Is Lot's escape from Sodom a picture of the rapture?

Chuck Smith pointed to the order in Jesus' own words: the fire fell "the same day that Lot went out of Sodom" (Luke 17:29). He called Lot "a classic sign of God's ability to deliver the righteous while reserving the ungodly for the day of judgment," the point Peter makes in 2 Peter 2:9. Read Chuck on Luke 17:29 in the reader. Chuck Smith commentary used by permission of The Word For Today.

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