Revelation 18: Babylon Falls, Kings Weep

Babylon Falls, Kings Weep

This a probably a different Babylon in this chapter than the one mentioned in Chapter 17. The Babylon in Chapter 18 has some characteristics that are not contained within the Babylon of Chapter 18, such as great city, port city (coastal), habitation, marketplace, guilty of greed and self-indulgence and destroyed by sudden act of God (Dave Guzik). In verse 9 we read "and the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning." That means the leaders (not all necessarily will be kings) who were connected to her and benefiting from her (power, greed, ungodly things) will lose the influence and power they had with Babylon as it will fall. As I stated in yesterday's post, the Lamb wins again.

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Matthew 28- The Resurrection and Commission

The Resurrection and Commission

Matthew 28 takes us into the resurrection of Jesus and what he wants us to do with what we know about him and his life.

Even with the huge stone rolled on front of Jesus's tomb, he still rose from the dead as he said he would after he was crucified. An angel of the Lord rolled away the stone in front of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and the "other Mary (not Jesus's mom, but the one from Luke 10:38-42 who had the right idea) were the first to see the empty tomb. They were told by the angel to see the empty tomb and then go and tell the disciples. They got proof of his resurrection and then went and told others. See that? In verse 7, they went and "spread the word" of Jesus. They didn't just keep it to themselves. They went and told others.

They get to see Jesus in verse 9 and then after clasping his feet and worshiping him they did what he told them, which was tell his brothers to meet him in Galilee. While they did as Jesus told them to do, the guards who were to keep watch over the tomb were paid off to make up a story that Jesus's body had been stolen by his disciples. Greed and lies.

In verse 19, he tells them that he has been given full authority on earth and in Heaven and that we are to go make disciples of all nations. This means spread the word of Christ to all people, man, woman, child. California, Arizona, Europe, Africa, India, Asia. It doesn't matter. Spread the word of Christ. Jesus told us to do so.

 
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