WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.580 We will be in Revelation chapter 18 this morning. 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.960 If you have a Bible, I invite you to turn there so that you can follow along. 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:22.339 One of the most encouraging and convicting themes that our life group has discussed this spring 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:29.039 has been the courage and conviction of Daniel and his friends. 00:00:30.199 --> 00:00:37.420 Daniel, of course, is from the tribe of Judah, and God has brought judgment upon Judah for 00:00:37.420 --> 00:00:38.519 their idolatry. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:44.740 And Daniel and some of his friends find themselves living as captives in a foreign land, in the 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:51.400 land of Babylon, who in fact were the very nation who brought God's judgment upon his 00:00:51.400 --> 00:00:51.740 people. 00:00:51.740 --> 00:01:03.260 Imagine being a teenager, forcibly removed from your home to live with the people who 00:01:03.260 --> 00:01:06.120 have just plundered and pillaged your home. 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:16.859 How easy it would be in that environment to compromise, to blend in, fearfully obey this 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:18.640 idol-worshipping society. 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:24.380 But Daniel remained true to Yahweh, Israel's God. 00:01:25.960 --> 00:01:30.480 And he was thrown into a den of lions because he remained true. 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:33.600 And yet, we know God saved him. 00:01:35.620 --> 00:01:43.560 What kept Daniel faithful and uncompromising in his walk with his God? 00:01:46.060 --> 00:01:48.800 Well, we can answer in this way. 00:01:48.939 --> 00:01:53.240 We can say that Daniel's heart was never in Babylon. 00:01:53.239 --> 00:01:57.599 His heart longed for home. 00:01:59.219 --> 00:02:04.759 Multiple times a day, we see in the book of Daniel that he would go up into his private 00:02:04.759 --> 00:02:10.240 room and he would open this window toward the east, toward Jerusalem, and he would pray 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:16.259 to his God with his eyes set on his homeland that was so seemingly far and distant. 00:02:18.599 --> 00:02:20.039 He hungered for home. 00:02:20.039 --> 00:02:28.039 So, when Babylon the great made demands of Daniel and said, do this, worship this king, 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:35.319 worship this image, Babylon had no influence on Daniel because his heart was somewhere else. 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:44.780 Well, we've come to Revelation 18 today and we see that Babylon is still alive and well. 00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:47.780 Not literally, of course. 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:52.319 That nation that Daniel lived in has been long gone. 00:02:52.599 --> 00:02:58.920 But Babylon, as Mike told us last week from Revelation 17, is representative of the world's 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:04.580 powers and all of those who rally themselves together in opposition to God. 00:03:04.960 --> 00:03:11.860 That Babylon is still alive and well and remains a very constant and unwavering threat to us. 00:03:11.860 --> 00:03:22.800 This self-exalting, sin-sick, hell-bound city of God-haters, supported and led by the dragon, 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:25.700 Satan himself and his cronies. 00:03:26.760 --> 00:03:29.720 This Babylon is alive and well. 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:36.719 And we, as God's people, this current threat of this great city, 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.879 we're under constant attack because we're not yet home. 00:03:43.680 --> 00:03:49.560 Revelation 18 is in our Bibles, friends, to help us endure and overcome until the end 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.379 when we arrive at home forever. 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:56.379 Revelation 18 is in our Bibles, friends, to help us learn more. 00:03:56.379 --> 00:03:58.460 We're going to be a part of this chapter. 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:04.379 We're going to take a look at this vision that John saw and listen to the voices that John heard. 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:07.579 And then we're going to try and apply it. 00:04:07.699 --> 00:04:09.919 So behold and apply. 00:04:12.340 --> 00:04:17.000 So first we need to take a look at this chapter and behold what John sees and hears. 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.939 And we're going to work from the outside in. 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:23.759 We're going to start in verses 1 to 3 and 21 to 24. 00:04:24.620 --> 00:04:26.860 And then we're going to move to verse 4 and verse 20. 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:33.240 And then we're going to kind of look at the middle, the core of this passage in verses 9 to verse 19. 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:36.600 And it's intentional that we're going to do it this way. 00:04:37.579 --> 00:04:41.139 So first the outsides we see in verses 1 to 3 that there's an angel. 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:46.419 And then in verses 21 to 24 there's another angel. 00:04:47.800 --> 00:04:51.259 And both of these angels are announcing judgment upon Babylon. 00:04:51.479 --> 00:04:54.860 Essentially we could say that they're announcing the just desserts. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:58.120 Babylon is getting what she deserves. 00:04:58.419 --> 00:05:03.180 These angels both declare in authoritative mighty voices from heaven. 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:10.079 The first angel in verse 1 we see how this angel is described. 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:11.780 Coming down out of heaven. 00:05:13.079 --> 00:05:13.959 Great authority. 00:05:15.379 --> 00:05:17.879 And the earth was made bright with his glory. 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:22.920 The only thing that this could mean is that this angel has been in the presence of God. 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:24.759 And is radiating the glory of God. 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:30.920 Great authority because God has sent this angel to declare judgment upon Babylon. 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:36.939 And similarly the angel at the end of the chapter is described as a mighty angel. 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:40.560 So mighty that this angel takes this ginormous stone. 00:05:40.840 --> 00:05:44.220 Weighing thousands of pounds and just hurls it into the sea. 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:49.580 Making this huge devastating splash. 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:52.220 And then they both make the announcement. 00:05:53.020 --> 00:05:54.000 We see it in verse 2. 00:05:55.200 --> 00:05:56.540 First angel with a mighty voice. 00:05:56.700 --> 00:05:57.220 Fallen. 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.400 Fallen is Babylon the great. 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:06.040 Second angel says very similar things. 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:12.120 So shall Babylon be thrown down in violence. 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:16.660 After making these announcements of judgment. 00:06:16.840 --> 00:06:19.180 Then we can see that there's a contrast. 00:06:19.819 --> 00:06:22.939 First angel says what will be found in Babylon. 00:06:22.939 --> 00:06:28.139 Second angel says what will not be found in Babylon. 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:31.279 See that in verse 2. 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:33.040 Fallen. 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:34.240 Fallen is Babylon the great. 00:06:34.480 --> 00:06:36.920 She has become a dwelling place for demons. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.019 A haunt for every unclean spirit. 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:42.199 A haunt for every unclean bird. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:45.500 A haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:52.759 The only thing you will find in Babylon is wickedness and unclean things when she is destroyed. 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:57.160 But then the angel at the end we see the exact opposite. 00:06:57.300 --> 00:06:58.660 Here's what won't be found anymore. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:00.500 And it's all the good things that Babylon enjoyed. 00:07:00.500 --> 00:07:02.639 Her wealth. 00:07:02.779 --> 00:07:03.480 Her perfumes. 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:04.160 Her jewels. 00:07:04.699 --> 00:07:06.259 Her marriage ceremonies. 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:07.980 And her sort of festivals. 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:09.699 And her big feasts. 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:15.060 There won't be any more craftsmen to make her fine throne of a queen. 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:16.220 And so on and so forth. 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:19.800 None of that will be found in her anymore. 00:07:19.800 --> 00:07:25.220 And then both of these angels give us the reason why. 00:07:27.060 --> 00:07:29.660 Essentially to kind of paraphrase what they say. 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:35.920 Babylon has turned the hearts of all of the nations away from the one true living God. 00:07:37.080 --> 00:07:39.680 And not just turned the hearts onto her. 00:07:39.900 --> 00:07:42.580 But turned everyone's hearts onto themselves. 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:48.560 We'll see that as we get to the middle of our chapter. 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:52.680 But that's essentially what the reason why judgment has come. 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.540 Babylon you have deceived the nations. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.980 You've deceived the kings of the nations. 00:07:57.280 --> 00:08:00.519 You've deceived the merchants, the businessmen of the nations. 00:08:00.740 --> 00:08:02.019 They've all rallied to you. 00:08:04.220 --> 00:08:06.199 You will be judged accordingly. 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:10.399 So that's the outer ring. 00:08:10.819 --> 00:08:12.439 Now if we move in just a little bit. 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:14.759 In verse 4 and verse 20. 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:17.639 We see that there's two kind of commands. 00:08:17.639 --> 00:08:20.899 Now a third voice is speaking. 00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:21.939 Verse 4 it says. 00:08:22.459 --> 00:08:23.099 John writes. 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:26.000 Then I heard another voice from heaven. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:27.539 And this voice calls. 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:31.180 Come out of her my people. 00:08:33.199 --> 00:08:35.059 So this is either God speaking. 00:08:35.740 --> 00:08:36.860 Directly to his people. 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:39.000 Maybe Jesus is talking here. 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:41.419 Or maybe it's an angel just speaking on behalf of God. 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:43.439 But either way this voice from heaven. 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.039 Is urgently calling his people. 00:08:46.240 --> 00:08:47.719 Out of this city. 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:51.519 This same voice. 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:52.539 Speaking in verse 4. 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:53.839 Is speaking in verse 20. 00:08:53.939 --> 00:08:55.000 When we read this. 00:08:56.779 --> 00:08:58.079 Rejoice over her. 00:08:58.179 --> 00:08:58.719 O heaven. 00:08:59.719 --> 00:09:00.860 And you saints. 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:01.579 And apostles. 00:09:02.019 --> 00:09:02.620 And prophets. 00:09:03.740 --> 00:09:05.579 For God has given judgment. 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:06.919 For you against her. 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:11.740 Now you might see. 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:13.219 The quote there. 00:09:13.339 --> 00:09:13.979 In verse 20. 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:15.199 Is tied to. 00:09:15.939 --> 00:09:17.299 The quote in verse 19. 00:09:17.299 --> 00:09:18.419 I don't think we should see. 00:09:18.659 --> 00:09:20.039 The ship masters. 00:09:20.579 --> 00:09:21.319 Saying this. 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:22.899 This again is the voice. 00:09:23.099 --> 00:09:24.219 Just like come out of her. 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:26.079 This voice is directly. 00:09:26.360 --> 00:09:27.679 Calling to heaven. 00:09:28.219 --> 00:09:29.199 And all of the saints. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:30.000 And apostles. 00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:30.599 And prophets. 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:32.019 Who have already come out of Babylon. 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:32.659 Through death. 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:34.039 Who are in heaven. 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:35.339 They're rejoicing. 00:09:35.340 --> 00:09:36.580 Over her destruction. 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:39.259 They've suffered from it. 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:40.980 They've been the victims. 00:09:40.980 --> 00:09:41.740 From this. 00:09:42.680 --> 00:09:43.500 Great city. 00:09:43.980 --> 00:09:44.860 And they are all called. 00:09:44.920 --> 00:09:45.340 To rejoice. 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:46.280 And we'll see next week. 00:09:46.340 --> 00:09:46.860 When Billy and I. 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:47.240 Preaches. 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:48.180 The first half of. 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:48.960 19. 00:09:49.160 --> 00:09:50.340 We'll see a fuller picture. 00:09:50.340 --> 00:09:51.240 Of why exactly. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.440 Heaven is rejoicing. 00:09:53.940 --> 00:09:54.720 Over this. 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:55.879 Destruction. 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:58.580 But nonetheless. 00:09:58.820 --> 00:09:59.340 In verse 20. 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:00.160 We see that heaven. 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:01.019 Rejoices. 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:02.639 Over Babylon's. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:03.120 Fall. 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:03.159 Fall. 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:05.679 Justice. 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:05.799 Justice. 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:06.980 Has been served. 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.720 The wedding feast. 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:10.360 Has arrived. 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:15.060 So that's the. 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:15.519 Rejoice. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:15.860 So heaven. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:16.639 Now looking back. 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:17.399 More specifically. 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:18.379 At verses 4. 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:19.720 To verses 8. 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:21.220 We hear this appeal. 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:21.480 This. 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:21.779 This. 00:10:21.779 --> 00:10:22.060 This. 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:23.060 Urgent. 00:10:23.460 --> 00:10:23.799 Call. 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:24.560 To come. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.060 Out. 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:25.759 Of her. 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:26.759 My people. 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:29.980 Notice why. 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:32.259 Lest you take part. 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:33.039 In her sins. 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:34.899 Lest you share. 00:10:35.220 --> 00:10:36.159 In her plagues. 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:37.740 This voice from heaven. 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.179 Says. 00:10:38.659 --> 00:10:39.320 To associate. 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:40.159 With Babylon. 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:41.779 Is to be judged. 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:42.480 With Babylon. 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:47.340 And then in verse 5. 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:48.060 We see why. 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.120 Her sins are heaped. 00:10:49.159 --> 00:10:49.899 As high as heaven. 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:50.480 And God. 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:52.120 God's remembered them. 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:56.279 If you've ever been down. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:57.700 To downtown Chicago. 00:10:58.799 --> 00:10:59.700 And you've stood. 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:00.600 At the foundation. 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:01.399 Of one of these. 00:11:02.060 --> 00:11:03.600 Giant skyscrapers. 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.019 And you've tried. 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:05.779 To look up. 00:11:06.860 --> 00:11:07.720 And imagine. 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:08.480 Where the top. 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:09.379 Of this building is. 00:11:10.379 --> 00:11:11.399 It's disorienting. 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:11.659 Right? 00:11:11.920 --> 00:11:12.779 You start getting. 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:13.399 A little dizzy. 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:14.100 Because it's just. 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.120 So high up there. 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:17.759 Verse 5. 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:18.779 We see that Babylon. 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:19.259 Sins. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.220 Are not just heaped. 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:21.440 As high as the Willis Tower. 00:11:22.139 --> 00:11:22.980 All the way. 00:11:23.980 --> 00:11:24.500 To heaven. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:24.539 God. 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:27.059 This is a staggering. 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:28.679 And disorienting. 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:29.299 Pile. 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.059 Of sin. 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:31.960 This city. 00:11:32.139 --> 00:11:32.559 Is wicked. 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:33.500 Beyond measure. 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:35.220 And God knows. 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:36.100 And remembers. 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.519 What she has done. 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.100 So in verse 6. 00:11:39.159 --> 00:11:39.639 He begins. 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:40.919 Issuing this command. 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:42.080 Pay her back. 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:43.840 Repay her. 00:11:44.419 --> 00:11:45.779 As she glorified herself. 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:47.220 Give her a like measure. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:48.039 Of torment. 00:11:48.379 --> 00:11:48.840 And mourning. 00:11:48.840 --> 00:11:53.560 The call for double. 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:55.639 It's kind of a little bit. 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:56.620 Of a translation. 00:11:56.620 --> 00:11:57.180 Missed there. 00:11:57.280 --> 00:11:57.460 I think. 00:11:57.560 --> 00:11:58.500 It should rather be. 00:11:59.280 --> 00:11:59.879 Duplicate it. 00:12:01.080 --> 00:12:02.000 Like for like. 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.879 What she did. 00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:03.660 Pay it back. 00:12:03.920 --> 00:12:04.879 That's what makes sense. 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:06.460 Of everything else. 00:12:06.560 --> 00:12:07.000 Surrounding it. 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:07.680 Pay her back. 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:09.180 As she paid others back. 00:12:09.280 --> 00:12:10.500 So it's kind for kind. 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:11.700 Lex talionis. 00:12:11.800 --> 00:12:11.920 Right? 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:13.620 This retribution principle. 00:12:13.780 --> 00:12:14.840 God isn't somehow now. 00:12:15.160 --> 00:12:16.240 Flying off the handle. 00:12:16.379 --> 00:12:16.780 Or kind of. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.980 Ceasing to be just. 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.780 In this judgment. 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:19.639 It's right. 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.639 And good. 00:12:23.280 --> 00:12:23.820 And notice. 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:25.100 The root issue. 00:12:25.540 --> 00:12:26.280 In verse 7. 00:12:28.160 --> 00:12:29.480 In her heart. 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:31.540 She says. 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:33.920 I sit. 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:35.300 As a queen. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:38.440 I am no widow. 00:12:39.420 --> 00:12:40.460 And mourning. 00:12:41.860 --> 00:12:43.220 I'll never see that. 00:12:46.800 --> 00:12:48.139 Babylon is all. 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:48.819 About. 00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:48.939 Babylon. 00:12:48.939 --> 00:12:49.740 Babylon. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.699 And always. 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.080 Will. 00:12:53.379 --> 00:12:54.019 Be about. 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.639 Babylon. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:56.399 Even as I babble on. 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:57.419 About Babylon. 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:58.740 She's still about. 00:12:58.860 --> 00:12:59.259 Babylon. 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:03.340 God knows. 00:13:03.439 --> 00:13:03.879 And remembers. 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.419 It's why. 00:13:07.699 --> 00:13:08.240 In verse 8. 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:08.740 We see. 00:13:08.899 --> 00:13:09.500 For this reason. 00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:09.980 Her plagues. 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:10.379 Will come. 00:13:10.500 --> 00:13:11.199 In a single. 00:13:11.659 --> 00:13:11.919 Day. 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:15.479 She'll be consumed. 00:13:16.099 --> 00:13:16.599 Fire. 00:13:16.599 --> 00:13:16.699 Fire. 00:13:17.699 --> 00:13:18.699 And as mighty. 00:13:18.699 --> 00:13:19.319 As she may be. 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:21.219 As many times. 00:13:21.299 --> 00:13:22.139 In this chapter. 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.919 She's referred to. 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:23.659 As the great city. 00:13:23.719 --> 00:13:24.399 The mighty city. 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:25.199 This wonderful. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.139 High. 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:27.319 Lifted up thing. 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:28.959 The end of verse 8. 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:29.439 Tells us. 00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:30.039 Who's really. 00:13:30.439 --> 00:13:30.719 Mighty. 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:32.339 Mighty. 00:13:32.339 --> 00:13:33.299 Is the Lord God. 00:13:34.179 --> 00:13:35.299 Who has judged her. 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:38.579 That's why. 00:13:39.219 --> 00:13:39.719 Years. 00:13:39.899 --> 00:13:40.399 And years. 00:13:40.679 --> 00:13:41.179 And years. 00:13:41.319 --> 00:13:41.979 Of acquiring. 00:13:42.179 --> 00:13:42.579 Wealth. 00:13:42.659 --> 00:13:43.279 And power. 00:13:43.439 --> 00:13:44.019 And prestige. 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:44.620 And luxury. 00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.759 Can be taken away. 00:13:45.839 --> 00:13:46.339 Like that. 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:48.939 God almighty. 00:13:49.079 --> 00:13:50.039 Has no equal. 00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.679 And when his judgment. 00:13:51.859 --> 00:13:52.179 Comes. 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:53.000 It comes. 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:55.699 Fallen. 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:56.839 Is Babylon. 00:13:59.219 --> 00:14:00.359 And we move now. 00:14:00.459 --> 00:14:01.059 Into the core. 00:14:01.219 --> 00:14:02.479 Of our chapter. 00:14:02.979 --> 00:14:04.139 Verses 9 to 19. 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:06.759 John wants us. 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.299 To see here. 00:14:07.439 --> 00:14:07.980 A trio. 00:14:08.659 --> 00:14:09.340 Of lament. 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.240 A trio. 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:12.120 Of laments. 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:15.259 Verses 9 and 10. 00:14:15.379 --> 00:14:15.639 We see. 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:16.299 That the kings. 00:14:16.379 --> 00:14:16.980 Of the earth. 00:14:17.100 --> 00:14:17.620 Who have committed. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:18.519 Sexual morality. 00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:19.439 And lived in luxury. 00:14:19.439 --> 00:14:20.039 With Babylon. 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:21.799 They're crying out. 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.100 In sorrow. 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.799 Verses 11. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.600 To 17. 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:27.179 We see the merchants. 00:14:27.480 --> 00:14:28.139 Of the earth. 00:14:28.700 --> 00:14:29.779 And they're crying out. 00:14:29.939 --> 00:14:30.580 In sorrow. 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.679 They're weeping. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.299 And mourning. 00:14:33.299 --> 00:14:34.319 Over Babylon. 00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:35.099 And then. 00:14:35.099 --> 00:14:36.919 In verses 18 and 19. 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.559 We see. 00:14:38.199 --> 00:14:38.879 The sailors. 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.019 And the ship masters. 00:14:40.319 --> 00:14:41.000 And the oarsmen. 00:14:41.099 --> 00:14:41.879 All the people. 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.279 Who have been. 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:43.240 Sort of. 00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:44.359 Doing business. 00:14:44.459 --> 00:14:44.959 On the sea. 00:14:45.819 --> 00:14:47.039 They're crying out. 00:14:47.339 --> 00:14:48.279 And they're throwing dust. 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.359 On their heads. 00:14:49.599 --> 00:14:50.500 As they mourn. 00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:51.259 Over Babylon. 00:14:53.339 --> 00:14:55.120 Well there's a common theme. 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.779 A thread. 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:56.899 Connecting all three. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.519 Of these. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:14:58.679 Segments. 00:14:58.679 --> 00:14:59.599 Of society. 00:15:00.599 --> 00:15:01.419 It's in the phrase. 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.239 Of the earth. 00:15:02.659 --> 00:15:03.419 With the kings. 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.459 And of the earth. 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:05.239 With the merchants. 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:06.739 Verse 9. 00:15:06.859 --> 00:15:07.500 And verse 11. 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:08.299 And then. 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.079 On the sea. 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:10.819 In verse 18. 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:13.300 We already know. 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:14.219 That revelation. 00:15:14.220 --> 00:15:15.540 uses the phrase. 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:16.540 Dwellers. 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:17.420 On the earth. 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:18.019 Or dwellers. 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.660 Of the earth. 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.800 To talk about all those. 00:15:19.879 --> 00:15:20.879 Who have opposed God. 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:22.360 So too. 00:15:22.460 --> 00:15:23.320 These are segments. 00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.720 Of those on the earth. 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:26.139 Who are opposing God. 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:27.040 The kings of the earth. 00:15:27.100 --> 00:15:27.860 Who oppose God. 00:15:28.019 --> 00:15:29.040 The merchants of the earth. 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:29.860 Who oppose God. 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:31.940 And the sailors. 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.740 On the sea. 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.259 The very place. 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.899 The beast. 00:15:36.180 --> 00:15:37.340 Sent by Satan. 00:15:38.200 --> 00:15:39.039 Arises from. 00:15:39.700 --> 00:15:40.320 These people. 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:40.820 Are aligned. 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.659 Against God. 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.600 With Babylon. 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:44.899 And they're wailing. 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:45.659 And weeping. 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:47.259 They all have the same response. 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.800 To her. 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:48.980 Destruction. 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.899 Just listen. 00:15:53.139 --> 00:15:53.500 In verse. 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.180 I'll just read these. 00:15:55.840 --> 00:15:56.279 Woes. 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:57.379 That they pronounce. 00:15:57.539 --> 00:15:57.840 10. 00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.100 16. 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:00.480 At 19. 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.440 Alas. 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.100 Alas. 00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:04.060 You great city. 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.080 You mighty city. 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:06.580 Babylon. 00:16:07.940 --> 00:16:09.620 For in a single hour. 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.659 Your judgment. 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.560 Has come. 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:14.220 That's what the kings say. 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:16.139 The merchants. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:16.740 Chime in. 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.560 In verse 16. 00:16:17.800 --> 00:16:18.259 Alas. 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.860 Alas. 00:16:18.919 --> 00:16:19.759 For the great city. 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:21.100 That with clothed. 00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.879 And fine linen. 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.659 And purple. 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.840 And scarlet. 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:24.879 Adorned with gold. 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:25.360 With jewels. 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.019 And with pearls. 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.460 For in a single hour. 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.759 All this wealth. 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.159 All of it. 00:16:30.259 --> 00:16:31.340 Has been laid waste. 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:36.399 And the ship masters. 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:37.080 And mariners. 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.039 In verse 19. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:39.819 Alas. 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:40.819 Alas. 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.100 For the great city. 00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:43.539 Where all who had ships. 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.000 At sea. 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.720 Grew rich. 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:45.600 By her wealth. 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:48.720 For in a single hour. 00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:51.279 She has been laid waste. 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:57.120 And all three of these groups. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.500 They stand far off. 00:16:59.120 --> 00:17:00.539 They see the smoke of her torment. 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:02.360 And they're standing far off. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.919 Just horrified. 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.839 And fearful. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:06.099 Of this judgment. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.579 Why are they mourning? 00:17:10.819 --> 00:17:11.440 Why are they? 00:17:12.399 --> 00:17:14.420 I mean obviously it's an upsetting sight. 00:17:14.599 --> 00:17:15.460 But why? 00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.579 Why are they mourning? 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.859 The destruction of Babylon? 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.019 Why are they mourning? 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.779 It's because of what they lose. 00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:28.139 It's self-centered sorrow. 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.039 We see it most easily in 11 to 17. 00:17:34.139 --> 00:17:34.619 In the merchants. 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.079 You can look there with me. 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.720 Verse 11. 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:40.079 And the merchants of the earth. 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.960 Weep and mourn for her. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:43.240 And then it's right there. 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:45.359 Since no one buys their stuff. 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.319 The merchants are heartbroken. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:49.879 Because nobody's buying their stuff. 00:17:50.659 --> 00:17:52.179 If nobody buys their stuff. 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.199 They don't have money. 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:57.399 They just have useless stuff. 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:59.359 And see it's impressive stuff. 00:17:59.419 --> 00:18:00.759 Verse 12 and verse 13. 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.359 Cargo of gold, silver, jewels, pearls. 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:07.939 Fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth. 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:09.759 All kinds of scented wood. 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.539 All kinds of articles of ivory. 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:13.720 All kinds of articles of costly wood. 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:16.019 Bronze, iron, and marble. 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.620 Cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, frankincense. 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.620 Wine, oil, fine flour, wheat. 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:25.460 Cattle and sheep. 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.779 Horses and chariots. 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.759 And slaves. 00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:32.320 That is human souls. 00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:35.939 These merchants know that. 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.339 If the price is right. 00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:41.700 They can get anything they want. 00:18:42.220 --> 00:18:43.299 To give to Babylon. 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:45.039 Even human beings. 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:47.179 Whether that's to parade them in the arena. 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:49.259 As animals devour them. 00:18:49.399 --> 00:18:50.019 For entertainment. 00:18:50.179 --> 00:18:52.500 Or whether it's some kind of sex trafficking industry. 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.779 Or prostitution ring. 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:58.000 If you have the money. 00:18:58.099 --> 00:18:59.240 The merchants can get it for you. 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.179 And Babylon had the money. 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:01.740 She had more money than anybody. 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:03.500 On earth. 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:05.539 In John's day it was Rome. 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.240 And it was said that. 00:19:06.539 --> 00:19:09.460 Ten measures of wealth came to the earth. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.079 Nine went to Rome. 00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:13.000 One went to the rest. 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.460 Rich beyond measure. 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:17.220 And wanting what they want. 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.200 Self-seeking. 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.839 Self-glorifying. 00:19:20.640 --> 00:19:22.759 Even at the expense of other human beings. 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.240 The sailors. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:26.980 The merchants. 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.480 The kings. 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:29.059 They're not sad for a friend. 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.640 They're sad for themselves. 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.859 Their money maker. 00:19:33.859 --> 00:19:35.059 Has just been destroyed. 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.640 And along with it. 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.660 All of their profits. 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.720 All of their immorality. 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.460 Like the kings. 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.680 All of their luxurious sitting at table. 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.740 Even the oarsmen. 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:49.680 If nobody's buying a product. 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.660 Nobody's shipping a product. 00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:53.759 Nobody's hiring a guy to row the boat. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:56.019 From top to bottom. 00:19:56.140 --> 00:19:56.940 It's all undone. 00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:59.099 Because Babylon is judged by God. 00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:02.700 Friends. 00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.720 We need to see in this. 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.000 This. 00:20:04.220 --> 00:20:04.440 This. 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.640 Very clear cut call. 00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:06.920 That. 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:10.140 All who love and adore the world. 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.860 Are self-seeking. 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:14.820 Right. 00:20:14.860 --> 00:20:16.600 You're not seeking the good of the world. 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.300 If you love the world. 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.900 You're seeking what the world can get you. 00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:19.360 And. 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:21.320 And it's this immoral relationship. 00:20:21.519 --> 00:20:21.860 It's this. 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.759 This making friends with the world. 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.420 Is. 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:26.000 Turning yourself as an enemy. 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.580 Against. 00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.240 God. 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:27.319 God. 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:31.539 And we know what Jesus says. 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:34.240 You can get the entire world. 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:37.059 And what does it profit. 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.960 If you forfeit. 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:39.000 Your soul. 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:42.059 What does it profit you in the end. 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:46.339 But lose your life for my sake. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.019 Jesus says. 00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.720 And you will find it. 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:52.599 If we love Babylon. 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:54.559 We are seeking our own glory. 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:56.319 And we become just like her. 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:57.140 In her pride. 00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.359 In her wickedness. 00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:02.039 And in that stack of sin. 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:03.000 That rises to heaven. 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:05.400 And God will bring it all. 00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.240 Crashing down. 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.259 In just one. 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.099 Single. 00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:08.779 Hour. 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.720 Did you hear that? 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:12.079 In all of the three laments. 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.720 It's repeated. 00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.460 By all three. 00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:14.980 The kings. 00:21:15.120 --> 00:21:15.559 The merchants. 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.160 And the sea. 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.460 Sea captains. 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.779 So fast. 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.680 Each group. 00:21:25.359 --> 00:21:27.039 We didn't even get one last meal. 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:27.440 Together. 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:29.779 It just comes toppling down. 00:21:29.879 --> 00:21:30.279 In one. 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.039 Single. 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:31.659 Hour. 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.980 Sudden starvation. 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:34.539 Where all they knew was luxury. 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:35.619 And happiness. 00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.819 Just like that. 00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.680 Judgment has come. 00:21:38.740 --> 00:21:39.440 And it's all gone. 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.240 Oh friend. 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:42.460 Oh friend. 00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.019 Beware. 00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:45.360 Lest you find yourself mourning. 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:47.240 The loss of this great city. 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.140 That's self-centered sorrow. 00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:54.180 These three laments should shake us. 00:21:54.180 --> 00:21:56.600 And get us to hear the call. 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:58.900 And get us to hear the call to come out of her. 00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:05.080 As the voice of heaven graciously offers to us. 00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:09.399 So just one final thing to point to. 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.359 And it's at the very end. 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.740 This second angel. 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:12.619 The mighty angel. 00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:14.740 That we see in verse 21. 00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.799 I wish we could get more into this. 00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:21.099 But this is the third time a mighty angel shows up in the book of Revelation. 00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.980 If you want to go check it out later. 00:22:23.059 --> 00:22:25.659 The first one is 5 verse 2. 00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:28.519 Second one is 10 verse 1. 00:22:29.300 --> 00:22:30.840 And then this one in 18. 00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.400 21. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.680 The first mighty angel. 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:39.300 We see that it is only the slain and risen lamb. 00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:44.779 Who can take the scroll and carry out God's judgments on the earth. 00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:47.779 Second mighty angel. 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:52.200 We see that it is the church faithfully witnessing to Jesus. 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.840 Will be slain. 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.900 And suffer. 00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:59.480 As the plan of judgment is carried out. 00:22:59.580 --> 00:23:00.519 The church prophetic. 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.620 Hated by the world. 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.820 Will be killed by the world. 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.160 And yet. 00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.600 Will be raised. 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.240 Again. 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.259 It's chapter 11. 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.420 The two witnesses. 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.920 Now this third mighty angel. 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.340 Is saying Babylon. 00:23:13.640 --> 00:23:14.600 Will be thrown down. 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:17.040 Just like this huge rock falls into the sea. 00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.759 Babylon will be slain. 00:23:21.320 --> 00:23:21.800 And Babylon. 00:23:21.800 --> 00:23:23.800 Babylon will never rise. 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:24.600 Again. 00:23:26.620 --> 00:23:28.440 Jesus was slain and raised. 00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:30.140 The church slain. 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.759 Persecuted. 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.240 Raised. 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.759 Babylon. 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.120 No more. 00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:37.740 Behold Revelation 18. 00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:42.120 Fallen is Babylon. 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.259 And all of her lovers. 00:23:43.560 --> 00:23:45.200 Because they oppose God. 00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:46.960 They crucify his Messiah. 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.460 And they kill his saints. 00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:52.059 It's a just and right judgment. 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.940 On her. 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:57.600 Her kingdom is built on the blood of God's people. 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:04.779 Chapter 18 is something to behold. 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:10.000 Babylon has fallen from her lofty pride. 00:24:10.160 --> 00:24:11.500 Her luxurious living. 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:13.440 And her immorality and bloodshed. 00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:15.920 Through God's just judgment. 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:21.120 So now to try and apply this. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.400 I want to do that two ways. 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.920 First by saying it negatively. 00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:25.560 What this passage teaches us. 00:24:26.360 --> 00:24:28.060 And then saying it positively. 00:24:30.560 --> 00:24:32.259 The first to say it negatively. 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:35.559 We are to hate. 00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.299 And detest. 00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.440 Babylon. 00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.319 And the ways. 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.339 Of the world. 00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:42.839 Hate. 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:43.660 And detest. 00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.099 Babylon. 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.019 And the ways. 00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:45.759 Of the world. 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.579 This passage is in our Bible. 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.480 To make us. 00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:50.440 Have this growing dislike. 00:24:50.539 --> 00:24:51.740 And this distaste. 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:54.079 For all the delicacies of the world. 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.400 That are. 00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.319 That are phony. 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.240 That are. 00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.339 Sugar pills. 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.440 It's to. 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.740 To cause us to sever. 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.599 All of our ties. 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.299 With the one who will come toppling down. 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.940 To not seek her glory. 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.460 Which is to seek our own glory. 00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.359 Not to be. 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.220 Seduced. 00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.220 And allured away. 00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.859 From God. 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.400 By her. 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.240 Delights. 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.859 They're all fake. 00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.900 They're all phony. 00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:18.480 And they're all going to be judged. 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.859 See heavens rejoicing. 00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.319 And know what the end of Babylon is. 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.019 And what that means. 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.519 For. 00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.559 God's people. 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:25.680 For. 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.279 God's people. 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.240 God's people. 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.720 If you're in the room today. 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.319 And you need a. 00:25:30.539 --> 00:25:31.039 You need a. 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.220 You need help. 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.220 Developing a distaste for the world. 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.799 And the world's ways. 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.240 Study. 00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.180 The world's. 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.099 Ends. 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:44.500 If the world is. 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.240 Delicious. 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.200 Look. 00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.099 Where it's all. 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.660 Going. 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.900 You want no part in this. 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.460 Whatsoever. 00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.839 Hear the call. 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.440 To come. 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.319 Out of her. 00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:56.220 As the gracious. 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:58.039 Gospel call. 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.839 That it is. 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.559 Now. 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.140 Of course. 00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.559 This. 00:26:06.100 --> 00:26:06.539 Passage. 00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.200 Is in our Bible. 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.980 For God's people. 00:26:08.100 --> 00:26:08.200 But. 00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.600 If you're in the room today. 00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.380 And you're not a Christian. 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.440 There's an opportunity. 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:16.880 Today. 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.259 For you. 00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.100 For the first time. 00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:18.559 In your life. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.559 To sever ties. 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.220 With the world. 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:22.200 To come out of her. 00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.380 And align yourself. 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.660 With Jesus. 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.860 The one who has shed his blood. 00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.600 Of his own will. 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.740 To forgive you of sins. 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.940 And to rescue you. 00:26:34.100 --> 00:26:35.200 From this end. 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.299 Jesus. 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.240 Alone. 00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:39.420 Can do that. 00:26:39.420 --> 00:26:39.500 That. 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.660 And his call on you. 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:42.980 Today. 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.039 Is to come out of her. 00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.420 Stop loving the world. 00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.440 Confess your sins. 00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.160 Turn from them. 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.340 And trust that Jesus. 00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.640 Is who he says he is. 00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.880 And that he's coming back. 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.400 As king. 00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.500 And judge. 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.480 Confess your sins. 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.279 And find life. 00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.539 Come out of Babylon. 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.759 God. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.019 Maybe some in the room. 00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.399 Are. 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.799 Professing Christians. 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:09.039 And claiming to follow Jesus. 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:11.539 And yet are in love with the world. 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.460 It's easy to be like this. 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.659 We can hide it. 00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.579 We can keep it secret. 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.700 We can kind of have this love affair with the world. 00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:20.159 That stays in the dark. 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:22.799 That people never have to know about. 00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:25.759 We can even hide it from those closest to us. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.819 Our friends and families. 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.180 And yet friends. 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.960 God sees. 00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.779 He sees in the dark. 00:27:34.119 --> 00:27:35.779 He needs nobody to tell him. 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.579 What you're doing. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.839 You need to come out of her. 00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:39.440 You need to bring this into the light. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.920 You need to confess it. 00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.759 You need to repent. 00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.720 Come out of Babylon. 00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:47.039 Lest you face the judgment. 00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.779 Coming upon her. 00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:55.220 Maybe you're sitting on the fence. 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:58.539 Maybe you know God's word is true. 00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:01.980 You're kind of holding on to worldly things. 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.859 You're trying to serve two masters. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.660 That thing that Jesus says you cannot do. 00:28:09.420 --> 00:28:10.779 It's all going to fall. 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.079 It's all going to fall. 00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:14.140 Do not feast. 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:16.839 Do not delight in the things that will be brought to nothing. 00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.539 It's useless. 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:24.200 Maybe it's to say it this way. 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.480 Friends. 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:27.319 There is no single solitary person. 00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.039 Angel. 00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:30.579 Being around the throne. 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.799 In heaven right now. 00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.139 Saying. 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:35.039 I just wish I had more time to love the world. 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.940 If I could just go back. 00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:38.399 I would just love the world longer. 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.819 Before I gave my life to Jesus. 00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:42.359 There is not a single person in heaven saying that. 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.519 They are all saying. 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.319 Hallelujah. 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.240 Come out of her. 00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:53.160 Detest Babylon. 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:54.639 And hate the ways of the world. 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:58.039 That's the negative claim of this text. 00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:07.139 But we would be risking just kind of sounding like a bunch of legalists. 00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:09.240 Some do-gooders. 00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.200 Some goody two-shoes. 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:13.240 If that's all we said this text called us to do. 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:18.420 There is a positive claim that this text has on our lives as Christians. 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:24.240 Be hungry for home. 00:29:24.240 --> 00:29:29.000 Be hungry for home. 00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.759 For here we have no lasting city. 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:33.640 But we seek the city that is to come. 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:36.140 Then I looked. 00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.480 And behold. 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:37.880 I saw the new Jerusalem. 00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:39.880 Descending out of the clouds from heaven. 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.859 With the pearly gates. 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.880 And the streets of gold. 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:47.120 And the mansions prepared for the people of God. 00:29:47.120 --> 00:29:47.980 The real deal. 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:50.700 Not some phony hell-bound substitute. 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:54.039 Hunger for home church. 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:59.259 The call to come out in Revelation 18 verse 4. 00:29:59.880 --> 00:30:02.140 Is an invitation to come out. 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:05.620 And enter a new and better and abiding city. 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.579 It's not just come out and just don't have anything to do. 00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:09.420 It's come in. 00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.000 It's everlasting. 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:15.900 I've prepared this place for you. 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:19.599 Where you will dwell in peace and prosperity and security forever. 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.400 No more tears. 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.180 No more pain. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.019 No more suffering. 00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.539 No more hurt. 00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:25.480 No detestable thing in heaven like there is in Babylon. 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:28.000 Nothing unclean will ever enter her. 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.879 Come out. 00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.039 And come in. 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.859 Jesus says. 00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:38.279 Friends, if you're here and you've come out. 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:42.399 And you're longing for home. 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.500 And you're longing for home. 00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.759 This passage says. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.200 Press on. 00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:51.319 Don't look back like Lot's wife. 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:53.660 And kind of become a pillar of salt. 00:30:53.899 --> 00:30:55.940 And regret all the things that you kind of gave up. 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.160 Jesus is infinitely better. 00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:59.160 Press on. 00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.420 And you'll see his face. 00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:11.700 And you'll see his face. 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:14.300 You'll be home. 00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:17.279 And it'll all be worth it. 00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.140 Hate Babylon. 00:31:19.540 --> 00:31:20.500 Hunger for home. 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:25.160 That's what Revelation 18 calls us to. 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:29.300 A couple of corrections. 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:31.840 I realize we can hear the word hate. 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:36.300 And some of us might think. 00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:36.560 Okay. 00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.500 Now I just got to. 00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.960 No more iPhone. 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.820 No more, you know. 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.480 Honey roasted Cheerios. 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.860 Whatever it is that we love. 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:45.500 That this world is, you know. 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.180 Offers. 00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:47.600 We just got to reject all of it. 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:49.200 Kind of live this black and white. 00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.540 Bland. 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.259 Boring existence. 00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:53.100 That is not what Revelation 18 is calling us to. 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.759 Right? 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:57.180 Don't run to sell everything you've got. 00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:00.779 And live as a pauper on the street corner. 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:02.000 When you hear hate the world. 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:05.040 Don't stop enjoying good gifts. 00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:06.740 That God has provided for you. 00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:10.440 But always remember to glorify the giver. 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.380 Correction two. 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:18.540 To come out of the world. 00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:24.360 Does not mean to stop bearing witness to Jesus in the world. 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:29.900 This is not a call to go join a monastery high up in the mountains. 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:33.740 Away from all those sinners who might lead you astray. 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:41.120 Friends, God continues to call sinners to come out of Babylon. 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:44.620 Who are our faithful witness. 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:53.899 In fact, frequently we find when we share our faith that our hunger for home grows. 00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.839 Because we know we're speaking truth. 00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.979 And this isn't where we belong. 00:33:01.459 --> 00:33:04.279 We can know that these corrections are right and good. 00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:08.500 Because Revelation has everything to do with our hearts. 00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:14.079 This is not some legalistic, moral, ethical code. 00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:17.119 Live this way and you'll be better off. 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:22.579 This passage gets us asking questions like these. 00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.460 Where is your treasure? 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.680 Are you storing up treasure on earth? 00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:31.200 It's going to all be toppled down. 00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:37.059 Or are you storing up treasure in heaven where moth and rust cannot destroy and thieves cannot steal? 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:43.480 Questions like, what do you long for above all else? 00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.980 Money, fame, success. 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:52.039 The things that Babylon can maybe, maybe not accomplish for you. 00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:54.139 Or do you long for the glory of Jesus? 00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:58.339 The one who will come back and topple this whole thing. 00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:04.599 Do I serve God or do I serve myself? 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.539 Do I love God or do I love the world? 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:14.900 That is the questions that Revelation 18 forces us to ask of ourselves. 00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:18.980 As we see the end of Babylon and all those who have aligned with her. 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.519 Hate Babylon. 00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.759 Hunger for home. 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:32.320 Let me just close by offering three ways to know that you are doing that. 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:37.120 That you're hating Babylon and hungering for your home. 00:34:38.680 --> 00:34:39.780 First way to know. 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:44.140 You repent of sin a lot. 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:49.280 You repent of the thing that you know has no place in heaven. 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:51.180 It has no place in your heart. 00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:54.739 And yet you know it remains. 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:56.919 The allure of Babylon is strong. 00:34:58.319 --> 00:35:00.460 And you say, oh God, I don't want to love the world. 00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.539 Forgive me. 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.419 I was loving the world there. 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.239 I wasn't loving you. 00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.719 I wasn't seeking your glory. 00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.839 I was seeking my own. 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.340 I was seeking my own. 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:18.579 We should find ourselves daily, frequently repenting of our sin. 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.280 For loving the world. 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:25.019 That cultivates and that proves that you have a hunger for home. 00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:30.140 Second way to know that you're hungering for home. 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:32.700 You're content in the world. 00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:36.899 you're not interested in compromising 00:35:36.899 --> 00:35:40.139 your love for Jesus for a promotion at work 00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.759 or some other worldly gain 00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:44.739 you're satisfied in your lot and life here 00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:46.379 because you know there and then 00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:47.619 in home 00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:50.839 no more worry, no more need 00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:54.139 you're content here because you know you're not home yet 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:57.219 things don't throw you off 00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:00.039 when circumstances and situations don't go the way 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:01.019 that you want them to 00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:04.880 do you recognize in a fallen, sinful, broken world 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:07.519 it's just part of life 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:10.119 lawnmowers don't start when you want them to 00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:16.219 cars don't work 00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:18.159 it's part of the world 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.960 so you're content 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:21.420 because you're not home 00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:24.400 every bad outcome 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:26.980 shouldn't destroy our mood 00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:29.219 shouldn't rob us of joy 00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:30.239 because we're not home 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:31.739 our joy is fixed 00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:33.039 because our home is forever 00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:37.119 the third way you can know 00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.339 that you're hungering for home 00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:41.479 the gospel of Jesus 00:36:41.479 --> 00:36:43.239 is sweet 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:44.819 and satisfying 00:36:44.819 --> 00:36:49.939 look Babylon 00:36:49.939 --> 00:36:51.779 builds her empire 00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:54.679 shedding the blood 00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:56.019 saints 00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.179 and prophets 00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:58.619 and uses 00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:59.859 her power 00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:01.219 and money 00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:02.039 and influence 00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:03.399 to build an immoral 00:37:03.399 --> 00:37:04.619 illegitimate kingdom 00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:09.519 the kingdom of God 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.699 it's built on the blood 00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.699 of Jesus Christ 00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:16.179 who freely gave his life 00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.399 for sinners 00:37:17.399 --> 00:37:19.739 so that he might graciously 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.500 call us out of the world 00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:23.199 to live exclusively 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.239 for him 00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:25.420 forever 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:31.219 his is the everlasting kingdom 00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:33.000 and his dominion is forever and ever 00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.519 friends 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:37.179 Jesus has secured a home for us 00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:40.000 he has a feast waiting 00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:43.559 and he'll be with us forever 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:46.559 so let's live for him 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:48.059 amen 00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:51.900 oh God 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:53.179 give us a hunger for home 00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.880 that cannot be satisfied 00:37:54.880 --> 00:37:56.599 by anything the world offers 00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:59.519 impress this text upon our hearts 00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:01.799 cause us to live for you 00:38:01.799 --> 00:38:02.659 and you alone 00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.900 amen 00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:07.119 amen 00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:11.380 so 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.400 amen 00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.559 amen 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:15.340 amen 00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.340 and 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:23.500 amen 00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.559 amen 00:38:24.559 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