I did
a Serious & Prayerful Scripture Study on Genesis 19:24. I have come up with
the below explanation, but after collecting, comparing, collating, and checking
on various multiple sources. I WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THIS PLEASE: The purpose of
this communication is NOT for any tiny Sand or Straw of Personal Credit or
Gratification, but let Praise, Honor and Glory be of Yahweh.
Having said
that………………………………
Genesis 19:24 (King
James Bible}
Then the LORD (Yahweh)
rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD (Yahweh)
out of heaven;
Trinitarians and
Binatarians love this above Scripture. This is their proof text that there are
two Yahweh’s or two Elohim or two God’s mentioned here in one Sentence or
Statement. Warning, this is going to get complicated now. Their first argument
& conclusion is that the first part of Genesis 19:24 it is Yahweh speaking
from an Earthly perspective and the second part of the same scripture is Yahweh
speaking from Heaven. The second is that first name Yahweh refers to Yahshua
(Jesus) on Earth and the second name Yahweh refers to Almighty God Yahweh in
Heaven. Thirdly according to Binatarian theorists, therefore these two
different persons with God's personal name show the "plural
personality" of that one God. (Genesis 1:26)
Nothing Trinitarian
here……
There are absolutely
no three identities or beings or persons or personalities, not even 3 names
mentioned at Genesis 19:24, so using this scripture as a Trinitarian belief is
absurd and wrong.
TRANSLATION TROUBLES
Even if we assume this
to be a correct translation, Genesis 19:24 (King James Bible), it seems obvious
that it can be honestly interpreted as a simple repetition of the same person's
name. That is, the very same person who produced the brimstone and fire,
Yahweh, is also the one who rained it down upon these cities.
SIMILAR NAME REPEATING
PARALLELS IN SCRIPTURE:
"And King Solomon
gave to the Queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides
what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon." - 1 Kings 10:13, RSV.
(Cf. KJV.) To rephrase the above scripture, ("King Solomon gave her
everything she asked him for, besides the presents he had already
planned.") Even though this is a very literal translation of the original
manuscripts and the one personal name of King Solomon is actually used twice,
we surely don't believe there were two different persons making up the one King
Solomon!
ANOTHER HONEST
EXPLANATION FOR GENESIS 19:24 given by Trinitarian scholars themselves is that
the use of the phrase in question ("from the LORD out of heaven") is
in doubt. The very Trinitarian New American Bible, 1970 ed. (Catholic) encloses
the last part of Gen. 19:24 in brackets: "the LORD rained down sulfurous
fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah [from the LORD out of heaven]." And the
preface to the NAB tells us: "Doubtful readings ... appear within
brackets." - p. 45, St. Joseph Edition.
That is why these
Trinitarian Bible translations have actually omitted that doubtful portion:
NEB, REB, AT, Mo, LB,
and GNB. (E.g.
"then the LORD rained down fire and brimstone from the skies on Sodom and
Gomorrah." -New English Bible.) And others, like the NJB, have rendered it
"[Jehovah] rained down on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire of his own
sending."
MODERN DAY MORE
ACCURATE TRANSLATIONS CLEAR THIS COMPLICATION AND CONFUSION:
Genesis 19:24 - New
International Version (NIV)
24 Then the LORD
rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah--from the LORD out of the
heavens.
Genesis 19:24 - Modern
English Version (MEV)
24 Then the LORD
rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was from the LORD out of
heaven.
Genesis 19:24 – New
American Standard Bible (NASB)
24 Then the LORD
rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,
Genesis 19:24 – New
World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 2013 (Online Study Edition)
24 Then Jehovah made
it rain sulfur and fire on Sodʹom and Go•morʹrah—it came from Jehovah, from the
heavens.q
A FEW CROSS REFERENCES
AND THINGS GET CLEARER.
Deuteronomy 29:23
23 sulfur and salt and
burning, so that its whole land will not be sown or sprout, nor will any
vegetation spring up in it, like the overthrow of Sodʹom and Go•morʹrah, Adʹmah
and Ze•boiʹim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath—
Luke 17:29
29 But on the day that
Lot went out of Sodʹom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed
them all.
2 Peter 2:6
6 And by reducing the
cities of Sodʹom and Go•morʹrah to ashes, he condemned them, setting a pattern
for ungodly people of things to come.