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Titus: Godliness in a Rebellious Culture | Video Devotional

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         <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Lament Over Fallen Babylon</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">With a mighty voice he shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:2 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.21.9">Isaiah 21:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">She has become a dwelling for demons</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">and a haunt for every impure spirit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean bird,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"><span class="content">a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.18.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For all the nations have drunk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">the maddening wine of her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"><span class="content">and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning to Escape Babylon&#8217;s Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.18.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then I heard another voice from heaven say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Come out of her, my people,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:4 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="JER.51.45">Jer. 51:45</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not share in her sins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"><span class="content">so that you will not receive any of her plagues;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.18.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">for her sins are piled up to heaven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"><span class="content">and God has remembered her crimes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.18.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Give back to her as she has given;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">pay her back double for what she has done.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"><span class="content">Pour her a double portion from her own cup.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.18.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Give her as much torment and grief</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">as the glory and luxury she gave herself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">In her heart she boasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">&#8216;I sit enthroned as queen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I am not a widow;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">18:7 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="ISA.47.7">Isaiah 47:7</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="ISA.47.8">8</span>.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"><span class="content">I will never mourn.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.18.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">death, mourning and famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">She will be consumed by fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"><span class="content">for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Woe Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.18.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;When the kings of the earth who committed adultery with her and shared her luxury see the smoke of her burning, they will weep and mourn over her. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Terrified at her torment, they will stand far off and cry:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">you mighty city of Babylon!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"><span class="content">In one hour your doom has come!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.18.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">cargoes of gold, silver, precious stones and pearls; fine linen, purple, silk and scarlet cloth; every sort of citron wood, and articles of every kind made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron and marble; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.18.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;They will say, &#8216;The fruit you longed for is gone from you. All your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be recovered.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The merchants who sold these things and gained their wealth from her will stand far off, terrified at her torment. They will weep and mourn </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"><span class="content">and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.18.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">In one hour such great wealth has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.18.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea, will stand far off. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When they see the smoke of her burning, they will exclaim, &#8216;Was there ever a city like this great city?&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Woe! Woe to you, great city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">where all who had ships on the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">became rich through her wealth!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"><span class="content">In one hour she has been brought to ruin!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.18.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Rejoice over her, you heavens!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, you people of God!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">Rejoice, apostles and prophets!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">For God has judged her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"><span class="content">with the judgment she imposed on you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Finality of Babylon&#8217;s Doom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.18.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">&#8220;With such violence</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">the great city of Babylon will be thrown down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"><span class="content">never to be found again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.18.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The music of harpists and musicians, pipers and trumpeters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">No worker of any trade</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will ever be found in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">The sound of a millstone</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="REV.18.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The light of a lamp</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never shine in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">The voice of bridegroom and bride</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">will never be heard in you again.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">Your merchants were the world&#8217;s important people.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"><span class="content">By your magic spell all the nations were led astray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="REV.18.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In her was found the blood of prophets and of God&#8217;s holy people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="REV.18.24"><span class="content">of all who have been slaughtered on the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">84</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 84</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 84:1-12 is numbered 84:2-13.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. According to </span><span class="tl"><span class="content">gittith.</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">Title: Probably a musical term</span></span></span><span class="content"> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How lovely is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.84.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My soul yearns, even faints,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the courts of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">my heart and my flesh cry out</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"><span class="content">for the living God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.84.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even the sparrow has found a home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">and the swallow a nest for herself,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">where she may have her young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="content">a place near your altar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty, my King and my God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.84.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Blessed are those who dwell in your house;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"><span class="content">they are ever praising you.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">84:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.84.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Blessed are those whose strength is in you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"><span class="content">whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.84.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As they pass through the Valley of Baka,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">they make it a place of springs;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"><span class="content">the autumn rains also cover it with pools.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">84:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">blessings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.84.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They go from strength to strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"><span class="content">till each appears before God in Zion.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.84.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Hear my prayer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"><span class="content">listen to me, God of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.84.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Look on our shield,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">84:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sovereign</span></span></span><span class="content"> O God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"><span class="content">look with favor on your anointed one.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.84.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Better is one day in your courts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than a thousand elsewhere;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"><span class="content">than dwell in the tents of the wicked.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.84.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God is a sun and shield;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> bestows favor and honor;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">no good thing does he withhold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"><span class="content">from those whose walk is blameless.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.84.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.84.12"><span class="content">blessed is the one who trusts in you.</span></span></div>
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