strike those evil men with blindness, but the men are crazed by lust and grow weary trying to find the door. |
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Angel |
Lot, take your wife, your daughters and sons-in-law out of this city! Now! We are about to destroy it. Its evil has become very great before the Lord; He sent us to destroy it. Go now and speak to your future sons-in-law. |
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Lot |
(Go to one side and shout) My sons-in-law, get up! We must flee. God will soon destroy this city! |
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Villain |
Ha! The poor stooge! Lot is jesting! |
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Lot |
Morning dawns, and the angels shake me. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Wake up! |
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Angel |
Get up, Lot! Take your wife and daughters, or disaster will sweep you away. |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Quickly! |
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Lot |
I hesitate, but the angels seize us, and take my family outside the city. |
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Angel |
(Pull Lot to one side; talk firmly) Escape for your life with your family! Do not look back! Do not stay in the valley. Flee to the mountains, or disaster will sweep you away. |
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Lot |
Oh no, my lords! Not the mountains! Disaster would overtake me there; I would die. Look, there is a town over there we can flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there, since it is small! |
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Angel |
Very well. We will not destroy that tiny town, but do not delay! |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Hurry! |
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Lot |
The sun rises as we enter the town of Zoar. Then I hear a terrible roar. I see the reflection of great fire all around, but I dare not look back. |
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Villain |
Oh, no! Fire is falling on us! Help! |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Fire! Fire! |
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Lot |
Wife! Daughters! Do not look back, or you will die! The angel warned us! |
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Prompter & Echoes |
Do not look back! |
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Lot |
The Lord rains brimstone and fire down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah. He destroys those cities. Then, Alas! My wife looks back! Oh, no! She has become a statue! |
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Prompter & Echoes |
A pillar of salt! |
[PEXCERPT] The wrath of God is an unpopular but crucial reality; depraved people bring God’s fearful punishment on themselves. Find how God takes Lot and his family out of the wicked and doomed city Sodom just in time. [/PEXCERPT]