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Cho Choosing sing Your ur Sto Story ... ... Wi Wisely sely

Revelation 17,18

God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath. Revelation 16

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? Babylon ... • All nations & forces against the people of God Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? ... the great prostitute ... ... who sits by many waters Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? ... the first city ... ... the first ‘sky scraper’ Genesis 11

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? ... the first city ... ... the first ‘sky scraper’ ... “to make a name for ourselves” Genesis 11

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? “Come let us build for ourselves a city ... a tower ... so that we may make for ourselves a name Genesis 11

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? Babylon ... • All nations & forces against the people of God • The desire for independence from God ... taking of the story from God Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? [She] sits by many waters Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? [She] sits by many waters “Babylon” will keep coming back Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? There are only 2 stories ... 2 cities: 1) Babylon 2) The Holy City Revelation 17,18

1) 1) Wh Why a all G ll God’s s wrath o on B Babylo lon? [She is] the great prostitute Revelation 17,18

Re Revelation 1:9 – 3:22 God speaks to the church in the cities 4:1 – 18:24 God judges the ‘great’ city 19:1 – 22:21 God delivers the Holy City Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom To see Babylon for what she really is & does ... Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom To see Babylon for what she really is & does ... ... to identify her “false promises” Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you’ Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom controlling desires ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you’ Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom To see my vulnerable areas ... ... ‘over-desires’ ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you’ Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom To see my vulnerable areas ... ... ‘over-desires’ ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you’ Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... This calls for a mind with wisdom What is my “If only?” ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you’ Revelation 17,18

2) 2) Choosing & Living Wisely ... ... “Come out of her, my people” Revelation 17,18