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Babylon's Fate & God's Sovereignty: A Divine Study - Jeremiah 50
March 12, 2025 · 14 min
Jeremiah foretells the end of Babylon's reign and reaffirms God's ultimate authority over nations and creation, as we study together.
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Prophecy of Babylon's Destruction 0:09 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me this morning. Alright. Today, we are beginning the end of the book of Jeremiah as we look at chapters 50 and 51. In these 2 chapters,0:21 Jeremiah delivers the prophecy of Babylon's destruction. So we're gonna be looking at these over the next 2 days. Verse 31 chapter 50. Behold, I am against you, oh proud 1, declares the lord god of host, for your0:33 day has come, the time when I will punish you. By the way, for those of you who have been with me on this journey from the very beginning, let me just say you're doing great. In just a few months, we're0:45 gonna be in the New Testament. And then before you know it, we will have completed this entire 2 year journey through the bible. And I do wanna say thanks to those who have emailed me and told told me how0:57 this reading plan has strengthened them in their walk with the lord and, e even in relationships as families have been doing this journey through the bible. And by the way, coming up in June,1:09 we're planning something special with the book of, Matthew, first book of the New Testament we'll be looking at. We're gonna encourage families to take the Matthew challenge and, do 1 month of reading1:20 the Bible together through the, Bible reading plan and the discussion on Sundays, but I'll have more information about that. I do wanna, again, thank you for the for the emails, that folks have sent to me. And if you'd1:32 like to email me, tony at tony perkins dot com. I especially wanna hear from those who, maybe as a result of the reading plan or the daily devotional, you have committed your life1:44 to Jesus Christ because because we wanna be able to pray for you on this lifelong journey of following the lord. So, again, you can email me tony at tony perkins dot com. Now on with1:56 today's journey. During the time of Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar ascended to the throne of the Babylonian empire, taking over for his father after he successfully defeated2:08 the Egyptians at Carchemish. Now under Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon became a leading empire of the world, and the city itself became 1 of the greatest cities in the world. In2:20 fact, it was the site of 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world, the hanging gardens. But as we saw last time in looking at Jeremiah's, Jeremiah chapters 46 through 492:32 as we've been looking at those, God, Jehovah, is lord over all of creation. Jeremiah 51 15 states this fact. It is he who made the earth by his2:44 power, who established the world by his wisdom and by his understanding, stretched out the heavens. And as creator, that means God, not man, is the2:56 ultimate authority for individuals and nations, all nations. So today and tomorrow, we're gonna cover, our reading of chapters 50 and 51, which are, divided3:07 because of their length, 2 long chapters. And as we've talked about before, this, reading plan is designed to try to keep our reading to 15 to 20 minutes a day so that it is, in3:19 bite bite sized chunks. Because we wanna encourage you. We don't want we don't want you to speed read. This is not you're not just trying to get through it. You wanna read it, meditate upon it, allow the3:31 lord to speak to you. And I haven't mentioned this a while, but it's great to have a a journal, and we do have journals, still available. But even if you just have a note book and write down, things that the lord brings3:42 to mind, the holy spirit brings to mind as you're reading through it. Alright. As we read of this judgment upon Babylon, keep in mind what Babylon represents. We haven't talked about this in a while, but Babylon3:54 represents the world's system that counters God. Alright? We're gonna see this, when we get into the last chapter or the last book of the Bible in Revelation.4:06 But as we've seen with other prophetic words, there is both near term, intermediate, and future fulfillment. So the ultimate fulfillment of this word is the destruction of the spiritual4:18 Babylon, which we're gonna read about in Revelation. In fact, Revelation borrows some from, here in Jeremiah. So just as this was designed to encourage the captives4:30 of the coming justice of God that would see them delivered and returned to their city when he judged Babylon, it is for the people of God today knowing that God is gonna judge4:42 the world's system that is represented here by Babylon. We'll look at a a few aspects of these 2 chapters. Number 1, why God judged Babylon.4:55 Number 2, what the punishment was. And 3, why does it matter? Alright. Verse 1, chapter 50. The word that the lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans by5:06 Jeremiah the prophet. Declare among the nations and proclaim, Belle is put to shame. Murdoch is5:19 dismayed. Her images are put to shame. Her idols are dismayed. Now Murdoch or Marduk. Murdoch, was the chief god of Babylon and claimed to5:30 be the creator of the world. Verse 3. For out of the mouth rather, for out of the north, a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it.5:42 Both man and beast shall flee away. Now these first 3 verses provide insight into the first 2 questions that we put forth here just a moment ago. Why did God judge Babylon? Why did he5:54 judge Israel, Judah, and the other nations that we looked at last time? See, God, he has the same standard for everyone. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.6:06 The idolatry and the pride were central to their downfall. Now there was more, but their idolatry and their pride were at the root. Verse 14, set yourselves in array against6:18 Babylon all around all you who bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows for she has sinned against the Lord. Notice the sin was not against Israel, but against the6:30 Lord. Look at verse 28. A voice, they flee and escape from the land of Babylon to declare in Zion the vengeance of the lord our god, vengeance for his temple. Babylon6:42 profaned the holy things. Remember, they took the things out of the temple, but then they destroyed the temple in 5 86 when they burned the entire city of Jerusalem. Think about this for a moment from let's6:53 spiritualize this and its application to us today. If we are followers of Christ, believers in Jesus, redeemed by his blood, then we are what? What are we? We're7:05 the temple of the Holy Spirit. We belong to God so that those who would defile or destroy that which belongs to God will face the wrath of God.7:17 And and that means we we don't wanna defile this temple because we are not our own. We belong to the Lord. Jeremiah 50 35, a sword against the Chaldeans declares the Lord, and against the inhabitants of7:29 Babylon, and against her officials and her wise men. Now in these next few verses, it lists all of the offenders and the targets of God's wrath, and it covers the gamut. And then it tells us why.7:41 Again, in verse 38, for this land of images, they are mad over their idols. They're insane over their idols. And there are more reasons, which I'll get to, but I want to park on this 17:53 for just a moment. I wanna take us back to the 10 commandments, and I wanna look at the very first 2 of those 10 commandments. You shall have no other gods before me. Now nothing should take preeminence8:05 over the creator. And then you shall not make any carved images that you should bow down and serve. Now in short, we're not to serve the works of our own hands. Right?8:16 That's what that means. We you know, why were these these 2? Why were they the first of the 10 commandments? I would submit to you that the reason is if you get this wrong, I would submit to you that the reason is if you8:27 get this wrong, if you get these 2 things wrong, you've blown it, because you're not gonna end up in the right place. The 1 true god must take preeminence in our lives. He must be the object of our8:39 our worship and our devotion. God cannot be an an an addendum or an accessory. He must be central. As it was recorded in Acts 17, Paul said, in him, we8:50 live, move, and have our being. The lord god should be our all in all. I mean, everything we do should emanate from and be influenced by that9:02 relationship with him. He must be central to our lives. That's what he's calling us to. Now in these last few chapters, we've seen this truth. God judges nations for their idolatry. Even the9:14 most powerful nation in the world, Babylon, which, again, also represents the world system and all of its consolidated power. And I would just throw in here, this is a warning for9:26 America. We live in this age of of wokeness, but what our nation needs is to awaken to the reality of our idolatry, not putting god first in our lives9:37 individually and collectively as a nation. From this idolatry and pride, we see the other sins that led to Babylon's judgment. Verse 7 let me go back to verse 7.9:50 All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, we are not guilty. For they have sinned against the Lord, their habitation of righteousness, the Lord, the hope of their fathers. They sinned against10:01 God. Verse 15 raise a shout against her all around. She has surrendered. Her bulwarks have fallen. Her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord. Take vengeance10:14 on her, do to her as she has done. Alright? We see this the the measurement of the justice, the vengeance upon her is what she's done to others. She showed no mercy. She gets no10:25 mercy. Verse 24, I set a snare for you, and you were taken, oh, Babylon, and you did not know it. You were found and caught because you opposed the Lord. Now it's,10:37 again, I've I've very stated this, but let me state it again because our sin our sin and and, you know, other people are affected by our sin. We we can hurt someone or we10:49 can offend someone or we can do something against another person, but, ultimately, that sin is against god. Alright? It is him that we have11:00 offended. We've hurt other people, but we have sinned against god. Summon verse 29, summon archers against Babylon, all those who bend the Boag camp around her. Let no11:12 1 escape. Repay her according to her deeds, again, the measurement there, do to her according to all that she has done, for she has proudly defied the lord, the holy 1 of Israel. Now this is11:24 Babylon. Alright? Again, we see here that god judges all the nations. You don't have to claim to be a nation that follows God. God is the ruler of the nations. Verse 31,11:36 behold, I am against you, oh proud 1, declares the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you. Now let me just jump over here for a moment, to chapter11:48 51 as we continue this thematically. Sharpen the arrows, take up the shields. The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes because his purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy12:00 it. For that is the vengeance of the lord. Listen. The vengeance for his temple. Again, they defiled the things of god. Verse 13 of chapter 51. Oh, you who dwell by many12:11 waters, rich in treasures, your end has come. The thread of your life is cut. That's it. Verse 35 of chapter 51. The violence done to me and to my kinsmen be12:23 upon Babylon. Let the inhabitant of Zion say, my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea. Let Jerusalem say. Verse 56, for a destroyer has come12:35 upon her upon Babylon, her warriors are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for the lord is god of recompense. He will surely repay. So we see why god12:47 judged Babylon. And, next time, we're gonna see how god judged them and and and why that matters as we wrap up next12:58 time the, the book of Jeremiah, and then we move into another book that tradition history says, Jeremiah wrote. That is the book of Lamentations. Father, we13:10 thank you for your word, and, and, lord, help us not to miss the application of these truths to our lives today. May there be nothing in our hearts, nothing in our lives that stands between us13:22 and you. May you be first and foremost in our lives. May there be no pride. Lord, bring us to a place of, lord, just humbling ourselves before you as we look to you in total dependence. And,13:34 lord, we pray for our nation that, lord, as as prosperous and as blessed as we are are relative to the other nations, that, lord, we would walk in humility as a nation submitted to you and your13:46 purposes. We pray and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning. Until next time, keep standing on the word.13:57 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at f r c dot o r g slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day, you14:09 can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Prophecy of Babylon's Destruction
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