What did Jesus mean when He said in Luke 17:32: "Remember Lot's wife”? Lessons learned! 546 - 4 - 1

The eyes are the portal used by Satan to tempt us. Genesis 13:10, “ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”

As a righteous man Lot was uncomfortable living in Sodom, however he chose to stay. Then came the rain of fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah.

As a righteous man, Lot and his family had to be removed before the cities could be destroyed. The angels sent to escort them out of Sodom had to convince them to leave. Lot and his family were told to not look back, however, Lot’s wife looked back in disobedient, perhaps not wanting to leave her current life situation. She was turned into a pillar of salt.

In Luke 17:32 Jesus tells us to remember Lot’s wife and in verse 33, “Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.”

In Luke 10 Jesus tells us of an occasion where both a priest and a Levite ignored an injured man likely "drawing back" in fear for their own lives. A Samaritan came along and had great compassion for and took care of the injured man. The parable of the Good Samaritan likely would have angered the Temple leadership.  

CM provides other Biblical passages dealing with drawing back/ looking back.
Hebrews 10:38-39, “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Luke 9:62, “And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

This is relevant to us today as it was a forewarning of what’s to come. Luke 17:30, “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.”  
Luke 17:31, “In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.” While we may not be a part of the remnant rushing to the shelter of Petra, speaking for myself, there is much too much dross in my life. Lessons learned, you can't take dross with you and holding back can have great consequences.