{"id":233,"date":"2019-06-24T19:11:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.local.net\/?page_id=233"},"modified":"2019-06-24T19:11:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T19:11:25","slug":"revelation-18","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/?page_id=233","title":{"rendered":"Revelation 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review Chapter 17<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 1-3<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the character of the angel described in verse 1?<\/li><li>What had happened &#8220;past tense&#8221; to Babylon that the Angel was reporting?<\/li><li>What do you think the text means by unclean and evil spirits?<\/li><li>What caused this to happen? What did the kings of the earth and the merchants do?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 4<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What warning is another angel giving to God&#8217;s people?<\/li><li>Why should God&#8217;s people &#8220;come out of her?&#8221;<\/li><li>Have you heard that warning?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 5-8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What has Babylon done that she deserves ruin?<\/li><li>What measure of punishment will be served on her?<\/li><li>What traits of Babylon are selected as measures for her punishment?<\/li><li>Who is judging her and how quickly will the judgement pass?<\/li><li>What does this say about the nature of God?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 9-20<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why do the kings of the earth mourn her loss?<\/li><li>Why do the merchants mourn?<\/li><li>Will God&#8217;s people mourn? Why not?<\/li><li>What kinds of items are listed as merchandies that are no longer purchased?<\/li><li>Why do you think they are no longer purchased by any man?<\/li><li>Where are the merchants standing? Does this mean that they are not punished along with the City?<\/li><li>Compare the behavior of the Merchants and earthly kings with what is commanded of God&#8217;s people?<\/li><li>When frustrated by merchants or politics, who holds the ultimate revenge? How does change your perspective on life?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verses 21-24<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does the symbolism of the millstone mean to you?<\/li><li>What is the significance of these things no longer being in Babylon? <ul><li>Voice of harpers and musicians<\/li><li>Craftsman<\/li><li>Sound of millstone<\/li><li>Light of a candle<\/li><li>voice of the bridgegroom and of the bride <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>What does it mean to you that Babylon&#8217;s merchants were the great men of the earth and that by their sourceries they deceived all nations.<\/li><li>What was left in Babylon?<\/li><li>What significance does this mean to you?<\/li><li>Does this description of Babylon and its judgment have any bearing in your life?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Chapter 17 Verses 1-3 What is the character of the angel described in verse 1? What had happened &#8220;past tense&#8221; to Babylon that the Angel was reporting? What do you think the text means by unclean and evil spirits? What caused this to happen? What did the kings of the earth and the merchants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":173,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/233\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.gracewalk.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}