The world often looks to economic centers and powerful cities as the ultimate source of stability. We see in the fall of Babylon that even the most massive metropolis can be brought to its knees in a single hour. It is easy to trust in bank accounts or the global economy, but these things are temporary and fragile. When the "golden goose" of worldly prosperity fails, those who relied on it are left in mourning. True security is found only in the unchanging nature of God rather than the shifting sands of earthly wealth. [34:36]
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying: Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come. Revelation 18:10 CSB
Reflection: When you look at your current financial or personal stability, what is one specific area where you are tempted to trust in your own resources rather than God’s provision?
There is a constant pull in our hearts to serve two masters, but Jesus makes it clear that we cannot give our ultimate allegiance to both God and money. Money often becomes a root of evil when it moves from being a tool to being a treasure. We must examine where our hearts truly lie, especially when the things we crave are suddenly taken away. If our identity is wrapped up in what we possess, we will experience devastation when those things vanish. Choosing to serve God brings a peace that the world’s riches can never provide. [47:18]
No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Matthew 6:24 CSB
Reflection: In what ways has the pursuit of "more" recently distracted you from your relationship with Christ, and how might you simplify your focus this week?
It is tempting to believe that a specific government leader or political party holds the key to our future and our souls. However, no earthly authority has the power to save us or provide eternal security. While we should pray for those in leadership, we must be careful not to hitch our wagon to any human system. Every world power will eventually face God's judgment, just as Babylon did. Our primary allegiance belongs to the King of Kings, who never fails or falters. [40:16]
The kings of the earth who have committed sexual immorality and shared her sensual and excessive ways will weep and mourn over her when they see the smoke from her burning. Revelation 18:9 CSB
Reflection: Think about your recent conversations or social media interactions regarding leadership; how can you shift your focus from political anxiety to trusting in God’s ultimate sovereignty?
God is incredibly patient, offering us opportunities to turn away from sin and toward His grace. We are reminded that playing with fire eventually leads to getting burned, and the same is true for a life lived in rebellion against God. Repentance is not just a one-time event but a daily turning toward the light of Christ. He knows everything about us, yet He still invites us to come to Him for forgiveness and new life. Today is the day to lay down any lawlessness and embrace the victory Jesus won for us. [57:33]
Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way. Psalm 139:23-24 CSB
Reflection: Is there a specific habit or "small" sin you have been excusing lately? What would it look like to honestly confess that to God today?
As we look at the world around us, it is easy to get caught up in the splendid and glamorous things that are destined to pass away. Jesus encourages us to store up treasures in heaven where they are safe from moth, rust, and theft. When we live with an eternal perspective, the trials and storms of this life lose their power to overwhelm us. We can rejoice because we know that God is ultimately in charge of history and our future. Our lives should reflect the hope of a kingdom that can never be destroyed. [46:58]
Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. Matthew 6:19-20 CSB
Reflection: What is one practical way you can "store up treasure in heaven" this week by serving someone else or investing in a spiritual discipline?
The exposition walks through Revelation 18 with firm theological conviction, portraying Babylon not merely as an ancient city but as the culmination of human pride, false religion, and economic power opposed to God. The narrative traces Babylon’s origin from Genesis—the refusal to fill the earth and the building of the Tower of Babel—through its later role as Israel’s enemy under Nebuchadnezzar, and finally to its twin depiction in Revelation: first as a corrupt religious system and then as the affluent commercial metropolis that will collapse. The passage emphasizes the swiftness and totality of God’s judgment—“in a single hour”—and the wide-ranging consequences: kings stunned in mourning, merchants bereft of goods and wealth, seafarers aghast, and the end of ordinary life and joy within the city.
Economic appetite, moral depravity, and the trafficking of human lives are highlighted as central sins that mark Babylon’s culpability. The speaker connects these judgments to theological truths about allegiance: no one can serve both God and money; misplaced trust in power and wealth leads to spiritual ruin. Scriptural anchors from Matthew and First Timothy are used to show how attachment to riches displaces devotion to God and produces destructive longings.
The image of a mighty angel casting a millstone into the sea dramatizes irreversible judgment—this is final, decisive, and vindicatory for those martyred for the faith. Heaven’s rejoicing over Babylon’s fall underscores divine justice and the eventual vindication of prophets and saints. The exhortation turns pastoral and urgent: repentance remains available now; God’s patience is an opportunity to turn from sin and receive salvation through Christ. Practical pastoral notes close the scene—prayer for the suffering, care for neighbors, and an invitation to respond—underscoring that eschatological warnings are intended to awaken lost souls and steady believers’ loyalties in troubled times.
``So just a little background. We have been discussing and preaching about Babylon. In Revelation chapter 17, we were introduced to Babylon in the book here in Revelation, and that was more the religious system, the false religious system. It was destroyed. Revelation seventeen sixteen, specifically by the antichrist. But you'll also note there in Revelation seventeen seventeen that God is gonna be the orchestrator of this destruction of this great religious system.
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#BabylonRevealed
And as a result of this religious system being destroyed in Revelation seventeen sixteen, the antichrist is gonna rise up so that everyone will then worship him because that is his ultimate goal. He is just using the false religious system for those first three and a half years of the great tribulation to to to prop him up, if you will. But then in the halfway point of the great tribulation, Daniel tells us in Daniel nine twenty seven, that's when he will fully let everyone know who he is. The abomination of desolation as it speaks about in Matthew twenty four fifteen. That's then that's when he will then take over. And for the next three and a half years, he will think that he is ultimately in charge. Little does he know that god's design is for all of this to take place. And then eventually, he will be destroyed simply by what Jesus will do.
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#AntichristRise
You know you know your history in The Middle East, specifically in Iraq during the Iraq war. You've heard about that. You've studied about that. So you she is sitting on wonderful oil deposits. So very wealthy, very affluent. That's the reason all these world leaders want to be have a part with her. But in the grand biblical scene, this scene is setting up for the return of the lord Jesus Christ.
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#BabylonWealth
Why are they so mournful? Well, they've taken in the depravity of her. What depravity? Go over back to verse two. We see here, she has become a home for demons, haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, and a haunt for every unclean and despicable beast. So it gives us the thoroughness of the depravity of Babylon. These leaders, these world leaders, these government leaders have allied themselves with Babylon, but really they're allying themselves. They don't know this, but with the antichrist. And ultimately, with Satan. They don't know that either. They just think that they've got this gold mine, this golden goose, and they're just gonna ally themselves with Babylon because it make them really rich, really wealthy, really affluent, really powerful, and they will be that for a little while.
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#DepravityAndDeception
This past week in Davos, Switzerland, global leaders met for the World Economic Forum. They've been doing this since 1971. And you will note that many important decisions are made there in that little spot on planet Earth. Decisions that impact all of us and unbeknownst to ourselves, how these global leaders gather together in the Swiss Alps. And let's be honest, they have a lot of partying going on, but yet they make lots of decisions for us.
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#DavosDecisions
These world leaders, these global leaders in Revelation eighteen, nine, and 10, when they see their golden goose dying, they're mourning. Woah. Woah. It's me. The great city of Babylon. And so all of these world leaders who just met there in Davos, Switzerland, I I I would venture to say that some of them, some of these countries that met this past week are still gonna be around when the great tribulation happens, and they're gonna be some of the these world leaders are gonna be crying out, woe was me.
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#LeadersInMourning
And, you know, the countries that presently are against Israel, you do know that there are countries against Israel. Right? And some of them met this past week in those that beautiful palatial Swiss Alps that are very antisemitic. Also, are very against Christianity and its teachings. Now, our media will not say that but if you have discerning ears and discerning minds, you will pick up on that.
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#HiddenAntisemitism
That these global elite, most especially these global leaders, they detest Christianity. Quite honestly, they detest what we are doing right now in little old Morganton, North Carolina. And if I may be be so bold, they think that we're idiots for doing this. We're just country redneck bumpkins. Why would you need to believe in someone that you've never seen? You need to be smart like us. You need to have authority like us and so they detest Christianity and they detest Christianity's teachings.
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#ElitesVsFaith
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