“And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD. And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.” – Genesis 19:27-28
Just hours before he saw the cities in ruins, Abraham had stood before the Lord to intercede for Sodom. He had asked the Lord to spare the city if only 10 righteous people could be found. But the Lord did not find 10 righteous people. In fact, he found no one righteous. Abraham failed as a high priest. He could not save these people. He could not make them righteous. Knowing that Abraham could not be the high priest that humanity needed, God would eventually send us the true high priest who would indeed make his people righteous and save them.
