Fallen, Fallen, Babylon is Fallen (Rev. 18:2)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 10/12/2005

 

My Worship Time                                          Focus:  Fallen, Fallen Babylon is Fallen

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                               Reference:  Revelation 18:2

 

            Message of the verse:  “2 And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, ‘Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.’”

            This angel that was introduced in the first verse cries out in a mighty voice two times that might Babylon has fallen.  Perhaps the angel says fallen two times because there are two Babylon’s that are falling, the religious one and the commercial one.  The angel goes on to say that Babylon has become a dwelling place of demons and also unclean spirits, and a prison for unclean and hateful birds.  It can be said that when righteousness prevails in a land that it will be more difficult for the unseen forces of darkness to do their awful biddings, and this will certainly not be the case in Babylon in this day.  The unclean birds are written about a lot in the book of Leviticus, when God was telling Moses the things that Israel could eat and should not eat, and the things that they should not eat were unclean, and must have represented sin in some kind of way.

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  James writes in his letter that believers are to resist the Devil and he will flee, and I can tie this in with the unclean part of this verse, for if I allow the unclean things to be a part of my life then Satan can get a foothold in my life to tempt me more with his evil ways, and so I must do as James writes about and that is to resist the Devil so he will flee from me.

 

The Word of God was very convicting to my heart as I read and studied it this morning.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  When I am tempted to think wrong thoughts I must flee from them and if I would dwell on them for to long of a time I must confess those sins to the Lord who is faithful and just to forgive them as He has promised in His Word.