Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

superstitious fears. His daughters were influenced by their husbands
and they could see no sign of danger. They had great possessions
and could not believe it possible that beautiful Sodom would be
destroyed.
Lot Loses Everything Except His Life
Lot returned sorrowfully to his home and reported that his
appeal had failed. Then the angels told him to take his wife and two
daughters who were still in the house and leave. But Lot delayed. He
had no true concept of the debasing sins practiced in that wicked
city, and he did not realize the terrible necessity for God's judgments
to put a restraint on sin. Some of Lot's children clung to Sodom, and
the thought of leaving those whom he held dearest on earth seemed
more than he could bear. It was hard to forsake his luxurious home
and all the wealth of his whole life, to go out as a poor, homeless
wanderer. Shocked with sorrow, he lingered. If it had not been for
the angels, all of them would have perished. The heavenly
messengers took him and his wife and daughters by the hand and led
them out of the city.
In all the cities of the plain, even ten righteous persons had not
been found. But in answer to Abraham's prayer, the one man who
feared God was snatched from destruction. The command was given
with startling intensity: "Escape for your life! Do not look behind
you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest
you be destroyed." To cast one lingering look on the city, to delay
for one moment from regret to leave so beautiful a home, would cost
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