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Claim: The prostitute, Babylon, represents the reality of repulsiveness disguised by the veneer of beauty and wonder that the ‘world’ has chased after instead of God.
Ultimately evil will do God's bidding by destroying itself.
Focus - The world is enormously attractive yet ultimately and eternally destructive - Love the Lord alone instead.
Function - to see the repulsiveness and futility of the worlds attraction and seek the true bride of Christ.
I was at conference this week with Co-Mission,
and there was some talk about some recent statistics that suggest evangelical Christianity is down to 2% of the population in London.
In Mission organisations, that percentage is used to identify people groups who are unreached - and urgently need a gospel work.
Even if the percentage is inaccurate - it certainly ought to concern us.
That’s more that 8.5 million people who, according to this book of Revelation, have turned their backs on God who created all, and loves all His creation.
8.5million people (just in London) who are deceived by the lies of Satan.
Fooled by the world’s flawed wisdom.
Blinded by their own rejection of Jesus as their only hope.
8.5 million people destined for an eternity in hell.
I hope that shocks us,
I hope we are astonished.
We saw in February when we were last in Revelation,
that God in Chapters 15 and 16 inflicts painful punishment upon the earth,
upon humanity,
now, as he has done throughout history,
And we saw in February when we were last in Revelation, that God inflicts painful punishment upon the earth, upon humanity, now, as he has done throughout history,
as a warning.
‘I am holy’ God says.
You cannot behave and do whatever you like.
And yet I love you enough to give you my son Jesus, the sacrificial lamb.
He died on the cross, in the place of you and me,
The one perfect man, taking the wrath of God on himself
- so that we may inherit eternity with God the Father.
Wars, disease, violence, famine, economic disaster.
A world of pain and suffering which are just symptoms of something worse - an eternal judgement.
‘I am holy’ declares the Lord God.
Heed these painful warning.
Recognise that all you believe in in this life is failing you,
And that only faith in Jesus can deliver you into an eternal joy.
And then we saw, represented by the 7th Bowl last time,
that God will bring final and full judgement in the end.
There is still time - but not much.
8.5million in London today - blinded by sin and Satan,
I hope that astonishes us.
8.5 million people, given life by God, given warning by God, given the offer of salvation in Jesus from God, and yet they reject the God who loves them so dearly.
And today, here in Chapter 17, God calls their rejection adultery.
Perhaps worse,
A humanity that lusts after worldly schemes that reject his great holiness and love,
is described as sleeping with a prostitute.
rev 17 1
A world drunk on it’s lustful adulteries against God,
in exchange for false promises, lies, selfish ambition and greed.
A world that is in bed with the devil’s lies.
Perhaps it’s not that suprising though:,
The woman is riding the beast with 7 heads and 10 horns.
Its the beast that carries out the tactics of Satan from .
The World has been been lied to by Satan.
Satan has blaspehemed the God of Holiness and love.
The beast is coverd in blasphemous names.
I’m the one of true might and strength he blasmephes.
I’m the one who cares for the development of humnaity,
I’m the one of love and peace.
I’m the future,
I’m the ultimate power,
Forget God,
Forget truth,
forget righteousness,
you need non of that with me.
Take a bite of the apple, it’s delicious, go on, go on, go on.
Take a bite of the apple, go on, go on, go on.
(WHISPER)
And as the truth of God is twisted and strained, look who arrives - v4
4 The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls.
A woman dressed in the finest clothes and colours, adorned with beauty all around her,
A temptress stunning enough to tempt any man, who is already questioning the integrity of his relationship through the lies of Satan the beast.
REv 17
For those hearing this vision at John’s time,
they would have not had to look far for this woman who had led their world astray.
Rome, the mighty imperialistic force of the time, would have sprung to their minds.
V18 likely confirms this as the angel explains this mysterious vision to him in v9-18.
V18 confirms as the angel explains this mysterious vision to him in v9-18.
v18
Rome - at that time often refereed to as the ‘great city’.
Powerful,
Organised
Efficient
Slick
Progressive,
fuelling infrastructure
importing the greatest treasures and luxuries from around the world.
Of great attraction to those who were willing to play ball.
V18 confirms John’s suspicions as the angel explains this mysterious vision to him in v9-18.
Rome - at that time often refereed to as the ‘great city’.
But not just dangling a carrot,
They persecuted and killed those who remained faithful to Jesus.
Isn’t Satan deceptive,
The Christians of the day were not stuck between a Rock and a hard place,
They were stuck seemingly between a Rock (of death) and an easy place!
What would you have chosen.
Well we know even without the threat of death on one side,
8.5million people still choose the so called ‘easy place’ today.
I trust the Lord would cause the words of Jesus to echo through our minds if we were to find ourselves in that situation today,
With death for remaining faithful to Jesus on one side, and succumbing to the temptations and lies that look so comfortable on the other side.
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Rome - at that time often refereed to as the ‘great city’.
But, she is more than just rome
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