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Revelation 17:1-19:10 Babylon Destroyed

This document provides an overview and analysis of Revelation chapter 17, which describes the fall of "Babylon the Great." It discusses the various symbols and entities mentioned in the chapter, including the harlot/prostitute, the beast, the seven heads and ten horns. It considers different views on the identity of Babylon, such as whether it represents the world system, a religion, a city, or a nation. While no definitive conclusion is reached, several arguments are made that Babylon represents a nation rather than a single city or religious entity, with some suggesting it symbolizes the end-times world power of the United States.

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A Kingdom Removed (Rev. 17:1–19:10) 396 Dr. Rick Griffith • Crossroads International Church Singapore • cicfamily.com • BibleStudyDownloads.org
Apostates don't wear nametags
Apostates Destroy From Within
The Book Apostate Kevin Swanson and his family
Who are the apostates? Nathaniel Hawthorne Mark Twain John Dewey Karl Marx Charles Darwin Ernest Hemingway Lady Gaga Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche
Why are they significant? "This is the story of the decline and fall of Western civilization. It is the story of uncommonly powerful men, unfathomably evil men. . . apostates." –Kevin Swanson
What did the apostates teach? Nathaniel Hawthorne Mark Twain John Dewey Karl Marx Charles Darwin Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche "Eliminate home schools!" "God didn't create. We evolved!" "There is no God!"
Godless Philosophy Used with permission "Nietzsche is dead." – God, 1900 "God is dead." – Nietzsche, 1883
How are you doing with resisting the world and welcoming Christ?
Why should we reject the world… …and embrace God's kingdom?
Content of the Judgments SEALS TRUMPETS BOWLS 1 White: conqueror Hail & fire: 1/3 vegetation Sores 2 Red: war Fire: 1/3 sea creatures Sea to blood 3 Black: famine Star: 1/3 fresh water Fresh water to blood 4 Pale: death Dark: 1/3 sun, moon, stars Sun burns men (Trumpets 5-7 are woes) 5 Martyrs reassured Woe #1: locusts Beast's kingdom dark 6 Wrath: earthquake, signs Woe #2: Euphrates prep Euphrates dries up (144,000 sealed) (Trump #7 = mystery) 7 1/2 hour silence Woe #3: victory imminent Earthquake & hail 337 HORSES Adapted from Robert Gromacki, NT Survey and H. Wayne House, Chronological & Background Charts of the NT, 19 WOES
Bowl Judgments (Rev. 16) Used with permission 392
Rapture 3:10 Church Age Chronology of Revelation "What you have seen" (1:19a) Rev. 1 "What is now" (1:19b) Rev. 2–3 "What will take place later" (1:19c) Rev. 4–22 Vision of Christ Second Half Tribulation 4:1 – 19:10 Second Coming Millennium Eternal State Great White Throne Judgment 340 Copyright 1989 Rick Griffith Adapted from a chart by J. D. Pentecost First Half
Note: The Tribulation has ended. Now a word from our Sponsor… 395
"Babylon"
I. This world's key entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
The Harlot (17:1-2 NLT) "One of the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. 'Come with me,' he said, 'and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters. 2The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality.'" 396
The Prostitute & Beast "So the angel took me in the Spirit into the wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and blasphemies against God were written all over it" (17:3 NLT) 396
Beautiful but Immoral "The woman wore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. In her hand she held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality" (17:4 NLT) 396
Babylon (17:5-6) "A mysterious name was written on her forehead: 'Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.' 6I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement." 396
Belshazzar Humbled (Dan. 5:30) • Rembrandt 396
Fall of Babylon BABYLON FELL (539 BC) Cyrus entered under the water gates Daniel 5 (Belshazzar's Feast) 396
Who are These Major Players of Rev. 17? 397 But are there really 10 players? 1. The Prostitute (17:1-6) 2. Babylon (17:5) 3. The Great City over the earth (17:18) 4. The Beast (17:3a, 7-8) 5. The 8th King (17:11) 6. The 7 Heads (17:3b, 7) 7. The 7 Hills (17:9) 8. The 7 Kings (17:10) 9. The 10 Horns (17:3c, 7, 16) 10. The 10 Kings (17:12-13)
Identical Symbols of Rev. 17 398 Babylon, the Great City (17:5, 18) 10 Horns (17:3c, 7, 16) 10 Kings (17:12-13) = Beast (17:3a) Antichrist, the 8th King (13:1; 17:11) 7 Heads (17:7) 7 Hills (17:9) 7 Kings (17:10) = = = Prostitute (17:1)
Beasts of Rev. 13 Dragon = Satan Sea Beast = Antichrist Land Beast = False Prophet Used with permission 387
Who are the seven kings (17:9-10)? 39-41, 320 "This calls for a mind with understanding: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills where the woman rules. They also represent seven kings. 10 Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief" (NLT). Christ Crucified AD 33 Tiberiu s 14-37 Caligula 37-41 Claudius 41-54 Nero 54-68 Vespasian 69-79 Domitian 81-96 Revelation Written AD 95 Jerusalem Destroyed AD 70 Titus 79-81
Rev. 13:18 Preterists see the number 666 in Rev. 13:18 as Nero, so Revelation must have been written during Nero's time 478
Rev. 1:1 and 4:1 state that John (the author) would be shown "what must soon take place" and "what must take place after this." This removes any doubt that the number of the beast must be future and not past or present. 478 Response: Future Orientation
Rev. 17:10 Preterists see the "seven kings" as seven Roman kings from the first century. Then they argue that the sixth king is Nero. 478
Response: Why can't Nero be the 666? 479 • Nero exercised authority from AD 54-68, not for the required forty- two months (Rev. 13:5). • All inhabitants of the earth did not worship Nero (Rev. 13:8).
Rev. 17:10 has no reference to Nero or Domitian as Beale affirms. Nero (AD 54-68) Domitian (AD 81-96) 480
Daniel 7:1-8 Revelation 13:1-2; 17:9-12 Four beasts (lion, bear, leopard, terrible beast with ten horns) One beast that is like a leopard, bear, and lion (13:2) with ten horns (13:1; 17:3) Seven heads representing four successive kingdoms Seven heads representing seven successive kingdoms Four kingdoms Seven kingdoms Ten horns (v. 7) Ten horns (13:1; 17:3,12) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484 479 Correlation with Daniel
479 1. Egypt (Pharaohs) 2. Assyria (Assyrian kings) 3. Neo-Babylonia (Nebuchadnezzar) 4. Medo-Persia (Cyrus) 5. Greece (Alexander the Great) 6. Rome (Caesars; "one is") 7. Reunited Roman Empire (ten kings; "not yet") 8. Final Gentile world kingdom (the Antichrist) Eight Successive Kingdoms (17:10-11) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
Support for Successive Kingdoms View 479- 480 "The successive-kingdoms view avoids the nebulous nature of the symbolic view, is consistent with the Old Testament imagery from Daniel 7, and provides a consistent interpretation of the eight kings. For these reasons this is the preferred view. Therefore Revelation 17:9-11 offers no support for the early date of Revelation based on the idea that Nero is the sixth king." Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
10 10 Control of the World Political System: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 Heads Roman Consecutive Past 17:9-11 10 Kings Worldwide Simultaneous Future 17:12 Beast (8th King) Worldwide Controls 10 Kings Future 17:13 398
EU States 398
The European Parliament Official Stamp 398
Proposed Post-War World II Map 398
Characteristics of Babylon Babylon the Great of the End Times (Rev. 17–18) What are her key characteristics? 397
Associations All Peoples of the Earth (17:2, 15) Kings of the Earth (17:2) rules over (17:2) later destroyed by beast (17:16) End-Times Babylon (Prostitute) (17:1–19:2) at first sits on (17:3) Beast: 7 Heads 10 Horns (17:3,12) 399 desires to rule over (17:17)
Associations later destroyed by beast (17:16) End-Times Babylon (Prostitute) (17:1–19:2) at first sits on (17:3) Beast: 7 Heads 10 Horns (17:3,12) 399
Views on End Times Babylon (The Harlot) 400 • The World System • A Religion (Islam, Catholics, Astrology, One World Religion/New Age) • A City (Babylon, Rome, Jerusalem) • A Nation
Is Babylon the… 400
But Babylon Will Be Ruined in One Hour by Fire (18:10, 17, 19) Used with permission 406 Pt. 6 "In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!" (18:17a NIV)
"Then the thunder crashed and rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck— the worst since people were placed on the earth. 19The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of [the] nations fell into heaps of rubble." Bowl #7 (Rev. 16:18-19a NLT) 395
Is Babylon a Religion? Islam 401
Babylon Religion Moved West BabylonPergamumRome
BabylonPergamumRome "Keeper of the Bridge" between man and Satan Pontifex Maximus "Major Keeper of the Bridge" Babylon Religion Moved West
Ralph Woodrow The Catholic Church Repeats Babylon's Mistakes Sources: 401
Babylon Egypt Greece Buddhist Hindu Mother and Child Worship Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis held her child Tammuz in her arms 401
Israel Jeremiah 7:18 (NIV): "The [Jewish] children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger." Mother and Child Worship 401 Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis as wife of Nimrod was called the "Queen of Heaven"
Catholics Mary is worshipped along with her son Jesus in the Babylonian fashion Mother and Child Worship 401 Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis held her child Tammuz in her arms
Who is the Focal Point of Michelangelo's Pieta? Jesus is much smaller than Mary! The Pieta 401
Catholics The emperor Caligula (AD 37-41) brought the obelisk to Rome from an Egyptian temple of sun-worship. Pope Sixtus V moved it to the Vatican in AD 1586 as the focal point of St. Peter's Square. He imposed the death penalty if it was broken! Obelisks Babylonians Image 90 feet x 9 feet (Dan. 3) 401
The Egyptian Obelisk at St. Peter's Square 401
Catholics Relics Pilgrimages Indulgences Purgatory Pontiffs Celibate Priests Transubstantiation Easter Festival Christmas Festival Babylonians Relics Pilgrimages Indulgences Purgatory Pontiffs Celibate Priests Transubstantiation Easter Festival Winter Festival 401
Is Babylon Astrology? 402
One-World Religion 403
403 Apostate Church Centered in Rome
World Council of Churches 403
United Religions International formed on 26 June 2000 "to end religiously motivated violence" 404
Is Babylon a City? 404
Slide 2 A Dallas Seminary professor said the 1980s rebuilding of Babylon, Iraq revealed it as Mystery Babylon 404
110f The 1986 Babylon Medallion BABYLON: Prelude to Armageddon? SADDAM HUSSEIN and the ancient world conqueror, Nebuchadnezzar. Not only did they look alike, but their mission was the same––to control the world. And the symbol of this world dominion is an ancient city… 404
Is Babylon a Code Name for Rome? 407
Rome had seven hills (17:9) 407
Is Babylon a Code Name for Jerusalem? 407
Dr. Chan Kai Lok says she is the USA 408
Babylon must be a nation. Why? 408 a • No single city in the world reigns over the earth (17:18) • A "city" is a nation in biblical symbolism
The USA is Symbolized by a Woman in the Statue of Liberty 408 b
End-Times Babylon is guilty of spiritual adultery. This means she left her godly heritage. 408 c
The USA began as a Christian nation 408 c
Plymouth Pilgrims 408 c
Yet they massacred the Pequot 408 c
The USA began as a Christian nation 408 c •The Declaration of Independence (1776) notes God 4 times •The Founding Fathers, early presidents, and the Supreme Court called the USA a "Christian nation" until 1947 (see http://www.afn.org/~govern/Christian_Nation .html) •The US sent the most missionaries in 1900s •"In God We Trust" is the national motto •The preamble of every single state among the 50 states appeals to God for help
The USA began as a Christian nation 408 c
Do you trust in God?
Do we trust in God?
Does your trust in God embarrass you?
A Cause for Shame? "Who, me? Well, I'm not saying that I am a Christian… but I'm not saying that I'm not…"
The USA began as a Christian nation but has left its godly heritage. 408 c "WHATEVER WE ONCE WERE, WE'RE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION; WE ARE ALSO A JEWISH NATION, A MUSLIM NATION, A BUDDHIST NATION, A HINDU NATION, AND A NATION OF NON-BELIEVERS…" OBAMA EMAIL TO CBN NEWS
The USA began as a Christian nation but has left its godly heritage. 408 c "We are no longer a Christian nation." Barack Obama
The Christian heritage is now hotly debated! 408 c
USA Trade Used with permission 408 d Wall Street WTO
• Ivory – imported from Syria then exported finished products to the west Imported raw materials from faraway countries and exported finished products: • Bronze – exported to Assyria, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy • Also glass workings, wool stuffs dyed in purple, etc.
Phoenician Colonies Land of Phoenicia Trade Routes Phoenician Shipping Routes AFRICA ASIA MINOR EUROPE (Tarshish)
• Trade with David (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1) • King Hiram helped Solomon in building and overseas ventures • Export of oil, wine and timber • Called a harlot (Isa. 23:16-17) Commercially astute: used trade treaties & political alliances: The Trade of Phoenicia
USA Wealth Used with permission 409 e 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Total Net Worth of US Households and Nonprofit Organizations 1945-2009 TrillionsofDollars
USA Wealth 409 e
US Control of Other Nations Used with permission 409 f
US Could Be Destroyed by Russian Nukes Used with permission 409 g
US Hedonism Used with permission 409 h Hedonism Apologize for Nothing
US Glorified Used with permission 410 i
US Occultism Used with permission 410 j
US Immorality 410 k
US Deceives All Nations with Her Sorcery 411 l "Your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery (farmakei,a )" (18:23b NAU)
411 l US Deceives All Nations with Her Sorcery
US Sits as a Queen Used with permission 411 m "She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn'" (18:7 NLT)
Godless Philosophy Used with permission 411 n "Nietzsche is dead." – God, 1900 "God is dead." – Nietzsche, 1883
US Killed Prophets of God Used with permission 411 n Answer: > 55 million How many prophetic voices has America murdered through abortion?
Problems with the USA as Mystery Babylon Used with permission a) The national symbol of the USA is not a woman but the bald eagle b) Claims that Russia is the beast must be proven c) The destruction of the USA in 1993 didn't occur, as well as other "prophetic" blunders d) Dr. Chan's book has many other theological problems 412
What or Who, then, is Mystery Babylon? Used with permission a) No one can identify the Babylon of Revelation 17–18 with certainty. b) However, it is unlikely that it is the world system, a city or confederation of nations. c) The USA may be the best option at present, but no one really knows —including me! 412
Antichrist will destroy End Times Babylon when he heads a confederacy of ten regions in the second half of the Tribulation (17:7-18). Used with permission 7 Heads & 10 Horns
479 1. Egypt (Pharaohs) 2. Assyria (Assyrian kings) 3. Neo-Babylonia (Nebuchadnezzar) 4. Medo-Persia (Cyrus) 5. Greece (Alexander the Great) 6. Rome (Caesars; "one is") 7. Reunited Roman Empire (ten kings; "not yet") 8. Final Gentile world kingdom (the Antichrist) Eight Successive Kingdoms (17:10-11) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
At first she rides the beast (17:7-14) Used with permission
But later the beast kills her (17:15-18)
I. This world's key entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
II. The world's key influence will be replaced with Christ's kingdom (18:1–19:10). Why reject the world and embrace God's kingdom?
"After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. 2He gave a mighty shout" (18:1-2a NLT).
"Babylon is fallen—that great city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. 3For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich" (18:2b-3 NLT).
"Come out of her" (18:4)
"Then I heard another voice calling from heaven, 'Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. 5For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds. 6Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her. 7She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow'" (18:4-7a NLT).
"Come out of her" (18:4)
Earth Mourns (18:9-24) Used with permission 414
"And the kings of the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains. 10They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, 'How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God's judgment came on you' " (18:9-10 NLT).
Businessmen will mourn (18:11) "Too bad, too bad," say the merchants
Babylon Will Be Ruined in One Hour by Fire (18:10, 17, 19) Used with permission 406 Pt. 6 "In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!" (18:17a NIV)
Babylon Destroyed Quickly 406 Pt. 6 "Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted, 'Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence and will never be found again' " (18:21 NLT).
The Harlot Will Sink…
"The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries" (18:23 NLT).
"In your streets flowed the blood of the prophets and of God's holy people and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world" (18:24 NLT).
Heaven Rejoices (19:1-2 NLT) Used with permission 414 "After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, 'Praise the LORD! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. 2His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.'"
"And again their voices rang out: 'Praise the LORD! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!" (19:3 NLT). Used with permission
The Marriage & Wedding Supper of the Lamb 415
The Invitation in Revelation 19:7-9 (NAU) 7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. 8 "It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 "Then he said to me, 'Write, "Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb."' And he said to me, 'These are true words of God.'" 415
ChurchAge Second ComingRapture Tribulation 7 years Millennium 1000 years EternalKingdom "Pre-Trib" Rapture (Wedding) (Supper) 416
The Marriage & Supper Contrasts (19:7-9) Symbols Wedding Feast Verse 7 9 Tense Aorist (past) Present Involvement Church as Bride Israel as Guests Time Period Tribulation Millennium Place Heaven Earth Characteristics Procession, Wedding Friends invited to Wedding Feast Explanation Bride/Church brought to Father's house Bride/Church introduced to friends/Israel Scripture Rom. 7:1-4; 1 Cor. 6:17; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:27 Isa. 25:6-8; Matt. 8:11; 26:29; Luke 12:35-37 416
Main Idea: This world won't last but Christ's kingdom will!
Babylon will not last!
Christ's Kingdom will last!
I. This world's key entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
II. The world's key influence will be replaced with Christ's kingdom (18:1–19:10). Why reject the world and embrace God's kingdom?
"Come out of her" (18:4)
How do you need to "Come out of her"? "His bride has made herself ready" (19:7 NIV)
Jeremiah's Application: "Leave Jerusalem" Jews as figs: Babylonians good bad Jeremiah 24 Figs Jeremiah 24 portrayed all the Jews as two types of figs during Babylon's siege: 1.The "bad figs" who refused to submit to God's discipline by the Babylonians would disobey God by staying in the city and dying. 2.The "good figs" would spare their lives by leaving the city to surrender to the Babylonians outside! AD 70 was no different!
"So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood" (Heb. 13:12 NLT) Hebrew's Application: "Leave Jerusalem" Leen & Kathleen Ritmeyer, "Akeldama: Potter's Field or High Priest's Tomb?" BAR 20 (Nov/Dec 94): 34 13 So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore" (Heb. 13:13 NLT)
How do you need to "Come out of her"? • Your eyes • Your ears • Your lips • Your hands • Your feet
7 Heads & 10 Horns Used with permission
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Revelation 17:1-19:10 Babylon Destroyed

  • 1.
    A Kingdom Removed (Rev. 17:1–19:10) 396 Dr.Rick Griffith • Crossroads International Church Singapore • cicfamily.com • BibleStudyDownloads.org
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    The Book Apostate KevinSwanson and his family
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    Why are theysignificant? "This is the story of the decline and fall of Western civilization. It is the story of uncommonly powerful men, unfathomably evil men. . . apostates." –Kevin Swanson
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    What did the apostatesteach? Nathaniel Hawthorne Mark Twain John Dewey Karl Marx Charles Darwin Jean-Paul Sartre Friedrich Nietzsche "Eliminate home schools!" "God didn't create. We evolved!" "There is no God!"
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    Godless Philosophy Used withpermission "Nietzsche is dead." – God, 1900 "God is dead." – Nietzsche, 1883
  • 9.
    How are you doingwith resisting the world and welcoming Christ?
  • 10.
    Why should wereject the world… …and embrace God's kingdom?
  • 11.
    Content of theJudgments SEALS TRUMPETS BOWLS 1 White: conqueror Hail & fire: 1/3 vegetation Sores 2 Red: war Fire: 1/3 sea creatures Sea to blood 3 Black: famine Star: 1/3 fresh water Fresh water to blood 4 Pale: death Dark: 1/3 sun, moon, stars Sun burns men (Trumpets 5-7 are woes) 5 Martyrs reassured Woe #1: locusts Beast's kingdom dark 6 Wrath: earthquake, signs Woe #2: Euphrates prep Euphrates dries up (144,000 sealed) (Trump #7 = mystery) 7 1/2 hour silence Woe #3: victory imminent Earthquake & hail 337 HORSES Adapted from Robert Gromacki, NT Survey and H. Wayne House, Chronological & Background Charts of the NT, 19 WOES
  • 12.
    Bowl Judgments (Rev.16) Used with permission 392
  • 13.
    Rapture 3:10 Church Age Chronology of Revelation "Whatyou have seen" (1:19a) Rev. 1 "What is now" (1:19b) Rev. 2–3 "What will take place later" (1:19c) Rev. 4–22 Vision of Christ Second Half Tribulation 4:1 – 19:10 Second Coming Millennium Eternal State Great White Throne Judgment 340 Copyright 1989 Rick Griffith Adapted from a chart by J. D. Pentecost First Half
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    Note: The Tribulation has ended.Now a word from our Sponsor… 395
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    I. This world'skey entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
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    The Harlot (17:1-2 NLT) "Oneof the seven angels who had poured out the seven bowls came over and spoke to me. 'Come with me,' he said, 'and I will show you the judgment that is going to come on the great prostitute, who rules over many waters. 2The kings of the world have committed adultery with her, and the people who belong to this world have been made drunk by the wine of her immorality.'" 396
  • 18.
    The Prostitute & Beast "Sothe angel took me in the Spirit into the wilderness. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that had seven heads and ten horns, and blasphemies against God were written all over it" (17:3 NLT) 396
  • 19.
    Beautiful but Immoral "The womanwore purple and scarlet clothing and beautiful jewelry made of gold and precious gems and pearls. In her hand she held a gold goblet full of obscenities and the impurities of her immorality" (17:4 NLT) 396
  • 20.
    Babylon (17:5-6) "A mysterious namewas written on her forehead: 'Babylon the Great, Mother of All Prostitutes and Obscenities in the World.' 6I could see that she was drunk—drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her in complete amazement." 396
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    Fall of Babylon BABYLONFELL (539 BC) Cyrus entered under the water gates Daniel 5 (Belshazzar's Feast) 396
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    Who are TheseMajor Players of Rev. 17? 397 But are there really 10 players? 1. The Prostitute (17:1-6) 2. Babylon (17:5) 3. The Great City over the earth (17:18) 4. The Beast (17:3a, 7-8) 5. The 8th King (17:11) 6. The 7 Heads (17:3b, 7) 7. The 7 Hills (17:9) 8. The 7 Kings (17:10) 9. The 10 Horns (17:3c, 7, 16) 10. The 10 Kings (17:12-13)
  • 24.
    Identical Symbols ofRev. 17 398 Babylon, the Great City (17:5, 18) 10 Horns (17:3c, 7, 16) 10 Kings (17:12-13) = Beast (17:3a) Antichrist, the 8th King (13:1; 17:11) 7 Heads (17:7) 7 Hills (17:9) 7 Kings (17:10) = = = Prostitute (17:1)
  • 25.
    Beasts of Rev. 13 Dragon= Satan Sea Beast = Antichrist Land Beast = False Prophet Used with permission 387
  • 26.
    Who are theseven kings (17:9-10)? 39-41, 320 "This calls for a mind with understanding: The seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills where the woman rules. They also represent seven kings. 10 Five kings have already fallen, the sixth now reigns, and the seventh is yet to come, but his reign will be brief" (NLT). Christ Crucified AD 33 Tiberiu s 14-37 Caligula 37-41 Claudius 41-54 Nero 54-68 Vespasian 69-79 Domitian 81-96 Revelation Written AD 95 Jerusalem Destroyed AD 70 Titus 79-81
  • 27.
    Rev. 13:18 Preterists seethe number 666 in Rev. 13:18 as Nero, so Revelation must have been written during Nero's time 478
  • 28.
    Rev. 1:1 and4:1 state that John (the author) would be shown "what must soon take place" and "what must take place after this." This removes any doubt that the number of the beast must be future and not past or present. 478 Response: Future Orientation
  • 29.
    Rev. 17:10 Preterists seethe "seven kings" as seven Roman kings from the first century. Then they argue that the sixth king is Nero. 478
  • 30.
    Response: Why can't Nerobe the 666? 479 • Nero exercised authority from AD 54-68, not for the required forty- two months (Rev. 13:5). • All inhabitants of the earth did not worship Nero (Rev. 13:8).
  • 31.
    Rev. 17:10 hasno reference to Nero or Domitian as Beale affirms. Nero (AD 54-68) Domitian (AD 81-96) 480
  • 32.
    Daniel 7:1-8 Revelation13:1-2; 17:9-12 Four beasts (lion, bear, leopard, terrible beast with ten horns) One beast that is like a leopard, bear, and lion (13:2) with ten horns (13:1; 17:3) Seven heads representing four successive kingdoms Seven heads representing seven successive kingdoms Four kingdoms Seven kingdoms Ten horns (v. 7) Ten horns (13:1; 17:3,12) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484 479 Correlation with Daniel
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    479 1. Egypt (Pharaohs) 2.Assyria (Assyrian kings) 3. Neo-Babylonia (Nebuchadnezzar) 4. Medo-Persia (Cyrus) 5. Greece (Alexander the Great) 6. Rome (Caesars; "one is") 7. Reunited Roman Empire (ten kings; "not yet") 8. Final Gentile world kingdom (the Antichrist) Eight Successive Kingdoms (17:10-11) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
  • 34.
    Support for SuccessiveKingdoms View 479- 480 "The successive-kingdoms view avoids the nebulous nature of the symbolic view, is consistent with the Old Testament imagery from Daniel 7, and provides a consistent interpretation of the eight kings. For these reasons this is the preferred view. Therefore Revelation 17:9-11 offers no support for the early date of Revelation based on the idea that Nero is the sixth king." Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
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    10 10 Control of theWorld Political System: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7 Heads Roman Consecutive Past 17:9-11 10 Kings Worldwide Simultaneous Future 17:12 Beast (8th King) Worldwide Controls 10 Kings Future 17:13 398
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    The European ParliamentOfficial Stamp 398
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  • 39.
    Characteristics of Babylon Babylonthe Great of the End Times (Rev. 17–18) What are her key characteristics? 397
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    Associations All Peoples ofthe Earth (17:2, 15) Kings of the Earth (17:2) rules over (17:2) later destroyed by beast (17:16) End-Times Babylon (Prostitute) (17:1–19:2) at first sits on (17:3) Beast: 7 Heads 10 Horns (17:3,12) 399 desires to rule over (17:17)
  • 41.
    Associations later destroyed by beast(17:16) End-Times Babylon (Prostitute) (17:1–19:2) at first sits on (17:3) Beast: 7 Heads 10 Horns (17:3,12) 399
  • 42.
    Views on End TimesBabylon (The Harlot) 400 • The World System • A Religion (Islam, Catholics, Astrology, One World Religion/New Age) • A City (Babylon, Rome, Jerusalem) • A Nation
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  • 44.
    But Babylon WillBe Ruined in One Hour by Fire (18:10, 17, 19) Used with permission 406 Pt. 6 "In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!" (18:17a NIV)
  • 45.
    "Then the thunder crashedand rolled, and lightning flashed. And a great earthquake struck— the worst since people were placed on the earth. 19The great city of Babylon split into three sections, and the cities of [the] nations fell into heaps of rubble." Bowl #7 (Rev. 16:18-19a NLT) 395
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    Babylon Religion MovedWest BabylonPergamumRome
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    BabylonPergamumRome "Keeper of the Bridge" betweenman and Satan Pontifex Maximus "Major Keeper of the Bridge" Babylon Religion Moved West
  • 49.
    Ralph Woodrow The Catholic ChurchRepeats Babylon's Mistakes Sources: 401
  • 50.
    Babylon Egypt Greece Buddhist Hindu Mother andChild Worship Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis held her child Tammuz in her arms 401
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    Israel Jeremiah 7:18 (NIV):"The [Jewish] children gather wood, the fathers light the fire, and the women knead the dough and make cakes of bread for the Queen of Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods to provoke me to anger." Mother and Child Worship 401 Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis as wife of Nimrod was called the "Queen of Heaven"
  • 52.
    Catholics Mary is worshipped along with herson Jesus in the Babylonian fashion Mother and Child Worship 401 Babylonians The goddess mother Semiramis held her child Tammuz in her arms
  • 53.
    Who is the FocalPoint of Michelangelo's Pieta? Jesus is much smaller than Mary! The Pieta 401
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    Catholics The emperor Caligula(AD 37-41) brought the obelisk to Rome from an Egyptian temple of sun-worship. Pope Sixtus V moved it to the Vatican in AD 1586 as the focal point of St. Peter's Square. He imposed the death penalty if it was broken! Obelisks Babylonians Image 90 feet x 9 feet (Dan. 3) 401
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    Catholics Relics Pilgrimages Indulgences Purgatory Pontiffs Celibate Priests Transubstantiation Easter Festival ChristmasFestival Babylonians Relics Pilgrimages Indulgences Purgatory Pontiffs Celibate Priests Transubstantiation Easter Festival Winter Festival 401
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    World Council ofChurches 403
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    United Religions International formed on 26 June2000 "to end religiously motivated violence" 404
  • 62.
    Is Babylon aCity? 404
  • 63.
    Slide 2 A Dallas Seminary professorsaid the 1980s rebuilding of Babylon, Iraq revealed it as Mystery Babylon 404
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    110f The 1986 BabylonMedallion BABYLON: Prelude to Armageddon? SADDAM HUSSEIN and the ancient world conqueror, Nebuchadnezzar. Not only did they look alike, but their mission was the same––to control the world. And the symbol of this world dominion is an ancient city… 404
  • 65.
    Is Babylon a CodeName for Rome? 407
  • 66.
    Rome had sevenhills (17:9) 407
  • 67.
    Is Babylon a CodeName for Jerusalem? 407
  • 68.
    Dr. Chan KaiLok says she is the USA 408
  • 69.
    Babylon must bea nation. Why? 408 a • No single city in the world reigns over the earth (17:18) • A "city" is a nation in biblical symbolism
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    The USA is Symbolizedby a Woman in the Statue of Liberty 408 b
  • 71.
    End-Times Babylon is guilty ofspiritual adultery. This means she left her godly heritage. 408 c
  • 72.
    The USA beganas a Christian nation 408 c
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  • 74.
    Yet they massacredthe Pequot 408 c
  • 75.
    The USA beganas a Christian nation 408 c •The Declaration of Independence (1776) notes God 4 times •The Founding Fathers, early presidents, and the Supreme Court called the USA a "Christian nation" until 1947 (see http://www.afn.org/~govern/Christian_Nation .html) •The US sent the most missionaries in 1900s •"In God We Trust" is the national motto •The preamble of every single state among the 50 states appeals to God for help
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    The USA beganas a Christian nation 408 c
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    Do we trustin God?
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    Does your trustin God embarrass you?
  • 80.
    A Cause forShame? "Who, me? Well, I'm not saying that I am a Christian… but I'm not saying that I'm not…"
  • 81.
    The USA began asa Christian nation but has left its godly heritage. 408 c "WHATEVER WE ONCE WERE, WE'RE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION; WE ARE ALSO A JEWISH NATION, A MUSLIM NATION, A BUDDHIST NATION, A HINDU NATION, AND A NATION OF NON-BELIEVERS…" OBAMA EMAIL TO CBN NEWS
  • 82.
    The USA began asa Christian nation but has left its godly heritage. 408 c "We are no longer a Christian nation." Barack Obama
  • 83.
    The Christian heritage isnow hotly debated! 408 c
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    USA Trade Used withpermission 408 d Wall Street WTO
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    • Ivory –imported from Syria then exported finished products to the west Imported raw materials from faraway countries and exported finished products: • Bronze – exported to Assyria, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy • Also glass workings, wool stuffs dyed in purple, etc.
  • 86.
    Phoenician Colonies Land ofPhoenicia Trade Routes Phoenician Shipping Routes AFRICA ASIA MINOR EUROPE (Tarshish)
  • 87.
    • Trade withDavid (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1) • King Hiram helped Solomon in building and overseas ventures • Export of oil, wine and timber • Called a harlot (Isa. 23:16-17) Commercially astute: used trade treaties & political alliances: The Trade of Phoenicia
  • 88.
    USA Wealth Used withpermission 409 e 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 Total Net Worth of US Households and Nonprofit Organizations 1945-2009 TrillionsofDollars
  • 89.
  • 90.
    US Control ofOther Nations Used with permission 409 f
  • 91.
    US Could BeDestroyed by Russian Nukes Used with permission 409 g
  • 92.
    US Hedonism Used withpermission 409 h Hedonism Apologize for Nothing
  • 93.
    US Glorified Used withpermission 410 i
  • 94.
    US Occultism Used withpermission 410 j
  • 95.
  • 96.
    US Deceives AllNations with Her Sorcery 411 l "Your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery (farmakei,a )" (18:23b NAU)
  • 97.
    411 l US Deceives AllNations with Her Sorcery
  • 98.
    US Sits asa Queen Used with permission 411 m "She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow. She boasted in her heart, 'I am queen on my throne. I am no helpless widow, and I have no reason to mourn'" (18:7 NLT)
  • 99.
    Godless Philosophy Used withpermission 411 n "Nietzsche is dead." – God, 1900 "God is dead." – Nietzsche, 1883
  • 100.
    US Killed Prophetsof God Used with permission 411 n Answer: > 55 million How many prophetic voices has America murdered through abortion?
  • 101.
    Problems with theUSA as Mystery Babylon Used with permission a) The national symbol of the USA is not a woman but the bald eagle b) Claims that Russia is the beast must be proven c) The destruction of the USA in 1993 didn't occur, as well as other "prophetic" blunders d) Dr. Chan's book has many other theological problems 412
  • 102.
    What or Who,then, is Mystery Babylon? Used with permission a) No one can identify the Babylon of Revelation 17–18 with certainty. b) However, it is unlikely that it is the world system, a city or confederation of nations. c) The USA may be the best option at present, but no one really knows —including me! 412
  • 103.
    Antichrist will destroyEnd Times Babylon when he heads a confederacy of ten regions in the second half of the Tribulation (17:7-18). Used with permission 7 Heads & 10 Horns
  • 104.
    479 1. Egypt (Pharaohs) 2.Assyria (Assyrian kings) 3. Neo-Babylonia (Nebuchadnezzar) 4. Medo-Persia (Cyrus) 5. Greece (Alexander the Great) 6. Rome (Caesars; "one is") 7. Reunited Roman Empire (ten kings; "not yet") 8. Final Gentile world kingdom (the Antichrist) Eight Successive Kingdoms (17:10-11) Mark L. Hitchcock, "A Critique of the Preterist View of Revelation 17:9-11 and Nero," Bibliotheca Sacra 164 (July-September 2007): 484
  • 105.
    At first she ridesthe beast (17:7-14) Used with permission
  • 106.
    But later the beastkills her (17:15-18)
  • 107.
    I. This world'skey entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
  • 108.
    II. The world'skey influence will be replaced with Christ's kingdom (18:1–19:10). Why reject the world and embrace God's kingdom?
  • 109.
    "After all thisI saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor. 2He gave a mighty shout" (18:1-2a NLT).
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    "Babylon is fallen—thatgreat city is fallen! She has become a home for demons. She is a hideout for every foul spirit, a hideout for every foul vulture and every foul and dreadful animal. 3For all the nations have fallen because of the wine of her passionate immorality. The kings of the world have committed adultery with her. Because of her desires for extravagant luxury, the merchants of the world have grown rich" (18:2b-3 NLT).
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    "Come out ofher" (18:4)
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    "Then I heardanother voice calling from heaven, 'Come away from her, my people. Do not take part in her sins, or you will be punished with her. 5For her sins are piled as high as heaven, and God remembers her evil deeds. 6Do to her as she has done to others. Double her penalty for all her evil deeds. She brewed a cup of terror for others, so brew twice as much for her. 7She glorified herself and lived in luxury, so match it now with torment and sorrow'" (18:4-7a NLT).
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    "Come out ofher" (18:4)
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    Earth Mourns (18:9-24) Usedwith permission 414
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    "And the kingsof the world who committed adultery with her and enjoyed her great luxury will mourn for her as they see the smoke rising from her charred remains. 10They will stand at a distance, terrified by her great torment. They will cry out, 'How terrible, how terrible for you, O Babylon, you great city! In a single moment God's judgment came on you' " (18:9-10 NLT).
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    Businessmen will mourn(18:11) "Too bad, too bad," say the merchants
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    Babylon Will BeRuined in One Hour by Fire (18:10, 17, 19) Used with permission 406 Pt. 6 "In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!" (18:17a NIV)
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    Babylon Destroyed Quickly 406 Pt. 6 "Thena mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a huge millstone. He threw it into the ocean and shouted, 'Just like this, the great city Babylon will be thrown down with violence and will never be found again' " (18:21 NLT).
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    "The light ofa lamp will never shine in you again. The happy voices of brides and grooms will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the greatest in the world, and you deceived the nations with your sorceries" (18:23 NLT).
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    "In your streets flowed theblood of the prophets and of God's holy people and the blood of people slaughtered all over the world" (18:24 NLT).
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    Heaven Rejoices (19:1-2NLT) Used with permission 414 "After this, I heard what sounded like a vast crowd in heaven shouting, 'Praise the LORD! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God. 2His judgments are true and just. He has punished the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the murder of his servants.'"
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    "And again theirvoices rang out: 'Praise the LORD! The smoke from that city ascends forever and ever!" (19:3 NLT). Used with permission
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    The Marriage & WeddingSupper of the Lamb 415
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    The Invitation in Revelation19:7-9 (NAU) 7 "Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready. 8 "It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. 9 "Then he said to me, 'Write, "Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb."' And he said to me, 'These are true words of God.'" 415
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    The Marriage &Supper Contrasts (19:7-9) Symbols Wedding Feast Verse 7 9 Tense Aorist (past) Present Involvement Church as Bride Israel as Guests Time Period Tribulation Millennium Place Heaven Earth Characteristics Procession, Wedding Friends invited to Wedding Feast Explanation Bride/Church brought to Father's house Bride/Church introduced to friends/Israel Scripture Rom. 7:1-4; 1 Cor. 6:17; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:27 Isa. 25:6-8; Matt. 8:11; 26:29; Luke 12:35-37 416
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    Main Idea: This worldwon't last but Christ's kingdom will!
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    I. This world'skey entity will fall in the Tribulation (Rev. 17). What will happen to the world's most evil influence?
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    II. The world'skey influence will be replaced with Christ's kingdom (18:1–19:10). Why reject the world and embrace God's kingdom?
  • 133.
    "Come out ofher" (18:4)
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    How do youneed to "Come out of her"? "His bride has made herself ready" (19:7 NIV)
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    Jeremiah's Application: "LeaveJerusalem" Jews as figs: Babylonians good bad Jeremiah 24 Figs Jeremiah 24 portrayed all the Jews as two types of figs during Babylon's siege: 1.The "bad figs" who refused to submit to God's discipline by the Babylonians would disobey God by staying in the city and dying. 2.The "good figs" would spare their lives by leaving the city to surrender to the Babylonians outside! AD 70 was no different!
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    "So also Jesus sufferedand died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood" (Heb. 13:12 NLT) Hebrew's Application: "Leave Jerusalem" Leen & Kathleen Ritmeyer, "Akeldama: Potter's Field or High Priest's Tomb?" BAR 20 (Nov/Dec 94): 34 13 So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore" (Heb. 13:13 NLT)
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    How do youneed to "Come out of her"? • Your eyes • Your ears • Your lips • Your hands • Your feet
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    7 Heads &10 Horns Used with permission
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