Sunday 22nd, August, 2021
Read: Ezekiel 27:1-36 Revelation 18:1-19:10
18:1-8. God’s people must come out of fallen Babylon
(Is 13:19-22; 21:8-9; 34:8-12; 48:20; 52:11; Jer 50:8; 51:6, 9, 45; Gen 18:20-21; Ps 137; Is 47:7-9)
18:9-19. Babylon’s stakeholders will mourn (Ezek 26-27; Dan 4:28-30)
i. 9-10. The kings of the earth
ii. 11-17 (a). The merchants of the earth
iii. 17(b)-19. The seafarers
18:20-19:5. God’s people will rejoice at his justice
(Ps 96; Is 44:23; 49:13; Jer 51:48; 51:63-64; Is 24:8; Ezek 26:13; Is 47:8-9; Jer 7:34; 16:9; 25:10; Jer 51:49)
19:6-10. God’s people will be blessed for their faithfulness
(Ex 15:18; Ps 22:28; 93:1; 97:1; 99:1; Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Dan 7:14;Amos 4:13; Zech 14:9; Is 61:10)