“And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee” (Revelation 18:22).
TEXT —Revelation 18:21-24
Message
A big tree in an African village served the people well. Birds and animals found comfortable habitation in its branches and relied on it for food. Its vast shadow became a huge canopy for the villagers and served as a market square. As development came to the village, there was a need to construct a modern highway that would necessitate uprooting the tree. It was also planned to erect electric poles along the new road to provide electricity to the village. The cherished tree was cut down to the disappointment of humans and animals whose activities at that spot were abruptly ended.
When the demise of Babylon the Great finally happens, the deceived world will be greeted with a similar disturbing feeling. Like the great millstone cast into the sea by the angel, a swift end will be made of Babylon with her government, influence, and seduction. The worldly entertainment, especially music and all things that massage people’s lustful passions, will be halted.
There will be such utter desolation capable of drowning the “voice of the bridegroom and of the bride.” All the occult and mystic networks will lose their grip and deceptive power. This spiritual Babylon is the arch-persecutor of the Church and is responsible for the killing of numerous faithful servants of God whose blood she must now account for.
The wickedness of this world, which finds expression in all spheres – politics, commerce, culture, and spiritual state – will not continue. God has decreed that the monstrous Babylon, which is at the head of all these, will be brought to book. Rebellious men who subscribe to the system and shun the light of the gospel will not only be disappointed but will also be damned eternally.
You must examine where you stand in God’s scheme of things. If you have all along pitched your tent with Babylon, you must take steps to heed the wise counsel of the Lord today: “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4).
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
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