Foundations for Christian Mission, Mentor's Guide, MG04

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C. The city is associated with evil and godlessness: Babylon

1. Isaiah’s judgment against Babylon as a lover of pleasures and a casual acceptance of its own security, Isa. 47.7-8.

2. Babylon associated with the prophetic vision of the demonic rebellion itself.

a. Isa. 14.3-4

b. Isa. 14.12-14

c. Isa. 13.19

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3. Daniel’s portrayal of Nebuchadnezzar as an arrogant, self-reliant ruler who ignores God’s part in his work or glory, Dan. 4.29-32

4. Babylon is the apocalyptic symbol of godlessness, where the kings of the earth commit adultery, seeking security in the might of the city and not in God, Rev. 18.1-21; cf. Rev. 18.1-3.

D. The city is a place where the judgment of God is manifest and demonstrated: Sodom and Gomorrah, Jericho, Jerusalem, and Nineveh.

1. Sodom and Gomorrah suffered the wrath of God’s judgment because of its unbridled immorality and oppression, Deut. 32.32-33; Ezek. 16.49-50; cf. Gen. 19.24-29.