Mientras atravesamos la tentación, con nuestro deseo del bien luchando contra nuestro deseo del mal, el ataque más devastador que pueden lanzar los infiernos es hacernos cuestionar la existencia del Señor. Esto puede sonar dramático, pero ¿cuántos de nosotros, mientras luchamos por hacer lo correcto, hemos pensado que "más vale que todo esto de Dios y el cielo sea real si voy a pasar por toda esta pena"? Reconocer siquiera la posibilidad de que el Señor no exista nos debilita, y deleita a los infiernos.

Eso es lo que se ilustra aquí. Los ángeles representan el aspecto humano del Señor y su presencia; los hombres de Sodoma son los de la Iglesia Antigua que se confirmaron en el mal y la falsedad. Para ellos violar a los ángeles sería mostrar que no son el Señor, y que tales cosas no son reales.

(Verweise: Arcana Coelestia 2350, 2351, 2354)

2351. 'They cried out to Lot, and said to him' means anger directed against good on the part of falsity deriving from evil. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'crying out', also of 'Lot', and so from the feeling that is being expressed. The expression 'cry out' has reference to what is false, as shown in 2240, while 'Lot' represents members of the Church with whom good exists, and so represents good itself, 2324. From this meaning of 'cry out' and this representation of 'Lot', and from the feeling of anger which these words hold within them, it is clear that anger directed against good on the part of falsity deriving from evil is meant. There are many kinds of falsity, but they all fall into two general categories - either into falsity which is a product of evil, or into falsity which is a producer of evil, see 1188, 1212, 1295, 1679, 2243.

[2] Falsity from evil, within the Church, is in particular that falsity which looks favourably on evils of life, such as the falsity that good, or charity, does not make anyone a member of the Church, but truth, or faith; and that a person is saved, no matter whether throughout the whole course of his life he has led a life of evil deeds, provided that when the desires and sensations of the body decline - as usually happens shortly before death - he utters some profession of faith with apparent affection. This is the falsity which in particular has its anger directed against good and which is meant by the words 'they cried out to Lot'. The cause of anger exists in everything that endeavours to destroy the delight that belongs to any love. It is termed 'anger' when evil attacks good, but 'zeal' when good reproves evil.