The City Fall fellowship 2003 Pastor Murray I couldn't hear everything at the beginning of the study on real

audio but pastor was talking about coming out of Babylon. What I could hear after the introduction is a word for word transcription of the study. Open your bibles if you would to rev. Chap 17. The great chapter or book meaning to reveal to make known. Let's take a look at Babylon and let's first identify what she is. Chapter 17 verse 1 of rev. And it reads, with that wisdom from our father: Rev 17:1 Chapter 17 1 and there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, come hither; (get over here) I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: (kjv) What's he going to show us? The whore? No, the judgment. What's going to happen to her? Rev 17:2 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. (kjv) Who are these kings of the earth? They are not supernatural entities. I want you to know that. You have learned that in the last couple of years real good. They are our own leaders. They are our own rulers in flesh bodies upon this earth, and they like to play with her. They like to gain popularity through her. Rev 17:3 3 so he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. (kjv) Now those are supernatural. Those are not kings of the earth. Those are not people of the earth. That is Satan and his 10 little kings that he is going to bring with him alright. They are supernatural. Rev 17:4 4 and the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: (kjv) Her doing business with the world. What kind of business? Well, what she pedals has no value other than its "delicacies". We will document that before this lecture is over with. Rev 17:5 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, mystery, Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. (kjv) Well, that makes it pretty simple doesn't it? She is mystery Babylon. Rev 17:6 6 and I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. (kjv) That is to say, with astonishment. And you should when you take a real close look at her. Now let god interpret for you what she is. That is why we came here. I want you to know who she is, and what she is. Skip all the way down to verse 18. Rev 17:18

18 and the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. (kjv) It is a city. Mystery Babylon, the great harlot is a city. When god interprets it for you, it is not up for you to play ball with o.k. or games. Because god, if he interprets it for you, I am sorry, that is it! Now, "well what does he mean a city"? Well, what does it take to run a city? You gotta have a mayor, you gotta have your political structure, you gotta have banking, you gotta have schools for education.you understand I am sayingI am giving you the four hidden dynasties now, and also religion. I mean you gotta have several churches on the corners of those streets in that city. So it takes the whole pot when end time harlotry away from the true word of god with people playing church and playing town. Some little lady- I forget what her name was-wrote a book "it takes a city". I don't think she had any idea what she was talking about. No idea whatsoever. No conception. But anyway, it takes the whole smash. What is it you are supposed to come out of? The city. The harlot. The one that misleads. The one that will take advantage of you and what's new under the sun? Nothing. Let's go all the way back to genesis. All the way back to genesis in the great book now that you know. I hope there is not a soul in here that had a problem with the fact that sister Babylon is a city. O.k. now we need to look at the structure of the city. "well, what was one of the first cities" well, let's take a look here. Genesis chap. 4:16 You all have heard of Cain. He is the father of the Kenities o.k. Verse 16 chap. 4 Gen 4:16 16 and Cain went out from the presence of the lord, (he did what? Cain went out from the presence of the lord. That is something you don't ever want to do. There can be no good connected with it. If you go out from the presence of the lord you are probably in the presence of Satan. You just don't do that. Cain loved it. He went out from the presence of the lord) and dwelt in the land of nod, on the east of Eden. (kjv) Gen 4:17 17 and Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: (that means "dedicated") and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. (kjv) So, again, who built the city away from god and started it? Cain did. So some of the city managers you better be on guard for are the Kenites then right? Because they are builders of cities. They love it. And it is not new. I mean what we just read is from the 4th chap. Of genesis. Now, turn with me to the 9th chapter of genesis. Let's go for 10 what do you say, while we are at it. It won't hurt. Make it chapter 10. Let's pick it up with verse 8. Genesis chap. 10 verse 8 and it reads: Gen 10:8-10 8 and Cush begat nimrod: (that means "rebellion" and boy he was a rebel alright) he began to be a mighty one in the earth. I want you to make real sure you log in your mind "mighty one", great one, mighty one. We are going to run across that sometimes today. Builder of cities. Great harlot. Come out of her. Get away from her. 9 he was a mighty hunter before the lord: wherefore it is said, even as nimrod the mighty hunter before the lord. 10 and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, (these are cities that he built. This probably is his captain uh his capitol rather) and erech, and accad, and calneh, in the land of shinar. (kjv) Do you know what shinar means in the Hebrew tongue? It means "the land of two rivers". Do you know what rivers? It is Babylonia. It is the Tigris and the Euphrates. Do you know that this is the city "Babylon." let me tell you something else, the word "erech" as it is used here is by the deeper scholars. It is a city called " arak". Arak I said. There is nothing new under the sun. "erech" means "length". And that city was changed through the time to Iraq. The name of the townnot spelled like Iraq today, irak. Your smith's bible dictionary will help you out on that if you want to check up on "erech". O.k. and so, where is this city? Well, it is sister Babylon. There is no great mystery in that. What is happening in Iraq today? Much of the policy is being operated right out of the old city Babylon. We had a change of command from our military the other day when things cooled down a little bit, handed over to the polish military and a contingency of multinational troops and it took place in

Babylon. The bricks you saw, that was the old city Babylon, right in your press every day. It is happening. What does it take to run a city? Well, a mayor, the townspeople, a bank, to get you all tied up if you are not careful. You got to be wiser than the serpent. So you see, there is nothing new under the sun about the city. Turn on with me to chapter 11. Gen 11:1 Chapter 11 1 and the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. (kjv) They all spoke the same language. Every last one of them. Gen 11:2-4 2 and it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of shinar; (you know where shinar is. It is Babylon. Babylonia. The land of two rivers or the country of two rivers ) and they dwelt there. 3 and they said one to another, go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. I mean the place is still there, still makes pretty good brick. 4 and they said, go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; (man has always wanted to work out his own salvation. We don't need god. When man gathers together to plan salvation to heaven and leaves god out of the picture, somebody is headed for a big, big, fall. And we are coming to that time today where god is throwing in the faces of people prophecies that are coming to pass. "well isn't that something. Wonder what it means?" well that is why you need to get into your father's word. Father is ringing some chimes. Have you answered the bell yet? How many times do you have to go down ? Don't ever try to work your own salvation you see, they just had the flood. You understand? They said, "all we got to do is build us a huge tower where we can get up out of the water and we will be safe. We will be in heaven. Man can get some of the most harebrained ideas in man's traditions and his beautiful thoughts supposedly, to outwit god when it is so simple to please our father and be loved of him, is to go around with a bunch of gooflisten to a bunch of goofy people try to find a way. Well, like cloning. If we clone, and clone, and clone, we will live forever. Don't count on it.) And let us make us a name, (there you go. You should have one already. Today it should be "Christian".) Lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. (kjv) Again, when peoplewhen men gather together without god I guarantee you he is going to scatter them. Big time. Gen 11:5-9 5 and the lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. I mean it will bring him down. You work on it too much and you leave him out, he is coming back. And I am going to tell you, I think we are very close to that time when he is about had it with us. I think when mars approached the earth so closely that the war started when it was at its closest. Our blasted federal court took the ten commandments out of the Alabama supreme court and the war began. The war is on. We are not taking it. We are going to draw a line in the sand. There is no sense in that. They got the ten commandments in the supreme court, why can't they be in Alabama? They can be. There is not one word written in our constitution that prevents those ten commandments the law-being in the house of law of that state. It cannot be left standing as it is. I will not digress but things are changing. People are jumping on the wagon friend, not off, but on the wagon and things are getting done. They went too far, that's the thing and they know it. 6 and the lord said, behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. In their own little minds. 7 go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. That's exactly what happened. That's exactly what happens when the holy spirit returns when you are delivered up before the spurious messiah, our tongue will come back. You will speak a tongue that everyone will understand. There will be no need of translators because it will be spoken in the tongue of every nation, person and being. Because it will not be we that speak, but almighty god. He can straighten things out. I

guarantee you he is going to straighten things out. What did he do when people gathered together to provide their own salvation? 8 so the lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 therefore is the name of it called Babel; (confusion) because the lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (kjv) Hadn't happened again but they all came together in one tongue accept for through the united nations or the league of nations prior to that. They put the little things in your ear and what a poor miserable excuse that is for the true voice of god. It is going to change. We are coming to that time. We are not playing church. God is coming down. He is going to take care of business. Come out of the city! I am not talking about a literal town here, so I don't want a bunch of people saying " we are going to move out to your farm". (much laughter over this). I don't haveI got too much cattle and stuff, I don't have any room for you. But mentally come out of the city. That's the four hidden dynasties. They are there waiting for you. Every day. Hey they plot all night my friend. They even tally your numbers of where you travel, how much fuel you buy, and how much fuel you burn in the winter and it is all sacked up and woven in a big basket and that's where they "we know exactly how to handle them". I wonder if you really believe that here we were all chugging along and fuel wasn'tit wasn't all that bad, we got quite a bit of it you know. But, it come labor day, like it does every year, and what happened? We had a terrible shortage. A pipe line busted in Arizona. Woo we! That must have been one gusher if you ask me because it put a shortage all over the united states and the price at the pumps doubled. "well, whose pocket do you think that went in?" I mean they got your number friend and they weave it up. And they do it real good. Just make sure that you don't fall into their little church next door. Because every town has gotta have one. O.k. that's their religion. Don't be sucked in by it. She's a city and it is her administration that you want to be very, very careful of. Now, alright let's turn to Jeremiah chapter 25. Let's you knowwe know that god knows what is going down. Where I am taking you is where god's cup of wrath is going to get poured out. Do you know when that is? That's the end. It doesn't happen until the end. So the prophecy we are reading is about the very end right here. Jeremiah chapter 25. God is not worried about people drinking this cup. He says "they are going to drink it whether they like it or not". It is going down. And it is the cup of god's wrath. And it is his absolutely putting things back in order. See if any of this sounds familiar to you. Chapter 25 verse 15 Jer 25:15 15 for thus saith the lord god of Israel unto me; take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. (kjv) I don't know. Has he sent you somewhere? Have you drawn a line? Do you take a stand? Can god count on you? You knowwhat does he mean pour it out? You know, through the holy spirit or even allow the holy spirit to speak a language that puts everything back in one language and straightens things out both sons and daughters. That cup of wrath will pour through the lips of god's children and things will solidify into ultimately his kingdom. For the king is returning. Jer 25:16 16 and they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. (kjv) "well, what sword is that?" revelations chap. 1 verses 16 and 17. The sword is a two-edged sword that comes from the mouth of Jesus Christ. It cuts both ways. It is the holy spirit that will come from your mouth. That sword will not allow lies to stand and those trials will be held world wide. We are coming to that time my friend. You gotta be ready. You got to know that you have a destiny and a purpose. That god can count on you. It is written. Have you read it? Jer 25:17 17 then took I the cup at the lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the lord had sent me:

(kjv) Who did he send him to? Listen carefully. This is prophecy. Jer 25:18-29 18 to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; That is to say those that are not in the camp of the lord. 19 pharaoh king of Egypt, (what is going to happen to Egypt?) And his servants, and his princes, and all his people; I am going to tell you something, religionChristianity is a reality, but a religion that wishes to die to kill Christians is not of god. Period. It is dreamed up of Satan and man. If you think I am talking about all that are in the Islamic faith you are mistaken. It is just those-however many it is-that want others to die in the name of their god. Well, they haven't read our word and they certainly don't have any faith in our word because our word reads a little different than that. Boy are they going to get it. Do you know something else? They are already getting it. 20 and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of uz, and all the kings of the land of the philistines, and ashkelon, and azzah, (do you know where azzah is? That's the Gaza strip) and Akron, (torn by the roots he says it will be) and the remnant of Ashdod, 21 Edom, (Rosh, Russia) and Moab, and the children of ammon, (those that like to claim to be with us and they never quite make it. Never quite get there) 22 and all the kings of tyrus, and all the kings of zidon, (here you have your Kenites and their establishment of commerce. Their ships of tarshish. The mariners of the sea) and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, All of them. Drink and be happy. I don't think it will make them happy-god's wrath. I think it might get their attention. But whether they like it or whether they lump it, good, bad, ugly, and all in-between, the cup will be poured. Guess who is going to do the pouring? With the help of god. 23 dedan, and tema, (southern Russia) and buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, Not going to miss out on anybody. 24 and all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, All the people that claim to be of that faith. The kings of Arabia are going to be straightened out. They are going to drink of the cup. They are going to find out who yhvh is. "well, are you talking against any certain people?" I am reading bible. Haven't you noticed? This is scripture. This is god's word. This is how it is going to be. "well what if there happens to be a Christian in one of those places?" safe as a little ole hummingbird in its nest. God is not going to singe or hurt anyone that is innocent. That is not the way he does business. And that is not the way you do business. God takes care of his own. God's people are a gentle people, just like he is, but when god gives marching orders.we march!! We get it done. We always have. You know, there are many of us that have been in branches of the service that have had to protect this nation from the conception. The fighting has always been on a distant shore and I am glad. I am glad it was kept there. Finally the chickens came home to roost and maybe it was time for a little education that there are dangerous people in this world and they have always been kept away from our homeland basically. I thank god for the fact that he is always with us, and we always win. Many might say well what about Korea and Vietnam? We broke the back of communism. Period. It was very successful. It is just that "the city" would like to have you believe otherwise. But they haven't hardly got a leg to stand on. Or a window to throw it out. O.k. they are broken. But they will be back. Never mind. They will be back. 25 and all the kings of zimri, (this particular verse pertains to the children of keturah-abraham's 2nd wife) and all the kings of elam, and all the kings of the medes, This is the family that Moses married into. 26 and all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, (well how many kingdoms do we have in this world? All of them. They are going to drink it-those that need it. ) which are upon the face of the earth: (now beloved this is why we came here. So really sharpen up for me) and the king of sheshach shall drink after them. (he will drink last) Now, who is this king of sheshach? This is a hidden message in the manuscripts o.k. it is where you takeit is an acrostic. This is where you take the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and make it the first. You move the

first letter of the Hebrew alphabet to make it the last. O.k. are you with me? All the way through and then you spell sheshach and what it really comes out in Hebrew letters is bbl. And we find bbl etched in rocks in documentaries all over this nation, and others. Babylon. That is what it means. Babylon. Babylon will be last and don't forget it. That's important. The last one to drink will be Babylon. "well why would god do that?" the cup is a cup of correction. And when you speak out in that fresh tongue-you all know I am talking about that tongue delivered by the holy spirit as in mark chap. 13 o.k. so that you are all with me here. When that tongue comes out it is not to harm people, but to help people. People that never had a chance to know and learn will hear directly from the lips of god through his children the real truth to give them an opportunity to say, "I see it", "I see that truth", "I see that city, and I come out of her". The last one to drink of course is bbl. Because she isshe will hold that course, but even those of bbl, "Babel", "confusion", if they come out of confusion they are no longer children of tares, or any other group, but children of god, and so it shall be. But Babylon, that city, is the last one that will drink of the cup of god's wrath. In a sense my friend you need to meditate on that thought. You need to look around you in the world today of people drinking from a cup. And I am not saying the cup is already pouredbut I am saying look at what is happening to people. Watch your markets. Especially if you are investing o.k. but watch everything. See what is being poured out upon the nations. I predict that when this political campaign that is about to come out, when we see so-called really representatives of our nation running for high office like even president, and they condemn our soldiers in the field, and even up to the high command, they welcome and are comforting and abetting the enemy. They are giving them comfort. Never before in history has that happened. I know some will claim it has. When? I have been around a long time and I didn't see it happen. World war ii when we got to the coast from there out we were one nation. It doesn't seem to be that way anymore. Well, we got 1/3 of the people Satan deceived in the first earth age living now. Their little ole hearts pitter patter, pitter patter. So you better be ready. You better know who you should trust, and who you should not trust. "come out of her my people". What it means is, come out of confusion. You are not stupid. You have a mind. Use it. Don't be deceived. The deception is set up and it is working just fine. You know it is really sad and it is almost shocking when you see how easily large numbers of people can be deceived. I mean they will go with it. You know, I have nothing against California because it was good to me. I used to have a mattress factory there and made a lot of money and was happy and so forth but I went back not too awful long ago and I didn't recognize it. You know I spentin the military there, directed air traffic all over that part of the country. I didn't recognize it. I really didn't. It is a disgrace. Maybe I am being a little hard but I think it is. I really think it is. At the way people do not care about each other and are so very misled into socialism. Especially when you lookto show you how easily people can be misled, never in history has there been a successful communist or socialist nation succeed. Well, we do have Cuba. It is still communist and it is still there. But if we didn't feed em they would kinda be in bad shape. You know we did open the granaries back up again this past week. I don't resent that. I really don't. I don't like to see people suffer. But it is really shaking when you see how easily people can be misled. Keep your eyes on and your ears turned right up my friend. Observe. These prophecies on Arabia, Egypt, and Jerusalem it is a mess what is happening in Jerusalem. It is a disgrace. People blowing themselves to bits what kind of civilization can you call that? I mean really look at it. Be aware of it. It's sure not what god intended. O.k. so we got some things very bad wrong. Babylon will be the last to partake of the cup I feel for the reasons aforementioned. 27 therefore thou shalt say unto them, thus saith the lord of hosts, the god of Israel; drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. It is going to be pretty final my friend. God's sword is his truth and we are not takingwe don't take prisoners. We are not giving on any quarter. It's over and you know what, it will save a lot of people. That may not make ..ring true but it will. 28 and it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, thus saith the lord of hosts; ye shall certainly drink. Like it. Lump it. Good or whatever, you are going to drink it. Why? God's returning and he is in charge. He has got some good people, and you are part of them. He knows he can count on them. Thank god for that. Thank god for his word. 29 for, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city (what city is that? You know) which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the lord of hosts. (kjv) And so it is. Those prophecies are beginning to come to pass. The people of Arabia are being badly misled. You know, when you train little children that are in kindergarten to practice the "death song", to kill people. To

cause themselves to perish and to teach that as "going to heaven", that is a sad state of affairs. That's satanic. And it's happening. Again I am not knocking any religion, that's just a cold hard fact my friend and it doesn't take a rocket scientist, or you don't have to be the sharpest knife in the drawer to figure that one out. It is just not civilized. So, there you have prophecy concerning the nations. Now let's go to the .to complete let's return to the great book of revelation. Revelations chapter 18. This is where we left off at this Passover. This is where our heavenly father would tell you "come out of her". "don't be a part of her". "come out of her my people". Let's just pick it up with verse 4 and run with it a little bit. Rev 18:4 4 and I heard another voice from heaven, saying, come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. (kjv) Again, I don't need to remind you we are talking about a city do I? We have hammered that to death haven't we? But you don't want to forget, alright. The citythe harlot. I am sorry, the harlot is a city. Rev 18:5 5 for her sins have reached unto heaven, and god hath remembered her iniquities. (kjv) It's time. Rev 18:6 6 reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. (kjv) Give her the first fruits of sin. Rev 18:7 7 how much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. (kjv) That's what she says. All her traffic though, I want you to remember, are delicacies. Nothing of real value. Rev 18:8 8 therefore shall her plagues come in one day, (I am looking forward to that day. How about you? It's the lord's day) death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the lord god who judgeth her. (kjv) Now get ready. Hang on. Verse 9 is one of the four hidden dynasties. Verse 9 is the hidden dynasty of finance. Right here on good ole earth. I am sorry political rather. Political. Rev 18:9 9 and the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, (kjv) Even though she is destroyed, the political party is not going to give up. That's the kings of the earth o.k. bosses of the earth. Great men of the earth. That's your dynasty of the political. It is powerful my friend, it is deceiving and it is misleading. Verse 10. Rev 18:10-24

10 standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! (and here she is called a city) for in one hour is thy judgment come. Get ready for another dynasty. Verse 11 11 and the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: What does it take to run a city? Merchants, mayors, police, and sister Babylon is no different than any of the rest. Here comes the one I mentioned awhile ago, the hidden dynasty of finance. 12 the merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, I mean right down tostill nothing of any real value. All delicacies. But the world finance, you know we are gold. We will control it. Figure out where they are all going and we will be there. We will make it easy for them to buy a coke or anything else they want. We will fix them. Now is there anything commerce? Not if it is done honestly. But don't involved in the commerce of this city, or you will end up a loser. Why? God said come out. Don't have anything to do with it. 13 and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, (what are these ingredients containing? Religion.) And beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. Is your saveddo you know Jesus? Is your soul saved? How are you with Jesus? Do you want to join our church? You need to join our church. Come on down to the little corner and we will indoctrinate you. I am not knocking churches but that's what this is. This is the dynasty of religion, and they wind people up and they make themthey tell them "you're o.k. just love the lord and you will be saved. You don't have to understand his word, his letter, just listen to us." "you don't even have to understand revelations". How many of you know what I am about to say? "cause you are going to be gone. You are out of here child". Well, anybody that would believe that kind of stuff. I hate to say it but god called them in Jeremiah chap. 4:18 he said " my poor children are a little bit sottish". Do you know what that means? "my poor kids are just a little bit stupid". Hey, you roll it, they will smoke it. (much laughter) A mess. O.k. well, watch out for your soul my friend. That's the religious hidden dynasty, and she is part of that city. They are bewailing her. Can you imagine? They are crying over her, when we defeat her they are still going to be crying about her. Think about that. That should give you encouragement to really go along. And here comes the education alright. A little tricky but hang on for me. 14 and the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. Now if you have trouble with that, the word "fruits" that your little soul, I repeat soul, your mind-your spirit-your intellect lusted after do you ever watch Oprah on television? Well, it is the Greek word "opora" o.k. Oprah on television has nothing to do with this (much merriment) but that's what the Greek word is and do you know what it means? Those that lust after the "dog days". Do you know what the "dog days" are the closing days, the closing hour, the last hour, educating themselves to the return of Christ, and exactly how it would come to pass. The first ripe fruits. But there were no fruits there. They educated themselves in the wrong direction. Have you got it? You go with their dynasty of education and you are going to come up short. You are going to be lusting after the very time but it will already have.in other words when this is written, the tense that this is in, is Babylon has already fallen, and they are still griping about it. They are still crying about it. They think they are right. That's sad, but it is true. So that takes care of the four hidden dynasties. You got it? They make up the city. You gotta be very careful. 15 the merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, I mean they are a group of sad sacks that it all went down the tubes. And what is worse yet, in their minds there is a group of people that nobody even recognized before destroyed it for them. That's god's elect, with the holy spirit speaking through them. 16 and saying, alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

17 for in one hour (that's the return of Christ) so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, These are mercenaries. Kenites. Ships of tarshish. Mariners. 18 and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, what city is like unto this great city! They built it, they have woven it together like a fine basket my friend. They hate to give up. But its gone. Drink rascal drink. 19 and they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! For in one hour is she made desolate. There wasn't one thing that they hauled on those ships that wasn't a delicacy. Something fancy. Not something really useful. 20 rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for god hath avenged you on her. Now you stay awake for me. Got a little bump coming in the road here. I want you awake for it. 21 and a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. When it is over, it is over. The lady sings the song alright. It is gone. 22 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; (I mean their four little ole hidden dynasties are kaput! Maybe I better ask some German what that means. I think it is o.k. I think it means just blowed up. I don't know. I hope so) and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; Pastor Murray tells a story here. I am sorry. I digressed and I come right to the place I want you to really be sharp for me o.k. listen carefully. 23 and the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; (your merchants were the great men of the earth-not heaven. Not supernatural. The great men of the earth )for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 and in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. (kjv) She is guilty. But it is the "great men of the earth" . You know, we have had great men, and this doesn't have anything to do with gibbor, o.k., this is politicians, this is men that rule over you so to speak. That's what runs the town, the mayor, and from there on downthe police departments, and they rule. Now in closing I want to go one more time to these `great men of the earth" . I want to go to Micah chap. 7 we just covered this in the minor prophets. And in closing it reads: Micah 7:1-6 1 woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit. I lusted after that. I wanted it. 2 the good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. You know some people believe that. "do your brother before he does you". It's biblical. It's not o.k. that's not biblical. 3 that they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; (that's a bribe) and the great man, (here we go) he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. They weave it in a fancy basket and pass it off to you wanting a bribe. Hey we can do anything. What is it you want? Money, money, money. Crooked, crooked, crooked. The great men of the earth. Watch them. It is time they were put out of business. We have enough to do it, just keep alert o.k. 4 the best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. Now let's fix the time on this. Then I am going to close. 5 trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

6 for the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, (and it is when you are delivered up to witness. You got it? It means the end. That's the way they are. That is the city. That is your four hidden dynasties. So innocent. You were just doing business. Boy, I would hope. Listen, and understand what I am saying, I encourage people to start businesses in a town. That's fine if that is what you want to do. Nothing wrong with that. It is when you allow the leadership to begin saying "well, if you really want to be blessed, we will bless your business. Hey this is no problem. Just join our club. Be with us. Be one of us. There are some things you can't be one of any more beloved if you really value your soul. You gotta draw the line because god said "come out of her my people". Be ready for that. You can'tthey can't have you. You have toothere is too many important things that you must do. Remember, we have to put the enemy under the feet of Christ and naturally with his help. It's no problem. We can do it. It's no step for a stepper. When god is helping you, there is nothing that can stand against you. The city Babylon. Don't let her tentacles run out and get too deep into your family. Watch her. Watch her like a hawk. Be ready to serve our father against those four hidden dynasties. Don't forget. The nations that we pour the cup on, we have already begun pouring. You know, god has given us quite a platform, and I thank him for it. That we are able to pour some pretty good stuff on a lot of people that need correction. Not for wickedness or evilness, but knowledge, wisdom from father's word. I thank our father for that. He brought us to this time and this place, and I thank him for you.) The daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. (kjv) Prayer. The end. (something he said at the end of the prayermeggidio is that final city-let us be prepared for her.)