Then the two angels rose up and went towards Sodom, and the Lord remained talking with Abraham.
He told Abraham that He intended to destroy Sodom, because the city was so very wicked!
Now Abraham knew that his nephew Lot was living there, and he begged God to spare Sodom if there were fifty good people there. And the Lord promised to spare it if there were!
But Abraham began to fear there were not so many; and he kept on asking the Lord, till at last he got down to ten! and the Lord said He would spare it for ten's sake.
And then the Lord went on His way, and Abraham went back to his home.
But when the angels got to Sodom, they could not even find ten who loved God!
They found Lot and his family, and urged them to escape for their lives across the plain, and not once to look behind them, for Sodom was going to be burned all up!
So Lot escaped with his wife and two daughters and fled for his life. But his wife was disobedient to God's message, and turned to look back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.
And so the great and wicked city was destroyed by a terrible judgment from the Lord, but Lot was saved!
Dear children! God has sent Jesus to be our Saviour, let us fly to Him from our sins, and so be safe for ever in His happy, happy land.