Good morning, everyone!
I have a cat laying on my arm right now, so typing this is hard. He's really cute though. All warm and snuggly...
Moving on.
Today I read Revelation 17-19.
There was a lot I don't understand, but I got the basics, I think.
I don't know who Babylon is supposed to be, and I don't understand all the imagery associated with it.
What I did understand is that Babylon is a city (or several cities) or a country. And this place blasphemes, deceives, and seduces people away from God. It (or its rulers) kill God's people, too.
But then Christ shows up. Glorious, eternal, and victorious. And even though the kings of Babylon (I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. Please.) wage war against Him, they cannot even hope to compete.
John is being shown this by an angel who says:
Revelation 17:14 - "These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen faithful."
So Babylon falls.
After that, there is a "fourfold Hallelujah" which rings out in heaven. Crying, four times, Hallelujah to God. The voice of the multitude praises God's judgments and praises Him for avenging his people by His judgment on Babylon who slew so many.
Revelation 19:6 - Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!"
Soon after, Christ comes to make war against the beast. And the beast and the false prophet will be seized and they will be thrown into the lake of fire.
Christ is victorious. Eternally victorious.
Hallelujah. The Lord God Almighty reigns victorious.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read 20-22.
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