Having read this passage, I now want to point out the main features of this situation and its implications for intercession. I have already suggested that we need to see Abraham’s posture. He was standing before the Lord—standing between the Lord and Sodom, as it were. He was, in effect, holding up his hand and saying, “Lord, don’t go any farther.” Next, we want to notice Abraham’s intimacy with the Lord. Elsewhere in Scripture, Abraham is called the friend of the Lord (Isaiah 40:8).