Glorious Hope | The Danger of Loving the World

The book of Revelation is the pulling back of the curtain so that we can see what the future of God's people will be. This revelation is our glorious hope as we look to Jesus in these days of tribulation and know for sure he is coming back to take us home. Chapter 18 gives us the final destruction of Babylon, representing all the adulterous cities of the world. As she faces her punishment those who loved her, benefited from her, and misled the people within her stand back in sadness and grief as she burns. They are not sad for the punishment but for what they will lose by her punishment. The warning for us today is to not fall in love with the world. Rather than be sad at her destruction we are to understand it as the moment when we eagerly wait for the return of the Lord. Glorious Hope is a podcast teaching series from Annalong Presbyterian Church. You can find out more at http://www.annalongpc.org/sermons. Get your copy of the ESV Scripture Journal (Revelation) wherever you get your Christian books to help your own study in this series. An audio podcast is available at http://www.annalongpc.org/podcasts.