Why was Lot’s wife turned into a pillar of salt when she looked back at Sodom? Sodom and Gomorrah is an important ‘type’ in Bible prophecy. The Days of Lot are also a type of the Great Tribulation. The Bible teaches that Sodom is a Type of the False Christian church. That is, in Rev 11:8, Sodom is a spiritual reference to Jerusalem, which is symbolic for the nominal Christian church. In the Great Tribulation, the end-time Christian church will be a place of spiritual fornication. Therefore, there is an important spiritual truth about Lot’s wife looking back to Sodom. Click on link below to view a You Tube video on this topic. Or, please visit the Sodom and Gomorrah page on this website.