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What does it mean when God says, "Come out of her, my people"? In Revelation 18, we witness the catastrophic fall of Babylon and discover that God's judgment is not arbitrary—it is righteous, complete, and a call to radical separation from worldly systems that oppose His kingdom. Pastor Dean Murphy unpacks the vivid imagery of Babylon's collapse, the weeping of kings and merchants, and the urgent plea for God's people to disconnect from systems built on luxury, deception, and the exploitation of souls. This sermon challenges us to examine where we've been entangled with the world's economy of greed and corruption, and to answer God's call to come out and be separate. Scripture References: Revelation 1:18-19 | Revelation 14:8 | Revelation 15:1 | Revelation 16:17-18 | Revelation 18:1-24 | Jeremiah 51:6-7 | 1 John 5:19 | John 3:16-17
Fallen, Fallen Is Babylon The Great (part 2)
Rev1:18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 19 "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.
Rev 14:8 “'Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,' which madeall the nations drink the mad dening wine of her adulteries."
Rev 15:1 I saw in heaven another great and marvelous sign: seven angels with the seven last plagues—last, because with them God's wrath is completed.
Rev 16:17 The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying,"It is done!" 18 Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occur red since mankind has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake…
Rev 18:1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.2 With a mighty voice he shouted: “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit, a hauntfor every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detest able animal. 3 For all the nations have drunk themaddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.”
Jer 51:6 "Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for the LORD's vengeance; he will repay her what she deserves. 7 Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD's hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad.
Rev 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “‘Come out of her, my people,’ so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes. 6 Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup. 7 Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, ‘I sitenthroned as queen. I am not a widow; Iwill never mourn.’
Rev 18:8 Therefore in one day her plagues will over take her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her. 9 “When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. 10 Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry: “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, you mighty city of Babylon! In one hour your doom has come!’
Rev 18:11 “The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their car goes anymore— 12 car goes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; 13 car goes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.
Rev 18:14 “They will say, ‘The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.’15 The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn 16 and cry out: “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet, andglittering with gold, precious stones and pearls! 17 In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!’
Rev 18:17b “Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sail ors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. 18When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever acity like this great city?’ 19 They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: “‘Woe! Woe to you, great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’
Rev 18:20 “Rejoice over her, you heavens! Rejoice, you people of God! Rejoice, apostles and prophets! For God has judged her with the judgment she imposed on you.”
Rev 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large mills tone and threw it into the sea, and said: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.
Rev 18:22 The music of harpists and musicians, pipers andtrumpeters, will never be heard in you again. No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. The sound of amillstone will never be heard in you again. 23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again. The voice of bridegroom and bride will never be heard in you again. Your merchants were the world’s important people. By your magic spell all the nations were led astray. 24 In her was found the blood of prophets and of God’s holy people, of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.”
Rev 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.
Rev 18:4 “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues,
1Jn 5:19 We know that we are children of God and that the world around us is under the control of the evil one.
Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that who ever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.