The document discusses how modern society often puts its trust and hope in things other than God, such as government legislation, science, education, medicine, financial security, and other alliances. It provides examples from the Bible, including Isaiah warning Judah not to ally with Egypt and put their trust in military might instead of God. Similarly today, while we enjoy benefits from these other areas, we should not lose sight of ultimately putting our trust in God rather than in people or systems of the world.

1. ALLIANCES TODAY
From Life Application Bible

2. Government

3. We rely on government
legislation to protect the
moral decisions we want
made, but legislation
cannot change people’s
hearts.

4. Science

5. We enjoy the benefits of
science and technology.
We look to specific
predictions and analysis
before we look to the
Bible.

6. Education

7. We act as though
education and degrees
can guarantee our future
and success without
considering what God
plans for our future.

8. Medical careo

9. We regard medicine as
the way to prolong life
and preserve its quality
– quite apart from faith
and moral living.

10. Financial systems

11. We place our faith in
financial “security” –
making as much money as
we can for ourselves –
forgetting that, while being
wise with our money, we
must trust God for our
needs.

12. Isaiah warned Judah not
to ally with Egypt {Isaiah
20:5; 30:1,2; 31:1 } He knew
that trust in any nation or
any military might was
futile.

13. Judah’s only hope was to
trust God. Although we
don’t consciously put our
hope for deliverance in
political alliances in quite
the same way, we often put
our hope in other places.

14. Blessings in
Revelations

15. Revelations 1:3
“Blessed is the one who reads
the words of this prophecy,
and blessed are those who
hear it and take to heart what
is written in it, because the
time is near.”

16. Revelations 14:13
“Blessed are the dead in the
Lord from now on… They
will rest from their labor,
for their deeds will follow
them.”

17. Revelations 16:15
“Behold, I come like a thief!
Blessed is he who stays awake
and keeps his clothes with
him, so that he may not go
naked and be shamefully
exposed.”

18. Revelations 19:9
“Blessed are those who are
invited to the wedding
supper of the Lamb.”

19. Revelations 20:6
“Blessed are those who have part
in the first resurrection. The
second death has no power over
them, but they will be priests of
God and of Christ and will reign
with him for a thousand years.”

20. Revelations 22:7
“Behold, I am coming soon!
Blessed is he who keeps the words
of the prophecy written in this
book.”

21. Revelations 22:14
“Blessed are those who wash their
robes, that they may have the right
to the tree of life and may go
through the gates into the city.”

22. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
The destruction of Babylon
mentioned in 16:17-21 is now
described in greater detail. The
“great prostitute” called Babylon,
represents the early Roman
empire

23. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
with its many gods and the blood of
Christian martyrs on its hands.
The water stands for either sea
commerce or a well-watered
(well-provisioned) city.

24. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
The great prostitute represents the
seductiveness of the governmental
system that uses immoral means
to gain its own pleasure,
prosperity, advantage.

25. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
In contrast to the prostitute, Christ’s
bride, the church, is pure and
obedient. (19:6-9)

26. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
The wicked city of Babylon
contrasts with the heavenly city of
Jerusalem (21:10-22-5)

27. Revelations 17:1
Interpretations
The original readers probably rather
quickly identified Babylon with
Rome, but Babylon also
symbolizes any system that is
hostile to God. (see 17:5)

28. Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the obstinate children,
declares the LORD,
to those who carry out plans that are
not mine, forming an alliance,
but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin.

29. Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the obstinate children,
declares the LORD,
to those who carry out plans that are
not mine, forming an alliance,
but not by my Spirit,
heaping sin upon sin.”

30. Psalm 90:10
“The length of our days is seventy
years – or eighty, if we have the
strength; yet their span is but
trouble and sorrow, for their
quickly pass, and we fly away.”

31. Psalm 90:17
“May the favor of the LORD our
God rest upon us; establish the
work of our hands for us –
Yea, establish the work of our
hands.”

32. Psalm 91:1
“He who dwells in the shelter of the
Most High will rest in the shadow
of the Almighty.”