What happened to that region? Well, Genesis 19 tells us what happened, how it was transformed from a lush and fruitful ground to a place which just screams death. It really is the valley of the shadow of death. What Happened?īut now it looks like death, that is all. Amazingly, however, archaeology shows that at one time in that region, there was a vast and extensive irrigation system, and I find this fascinating because it corroborates what we learned in Genesis 13:10, that at one point this whole region was one of the most fertile on earth, maybe the most fertile, it was lush and beautiful and fruitful, like the garden of God, it says. There is a great deal of evidence of volcanic activity from the past. As you look around in the area, there is nothing living there at all, there is just interesting geological formations, there is a mountain of rock salt, 700 feet high, called Jebel Usdum in Arabic, Mount of Sodom. I have heard from people that have been there that you almost can't sink in the Dead Sea, it is so salty and so strange. It is a strange place, the Jordan river feeds it constantly, but nothing flows out of it, and so there is a constant accumulation of minerals and salts. It is the lowest spot on the earth’s surface, 1,286 feet below sea level. In Israel, there is a place, one of the most remarkable geologically on earth, called the Dead Sea Valley. We come now in our exposition of Genesis to a most sobering chapter, Genesis 19, one of the most dramatic moments in human history, and also one of the most disturbing. Sermon transcript Introduction: One of the Most Dramatic Moments in Human History.and One of the Most Disturbing
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