I Passed

Who is "Babylon The Great"?

In which city was Christ was crucified? Why does John never refer to that city by name? (11:8)

Why is this city, instead, called “Sodom and Egypt”? (11:8)

Why is it also called “the great city”? (11:8)

What does the image of a harlot symbolize in the prophets, and why is this symbol applied to Babylon? (14:8)

Outside of which city is the winepress of the wrath of God trodden? (14:19)

Why, in preparation for the judgment of Babylon, do armies cross the Euphrates and gather in Israel? (16:12-21)

What great city is divided by an earthquake in the final bowl judgment? (16:19)

Why are the saints told to come out of Babylon? (18:4)

Why is Babylon referred to by the same name as the city in which Christ was crucified ? (18:10; 11:8)

Why is the destruction of Babylon said to be a judgment on behalf of saints, apostles, and prophets? (18:20)

Why is Babylon judged for blood that, according to Jesus, was all to be required of Jesus’ own generation? (18:24; Luke 11:47-51; Matthew 23:29-39)

Why is the city which comes down from heaven after the destruction of Babylon called the New Jerusalem? (21:2)

Autumn '08

Evangelism Linebacker

HT: Tim

A Few Storm Pictures

My next-door neighbor's house

Where I usually park my cars (but for fear of my large tree)

Where I moved my cars (so my tree wouldn't fall on them)

And How Can They Preach Without a Place to Be Heard?

When the first-century evangelists went out, they took the gospel message to the temple, to the synagogue, to the marketplace—places where people where accustomed to hearing public proclamations and engaging in public discourse.

Do equivalent places exist in our present society? If so, what are they? If not, how do we adjust our evangelistic strategies to compensate for the lack of such fora?

To the One Who Overcomes: Part 2

Enthusiasm for present topic appears to be waning (both in the readers and in the writer), so I'll offer one last installment and then move on.

Jesus revealed to John that those saints who were faithful unto death in the Great Tribulation would be arrayed in white garments (6:11; 7:13), that they would serve God continually in his temple (7:15), that they would not be hurt by the second death (20:6), and that they (and they alone) would be raised to sit upon thrones and reign with Christ for a thousand years (20:4-5).

Jesus promised the saints of the seven churches that those saints who were faithful unto death in the tribulation which they were experiencing would be arrayed in white garments (3:5), that they would serve God continually in his temple (3:11), that they would not be hurt by the second death (2:11), and that they would sit upon thrones and reign with Christ (2:27).

Why would Jesus have promised to give to the saints of the seven churches of Asia the blessings that were to be given to the martyrs coming out of the Great Tribulation?