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TRINITY : M. M. NINAN<br />

6. The Anger <strong>of</strong> the Lord<br />

what if the number <strong>of</strong> the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you<br />

destroy the whole city because <strong>of</strong> five people?" "If I find forty-five<br />

there," he said, "I will not destroy it."<br />

…..<br />

30 Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak.<br />

What if only thirty can be found there?" He answered, "I will not<br />

do it if I find thirty there."<br />

32. Then he said, "May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak<br />

just once more. What if only ten can be found there?" He<br />

answered, "For the sake <strong>of</strong> ten, I will not destroy it."<br />

The Lord went away while the two Angels proceded to Sodom<br />

33 When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, he left,<br />

and Abraham returned home.<br />

19:1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot<br />

was sitting in the gateway <strong>of</strong> the city.<br />

So out <strong>of</strong> the three men whom Abraham received one was the<br />

LORD himself. The other two were angels. But this angel was a<br />

localized angel, who was limited in space and had the form <strong>of</strong> a<br />

man. The fact that God appeared to Abrahm is confirmed by<br />

Stephen before the Sanhedran:<br />

"The God <strong>of</strong> glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was<br />

in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, and said to him, "Get<br />

out <strong>of</strong> your country and from your relatives, and come to a land<br />

that I will show you."'" (Acts 7:2).<br />

3. God who Stayed a Sacrifice<br />

Gen 22: 9-12 When they reached the place God had told him<br />

about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it.<br />

He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top <strong>of</strong> the<br />

wood. Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay<br />

his son. But the Angel <strong>of</strong> the LORD called out to him from<br />

heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. "Do not<br />

lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now<br />

I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from<br />

me your son, your only son."<br />

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