70 Days of Heart Searching

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"Second Angel's Message"

Focus (5)

Praise (5)

Coming into the Throne Room (10)

Bible Reading (5)
Revelation 14:8
[8]And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."

Meditation and Review (30)
"The second angel's message announces the fall, or apostasy, of Babylon and identifies it as a false religious system. In Revelation 17:5, "Babylon is said to be 'the mother of harlots.' By her daughters must be symbolized churches that cling to her doctrines and traditions, and follow her example of sacrificing the truth and the approval of God, in order to form an unlawful alliance with the world."-Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 382, 383."

"Read Revelation 14:8 along with Revelation 18:2 and Isaiah 21:9. The twofold repetition of the word "fallen" points to Babylon's progressive apostasy and signifies the certainty of her full moral collapse. Babylon is described as already fallen, but her fall is also described as future. Why is that?"

"The end-time Babylon in Revelation is a union of false religious systems that includes Roman Catholicism and apostate Protestantism. These will put themselves into the service of Satan against God's people (see Rev. 13:11-18, Rev. 16:13, Rev. 17:5). This apostate religious union will manifest the arrogance of ancient Babylon in exalting itself above God and will seek to take His place in the world. The message of the second angel warns God's people that this wicked system will depart further and further from the truth in consequence of her refusal of the light of the end-time gospel message. Only when "the union of the church with the world shall be fully accomplished throughout Christendom, will the fall of Babylon be complete."-Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 390."

"Read again Revelation 14:8 along with Revelation 17:2 and Revelation 18:3. How does Babylon make the world drink the wine of her fornication? What does this wine symbolize?"
"Read again Revelation 14:8 along with Revelation 17:2 and Revelation 18:3. How does Babylon make the world drink the wine of her fornication? What does this wine symbolize?"

Heart Searching (15):
Ask yourself the following questions:

As part of God's end time people, am I diligently seeking the truth? Or am I intoxicated by the wine of Babylon? How much effort do I put in trying to find the truth? Do I let tradition go above what the bible teaches?

Intercession (10)

Rest (5)