Insight from Revelation 18:<\/p>\n
\u201cBabylon\u201d looked beautiful. The city tempted the whole world\u2014even the saints. Achan\u2019s sin is one picture of the danger of Babylon (see Joshua 7:21). Paul\u2019s description of his former co-worker Demas is another picture of the danger of Babylon: \u201cFor Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica\u201d (see 2 Timothy 4:10). John\u2019s vision of Babylon in these chapters is very important because it demonstrates the true nature of Babylon and the future of Babylon. Babylon may appear to be filled with beautiful things. In reality, however, it is \u201ca dwelling place for demons\u201d. This is why a city filled with unclean birds and beasts is a fitting image for Babylon. See Isaiah 13:19-22, 34:8-17, and Jeremiah 50:39-40. These chapters help the saints see this city with heavenly eyes.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4755","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}