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Rev 17-18
Babylon and her ending
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From previous sermon
Rev 15
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Rev 15:3 and they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! 4 Who will not fear You, Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For all the nations will come and worship before You, For Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
In heaven, after Moses has become the disciple of Christ, finally Moses can see God’s works thru Christ
Then in the kingdom of heaven,
Moses sings praises to God
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Rev 15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.
When one still sees God as an angry God,
one cannot enter the kingdom of heaven
Heb 10:19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
When one sees God’s love to us thru Christ, we can enter
His kingdom of heaven
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From previous sermon
Rev 16
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The 7 wrath of God are directed to :
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God’s wrath does not touch :
Because they have the love of God
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Rev 17
What is Babylon ?
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Rev 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of sexual immorality, and those who live on the earth became drunk with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
Babylon
Great prostitute
Sits on a sea of religions
and seduces many great people
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Rev 17:3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
Babylon
looks like a church in the wilderness
Not in the promised land of God and in His kingdom
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Rev 17:4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls, holding in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her sexual immorality, 5 and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery: “BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.”
Babylon
is rich and glorious
Even if she is rebellious to God
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Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
Babylon
hates the testimony of Christ
and has the support of a beast
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The mystery of Babylon :
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Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
What is the mystery of Babylon and the mystery of the beast,
that has 7 heads and 10 horns ?
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Rev 17:8 “The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was, and is not, and will come.
The beast
that supports Babylon
has the spirit of antichrist
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Rev 17:9 Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains upon which the woman sits, 10 and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.
The beast
Has 7 heads or 7 kings :
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Rev 17:11 The beast which was, and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction.
The beast
is the false prophet
Antichrist is also a false prophet
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Rev 17:12 The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. 13 These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
The 10 Law
Are be used by the false prophet
to gain power and authority
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Rev 17:14 These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful.”
The Law
will put Christ on the cross,
but Christ will overcome death and rise again
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Rev 17:15 And he said to me, “The waters which you saw where the prostitute sits are peoples and multitudes, and nations and languages.
Babel
Uses religion to rule over people
in many nations
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Rev 17:16 And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire.
Babylon
will eventually be condemned by the same Law that she likes to use to rule over people
This is justice
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The mystery of the beast that supports Babyblon :
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Rev 17:17 For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Babylon
is the dwelling place of the false prophets who rule over great people of the earth
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Rev 18
The end of Babylon
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Rev 18:1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated from his glory. 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.
Babylon
is the dwelling place of
demons, religions and false prophets
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Rev 18:3 For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich from the excessive wealth of her luxury.”
Babylon
is a place where
great people of the earth
will be contaminated spiritually
And is a place where people becomes rich by selling
Babel’s production
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Rev 18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses. 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.
God calls His people to leave Babylon
Babylon is a church !
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Rev 18:4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her offenses. 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.
God calls His people to leave Babylon
and be saved from
the sins and the plagues of Babylon
God still loves His people
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This is the mystery of the Babylon :
God hates Babylon
but God loves His people
who is inside Babylon
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Rev 18:7 To the extent that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, to the same extent 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.’
The Babylon church
is self centered and glorifies herself
and lives in luxury
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Rev 18:8 For this reason in one day her plagues will come, plague and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.
The Babylon church
will receive a “sudden” destruction from God in the form of plagues, mourning, famine, and fire
She will be totally destroyed
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Rev 18:9 “And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of sexual immorality and lived luxuriously with her, will weep and mourn 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.’
The Babylon church
consist of great and rich people
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Rev 18:11 “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more—
The Babylon church
consist of profit seeking merchants
Who are those profit seeking merchants of the Babylon church ?
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Rev 18:11 “And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo any more— 12 cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; every kind of citron wood, every article of ivory, and every article made from very valuable wood, bronze, iron, and marble; 13 cinnamon, spice, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, wheat, cattle, sheep, and cargo of horses, carriages, slaves, and human lives.
The Babylon church
her merchants sell “prosperity”
to her congregation
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Rev 18:14 The fruit you long for has left you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and people will no longer find them. 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,
The Babylon church leadership
are profit seeking merchants,
who make lots of money from selling “prosperity” to the Babylon church congregation
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Rev 18:16 saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls;
The Babylon church doctrine
mixes the pure gospel of Christ (fine linen)
with many manmade prosperity theology (gold, precious stones, and pearls)
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Rev 18:17 for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and all who 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?’
The Babylon church visitors
are many religious people
who is in awe of the Babylon church
They come from faraway place,
by way of the sea of religions
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Rev 18:19 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 from her prosperity, for in one hour she has been laid waste!’
The Babylon church
will be sorely missed
by many religious leaders who has become rich thru the Babylon church
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Rev 18:20 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her.”
The saints in the kingdom of heaven
rejoices when the Babylon church is finally destroyed by God
Babylon church is
the enemy of the kingdom of God
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Rev 18:21 Then a strong angel picked 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 never be found again.
The Babylon church
misleads God’s little children,
God will put a millstone on her neck and throw her into the deep sea. Gone forever
Mat 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it is better for him that a heavy millstone be hung around his neck, and that he be drowned in the depths of the sea.
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Rev 18:22 And the sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;
Babylon church musicians
are many
The Babylon church has
a strong music department
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Rev 18:22 And the sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;
Babylon church building
Is built by artistic people
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Rev 18:22 And the sound of harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again; and no craftsman of any craft will ever be found in you again; and the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again;
Babylon church activities
Many routine activities. Very busy
Like in a factory
The Babylon church factory is very busy producing contaminated congregation
All based on man’s efforts
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Rev 18:23 and the light of a lamp will never shine in you again; and the voice of the groom and bride will never be heard in you again; for your merchants were the powerful people of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft.
Babylon church preaching
Is corrupted by the prosperity theology of the Babylon church merchants (leadership)
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Rev 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
The Babylon church discipleship teachings
refuses God’s teachings given thru
God’s prophets and disciples
The Babel church produces death
Many of her congregation will not be saved
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This is the Babylon church :
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This is the Babylon church :
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This is the Babylon church :
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This is God’s judgment on the church of Babylon
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Rev 18:4
I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
“Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive any of her plagues;
This is God’s strong message at end time :
Leave the prosperity driven
church of Babylon !
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Next sermon
Jesus reigns on earth
Rev 19-20
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Today’s discipleship
2 masters : Mamon or God ?