196 - What Is So Bad about Babylon
Da Jonathan S. Rose
Title: What Is So Bad about Babylon
Topic: Salvation
Summary: Babylon is singled out in the Bible for particularly strong condemnation, even hundreds of years after the literal Babylon was defunct. Why? What does it mean? (For the missing last ten minutes, see part 2.)
Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.
References:
Genesis 11:1-end
Isaiah 13; 14
Jeremiah 50
Isaiah 13:1-19; 14:4, 12-13; 21:9
Jeremiah 50:1-6, 26-27, 29, 31, 36-37, 40, 44; 51:7, 25, 39, 45
Revelation 14:8; 16:19; 17:3-4, 14-18; 18:2, 7, 15
Daniel 3:1, 5
Matthew 4:8-10
Spirit and Life Bible Study broadcast from 9/17/2014. The complete series is available at: www.spiritandlifebiblestudy.com
Jeremiah 50:1-6
1
The word that Yahweh spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
2
Declare among the nations and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and don't conceal: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is disappointed, Merodach is dismayed; her images are disappointed, her idols are dismayed.
3
For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they are fled, they are gone, both man and animal.
4
In those days, and in that time, says Yahweh, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Yahweh their God.
5
They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.
6
My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting place.
