Sat.’s Devo - Babylon Has Fallen

Read: Jeremiah 51:54-52:34; Titus 3:1-15; Psalm 100:1-5; Proverbs 26:18-19
First the natural and then the spiritual. Jeremiah ends with a prophecy about the total destruction of Babylon. That is the natural. Revelation ends with a spiritual destruction of Babylon. Babylon means “confusion” and it has to do with false prophets, false religion, lies, deception, anything that is contrary to the truth. She is the spirit that kills the prophets and that killed Jesus. She is the mother of harlots and the abominations of the earth in Revelation 17. It is rampant in the world. It is in every area of our lives but it will all come down one day and the truth will remain.
Jeremiah was to write the prophecy about Babylon’s destruction on a scroll and throw it into the Euphrates as a sign of what would happen to it. In Revelation 9:14, God told the sixth angel to loose the four angels (demons) that were bound in the great river Euphrates and they were to slay a third of the population.
In Revelation 18:21 it says that a mighty angel took up a stone and cast it into the sea, saying, this is what will be don to Babylon. It will be thrown down and be no more.
Next, we read the end of Zedekiah. Babylon besieged Jerusalem for two years. When they ran completely out of food, Zedekiah and his sons tried to escape at night. They were chased down. Zedekiah had to witness his sons being killed then his eyes were taken out and he was led to Babylon where he died. Everything in Jerusalem was taken that had any value and only a few poor people were left to tend the vineyards and the fields…just as Jeremiah and Isaiah had said would happen.
Titus reminds us to honor the men in authority over our nation. We are not to slander them but be peaceable and considerate and show true humility toward all men. That needs to be spoken from the rooftops in America. He went on to remind us where we came from and that it is only the grace of God that there is anything good in us.
We are to avoid foolish controversies and arguments and quarrels about the law because these are unprofitable and useless. Instead, we are to devote ourselves to doing good! Just think of how wonderful our nation would be if we just did that!
Lord, help us to remember these things and live them. Let your peace be in our nation. Calm the hearts of the people and give them rest.