REVELATION 17 & 18 - The Destruction of Babylon part 2
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REVELATION 17 & 18 - The Destruction of Babylon part 2
as worship ending and I come forward
SLIDE 1 “WELCOME TO CHURCH”
words of encouragement from worship
have you lately just got in a humble state before the Lord and thanked him for His blessings, how about air conditioning.
Pretty pleasant yesterday but man last few weeks or month before that
Just this last week boy.....The news and internet going nuts over this global warming narrative
ITS CALLED SUMMER!
words from last weeks message / last week in Rev 17
Judgement pronounced over Babylon “the great harlot” of the world.......and the beast....who was ans is not and is to come
as I had said today the Lord will show in Rev 18 the details about Babylon
SLIDE 2 “REVELATION 18 The Destruction of Babylon”
This will bring about a new understanding of the spiritual battles and pressures and struggles in our journey as believers and how this evil system does this
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1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory.
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2 And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.
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3 “For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.”
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sensuality (strenos) - *eager desire for luxurious living
*excessive strength which longs to
break forth
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4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;
5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
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6 “Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her.
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7 “To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’
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8 “For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.
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9 “And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,
10 standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’
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11 “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more—
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12 cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble,
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13 and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives.
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14 “The fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them.
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15 “The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
16 saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;
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17 for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,
18 and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, ‘What city is like the great city?’
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19 “And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’
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20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
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21 Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer.
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22 “And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;
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23 and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
could the bride and bridegroom here be the influence this spirit of Babylon has had on the church
Look at these warnings for followers of Christ and the church
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24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Here is just an incredible passage James gave that this Babylonian system creates conflicts in the church - the sensuality talked about in Rev 18
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1 What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members?
2 You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
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4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Now the Lord when show us how this mess happens if we are not careful
Look back at Rev 18:23 again
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Revelation 18:23 (NASB95)
23 and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.
first word we have to look at the word deceive
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deceive (planao)- seduce, to go astray, to wander, to lead away from the truth, to be led away into error, to be led away into sin
so the next word is sorcery and this is the spirit that works through the world and this is a Babylon spirit and all lines up with Rev 17&18 and the passages we saw from Matt and James
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sorcery (pharmakeia)- the use or administering of drugs, poisoning, witchcraft, magical arts often found in connection with idolatry or fostered by it, the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
and finally what else has this harlot Babylon done to God’s people, the overall hate the world has for God’s chose people?
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24 “And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.”
SLIDE 30 “THE DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON”
WORSHIP TEAM COME
I feel God wants to remind us today what it means to be holy as He is holy
To be a peculiar people, aliens of this world, this is not our home
the world system the Babylon spirit can really muddy up what holiness looks like
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13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.
14 “For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
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32 “For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
33 “But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
SLIDE 33 “BABYLON COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE”
encouragement for during worship to denounce and repent of any idols or gods in our lives, ask for repentance
CLOSE / PRAYER
PRAY and ANOINT RENE AVILIA / ELDERS AND DEACONS COME UP
SLIDE 34 “NARROW PATH / BROAD PATH”
Bible Study this Weds at 7pm
Elders will be teaching and starting off in 2 Kings 1&2
Please come and support them in their first time
Brother Mike Wenzel will be bringing a message next Sunday that God is laying on his heart