Why this
representation of death?
Do you ever
wonder about Lot’s wife being turned into a pillar of salt? Why a pillar of
salt? After all, as Christians we’re meant to be salt and light to the world. Not
a pillar of salt, as a representation of death. There has to be something more
to this passage, something I haven’t figured out yet. In Proverbs it says: It
is to the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings (that’s us) to
search out a matter. I shall search out (ponder) on it.
And then,
can you believe it…Guess what my bible study is about today? Meditate,
percolate - ponder. This, right after I had that thought on pondering.
I love it
when that happens. It’s as if God’s speaking directly to me.
And so, I
continued to ponder as the day unfolded…
If you look
at pictures of Sodom and Gomora in that particular region there is a salt
pillar, which looks to be a weathered person standing as a sentry over the dry
and barren landscape. A landscape that’s still devoid of life today. I wonder
if it isn’t there to show ‘Truth’ to the people of the nations?
The retribution,
so to speak, in the image of this story shows a visual representation of what
happens when we don’t listen to God as Lot’s wife didn’t. A factual and visual
reminder of what it is to be the salt and light of the world, where Lot
survived as he listened to God and did as the Lord commanded and to the
resulting death of Lot’s wife, who momentarily wistfully looked behind her,
going against the word of God.
Maye our
bible is the equivalent to the traditional stories of Aboriginal dream time and their elements
of truth, sprinkled with enhanced storytelling. Explanations of long forgotten
mythology and legend from centuries past. Reminders of our ancestors and their
way of life. That’s not to say the word of God has been embellished, for His
word is truth, every jot and tittle of it. The folklore there, for all the
world to read about.
The legend
in which Lot’s wife who didn’t follow the leading of the Lord, did actually
turn into a pillar of salt and where ‘strangely enough,’ salt pillars are still
a substance of the territory today and so the story is remembered and
perpetuated; a folklore carried unto the end of time.
Coincidence?
I think not.
And while
the pillar of salt may have formed after a seismic event, such as an
earthquake, a fissure opening up, or volcanic eruption with fire and brimstone,
the result is the same in the region; desolation, death and destruction. Brought
about by an act of God, the bible tells us.
The
resulting end of the story shows us nothing has recovered. Thousands and
thousands of years later the area is still arid, parched and lifeless with its
salt sentry, a reminder to all the world of the wrath of God for generations to
come.
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saved from free stock photos and used with permission.
Alexandra Grose –
An investigative photojournalist and author for over twenty years. Writing is
her passion and her dream and helping others achieve their dreams, through her
written work, is Alexandra's greatest aspiration.
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