We will return to our Revelation series (just two left) after the summer holiday season. Are you looking good this morning? When I say that we immediately think about outward appearances. But I want to think about the good things we are look at! If you are looking at the right things you will go the right way. Don’t Look at Others 2 Cor 10:12-13: We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. 13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you. Whether they are successful or failing in some areas, it is unhealthy to compare. You are not on their journey, you do not know where they have come from or what cost they have paid to be where they are. Comparison is the death of dreams. Stay in you...
We left off last time having looked at Voices of Victory! Beginning in Revelation 17, John describes the Lamb’s step-by-step victory over “the beast” and his kingdom. In Revelation 17, the religious system is judged; in Revelation 18, the political and economic systems fall. Finally, the Lord Himself returns to earth; judges Satan, “the beast,” and the false prophet (Rev. 19:19–20); and then establishes His kingdom One reason John used symbolism was so that his message would encourage believers in any period of church history. The true church is a pure virgin (Rev. 19:7–8; see also 2 Cor. 11:2), but the false religious system is a “prostitute” who has abandoned the truth and sold herself for personal gain. In the same way, every age has featured a “Babylon,” a political and economic system that has sought to control people’s minds and destinies. Just as the contrast to the “prostitute” is the pure bride, so the contrast to “Babylon” is the City of God, the New Jerusale...