SCRIPTURE: Revelation 18:1-24 (Page 1469); Jeremiah 51:41-64 (Page 974)
SERMON: Come Out of Her My People!						    4 March 2001

INTRODUCTION

A. TRUMPETS CONTINUED (16:1-17; see 17:1 & 21:9)

B. PROMISE FULFILLED (17:1,7 and 17:16; 18:1-19:3)

  I. THE FALL OF BABYLON (18:1-19:6)

A. INSTRUCTIVE STRUCTURE (9f,11f(15),17f; Dt.19:15 with 17:2,4&21,20)

B. STRONG STATEMENT (1,2; 21; see 14:8; Is.21:9)
1. utterly desolate (2; see 16:13,14; Dan.4:25; Is.13:21,1f; Rev.9:20)

2. suddenly broken (8; 10,17,19; see Jer.51:8; Dan.5:30,31; Is.47:8-11)

3. just cause (3,5-8; 20,24; see 17:6; 16:6; see Ps.137:8; Jer.50:15,29; 51:7-9; 2Th.1:5)

C. BABYLON THE GREAT (7; see 2,21; 10,16,19; see 17:5; 14:8; Dan.4:30)
1. self-exaltation against God and man (7; see Is.47:7-9,1f; Dan.4:25-27,30; Ezk.28:1-10)

2. self-exalted/God-humbled (7,21; see Dan.4:37; Is.14:14,15,4f; 47:1-11; Gen.11:4f; Mt.23:12; Jms.4:10; 1Pt.5:6; see Phil.2:5-11)

3. the work of God (8,20; see Dan.4:24f,31; Jer.50:25,45; 51:24,25,47f)

D. ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (3; 9-19; 17:2; 13:17; 3:17,18(2:8-11); Ezk.26-28; see 2Cor.6:17; Heb.11:25)

E. CONCLUSIVE WITNESS (9f; 11f; 17f; Ezk.27:27-36; 26:15f; see Dt.19:15; 2Cor.13:1f,14)

F. COMPELLING CONSEQUENCES (4,20)
1. flee from her sins (4; see Jer.51:45,50(6,9); 50:8; Is.48:20; 52:11; Mt.3:7; 1Th.1:9,10)

2. rejoice in her destruction/your deliverance (20; see 19:2,3/6,7; 6:10)

3. My people: saints, apostles, prophets (4,20,24; 17:6; 6:10; Jer.51:45; 50:4-6; see Eph.1:5; Mt.28:18-20)

 II. SOME OTHER GREAT ESCAPES IN THE BIBLE

A. FLOOD (Gen.6:17,18)

B. FIRE & BRIMSTONE (Gen.18:21(Rev.18:5); 19:12f; see Josh.6:22f)

C. SINKHOLE (Num.16:21,24,26f)

D. BABYLON (Jer.24:5f,8f; see Ezk.9:1f; Rev.7:1f; see Rev.13:15,17; 14:1f; 15:2f)

E. MEDO-PERSIA (Jer.51:11&28; see 51:45,50(6,9); 50:8; Is.48:20; 52:11)

F. ROME (Mk.13:14-23; Lk.21:20-24; Mt.24:15-18)

G. INVERTED ESCAPE (1Cor.5:13,1f; see Mk.9:43f)

H. HOUSEHOLDS (e.g., Noah, Lot)

(completed on reverse)

SERMON: Come Out of Her My People!						    4 March 2001

III. COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE! (18:4; see 2Cor.6:17)

A. THE ECONOMY OF SIN IS DOOMED! (18:2,21 and 18:9f,11f,17f; Dt.19:15; see Dan.4,5; Ezk.26-28; see 2Pt.3:3f,11,14,17; see Ps.73:3f,15f; see Rom.6:23; Heb.11:25)

B. THEREFORE, DO NOT PROSPER IN SIN (4,9-19; Ezk.26-28; 2Cor.6:14f; see Jms.5:1-6; Prov.13:11; 28:8; Dan.4:27; Ezk.16:49; see Rev.3:17,18(18:12f); 2:9)

C. DON’T GO THERE!  IF YOU HAVE, GET OUT NOW! (18:4; see 2Cor.6:14-18; Mk.9:43f/ see Rev.17:6,7?; see  Jer.51:45,50(6,9); 50:8; Is.48:20; 52:11; Mt.3:7; 1Th.1:9,10)