Revelation 17-18 tells us that Babylon is the great political and economic power of the day. Whoever uses political and economic power to lure people away from the worship of God is Babylon. Wherever money and power seduces people away from the love of the Lord Jesus, there is the spirit of Babylon.
Let me put this to you plainly: we live in Babylon! And quite frankly, the technology and power, the wealth and splendor of modern culture makes ancient Babylon look second-rate!
Isaiah and Ezekiel (like Moses before them) saw earthly pictures of the heavenly reality – because until the resurrection of Christ, no man could enter the heavenly throne room.
So as we go through Ezekiel's vision, I want you to remember that this is heading straight to Jesus. Ezekiel's vision of the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD is paralleled by John's vision in Revelation 1 of the exalted Jesus.
And as we live as Jerusalem in exile, we need to keep the vision of the exalted Jesus ever before us, because in John's vision there are three things we need to see: 1) God is sovereign 2) His judgment is coming 3) You need to believe the gospel
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