Jeremiah 50 -51 The Fall of Babylon 1

BAD Judah Manasseh Josiah (20 Kings) Jehoiakim Zedekiah Amon Jehoahaz Jehoiachin Kings of Judah GOOD Prophets in Judah Nahum Habakkuk Prophets Jonah Assyrians 930 BC 880 BC Zecharaih 830 BC 780 BC Hoshea Pekah Menahim Shallu Pekahiah Jehu Jeroboam II Jehoaz Jehoash Joram Ahab Ahaziah Nadab (20 Kings) Elah Baasha Zimri Omri Tibni Israel Jeroboam I in Israel 730 BC 722 BC Northern Tribes Conquered by Assyria 680 BC 630 BC 580 BC 530 2 BC

Azariah (Uzziah) Hezekiah Manasseh Jehoahaz Jehoiachin Josiah Jehoiakim Zedekiah Amon Joash (Jehoash) Jotham Ahaz Asa Amaziah (20 Kings) Jehosaphat Judah Rehoboam Abijah GOOD Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah All Kings of Judah and Israel BAD 586 BC Jerusalem Destroyed by Babylonians Prophets in Judah Nahum Habakkuk Prophets Jonah Assyrians 930 BC 880 BC Zecharaih 830 BC 780 BC Hoshea Pekah Menahim Shallu Pekahiah Jehu Jeroboam II Jehoaz Jehoash Joram Ahab Ahaziah Nadab (20 Kings) Elah Baasha Zimri Omri Tibni Israel Jeroboam I in Israel 730 BC Jeremiah 722 BC Northern Tribes Conquered by Assyria 680 BC 630 BC 580 BC 530 3 BC

All Kings of Judah and Israel BAD GOOD (Uzziah) Hezekiah Manasseh Jehoahaz Jehoiachin Josiah Jehoiakim Zedekiah Amon Azariah Jotham Ahaz Joash (Jehoash) Amaziah Asa Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah (20 Kings) Jehosaphat Judah Rehoboam Abijah Dethroned by murder Guilty of Murder 586 BC Jerusalem Destroyed by Babylonians Prophets in Judah Nahum Habakkuk Prophets Jonah Assyrians 930 BC 880 BC Zecharaih 830 BC 780 BC Hoshea Pekah Menahim Shallu Pekahiah Jehu Jeroboam II Jehoaz Jehoash Joram Ahab Ahaziah Nadab (20 Kings) Elah Baasha Zimri Omri Tibni Israel Jeroboam I in Israel 730 BC Jeremiah 722 BC Northern Tribes Conquered by Assyria 680 BC 630 BC 580 BC 530 4 BC

Jehoahaz Jehoiachin Amon Joash (Jehoash) Azariah (Uzziah) Hezekiah Manasseh Josiah Jehoiakim Zedekiah Asa Jotham Ahaz (20 Kings) Jehosaphat Judah Rehoboam Abijah Dethroned by murder Guilty of Murder Amaziah GOOD Violence in Judah and Israel Jehoram Ahaziah Athaliah BAD 586 BC Jerusalem Destroyed by Babylonians Prophets in Judah Nahum Habakkuk Prophets Jonah Assyrians 930 BC 880 BC Zecharaih 830 BC 780 BC Hoshea Pekah Menahim Shallu Pekahiah Jehu Jeroboam II Jehoaz Jehoash Joram Ahab Ahaziah Nadab (20 Kings) Elah Baasha Zimri Omri Tibni Israel Jeroboam I in Israel 730 BC Jeremiah 722 BC Northern Tribes Conquered by Assyria 680 BC 630 BC 580 BC 530 5 BC

Names of Babylon • • Babylon (286) Shinar (7) Chaldea (7) + Chaldeans (66) Sheshach (2) 6

Babylon Usage Frequency 7

What is the Origin of Babylon, Chaldeans, Shinar? • Post-flood in Genesis 10: 8 -11 • Nimrod was their founder. – He’s called mighty (as in warrior) three times, and hunter twice. – The beginings of cities – Assyria (capital Ninevah) and – Chaldeans (or Shinar, capital Babylon) • They are known for violent, brutal warfare 8

What are these Babylonians known for? • Genesis 11: 4 -6 one people, one language, one purpose -> Unity! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. build ourselves into a city build ourselves up to reach heaven build ourselves a name build to maintain unity • They are known for self worship. 9

Origins of the Nations • Unstoppable: unity + one language could do anything in Genesis 11 • Confusion of language • Division into nations, Checks and balances • Pentecost - regain control of tongue • Return to Babylon one language one purpose 10

Babylon the Historical Nation (Hab 1: 5 -10) • • • Bitter Hasty Land-grabbing Their own judge Self worth from themselves Innovative, lightning mobile warfare Violent Captivity Arrogant - trust in their military 11

Babylon the Historical Nation (Hab 1: 5 -10, 2: 5) • • • Bitter Drunk on Pride Hasty Hunting others Land-grabbing Insatiable Their own judge Self worth from themselves Innovative, lightning mobile warfare Violent Captivity Arrogant - trust in their military 12

The Fulfilment of Nimrod the Hunter/Warrior Hab 1: 14 -15 14 And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, [that have] no ruler over them? 15 They take up[bring] all of them with the angle [hook], they catch [drag] them in their net [destroying thing 02764], and gather [collect] them in their drag [drag net 04365]: therefore they rejoice and are glad. 13

Hab 1: 16 • 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto their net [02764], and burn incense unto their drag [drag net 04365]; because by them their portion [is] fat, and their meat plenteous. 14

Historical Babylon: The Geography Source: http: //www. bible-history. com/map_babylonian_captivity/ 15

Historical Babylon Lachish letters from the siege Babylonian Chronicles Babylonian Roaring Lion At the Ishtar Gate Ishtar, the goddess of love & war Source: http: //www. bible-history. com/map_babylonian_captivity/map_of_the_deportation_of_judah_archaeology_and_the_babylonian_captivity. html 16

Three fulfilments • Original Babylon in Jeremiah’s day • Rome in prophet/apostle John’s day • New Babylon in our day 17

Prophetic Babylon: Rome and the Dead Sea Scrolls picture from http: //www. ao. net/~fmoeller/pesherhab. htm picture from http: //www. historian. ne t/ 18

What about the Babylonian Spirit? • • In the OT she’s a warrior-hunter man, a prostitute woman In the NT, she is personified as a filthy prostitute. She’s the anti-bride of the antichrist (the beast) She acts like a man - she rides the beast She hunts for believers in Jesus She’s drunk with the blood of the saints She’s drunk with spiritual and physical fornication: She sits on seven hills (Rome), wears the garments of the High Priest (Judaism), has the Cup (Christianity) and unclean pearls (Gentiles). 19

How should we behave toward Babylon? • Genesis 10 - Their origin warrior-hunter • Genesis 11 - Their tower of self worship • Genesis 12 - Leave and don’t go back 20

Are you in Babylon or Egypt or Sodom? • In Babylon you exploit others, in Egypt you are exploited in Sodom you debase yourselves • In Babylon you steal from others, in Egypt you live in poverty, in Sodom you lose your wealth • In Babylon you enslave others, in Egypt you are a slave, in Sodom you enslave yourselves • In Babylon you kill, in Egypt you die, in Sodom you self-destruct • You must leave Babylon before you can leave Egypt, and you must leave Sodom before you are destroyed 21

Lot’s Progression • Babylon - self worship, abandonment • Egypt - bondage, abuse • Sodom - self-destruction 22

Places to Leave: Babylon, Egypt, and Sodom • Babylon – Self worship – Stealing from others – Defeating others • Egypt – Worship of gods – Slavery, Bondage, Suffering • Sodom – Pleasure worship, – Degradation & perversion 23

Contrast Babylon & New Jerusalem Babylon - Genesis Jerusalem - Rev Build ourselves God builds up up into a city us to reach heaven us into heaven A name His name unity 24

Contrast Babylon & New Jerusalem Babylon - Rev Jerusalem - Rev whore bride Purple scarlet, priest white Gold precious stones - temple Pearls - gentile Gold precious stones temple pearls pornea purity Blood of matyrs Cup Blood of christ 25

• Spiritual Jerusalem is church & is freeing whole world • Spritual Babylon is bent on conquering whole world. • Spiritual Sodom is seeking to corrupt whole world. • Spiritual Egypt is seeking to enslave whole world 26

The Key Question in Habakkuk • 17 Shall they therefore empty their net [02764], and not spare continually to slay the nations? 27

The Judgment of God • Amos – Judgments against nations (1: 1 -2: 3) – Judgments against Judah (2: 4 -5) – Judgments against Israel (2: 6 -9: 10) • Mt 25 The kingdom of heaven – Judgment of the virgin church (vs 1 -13) – Judgment of the servant Israel (vs 14 -30) – Judgment of the nations (vs 31 -46) 28

The Fall of Babylon • The judgment of God against physical Babylon in the time of Jeremiah, and spiritual Babylon in the time of the Apostle/Prophet John was not meant to correct nor restore. • It was a judgment against cancer • It was meant to destroy that Babylon might never rise again 29