What does Genesis 19:18 Mean?

Context Summary

It was a very weak nature that heaven was so eager to rescue. Though described as a righteous man, Lot was a very weak one. He had pitched his tent toward Sodom, but apparently had been unable to resist its attractions, and had gone to live within its precincts. It would almost appear that he had become one of its leading citizens. Therefore, his testimony for God was invalidated and worthless. He seemed as one that mocked, even to his own family. How the angels must have loved this work. There were four people to be saved, and between them, in the human forms they had assumed, there were four hands-one for each. Is not this work in which we all should share? Let us hasten the lingerers! It is fatal to look behind. All our past is strewn with the memories of our sins and failures. There is but one hope. Escape to the Cross of the Divine Redeemer! Shelter in the cleft Rock of Ages! Hasten to the open arms of the Father! [source]

Chapter Summary: Genesis 19

¹  Lot entertains two angels
⁴  The vicious Sodomites are smitten with blindness
¹²  Lot is warned, and in vain warns his sons-in-law
¹⁵  He is directed to flee to the mountains, but obtains leave to go into Zoar
²⁴  Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed
²⁶  Lot's wife looks back and becomes a pillar of salt
²⁹  Lot dwells in a cave
³¹  The incestuous origin of Moab and Ammon