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"Her sins have reached to heaven"

Text: Revelation 18:5

THE SINFULNESS OF BABYLON

A strong word of advice was heard from heaven. It cried out to all who feared the Lord. They must heed this voice from heaven and come out of the sinful clutches of heaven.

“And I heard another voice from heaven saying,
‘Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins,
and lest you receive of her plagues.
For her sins have reached to heaven,
and God has remembered her iniquities.'”
Revelation 18:4-5

1. This was like the cry of an evangelist.

a) It was an important message to heed.

b) This was an urgent message.

c) Those who feared God must get out of Babylon before its fall.

2. The content of this urgent message.

a) God addressed the hearers as “My people”.

b) The people were in danger because of the impending judgment of Babylon.

c) They must “come out” of Babylon.

d) If they remained in Babylon:

i) They will share in the judgment of her sins.

ii) They will end up being hurt by the plagues that God would send.

3. We are reminded of Lot in the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

a) Two angels were sent to him.

b) They warned Lot that Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed.

c) He and his family must get out before its destruction.

d) Only Lot and his two daughters were spared from destruction (Genesis 19).

4. The sins of Babylon.

a) They were measured.

b) These sins were stacked up and had reached Heaven.

c) They had not repented.

d) God would now remember all its sinful ways and punish the great for its sinfulness!