Tonight we’re studying Revelation
18: 1-8

Pastor Greg Diamanti
CHRISTIAN FAMILY Church Of God
http://www.cfcsm.org/

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STUDY NOTES :

REVELATION CHAPTER 18:  This chapter which contains the 5th Divine punishment is the destruction of the world’s political and economic systems.  The headquarters of these systems will be in a city (perhaps the city of Babylon).  Some believe it will be ancient Babylon as it is rebuilt for the following reasons:
1.     Ancient Babylon was never suddenly destroyed, as prophesied in Isaiah 13:19 (this is an event that still needs to come to pass and be fulfilled)
2.    The description of literal Babylon by Jeremiah in Chapter 51 is very similar to the description of the city given by John in Revelation Chapter 18.
3.    According to Isaiah Chapter 14, Israel will enter into God’s rest after Babylon is destroyed.  Since this has not yet happened, the event must be yet in the future.
4.    The vision of the woman in the ephah:
 (found in Zechariah 5:5-11) indicates a return of wickedness and commerce to Babylon in the future (an event which has not yet occurred).
 
Verse 1… God sends a special angel who has GREAT POWER.  So much power that the whole earth is lightened with his glory! God still wants people to walk in the light, as He is in the light! 
1st John 1:7
Verse 2… This city described within the pages of this chapter had become the habitation of demons and false doctrines!
Isaiah 34:8-15
Verse 3… Both rulers and merchants had worshipped at this city’s shrine of delicacies – silver and riches.
Matthew 6:19-24
Verse 4… God commands any true believers left in this system to “COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM”.
2nd Corinthians 6:14-17…. Why?  Galatians 6:7-8
Verse 5… This city’s sins had reached all the way into Heaven.
Jeremiah 51:9
Verse 6… Payday will always come.
Hebrews 10:31 …. Hebrews 12:29
Verse 7… This city’s inhabitants lived in sinful pleasure and luxury. Her prosperity had blinded her to the judgment of God!  In this chapter is a list of 25 of the world’s most expensive luxury items.
Verse 8… This describes the destruction of the city – and how sudden her destruction comes!
Proverbs 29:1 ... 2nd Thessalonians 1:7-9 …. Revelation 18:9-10, 15, 17, 19

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