Years back, the Lord opened the book of Haggai to me in new ways. (See the booklet “Haggai: Feast” for more about that). Verse 1:4 is probably the heart of the book: “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?” The temple was…
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Babylon Is Fallen!
We are going through Revelation in church. Last week we started chapter 17 about Babylon, “the notorious prostitute” John sees riding on the back of a scarlet beast (Rev. 17:3). John is told this whore “has an empire over the kings of the earth” (Rev. 17:18). The fact she rides the beast emphasizes this–the beast…
Come out of Her!
Revelation 19 begins with the fall of Babylon. Babylon has rich, symbolic significance throughout scripture. It is the first kingdom mentioned in the Bible (Gen. 10:10). Babylon was the site where human government, culture, and religion united in their own way, apart from God (Gen. 11:1-9). In Revelation, John sees Babylon as a “notorious…
BABYLAWN
THE PROFIT PROPHET PRAYS & PREYS GIVES PRAISE TO GOD WITH GILTED GUILT SO WHOLLY HOLY A BORE AND A BOOR FIGHTING PHRASE FRAYS WITH HIS MISSAL MISSILES SHOOTING HIS CANON CANNON AT THE COWERED COWARDS HE DROPS THE AXE OF ACTS HE SPREADS THE PALL OF PAUL HE’S THE BARREN BARON THE HEEL OF…