WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.759 In 1817, Percy Shelley wrote this famous poem. 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:12.679 I met a traveler from an ancient, from an antique land who said, 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:19.960 Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert, near them on the sand. 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:28.820 Half sunk, a shattered, rigid lies, whose frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:36.799 tell that its sculptor well read, well those passions read, 00:00:37.219 --> 00:00:42.579 which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things. 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:51.039 The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed, and on the pedestal these words appear. 00:00:51.039 --> 00:01:00.299 My name is Ozymandias, King of kings, look on my works, ye mighty and despair. 00:01:02.140 --> 00:01:03.780 Nothing beside remains. 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:15.079 Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away. 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:22.780 Shelley was a poet during the height of the British Empire, and he was not a fan of the empire. 00:01:22.980 --> 00:01:30.599 And so he wrote this poem to talk about the ephemeral nature of the kingdoms of this world. 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.700 I've had the privilege of being in Berlin at the Pergamon Museum. 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:39.180 If you've ever been there, it's a great museum with lots of stolen treasures from the rest of the world. 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:42.380 That's not a good thing, but it's just true. 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:50.020 And one of the things that is there is something called the Gate of Ishtar, or the Ishtar Gate, 00:01:50.140 --> 00:01:54.820 which is a reconstruction of one of the gates of the city of Babylon. 00:01:55.400 --> 00:02:01.980 And it's about 30 feet high, a mosaic with symbolism of dragons and lions and the greatness. 00:02:02.980 --> 00:02:06.860 But friends, where is that great city of Babylon today? 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:14.080 We wonder what happens to the kings of this world. 00:02:16.980 --> 00:02:21.819 The church has always thought, what is our relationship to these kingdoms? 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:26.460 In the first century, as we turn to the book of Revelation, 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:31.840 we remember that during that time, the great kingdom of the world was not Babylon, 00:02:32.700 --> 00:02:34.240 but it was Rome. 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:41.500 And they battled to know, how do we respond or how do we relate to this? 00:02:41.600 --> 00:02:51.320 How do we resist the allure of becoming a partner in these kingdoms that will fall? 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:56.960 So we've read at the beginning of the book of Revelation, remember the letters. 00:02:57.120 --> 00:02:58.500 This is way back in the fall. 00:02:58.620 --> 00:02:59.879 Some of you weren't even here yet. 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:03.740 Way back in the fall, we looked at the letters to seven churches. 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.319 And to the church of Thyatira, the Lord said this, 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.579 but I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:13.579 who calls herself a prophetess, 00:03:13.979 --> 00:03:18.500 and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality 00:03:18.500 --> 00:03:21.840 and to eat foods sacrificed to idols. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:26.780 There was false teaching connected to the Roman Empire 00:03:26.780 --> 00:03:35.340 that was inducing Christians away from worship of God to serving Rome. 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:42.000 Similarly, to the church in Laodicea, chapter 3, Jesus says this, 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:46.580 Because you are lukewarm and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. 00:03:46.740 --> 00:03:50.980 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, I need nothing. 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:55.739 Not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. 00:03:56.019 --> 00:04:02.099 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:05.280 and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, 00:04:05.459 --> 00:04:07.839 and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:13.299 and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 00:04:13.300 --> 00:04:19.100 In the first century, there was this pull to be a part of the Roman Empire 00:04:19.100 --> 00:04:25.400 because it would give you what seemed to be wealth, security, prosperity, and power. 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:32.019 The pressure to be a part of this church, part of this world, if you remember, 00:04:32.360 --> 00:04:34.300 was a pull on the church. 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:37.740 And one of the reasons why the book of Revelation was written 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:41.519 was to remind us that we are to resist that pull. 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:50.100 Maybe some of you feel that pull in the kingdoms of this world that we live in today. 00:04:51.300 --> 00:04:57.360 The pull of pride in the wealth of your accomplishments, connections, or belongings. 00:04:57.360 --> 00:05:02.860 Your investment in building a world here and now, 00:05:03.780 --> 00:05:09.259 thinking that you might become one of those who would be immortal by the things that you achieve. 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:17.379 Your hope in this life is for more comfort, more pleasure, more success. 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:25.040 Or your desire for acceptance and meaning becomes wrapped up 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:30.240 in conforming to the world around you so that you will fit in and be recognized. 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:37.620 Friends, as we turn to Revelation 18 today, God has words for us. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:42.980 Revelation 18 is on page 974 in your pew Bible. 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:50.800 And God has something to say to us as we think about living in the worlds, 00:05:50.939 --> 00:05:53.560 the kingdoms that we live in today. 00:05:55.939 --> 00:06:02.340 So if you're there, Revelation chapter 18, we're going to read through the whole chapter, 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:08.120 and then we're going to make a few observations about it before we go to the Lord's table. 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.340 So let's read together God's word. 00:06:11.339 --> 00:06:16.959 After this, I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, 00:06:17.159 --> 00:06:19.439 and the earth was made bright with his glory, 00:06:19.699 --> 00:06:21.739 and he called out with a mighty voice, 00:06:22.379 --> 00:06:25.079 Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. 00:06:25.479 --> 00:06:28.359 She has become a dwelling place for demons, 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:30.899 a haunt for every unclean spirit, 00:06:31.299 --> 00:06:33.299 a haunt for every unclean bird, 00:06:33.439 --> 00:06:37.239 a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:43.340 For all the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, 00:06:43.560 --> 00:06:47.180 and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, 00:06:47.300 --> 00:06:52.740 and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living. 00:06:52.740 --> 00:06:57.139 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, 00:06:57.139 --> 00:06:59.620 Come out of her, my people, 00:07:00.719 --> 00:07:02.399 lest you take part in her sins, 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:05.019 lest you share in her plagues. 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.560 For her sins are heaped high as heaven, 00:07:08.919 --> 00:07:11.139 and God has remembered her iniquities. 00:07:12.139 --> 00:07:15.360 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.519 and repay her double for her deeds. 00:07:18.019 --> 00:07:21.519 Mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:25.459 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, 00:07:25.879 --> 00:07:29.359 so give her a like measure of torment and mourning. 00:07:30.019 --> 00:07:31.939 Since in her heart she says, 00:07:32.159 --> 00:07:33.479 I sit as a queen, 00:07:33.719 --> 00:07:34.859 I am no widow, 00:07:35.159 --> 00:07:37.199 and mourning I shall never see. 00:07:38.219 --> 00:07:41.519 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, 00:07:42.219 --> 00:07:44.019 death and mourning and famine, 00:07:44.479 --> 00:07:46.299 and she will be burned up with fire. 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:48.859 For mighty is the Lord God 00:07:48.859 --> 00:07:50.519 who has judged her. 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:53.240 And the kings of the earth 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:54.719 who committed sexual immorality 00:07:54.719 --> 00:07:56.099 and lived in luxury with her 00:07:56.099 --> 00:07:57.959 will weep and wail over her 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.139 when they see the smoke of her burning. 00:08:00.419 --> 00:08:03.680 They will stand far off in fear of her torment 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:04.419 and say, 00:08:04.819 --> 00:08:06.659 Alas, alas, you great city, 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:08.019 you mighty city Babylon, 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.459 for in a single hour your judgment has come. 00:08:12.099 --> 00:08:13.639 And the merchants of the earth 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:14.979 will weep and mourn for her 00:08:14.979 --> 00:08:17.680 since no one buys their cargo anymore, 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:20.000 cargo of gold, silver, jewels, 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:23.040 pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:24.899 silk, scarlet cloth, 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:26.899 all kinds of scented wood, 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:29.600 all kinds of articles of ivory, 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.100 all kinds of articles of costly wood, 00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:34.039 bronze, iron, and marble, 00:08:34.580 --> 00:08:36.820 cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:38.659 frankincense, wine, oil, 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:40.919 fine flour, wheat, cattle, 00:08:41.179 --> 00:08:43.500 and sheep, horses, and chariots, 00:08:44.139 --> 00:08:46.320 and slaves, that is, human souls. 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.100 The fruit for which your soul longed 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:51.400 has gone from you, 00:08:51.520 --> 00:08:53.360 and all your delicacies 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:54.920 and all your splendors 00:08:54.920 --> 00:08:56.240 are lost to you, 00:08:57.020 --> 00:08:58.760 never to be found again. 00:08:59.420 --> 00:09:01.400 The merchants of these wares 00:09:01.400 --> 00:09:02.900 who gained wealth from her 00:09:02.900 --> 00:09:05.140 will stand far off in fear of her torment, 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:07.260 weeping and mourning aloud. 00:09:07.800 --> 00:09:09.900 Alas, alas, for the great city 00:09:09.900 --> 00:09:11.820 that was clothed in fine linen 00:09:11.820 --> 00:09:13.240 and purple and scarlet, 00:09:13.340 --> 00:09:14.240 adorned with gold, 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:15.620 with jewels and with pearls. 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:17.840 For in a single hour, 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:19.960 all this wealth has been laid waste. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:22.100 And all shipmasters 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:23.259 and seafaring men, 00:09:23.460 --> 00:09:23.919 sailors, 00:09:24.159 --> 00:09:25.480 and all those who trade on the sea 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.840 stood far off 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:27.519 and cried out 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:29.259 as they saw the smoke of her burning, 00:09:29.980 --> 00:09:31.460 what city was like 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:32.919 the great city. 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:34.740 And they threw down, 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:36.799 they threw dust on their heads 00:09:36.799 --> 00:09:38.560 as they wept and mourned, 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:39.240 crying out, 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:40.620 alas, alas, 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:41.659 for the great city 00:09:41.659 --> 00:09:44.120 where all who had ships at sea 00:09:44.120 --> 00:09:45.600 grew rich by her wealth, 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.219 for in a single hour 00:09:47.219 --> 00:09:49.159 she has been laid waste. 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.339 Rejoice over her, O heaven, 00:09:54.059 --> 00:09:54.980 and you saints 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:56.439 and apostles and prophets, 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:58.939 for God has given judgment 00:09:58.939 --> 00:10:00.939 for you against her. 00:10:00.940 --> 00:10:03.600 And then a mighty angel 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:04.720 took up a stone 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:05.800 like a giant millstone 00:10:05.800 --> 00:10:07.020 and threw it into the sea, 00:10:07.160 --> 00:10:07.480 saying, 00:10:08.040 --> 00:10:09.400 So will Babylon, 00:10:09.640 --> 00:10:10.400 the great city, 00:10:10.520 --> 00:10:10.840 be, 00:10:11.400 --> 00:10:13.160 thrown down with violence 00:10:13.160 --> 00:10:14.720 and will be found no more. 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:16.600 And the sound of the harpists 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:17.420 and musicians 00:10:17.420 --> 00:10:18.720 of flute players 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:19.560 and trumpeters 00:10:19.560 --> 00:10:21.100 will be heard in you 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:21.980 no more. 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.120 And a craftsman of any craft 00:10:24.120 --> 00:10:25.300 will be found in you 00:10:25.300 --> 00:10:26.180 no more. 00:10:26.260 --> 00:10:27.340 And the sound of the mill 00:10:27.340 --> 00:10:28.580 will be heard in you 00:10:28.580 --> 00:10:29.840 no more. 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.200 And the light of a lamp 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:32.300 will shine in you 00:10:32.300 --> 00:10:33.660 no more. 00:10:33.860 --> 00:10:35.639 And the voice of the bridegroom 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.320 and bride will be heard in you 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.120 no more. 00:10:39.899 --> 00:10:40.740 For your merchants 00:10:40.740 --> 00:10:41.639 were the great ones 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:42.139 of the earth 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:43.160 and all the nations 00:10:43.160 --> 00:10:43.879 were deceived 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:44.980 by your sorcery. 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:47.120 And in her was found 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:48.259 the blood of the prophets 00:10:48.259 --> 00:10:49.600 and of saints 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.899 and all who have been slain 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:52.980 on the earth. 00:10:55.280 --> 00:10:56.840 Well, let's pray 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:57.940 and ask for God's help. 00:10:57.940 --> 00:10:59.700 Lord, thank you 00:10:59.700 --> 00:11:00.460 for this word. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.300 Lord, we know 00:11:02.300 --> 00:11:03.000 that your word 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:04.580 is living and active 00:11:04.580 --> 00:11:06.160 sharper than a two-edged sword. 00:11:06.640 --> 00:11:07.420 And I pray 00:11:07.420 --> 00:11:08.940 that as we consider 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:09.920 this word to us 00:11:09.920 --> 00:11:10.460 this morning 00:11:10.460 --> 00:11:11.020 that you would 00:11:11.020 --> 00:11:12.060 help us. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.180 Lord, give us 00:11:13.180 --> 00:11:14.700 minds to understand 00:11:14.700 --> 00:11:15.780 and hearts to receive. 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:16.960 Lord, help me 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:17.960 to speak clearly 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:18.660 as I ought. 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:20.520 Lord, that we might 00:11:20.520 --> 00:11:21.280 sit together 00:11:21.280 --> 00:11:22.080 under your word 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:22.640 this morning. 00:11:23.300 --> 00:11:24.100 We pray this 00:11:24.100 --> 00:11:24.900 in Jesus' name. 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:25.720 Amen. 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:25.879 Amen. 00:11:27.560 --> 00:11:28.399 Well, what are we 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:29.220 to make of this? 00:11:30.139 --> 00:11:31.019 I believe 00:11:31.019 --> 00:11:31.620 that 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:33.960 the point 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:34.840 of this chapter 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.960 is to give us 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:36.700 one command 00:11:36.700 --> 00:11:37.800 and three reasons. 00:11:38.700 --> 00:11:39.800 So, if you're 00:11:39.800 --> 00:11:40.620 taking your outline, 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:41.100 there it is, 00:11:41.160 --> 00:11:41.660 four points, 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:42.300 one command 00:11:42.300 --> 00:11:43.500 and then three reasons 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:44.000 for it. 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:44.960 And the command 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:45.820 is simply this, 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:46.540 come out. 00:11:47.100 --> 00:11:47.560 Come out 00:11:47.560 --> 00:11:48.259 from among her. 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:48.879 Come out 00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:49.540 from Babylon. 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:50.240 Come out 00:11:50.240 --> 00:11:51.840 from the world 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:53.600 systems. 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:55.420 come out 00:11:55.420 --> 00:11:57.139 for three reasons. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.480 Because you will 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.659 lament all you 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:00.320 will lose 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.180 if you don't. 00:12:02.580 --> 00:12:03.519 Second reason, 00:12:03.620 --> 00:12:04.220 because you will 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:05.000 face God's 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:05.759 right judgment 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.139 if you don't. 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:09.000 And thirdly, 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:09.820 because you will 00:12:09.820 --> 00:12:10.220 be filled 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:11.220 with great joy 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.600 at God's 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:13.600 greater kingdom. 00:12:16.100 --> 00:12:17.000 We'll repeat 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:17.820 those as we go. 00:12:17.940 --> 00:12:18.440 So first, 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:19.160 let's consider 00:12:19.160 --> 00:12:19.860 the command. 00:12:20.460 --> 00:12:20.800 Come out 00:12:20.799 --> 00:12:21.219 of her, 00:12:21.339 --> 00:12:21.839 my people. 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:22.740 We've talked 00:12:22.740 --> 00:12:23.319 about her, 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:23.819 Babylon, 00:12:24.019 --> 00:12:24.479 already. 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:25.839 And if you 00:12:25.839 --> 00:12:26.599 haven't been here 00:12:26.599 --> 00:12:26.899 before, 00:12:26.979 --> 00:12:27.399 I'm going to 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:28.059 encourage you 00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:28.819 to go back 00:12:28.819 --> 00:12:29.439 and listen 00:12:29.439 --> 00:12:30.399 to some 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:31.000 of the earlier 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:31.459 sermons, 00:12:31.639 --> 00:12:32.139 particularly 00:12:32.139 --> 00:12:32.899 Nick's sermon 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.159 last week, 00:12:34.339 --> 00:12:35.299 or not last week, 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:35.839 but about 00:12:35.839 --> 00:12:37.120 Revelation 17. 00:12:37.319 --> 00:12:38.019 That was three 00:12:38.019 --> 00:12:38.659 weeks ago 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.919 because he spent 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.719 a lot of time 00:12:40.719 --> 00:12:41.419 talking about 00:12:41.419 --> 00:12:41.959 the nature 00:12:41.959 --> 00:12:42.759 and contours 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:43.899 of Babylon 00:12:43.899 --> 00:12:44.579 and we don't 00:12:44.579 --> 00:12:45.579 have that here. 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.319 So I'm not 00:12:46.319 --> 00:12:46.659 going to spend 00:12:46.659 --> 00:12:47.219 a lot of time 00:12:47.219 --> 00:12:48.099 but just to say 00:12:48.099 --> 00:12:49.479 her big picture, 00:12:49.579 --> 00:12:50.279 you can see it 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:51.399 in verse three, 00:12:51.699 --> 00:12:51.939 right, 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.839 that the kings 00:12:52.839 --> 00:12:53.500 have drunk 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.419 of her sexual 00:12:54.419 --> 00:12:55.240 immorality 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:56.919 and her pleasures 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:58.039 and her wealth 00:12:58.039 --> 00:12:59.459 and what we see 00:12:59.459 --> 00:13:00.179 is that Babylon 00:13:00.179 --> 00:13:01.959 is a symbol 00:13:01.959 --> 00:13:03.779 for the world 00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.500 systems, 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.339 political, 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.659 societal systems 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:09.439 that entice 00:13:09.439 --> 00:13:10.779 or seduce us 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:13.259 to put our hope 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:15.159 and find our life 00:13:15.159 --> 00:13:16.600 in this world 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:17.720 rather than 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:18.360 in others. 00:13:18.919 --> 00:13:19.579 And remember, 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:20.220 again, 00:13:20.280 --> 00:13:20.879 you can go back 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:21.400 for the full 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:22.000 explanation 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.120 but in the 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:23.759 Old Testament 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.400 and here 00:13:24.400 --> 00:13:24.940 we see 00:13:24.940 --> 00:13:26.360 the images 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:27.139 of sexual 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:27.800 immorality 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:28.660 is also 00:13:28.660 --> 00:13:29.700 a clue 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:30.300 to say 00:13:30.300 --> 00:13:31.240 this is about 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.259 idolatry, 00:13:32.480 --> 00:13:33.280 this is about 00:13:33.280 --> 00:13:34.080 worshipping 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:34.960 other things 00:13:34.960 --> 00:13:35.720 more than 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:36.320 we worship 00:13:36.320 --> 00:13:36.860 God 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.840 and making 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.920 other things 00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:40.800 ultimate 00:13:40.800 --> 00:13:42.740 in our affections. 00:13:42.740 --> 00:13:47.379 and the command 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:47.919 is to come 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:48.919 out of her 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:50.419 because she 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:51.120 has fallen. 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:52.940 This is what's 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.340 announced 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:54.500 in verse 2 00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.480 and this is 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.379 what is described 00:13:56.379 --> 00:13:57.600 in chapter 17. 00:13:58.560 --> 00:13:59.480 Fallen so 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:00.159 completely 00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:01.220 in verse 2 00:14:01.220 --> 00:14:01.919 that it's become 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:02.799 a desolation 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:04.279 that the only 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.620 living things 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.759 that would remain 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:08.060 would be wild 00:14:08.060 --> 00:14:08.560 animals 00:14:08.560 --> 00:14:09.919 and wild spirits. 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.620 nothing good. 00:14:15.019 --> 00:14:16.039 So the command 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.559 is to come 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.620 out of that 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.439 but what does 00:14:18.439 --> 00:14:18.779 it mean 00:14:18.779 --> 00:14:19.539 to come out? 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:20.659 In the original 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:21.319 context 00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:21.959 going back 00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:22.579 to Jeremiah 00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:23.979 50 and 51 00:14:23.979 --> 00:14:25.240 you would see 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.000 that the prophet 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:26.740 was speaking 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:27.620 to the people 00:14:27.620 --> 00:14:28.079 of God 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:29.179 who were literally 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:30.279 living in Babylon 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.759 and they were 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.439 predicting 00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:33.219 the fall 00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.899 of Babylon 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.879 as the Persians 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:35.500 would come in 00:14:35.500 --> 00:14:36.259 and overthrow 00:14:36.259 --> 00:14:37.419 their kingdom 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:39.000 and he's literally 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.839 saying you need 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:40.800 to leave the city 00:14:40.800 --> 00:14:41.920 before it falls 00:14:41.920 --> 00:14:42.800 under destruction. 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:45.879 But that is not 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:46.480 what's happening 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.300 here in Revelation. 00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.920 That historical event 00:14:48.920 --> 00:14:49.800 has now become 00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:50.519 a symbol 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.120 of coming out 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:53.700 from participation 00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:55.720 in a world 00:14:55.720 --> 00:14:57.780 to forsake a land, 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.420 a culture, 00:14:58.540 --> 00:14:59.500 and its religion. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:00.980 Now listen, 00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.639 we need to be 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.720 very careful in this 00:15:02.720 --> 00:15:03.840 because there have 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.980 been times 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:06.320 when the church 00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.440 has heard this call 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:08.160 and thought we need 00:15:08.160 --> 00:15:09.280 to totally separate 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.079 ourselves out. 00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.299 So monks 00:15:11.299 --> 00:15:12.000 would go live 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:12.519 on pillars 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.240 in the desert 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:14.319 in the 4th century, 00:15:14.839 --> 00:15:15.139 right? 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.740 Or in the early 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.519 20th century 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.439 we would create 00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:19.240 the great 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:20.439 holy huddle 00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:22.139 fundamentalist movement 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:23.579 that would separate 00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:24.620 from everybody 00:15:24.620 --> 00:15:25.519 in every way. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:26.620 And so we would 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.620 only eat at 00:15:27.620 --> 00:15:28.639 Christian restaurants, 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:30.039 only read Christian books, 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.419 only attend Christian schools, 00:15:31.539 --> 00:15:32.720 only listen to Christian music, 00:15:32.839 --> 00:15:33.899 only have Christian friends, 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:35.379 and live in this 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:37.600 completely separate bubble 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:39.340 that was not 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.299 in the world. 00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.539 But friends, 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.539 listen to what Jesus 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:44.779 prayed for his 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:45.799 disciples 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:46.860 and for the world 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:48.100 in John 17. 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:49.360 He said, 00:15:49.459 --> 00:15:50.120 I do not ask 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.519 that you would 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.279 take them out 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.959 of the world, 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.139 but that you would 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.720 keep them 00:15:53.720 --> 00:15:54.980 from the evil one, 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.740 for they are not 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.559 of this world, 00:15:56.939 --> 00:15:58.199 just as I am not 00:15:58.199 --> 00:15:58.960 of this world. 00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:00.480 And again, 00:16:00.579 --> 00:16:01.159 go back to 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:02.480 Pastor Nick's sermon 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:03.200 three weeks ago, 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:04.120 these kind of pair 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:05.680 because he talked about 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.440 we're called to be 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.620 a city within a city. 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.399 We're called to be 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.920 a different community 00:16:09.920 --> 00:16:11.139 within the community 00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.620 of the world 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.659 while we live here 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:13.460 on earth. 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:15.899 Nancy Guthrie 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:17.240 had a really helpful 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:18.639 way of phrasing this 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:19.159 that I thought 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.940 was really good. 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:21.379 It's not separation 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.340 that requires 00:16:22.340 --> 00:16:23.519 physical distance, 00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:24.960 but distinction, 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.500 a difference 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:27.940 in how we live, 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:29.779 in what we love, 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.700 and what we worship. 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:33.040 It's not about 00:16:33.040 --> 00:16:35.080 where we do our life, 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:37.060 but how we do our life 00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:38.300 that makes us 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:39.860 those who come out. 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.920 So again, 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:44.040 the Apostle John 00:16:44.040 --> 00:16:44.660 writes this 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:45.920 in his first letter, 00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:47.360 1 John 2, 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.740 verse 15 and following. 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.560 He says, 00:16:49.680 --> 00:16:51.120 Do not love the world 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:52.020 or the things 00:16:52.020 --> 00:16:52.980 in the world. 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:54.879 If anyone loves the world, 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:55.780 the love of the Father 00:16:55.780 --> 00:16:56.700 is not in him. 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.320 For all that is in the world, 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.660 the desires of the flesh 00:16:59.660 --> 00:17:01.140 and the desires of the eyes 00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:02.240 and the pride of life 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.439 is not from the Father, 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:04.680 but is from the world. 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.000 And the world 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:07.319 is passing away 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.720 along with its desires. 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.960 But whoever does 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:12.799 the will of God 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.579 abides forever. 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.940 So coming out 00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:18.019 is a matter of 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.940 what we worship 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.700 and what we love. 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:24.240 what do we value 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:25.600 above all things? 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.019 What authority 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:29.000 do we seek 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.559 to ultimately please? 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.960 What do we set 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.100 our hearts on 00:17:34.100 --> 00:17:35.039 in devotion? 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:37.680 What do we invest 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.779 our time, 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:39.960 our money, 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:42.220 our relationships in? 00:17:43.279 --> 00:17:44.200 And what is 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:44.900 the meaning 00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.920 of our success? 00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.200 I'm sorry, 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:48.039 the measure 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.039 of our success 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:50.920 or the source 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.740 of our meaning. 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:54.480 Do we get these things 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:55.759 from the world around us? 00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.720 We get this 00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.539 from God 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.119 in heaven. 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:01.319 This is the word. 00:18:01.420 --> 00:18:01.899 Come out. 00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.859 Come out 00:18:02.859 --> 00:18:03.819 from this world 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:05.740 and your dependence upon 00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.700 and your investment 00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:08.059 in this world. 00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.659 Be distinctive 00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:11.839 so that the aroma 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:13.099 of the kingdom 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.639 of Jesus 00:18:13.639 --> 00:18:14.440 would capture 00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.079 our hearts 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:16.199 more 00:18:16.199 --> 00:18:17.740 than those 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.419 of this world. 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:21.000 Why does he say this? 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.919 Well, he gives 00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:22.799 three reasons. 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:25.000 We'll look at these 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.240 briefly, hopefully. 00:18:26.939 --> 00:18:27.839 See how we do. 00:18:28.699 --> 00:18:29.159 First, 00:18:29.439 --> 00:18:29.839 come out 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:31.099 because you will lament 00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:33.759 of all you lose 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.559 if you don't. 00:18:36.019 --> 00:18:37.240 Starting in verse 9 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.179 and going through 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:38.980 verse 19, 00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.099 there is a picture 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:41.039 of three peoples. 00:18:41.199 --> 00:18:41.720 They're kings, 00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:42.460 merchants, 00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.339 and seamen. 00:18:43.339 --> 00:18:44.419 And each of them 00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.579 were full participants 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.500 in the world 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:47.139 of Babylon. 00:18:47.819 --> 00:18:48.059 Right? 00:18:48.139 --> 00:18:48.939 In this picture 00:18:48.939 --> 00:18:49.459 of this, 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.639 they're investing 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.519 in the world. 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.099 The kings 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:54.359 invested in the power 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.159 and the wealth. 00:18:55.299 --> 00:18:55.779 The merchants 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.740 with the luxury 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.359 and comfort 00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:57.939 of their wealth. 00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:58.740 The seamen 00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.679 and the accumulation 00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.679 of wealth. 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.859 And what happened 00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:04.419 was they see 00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:06.740 Babylon fall. 00:19:08.879 --> 00:19:09.379 The things 00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:09.759 that they had 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.619 set their hearts 00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.819 on and invested 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:12.799 their lives in 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:14.079 were gone. 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.679 And you see 00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:17.220 a pattern. 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.079 Each of them 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:19.439 stand far off, 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.679 somehow trying 00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.819 to distance themselves 00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.659 at the last minute 00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.899 from this 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:25.419 cataclysmic destruction. 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:28.439 They stood far off. 00:19:28.819 --> 00:19:29.399 They wept 00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:30.639 and mourned aloud 00:19:30.639 --> 00:19:32.919 for the ending 00:19:32.919 --> 00:19:33.619 of the things 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.359 they had invested 00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.279 so much in. 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.700 And they trembled 00:19:36.700 --> 00:19:37.359 in fear 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:39.000 that they too 00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:40.279 might burn 00:19:40.279 --> 00:19:41.339 along with it. 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:43.799 I don't know 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.440 if you heard it 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.460 but as we read through 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.019 did you notice 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.579 it happens 00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.700 in an hour? 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:50.039 In a day? 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.720 Like that? 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:53.599 You think 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.180 of the parable 00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.059 that Jesus told 00:19:55.059 --> 00:19:55.819 in Luke 12 00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.440 about the man 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.399 who had great barns 00:19:57.399 --> 00:19:58.079 and they were getting 00:19:58.079 --> 00:19:58.379 so, 00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.740 he was so wealthy 00:19:59.740 --> 00:20:00.379 that he didn't have 00:20:00.379 --> 00:20:00.920 enough barns 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.460 so we had to tear 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.779 him down 00:20:01.779 --> 00:20:02.480 and build more ones 00:20:02.480 --> 00:20:03.200 and Jesus comes 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.720 to him that night 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:03.940 and says, 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.680 you fool. 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:05.879 Tonight, 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.500 your soul 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.559 is demanded of you. 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:10.460 He had invested 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.079 his soul 00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.700 in the pleasure 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.139 and wealth 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:13.000 of this world 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:16.480 and yet, 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.599 as we all know, 00:20:19.019 --> 00:20:20.019 we don't take it 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.500 with us. 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.980 And so, 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.559 this is why 00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.019 we're called 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.879 to be distinct 00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.740 from this world 00:20:26.740 --> 00:20:28.240 because God 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.659 wants to spare us 00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.539 from the lament 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.659 and from the loss 00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.819 but even more 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.419 than that, 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:34.159 well, 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.500 from the lament 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.400 and the loss 00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:38.279 that we will experience 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.839 when we invest 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:41.460 in things 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.319 that won't last. 00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:43.299 When we build 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.039 our house 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.380 on a foundation 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:46.039 of sand 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:47.460 that gets washed away 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:49.900 in the stresses 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.599 of life, 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:54.319 there will only be 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.779 woe 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.880 and mourning 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:57.900 and lamenting 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:59.380 if we've invested 00:20:59.380 --> 00:21:00.259 in these things. 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.740 So, 00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.680 that's the first reason 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.160 because God wants 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.140 to spare us 00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:06.420 from this loss, 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:08.000 from being in this 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.120 but there's more 00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.840 behind it 00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:11.460 than there isn't there 00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.759 because what we see 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.180 is that 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.640 in the midst 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.580 of this lamenting 00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.160 and loss, 00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.080 there is also 00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:18.700 again the picture 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.880 of God's judgment, 00:21:20.560 --> 00:21:21.860 God's right judgment. 00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:25.440 There's a commentator 00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:26.420 that said, 00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.740 to share in her wickedness 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.580 is to reap 00:21:29.580 --> 00:21:30.620 her recompense. 00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:33.039 if we invest 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.599 ourselves 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:34.379 in the lives 00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.179 of this world 00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:36.699 then the judgment 00:21:36.699 --> 00:21:38.179 that God has 00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:39.319 proclaimed and pronounced 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.419 against the world 00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:41.219 that stands up 00:21:41.219 --> 00:21:41.939 against him, 00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:45.139 we will be 00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:46.059 those who will 00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:47.359 suffer that as well. 00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.939 And it's a terrible 00:21:48.939 --> 00:21:49.599 judgment. 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:50.939 You see this 00:21:50.939 --> 00:21:51.839 in verses 5 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.419 through 8 00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:56.959 as it describes 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.400 this, 00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.940 says that their sins 00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.480 are heaped 00:21:59.480 --> 00:22:00.579 as high as heaven, 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.700 even as tall 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.819 as the Tower of Babel 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:04.539 way back in Genesis 11, 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:06.380 reaching up to heaven. 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:09.079 Verse 7, 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.319 did you hear the pride 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:11.279 where she says, 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.460 I'm a queen, 00:22:13.240 --> 00:22:14.480 I'm not going to suffer 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:15.740 any consequences, 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.360 I am going to live 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.579 in this place 00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:19.799 of power and privilege 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.340 forever, 00:22:20.600 --> 00:22:21.799 I will have no mourning, 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:23.380 I won't lose my husband 00:22:23.380 --> 00:22:24.140 and be a widow 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:25.820 and be in vulnerable 00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.480 positions, 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.940 I have all of these 00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.440 things and I will 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.620 never give them up. 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.940 And then if you heard 00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.880 at the very end, 00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:34.140 verse 24, 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.780 recognize that 00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:37.259 this world system 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:39.000 that we so easily 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.820 invest in 00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:41.800 is always at war 00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:43.020 against the church. 00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:44.780 Not always literally, 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.440 not always physically, 00:22:46.840 --> 00:22:47.720 but certainly 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.800 throughout the ages 00:22:48.800 --> 00:22:50.259 and as we've seen, 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:52.120 more likely 00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.800 as we continue 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.079 that those 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.639 who live 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.200 for the kingdom 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.839 of God 00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.559 will die 00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.299 at the hands 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.099 of this world 00:23:00.099 --> 00:23:01.180 because they're 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.079 following Jesus. 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.019 And so our, 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:07.099 and these people, 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.359 those who have died, 00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.099 cry out, 00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:10.659 remember Revelation 6, 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.019 10? 00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.639 Oh sovereign Lord, 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.379 holy and true, 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:14.539 how long before you 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.599 will judge and avenge 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.539 our blood 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:18.139 on those who dwell 00:23:18.139 --> 00:23:18.919 on the earth? 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:23.480 Babylon has earned 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.079 God's wrath. 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.339 It is a right judgment 00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.160 against them 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.680 and it will come upon them 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.700 like the plagues 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:31.200 of Egypt 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.920 came upon Pharaoh. 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.779 You see the language 00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.400 of plagues 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:36.200 being used here. 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.440 Plagues of mourning 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.160 and death 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.799 and famine 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:39.839 in verse 8. 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.700 Just like Pharaoh 00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.160 who said, 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:44.279 I will not bow 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.299 my knee to this king. 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.420 I will seek 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.140 to maintain 00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.759 my kingdom. 00:23:49.360 --> 00:23:50.779 God will say no 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.339 and he will bring 00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.799 judgment 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:54.059 in order to show 00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:57.240 that these world's kingdoms 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.579 will not last 00:23:58.579 --> 00:24:00.099 and will not stand 00:24:00.099 --> 00:24:00.759 forever. 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:04.019 And then as we look 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.480 at the end 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.220 of this passage, 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.799 we see how complete 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:08.200 the destruction is. 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.180 This kingdom 00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.720 that's characterized 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.819 by wealth 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:14.639 and pleasure 00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.660 and power 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.980 such that people 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:18.180 are drunk with it, 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:19.740 what does it look like? 00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:24.560 Starting in verse 21, 22, 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.539 there will be no music. 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:29.400 There will be no work. 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.920 There will be no food. 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:34.220 There will be no light. 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.880 There will be no love 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:38.920 and no celebrations 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:40.620 of marriage. 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:42.980 There will be desolation. 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:47.740 When we invest 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.279 in Babylon, 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.319 we will get 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.120 the dividends 00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:51.279 that Babylon 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.039 will earn. 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.360 We tend to think 00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:57.519 that God doesn't care 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.759 what we do 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.860 with our everyday lives, 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.880 how we spend 00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.440 our time, 00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:03.620 our money, 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.380 our sex, 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.059 our power, 00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.039 our possessions, 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.339 our social capital, 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.839 but all of our investments 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.200 will bring some return 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.180 somewhere. 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:15.180 God will be sure 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:16.220 to make it so. 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:19.180 Let us invest well, 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.880 my friends. 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.599 Let us set a heart 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:23.579 on not this kingdom 00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:25.360 that will ultimately 00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:26.579 end and fall. 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.620 Did you see 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.400 the threat of hope? 00:25:30.599 --> 00:25:31.519 Did you hear it? 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.319 Because there is 00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.980 another kingdom. 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:36.140 There is a greater kingdom 00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.880 and a greater one, 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:39.279 a greater king 00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:40.559 to love and worship. 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.319 And this is the third reason 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.639 to come out of Babylon. 00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:46.679 It's in verse 20. 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.779 You will be filled 00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.399 with joy 00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.639 in God's greater kingdom. 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.779 Now the ESV 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.480 is really unhelpful here 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.460 because it looks 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.559 very much like 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.319 verse 20 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.220 is a part of the speech 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.139 of the seamen 00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.919 and the merchants. 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.299 But many commentators 00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:04.599 think this is not, 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:06.220 this does not make sense. 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.740 This is not consistent. 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.779 Instead, 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:10.120 they separate this out 00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.500 and say, 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.160 this is a thread 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.279 where the voice 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:14.160 says something 00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:15.120 not to, 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:17.000 not in the mouths 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.720 of the seamen, 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.799 but the voice 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.319 from heaven 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:20.200 is now speaking 00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:22.700 to the heavenly realms, 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.299 to the angels 00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.099 and the saints 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:26.920 and saying, 00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.960 rejoice. 00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.839 Verse 20, 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:33.500 rejoice over her, 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.579 O heaven, 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.519 and you saints 00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.439 and apostles 00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.460 and prophets, 00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.379 for God has given 00:26:39.379 --> 00:26:41.319 judgment for you 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.960 against her. 00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.559 Come out 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.619 because you will be 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:48.079 filled with a joy 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.839 that comes from being 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.879 a part of God's kingdom, 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.379 a song of praise. 00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.859 When we look ahead 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.399 in the first five verses 00:26:58.399 --> 00:27:00.220 of chapter 19, 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.319 we'll start to see 00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:02.359 what will happen 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.399 as Babylon falls. 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.900 I don't want to steal 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.420 Nick's thunder, 00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.780 but it's a beautiful picture 00:27:06.780 --> 00:27:08.180 where God's going to invite us 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.320 to a great wedding feast 00:27:09.320 --> 00:27:10.280 and it's going to be, 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:12.580 we will be the bride of Christ 00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.820 and he will invite us 00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:15.060 into this victorious, 00:27:15.660 --> 00:27:16.259 triumphant, 00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:18.000 eternal glory 00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.540 of being his people. 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.040 We've seen the first five verses. 00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:26.280 I'm going to summarize this, 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.860 but just compile 00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.540 the songs of praise 00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:30.440 that will be sung 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.160 at that moment. 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:32.040 Hallelujah, 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:33.580 salvation and glory 00:27:33.580 --> 00:27:34.519 and power belong 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.259 to our God 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:36.340 for his judgments 00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.740 are just and true 00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:39.140 for he has judged 00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.300 the great prostitute 00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:41.620 who corrupted the earth 00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.680 with her immorality 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:44.420 and has avenged on her 00:27:44.420 --> 00:27:45.640 the blood of his servants. 00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.500 Hallelujah, 00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.800 the smoke goes up 00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.920 from her, 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.320 goes up forever and ever. 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:52.180 Praise our God, 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:54.360 all you his servants, 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.019 you who fear him, 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:58.019 small and great. 00:27:58.019 --> 00:28:00.000 friends, 00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.480 this is the great triumph 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:02.519 and the great kingdom 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:04.200 that God promises 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.799 and as we continue 00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.980 in the series in Revelation, 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.900 we will see what God will do 00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:11.579 for as he brings low the Babylon, 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.440 the kingdoms of this world, 00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:15.900 as he judges the serpent 00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.859 and the dragon 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:18.119 and the devil 00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.680 and the beast 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.400 and the prostitute, 00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.940 as you see all of them 00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:24.440 finally experience 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:26.359 the fullness of recompense 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:27.740 for all of the evil 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.559 that they have done. 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.119 You will also see God 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.579 recreating the heavens 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:32.219 and the earth. 00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:34.240 He will make all things new 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.439 and there's a kingdom 00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:37.359 that is worth living for 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:39.819 and a kingdom worth dying for. 00:28:40.459 --> 00:28:41.059 For friends, 00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.859 here's the thing, 00:28:41.959 --> 00:28:43.139 we worship a savior 00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:46.299 and on Good Friday, 00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.219 just a week ago, 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.959 we celebrated something 00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:50.059 unbelievable 00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:54.119 because he fell for us. 00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:56.179 He, 00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:57.759 as he went to the cross, 00:28:58.699 --> 00:28:59.459 experienced 00:28:59.459 --> 00:29:00.919 and took upon himself 00:29:00.919 --> 00:29:03.819 the sin of the world 00:29:03.819 --> 00:29:06.519 so that all who believe in him 00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:09.459 would know that he has fallen for us 00:29:09.459 --> 00:29:11.039 and yet on Easter Sunday, 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.519 we worshiped him 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:14.319 because he did not stay dead 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:15.859 because his desolation 00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.839 was not forever 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:18.299 but was for a moment 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:20.059 and then God raised him 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.719 from the dead 00:29:20.719 --> 00:29:21.939 so that he might be 00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:24.100 the eternal one, 00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:28.019 the lamb of God slain, 00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:31.080 the lion of Judah risen, 00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:34.180 the one who sits on the throne 00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:37.340 who is worthy to open the scrolls 00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:38.600 and bring judgment 00:29:38.600 --> 00:29:40.559 against the evil of this world, 00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:43.880 the one who comes and says, 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:47.140 behold, I am making all things new. 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:50.100 Oh, friends, 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:52.460 let us not continue 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.900 to invest our lives 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.960 in this world 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:58.600 but let us see 00:29:58.600 --> 00:30:01.940 that both out of avoiding 00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:03.300 lament and judgment 00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:05.040 and because there is 00:30:05.040 --> 00:30:07.360 a greater kingdom for us, 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:10.140 let us come out 00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.020 and be distinct 00:30:11.020 --> 00:30:13.580 so that we might love him rightly. 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:17.619 if you are here this morning 00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:19.379 and you haven't put your faith 00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:20.000 in Christ, 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.859 know that you live 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:23.419 in the kingdom of this world. 00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:25.259 There are only two kingdoms. 00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:27.220 There is no in-between space. 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:31.019 And Christ says, 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.519 come out. 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.879 Put your faith in me. 00:30:34.899 --> 00:30:35.960 Enter my kingdom. 00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:38.839 Become one of my children. 00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:43.319 And for those of us 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.199 who have been Christians 00:30:44.199 --> 00:30:45.480 and followers for Jesus, 00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.759 we know how easily 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.599 we fall into 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.399 that 00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:52.899 proverbial pot 00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.699 on the stove 00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:55.039 and like frogs 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.539 we will 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:57.439 become like the place 00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.199 around us 00:30:58.199 --> 00:31:00.539 and be burned up. 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.819 Friends, 00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.539 let us 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.179 consider 00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:05.439 and examine ourselves 00:31:05.439 --> 00:31:06.859 to see whether 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.679 we have entered 00:31:07.679 --> 00:31:08.439 into partnership 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.460 with this world. 00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.440 And may God 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.620 give us the grace 00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:15.299 to bring clarity 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.380 to our devotion 00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.580 and to our worship 00:31:17.580 --> 00:31:19.120 and to our loves 00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:21.539 because of what 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:22.820 he has done for us. 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.860 Let's pray together. 00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.580 Oh Lord, 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.720 we came to you now. 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.140 Lord, 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:36.519 this is not an easy word 00:31:36.519 --> 00:31:37.299 to read 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:40.139 and it is 00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:43.460 sobering for us. 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.619 Lord, 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.500 for we do live 00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.359 in this world 00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:48.740 and we confess 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.420 how often 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.420 and how easily 00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.019 our hearts, 00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.200 our attention, 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:54.160 our affections 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.000 are turned away 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:56.500 Lord, 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.200 from you. 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.619 Lord, 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.559 to love the things 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.480 of this world more. 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.639 But Lord, 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.220 we pray, 00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.519 we pray this morning 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.460 that by your spirit 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.940 we would be renewed 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:09.039 Lord, 00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:10.079 so that we might see 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.299 the glory of your kingdom. 00:32:12.420 --> 00:32:13.480 We'd be renewed 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.940 in our commitment 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.000 to and desire 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.519 for 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:18.660 living for you 00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:20.839 in this kingdom. 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.480 Oh Lord, 00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:25.819 we 00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:28.160 ask for you 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:28.980 to help us 00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.400 Lord, 00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.960 as we go 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.700 to the Lord's Supper, 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:34.220 that you would 00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:36.360 shine your spotlight 00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.160 on our hearts, 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.480 reveal 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.240 where there may be 00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.720 wickedness 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.620 and unbelief, 00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.100 compromise 00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.059 in our hearts. 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:48.059 We pray this 00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.860 in Jesus' name. 00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:48.960 Amen. 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.360 Amen. 00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.460 Amen. 00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:49.960 Amen. 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.460 Amen. 00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:50.960 Amen. 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.019 Amen. 00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.460 Amen. 00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.960 Amen. 00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:52.960 Amen. 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.019 Amen. 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.039 Amen. 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.079 Amen. 00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.140 Amen. 00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.180 Amen. 00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.200 Amen. 00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:53.220 Amen. 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.240 Amen. 00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:53.279 Amen. 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.420 Amen.