Fr Ted believes that today’s first reading tells us more about Abraham than it does about God. But Abraham did start us down the path to understanding that God cares about and loves us all. 1700 years later, Jesus, Abraham’s descendent and God’s own son, would lay down his life for us all – whether we are righteous or not.
Then Abraham drew nearer to [the Lord] and said: “Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Suppose there were fifty innocent people in [Sodom]; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it?
GN 18:16-33
“Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
MT 8:18-22