
The True Danger
From Christ Presbyterian Church by Christ Presbyterian Church Santa Barbara
May 17, 2026 · 30 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the dangers of worldly systems that promise life but lead to destruction, emphasizing the importance of following Christ.
Because the systems of this world promise life but lead to destruction, we must refuse their allure and follow Christ. Revelation 17:1–6; 18:1–5 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth have become drunk.†3 And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names, and it had seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality. 5 And on her forehead was written a name of mystery: “Babylon the great, mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations.†6 And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints, the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I marveled greatly.  ‌‌ After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the…
Topics covered
- spirituality
- Christian teachings
- judgment
- temptation
- following Christ
Keywords
- Revelation
- Babylon
- judgment
- temptation
- Christianity
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Revelation
Places: Babylon
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