This is certainly why in the following chapters of Genesis, we see that Lot has apparently lost much of his property in and around the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. There is no longer any mention of his herds at all. He is now living and serving on government seats and on boards of directors of the going-ons at Sodom City.
Did Lot sell all his sheep and simply move into these cities to live or did he actually again lose his wealth--i.e. this time possibly losing his property through gambling, graft or poor financial investments?
Perhaps someone in Sodom had indicated that Lot no linger needed to produce "actual somethings"-, like herds of new born sheep, in order to make wealth.
Perhaps Lot fell for one of those housing or savings and building scams which have recently brought people all over the world to lose their retirement savings and investments--from the shores of Dubai to Las Vegas or Reno to Atlantic City or from Monte Carlo to New York or London, Spain, Italy, or Florida?????
Think about it, besides sex, there were Time-Shares sales and property Development schemes galore--such as snow-ball, pyramid or ponzi schemes!!!
Anyway, although Lot is still a respected man in the city of Sodom, e.g. he is often found sitting on the governing panel and on the board of directors of a few businesses at the gate of the city, by Genesis 19 Lot apparently has littlelfinancial substance or properety on the night when two angles from heaven show up in Sodom in order to see if they can find any other right-living folks around.
Despite the precariousness of Lot's situation, the two angels practically had to drag Lot, his daughters and wife out of the city. Like us investors (and government oversight figures) of the last two or three decades, Lot was unwilling to see the truth, i.e. his world was about to collapse
Finally, despite having lost just about everything of worth to him, Lot demands to stay living in a small village not far from where the disasters of nature and heaven have befallen the now-long-gone cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
This is not unlike the neo-cons and conservatives who still think the world described by Adam Smith, Ronald Reagan and Milton Friedman built into our heads decades ago concerning the magical self-fixing hand of the free market economy.
Are we losers, i.e. losers of the biggest financial boondoggles of history, going to continue to live the way we were trying to living before we entered this crisis full speed--a few years back???
Or, are we going to change and do a damned lot better in developing our planet's human and physical resources in a more socially just and nature-supportive economy?
On the other hand, will we, like Lot, sit across the way and stare in mourning at the embers of the international financial system's simmering and simply dream of what might have been?
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