Luke 17:24-33

In the midst of this instruction regarding the conditions that are going to exist at the time of His return, He specifically draws attention to the awful state of unreadiness, being unprepared, that the people are going to be in then. I want you also to see that the instruction is not to the Pharisees. The instruction is to His disciples. He is warning they better be prepared because the people in the world are going to be going through their normal routines. They are not going to be prepared. They are not going to be ready. There is more than that there. He does not just say, be aware of her. He says, Remember! almost as if He is concerned that all of us, all of his disciples, are in danger of forgetting. Urgency! Was she urgent to leave? Was she ready to leave? No she was not.

Luke 17:31-32

Lot's wife turned back, either in longing for what she was leaving (a way of life) or maybe she felt that she simply had material things back there that meant so much to her. She wanted to go back and get some of them to make sure that they were preserved. I don't know, but she was not of the same mind as Lot was, it's very clear. Lot didn't look back, his wife did.