It was a surprise to me to discover, recently, that the first mention of unleavened bread in the Bible is in Gn 19:3: “… and he [Lot] made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.” Remembering that leaven, in the Bible, represents sin, and that unleavened bread represents something in which is no sin, I would have expected to find unleavened bread mentioned in chap. 18, when Abraham entertains the same angels that visited Lot. But it is Lot (and in Sodom!) that is first presented as having unleavened bread in his home.
This simple little detail suggests to us the surprising fact that Peter confirms: Lot was a righteous man (II Pe 2:7-8). He who started off walking with Abraham, the friend of God, then decided to sit at the gate of Sodom, and ended up lying in a cave practising immoral acts, was nonetheless a righteous man! Were it not for Peter’s inspired revelation, we would never have guessed!
The truths that this example of Lot teaches us are very solemn. May we ponder them, and take Lot as a terrible example of the depths of sin to which a true believer can plunge, if he wander away from the fellowship of God and God’s people.
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