Mon.’s Devo - Babylon is Falling

Read: Jeremiah 51:1-53; Titus 2:1-15; Psalm 99:1-9; Proverbs 26:17 Babylon’s destroyers were the Medes and the Persians. They came from every side and surprised them. God poured out his vengeance on Babylon for what they had done to the whole earth and especially to his people. They had desecrated the Temple of the Lord, and defrauded the earth with their worthless idols who had no power. Babylon would be destroyed and left desolate. *** Babylon’s main god was Bel which was the Aramaic name of Baal. He would be punished for all the people sacrificed to him. Jeremiah warned the people to get out of Babylon long before it was destroyed. The people of Israel were disgraced because their Temple was destroyed, but Jeremiah said that the temples of Babylon would fall also. He encouraged them to return to the Lord. *** Paul’s goal was to teach his followers how to live godly lives and in a way that would please the Lord. He gave instruction to the older men, the older women, the young men and the slaves, teaching them how to honor the Lord in their specific circumstances. Paul encouraged Titus to teach the people these things. *** Lord, as we see Babylon falling in our day, help us to have your perspective. Life up our eyes above all the rubble that we may we see your glorious plan for the future.