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Allusions, Images, Symbols: How to Study Bible Prophecy THE NATIONS PART 1
CAN WE EVER MAKE THE NATION GREAT AGAIN?
🎤 “Can we ever make the nation great again. A kingdom is coming, unlike anything we have ever known, or seen and it will be great! It will be one without inflation, deflation, tariffs wars, destruction and deportation.
You certainly want to be in that Great Kingdom!
Welcome back to episode 4 of our 13-part series on understanding the present and future using the Bible as our guide.
What you’re about to hear will draw you into a deeper, more meaningful relationship with God and with others.
The Bible provides the keys needed to understand what we must do to effectively live in positive relationships in a broken world.
In this series, “We explore Bible stories, symbols, and signs to help us understand what they reveal about God’s relationship with us now, and in the future.
These stories, signs and symbols in the Bible show us how to relate to each other.
They are the foundational keys to unlocking the future and understanding the special message specific for our day.
So, keep watching.
What you’re about to learn about the future of our world could change the way you see God, the Bible—and everyone around you.
But, before we begin, Let’s Pray.
Allusions, Images, Symbols: How to Study Bible Prophecy
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 1 Introduction
There is a plan for a great kingdom that cannot be destroyed.
The Bible says in Daniel 7:14…
“Then to Him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom,
that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him.
His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom the one which shall not be destroyed.” (Daniel 7:14)
🔑 Jesus will one day rule the whole world—forever.
✅ That’s the kind of kingdom we can count on to be ruled fairly and equitably for all people.
The book of Revelation shows us how God fixes the mess we’re in.
In the end, the tree of life is restored.
The curse is removed.
And we are allowed to be in the direct presence of God again.
🔑 The book of Revelation is somewhat like Genesis, but in reverse.
Genesis is an important key to understanding how troubles in this world started in the first place.
And how God plans to end it.
In Daniel and Revelation, one big issue keeps showing up:
The failure of human government.
Humans have tried to run the world that rightfully belongs to God without Him for thousands of years.
It took a very long time to reach this point.
For thousands of years people have tried again and again to rule themselves, but it never worked.
Even the best ideas and plans always ended up failing, and many times, they failed in really bad ways.
Much of human history is just another sad story of how human failed systems have hurt our society.
Thus, even the best human systems fall short of God’s ideal for this earth.
❌ And it’s only going to get worse—
Sorry, but it is never going to be great again, until God sets up His everlasting kingdom.
📖 Daniel 7:27 says…
27 Then the kingdom and dominion, And the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, Shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.’(Daniel 7:27)
Then and only then will things be great again!
✅ That’s the hope we hold on to.
But what about the church?
At first, the early church was full of God’s Spirit and power.
But over time…
❌ They left the simplicity of the gospel.
They added in false teachings and pagan customs.
And when they lost God’s power—
They turned to the government to control people’s beliefs.
🎤 That’s how the papacy rose:
By force—not by faith.
They punished anyone who believed differently.
That’s not freedom. That’s fear.
And now, here’s the warning…
⚠️ The same thing could happen again—Even in the United States.
For America to form an image of the beast, Religion would have to take control of government—
Just like it did in the past.
🔑 Every time the church grabs for political power—
It loses its spiritual power.
Even some Protestant churches have made the same mistake.
❌ They’ve joined with worldly powers.
And they’ve started limiting freedom of belief.
The Bible in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 warns us this would happen,
📖 “There will come a falling away…
And the man of sin will be revealed.”
– (2 Thessalonians 2:3)
🎤 A church without truth becomes a tool of control—
Not a light to the world.
So… can we make the nation great again?
✅ True greatness only comes when hearts are changed.
When love, rather human selfishness leads.
When God’s kingdom becomes our focus.
🎤 God’s kingdom is the only one that will be great again.
And it will last forever.
Avoid putting your hopes in broken systems.
Prepare to live in a better in a kingdom which God makes Great Again!
How do we prepare?
By getting to know God through the study of His word.
The Bible describes the nature of men deemed great by human standards.
For instance, read Genesis 10:1-12 it gives us clues as to what happen to cities ran by these men.
What lessons can we learn from them. Share your thoughts, then continue to Part 2: Nimrod and Nineveh
Allusions, Images, Symbols: How to Study Bible Prophecy
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 2: Nimrod and Nineveh
🎤 Can we ever make the nation great again?
That’s the question on so many hearts today.
But to find the answer, we’ve got to go back… way back… to the very beginning.
Because the first-time humanity was truly great… was in the Garden of Eden.
And what happened there still matters today.
Eden was created as the perfect home for us humans
It was a place of peace, joy, and harmony.
It was a place where Heaven and Earth came together.
🔑 But when sin entered, God had no choice but to separate us from that perfect home — and from the tree of life — at least for now.
❌ Because of sin, life changed.
In Genesis 3:16–19 we find that sin brought pain, hard work, and hardship.
Genesis 3:16-19
16 To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” (Genesis 3:16-19)
🎤 But there was still hope.
✅ Our first parents put their faith in the rightful King — King Jesus.
They believed He would create a path that would bring us back to Eden.
Therefore, in faith, they brought sacrifices to the gates of the garden, trusting in God’s plan to save the fallen world.
Eden remained on Earth for a while… Ellen G. White wrote:
“The Garden of Eden remained upon the earth long after man had become an outcast from its pleasant paths… Adam and his sons came there to worship… When the tide of iniquity overspread the world and the wickedness of men determined their destruction by a flood of waters, the hand that had planted Eden withdrew it from the earth. Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 62. (Pauoeue)
🎤 But here’s the good news:
✅ One day, Eden will return.
Revelation 21:1 (NKJV) says:
“Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away.” (Revelation 21:1)
📝 God will restore what was lost — and it will be even more beautiful than before.
But instead of trusting God’s way, ❌ people tried to fix things on their own.
They have chased after man-made solutions to our newfound problems, therefore we see the formation of city-states, as an attempt to create an easier life, and even perhaps the attempt to recapture what was lost in Eden.
For instance, Genesis 10:1–12 introduces a number of key political players found throughout the rest of the Bible, including powerful city-states like Nineveh and Babylon.
🔑 These cities show up over and over in the Bible — not as symbols of greatness, but as centers of rebellion.
🎤 We meet Nimrod in Genesis 10:8–9 says:
8 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” (Genesis 10:8–9)
Some people view Nimrod as a great leader, much like the conquering heroes of Greek mythology.
But when the Bible describes Nimrod as “a mighty one on the earth,” and a “mighty hunter before the Lord,” it is not a compliment.
It really means in defiance of God.
Nimrod built kingdoms in rebellion against God.
And this rebellious spirit will exist until, ultimately, all rebellion is wiped out forever.
❌ This spirit of rebellion was back then, and it continues even to this day.
🔑 This is not just about one man or one city — it’s about a mindset.
🎤 A mindset that resists God’s rule.
So here’s a question worth asking:
❓ Why is rebellion against God more subtle than we think?
The truth is, Satan is behind it all.
Every rebellion starts with him.
Patriarchs and Prophets explains:
Rebellion originated with Satan, and all rebellion against God is directly due to satanic influence.
Those who set themselves against the government of God have entered into an alliance with the archapostate, and he will exercise his power and cunning to captivate the senses and mislead the understanding. He will cause everything to appear in a false light. Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 635.
✅ That’s why we have to be on guard because:
🎤 Like our first parents, those who are under his bewitching spell see only the great benefits to be received by transgression.—
In other words: Like Adam and Eve, people under Satan’s spell will see what looks good, but not the danger.
That’s why rebellion is so dangerous.
It seems harmless. until it’s too late.
🎤 Can we ever make the nation great again?
✅ Not by man-made power. No, not by city-states or politics.
Not by uniting church and state.
True greatness comes from the heart of man sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit.
It comes when we walk in obedience, looking unto to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.
🎤 The greatness that comes from our faith in Jesus no one can take away.
🌱 So stay faithful to him not man.
God hasn’t forgotten His promise.
He is the only one who will make all things new and great again.
Do you ever feel like God is calling out from out from the mist of your family and friends to do a very special work.
God did this to Abraham. Read his story in Genesis 12:1-9
Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Then, View the next segment of this video, Part 3:Abraham’s Call
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 3: Abraham’s Call
🎤 If we want to understand where a nation is heading… we need to look back at how the nations began.
That journey starts in the book of Genesis.
Because before there were flags, armies, or governments — there were people, families and faith.
In Genesis chapter 10, we see where the first nations were born.
It tells us that people were divided up into lands, languages, families, and nations.
The word for “nations” in Genesis 10:5 can also refer to the Gentiles, non-Jewish people.
Genesis 10:5 says:
5 From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. (Genesis 10:5)
Similarly, Revelation 14:6 of an “angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—(Revelation 14:6)
🔑 Right after the idea of “nations” in Genesis 10:5. God does something interesting.
🎤 He calls out one man — Abraham — out of one of those nations to be different from them and from what they represent.
Genesis 12:1–3 says:
1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 12:1-3)
📝God wasn’t just calling Abraham to move.
He was calling him to be different.
Abraham was to start a new kind of nation.
God’s plan was to establish a nation though Abraham that differ from the human kingdoms.
He wanted a nation that acknowledge God as its King.
✅ This new nation wasn’t to be built on power or pride — but instead on trust, obedience, and blessings.
🎤 Abraham’s people were meant to show the world what it looks like when humanity return back to its Creator.
Thus, Israel was established to be a blessing to “ ‘all the families of the earth’ ” (Genesis 12:3),
Genesis 12:7–9 continues:
7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 And he moved from there to the mountain east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; there he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord.
9 So Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Genesis 12:7–9)
🔑 Israel would be God’s model nation to be a light to the world.
🎤 They were given something the world hadn’t seen since before the flood — light, truth, and the presence of God.
✅ But that truth came with responsibility.
Read Deuteronomy 4:5–9 .
It tells us that God taught them statutes and judgment and He instructed them to keep them and do them. He told them the statutes and judgement was their wisdom and their understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear… and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’” (Deuteronomy 4:5–9.)
📝 So, It wasn’t just what they knew… but what they did with it that made the difference.
🎤 God didn’t raise up a single voice individual.
He raised up a whole nation to work together in cooperation with him to reflect His character.
🔑 That’s the power of unity with God.
But ❌ a warning came with this promise.
Regardless of how wonderful the truths given to them was, if they failed to live up to them and failed to obey them, they would bring curses instead of blessing and death instead of life.
In other words, If they refused to live out what they knew, the blessings would be turned into curses.
Life would be replaced with death.
🎤 Therefore, a knowledge of Truth alone isn’t enough.
✅ It must be lived out in obedience — not just heard but followed.
❓And what about us today?
🎤 The people of God have been given truth, just like Israel was, it will have no meaning unless it is obeyed.
This hope of redemption through the advent of the Son of God as Saviour and King, has never become extinct in the hearts of men.
From the beginning there have been some whose faith has reached out beyond the shadows of the present to the realities of the future.
Adam, Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—through these and other worthies the Lord has preserved the precious revealings of His will.
And it was thus that to the children of Israel, the chosen people through whom was to be given to the world the promised Messiah, God imparted a knowledge of the requirements of His law, and of the salvation to be accomplished through the atoning sacrifice of His beloved Son. Prophets and Kings, pp. 682, 683.
❌ Knowing the truth won’t make us great. But living it will.
🎤 Can a nation be great again?
✅ Yes — but not by politics, policies, or power.
But it can be if people rose up like Abraham, obey like Israel was meant to, and live God’s truth with love and courage by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the amazing grace found only in Jesus Christ.
🎤 That’s the kind of greatness Heaven honors.
But the Nation of Israel fail.
Where did they go wrong?
Read 1 Samuel 8:4-18 and Deuteronomy 17:1-20 and 1 Kings 11:6, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 16:30, 2 King 3:2. Share your thoughts.Then continue to the next segment of this video, Part 4: Given What You Asked For
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 4: Given What You Asked For
🎤 Can we ever make the nation great again?
No, not by copying the nations around us.
Not by trusting in human strength.
What happens when the people of God make the wrong choice?
A choice made by ancient Israel changed their history forever.
Originally, Israel wasn’t supposed to have a human king, like the surroundings nations.
God Himself was their ruler.
But after a while, their faith grew weak.
1 Samuel 8:4–18 tells us that they looked at “the nations” (the Gentiles) and found themselves desiring the things they had.
1 Samuel 8:4-5
4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,
5 and said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.” (1 Samuel 8:4-5)
They wanted a human king, but it came at a price.
Asking for a king was more than just wanting a leader.
Their request for a king was a rejection of God’s governing His people.
As God had set up a system where they as a nation was to answer directly to Him their Creator.
And their relationship to Him was displayed through the sanctuary and its services among other things.
But by requesting a king, they traded God’s system for a human system—and with it came with a heavy price:
– Forced military service
– Heavy taxes
– Loss of freedom
– And all kind of other issues
By requesting a king, they brough on them the same kinds of suffering the other nations were experiencing.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
🎤 They would soon discover that earthly rulers tend to rule for their own benefit instead of in favor of the people.
Their choice of a human king would come with no return.
Israel would be given what they asked for, but when they realize that it would be a step down, it would be too late, they would be stuck with a human king!
📖 “And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord will not hear you in that day.” (1 Samuel 8:18)
🔑 God warned them… but they still wanted a king.
God already knew this would happen.
He predicted early on that Israel would ask for an earthly king.
And just as he had told them, much of history in the Bible is the story of the consequences of their bad choice.
In Deuteronomy 17:14–20 we read the rules God gave Israel for a future king.
These rules were not because He wanted a human king for them,
but because He knew they’d insist on it.
✅ So, in his loving mercy, He placed safeguards to protect them.
Deuteronomy 17:16-20
14 “When you come to the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, ‘I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,’
15 you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses; one from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
16 But he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, for the Lord has said to you, ‘You shall not return that way again.’
17 Neither shall he multiply wives for himself, lest his heart turn away; nor shall he greatly multiply silver and gold for himself.
18 “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites.
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes,
20 that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel. (Deuteronomy 17:14-20)
❌ History lets us know that these safeguards were often ignored.
Just look at Israel’s history after they got a king.
Some kings were good, some okay… some were downright evil.
Even the “good” ones—like David—made serious mistakes.
📖 Over and over, the Bible says:
“They did evil in the sight of the Lord.”
This was repeat over and over again as in 1 Kings 11:6, 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 16:30, and 2 Kings 3:2.
They had one corrupt leader after another.
Whether back then or today—every human government has one big problem:
Sinners trying to govern other sinners.
What could have gone wrong? Everything!
God gave them what they asked for:
Hosea 13:11
“I gave you a king in My anger.” – Hosea 13:11 (NKJV)
God let them have what they wanted…But it wasn’t His plan for them.
🎤 He allowed it to teach them a lesson.
📚 Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 605 says:
“When men choose to have their own way… He (God) often grants their desires,
so that through the bitter experience that follows, they may realize their foolishness and repent.”
🔑Warning, be careful what your heart desires.
❌ When pride leads us, the thing we want most can become the thing that hurts us most.
🎤 Can we ever make the nation great again?
Even in the Christian Church there was the danger of making the same mistake as Israel.
What warning did Jesus give? Read Matthew 20:25-28
Then, continue to the next segment of this video, Part 5:The Ruler of the Gentiles
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 5: The Ruler of the Gentiles
What if the real danger isn’t just outside of us…but within us?
What happens when we forget who we are?
The mistakes Israel made became the same mistakes of the Christian church in the New Testament.
Moreover, God’s relationship with Israel helps us see and understand how He works with His people today.
🔑 In fact, Israel’s story shows us the same errors that many of his people still fall into.
In fact, in many ways, the nation of Israel served to foreshadow the errors of the church in the future. Poiueueuii
❌ Let’s not be deceived, we are no better than ancient Israel—
We face the same struggles as they did.
And we are susceptible to the same temptations they were.
Knowing this in Matthew 20:25–28 Jesus warned His disciples not to seek power like the Gentiles do.
✅ Instead, He said the greatest among us must be a servant.
Matthew 20:25-28
But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them.
26 Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.
27 And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:25-28)
Ancient Israel asked for a human king, so they could be like the surrounding nations.
But that choice became the moral downfall of the nation.
And eventually God let Babylon take them captive as a form of correction.
🎤 In fact, their desire for human power cost them everything.
The Church Repeated a similar history.
Even though the church was not structured like a Gentile nation, in the fourth century, when Constantine became emperor and claimed to be a Christian, the people rejoiced.
Christians were relieved!
✅ Religious persecution stopped—which itself felt like a blessing.
But then… the church started relying on the emperor’s power.
The church perceived that they might be able to influence the emperor for their own advantage.
When arguments broke out related to the church, the people let the emperor step in to resolve it.
🎤 And little by little, the church started depending on human strength… not God.
As time passed, the bishop of Rome rose in power.
Where he had once been senior bishop among many equal bishops, he became supreme.
The church opened the door to the state and allowed the state to intervene in religious matters.
Once the state got its foot in the door, things went from bad to worse.
And the state brought in corruption, control, and pride.
🎤 Just like Israel of old, the darkest days in Christian history is the results of the church letting power and compromise take the place of faith.
Just like Israel turned to idols, the church adopted the practices of pagan Rome resulting in many faithful believers who stood for truth being killed because they were seen as a threat to the union of church and state.
Think about our world today.
What are the ways we’re tempted to trade truth for power?
To water down our faith for comfort or control?
📚 The Great Controversy, p. 55 says:
The accession of the Roman Church to power marked the beginning of the Dark Ages. As her power increased, the darkness deepened. Faith was transferred from Christ, the true foundation, to the pope of Rome. Instead of trusting in the Son of God for forgiveness of sins and for eternal salvation, the people looked to the pope, and to the priests and prelates to whom he delegated authority. They were taught that the pope was their earthly mediator and that none could approach God except through him; and, further, that he stood in the place of God to them and was therefore to be implicitly obeyed. . . . Sin was disguised in a garb of sanctity.
When the Scriptures are suppressed, and man comes to regard himself as supreme, we need look only for fraud, deception, and debasing iniquity. (The Great Controversy, p. 55).
❌ When the Bible is set aside, and man puts himself above God,
we only get fraud, lies, and evil.
God’s law was replaced with human rules—and the result was deep corruption.
🔑 Whenever we trade God’s truth for man’s power, we lose both.
🎤 Can we ever make the church—or the nation—great again?
It certainly will not happen by blending in or controlling others.
Nor will it happen because of some political power or world leader.
In establishing ancient Israel as a leading nation, it was not God’s intent to condemn and weaken the other nations.
What was God purpose for His people? Read the following: (a) Numbers 14:17–21
(b) Isaiah 42:6, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 60:3 and
(c) Revelation 18:1–4
Then, continue to the next segment of this video, Part 6: The Light to the Gentiles
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THE NATIONS PART 1
Part 6: The Light to the Gentiles
God’s main purpose for making the nation of Israel his chosen people was not to condemn, or control the rest of the world, but to save it.
He chose them to show the world a better way.
He chose Israel to help bring salvation to a dying world.
Israel was to serve as a highlight to the sin and selfishness of the nations around it.
Believers living in harmony with God reveal His righteous character, in contrast to the unrighteous of non-believers.
This naturally leads to conviction or guilt because it shows difference between right and wrong.
When we see someone living righteously, it brings conviction.
But that conviction is not designed to push them away, it’s intended to pull them closer to God.
In other words, the lives of the people of God should manifest the character of God as expressed in Revelation 14:12 such that people turn to God not away from him.
“Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” (Revelation 14:12)
✅ When we live in obedience to God, we show His character to others.
Israel’s Missed this Opportunity –
If Israel had done what God asked
If they had lived faithfully, lovingly, and humbly the would not have had to go into captivity.
🎤 The other nations would have come in peace, seeking to know about them and their God.
🔑 But, tragically, they didn’t. And instead of peace… war came.
❌ As we see in the Babylonian captivity, the world didn’t come to learn—they came to war and take control by force.
Nevertheless, God’s perfect character was shown clearly in His son Jesus.
🎤 Jesus is the perfect example of God’s truth. He is the only one on this earth that has perfectly manifested God’s character.
His perfect example was intended to bring conviction to hearts, offering an invitation of eternal life through Him.
Read John 3:16–21 notice what it says in John 3:16 and 19-21
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.” (John 3:16,19-21)
✅ Jesus came to save, not to condemn.
His life was an invitation—for all of us to walk in the light.
And even with that many of the Jews of that day, especially the religious leaders rejected the light.
🌍 Just like He did with Israel,
God established the church to shine His light in a dark world.
He established the church to draw sinners toward Christ.
The call of the three angels’ messages, delivered through His church, goes out, not to a select few but to “every nation, tribe, tongue, and people”
Revelation 14:6 says:
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— (Revelation 14:6)
✅ God’s message is for everyone.
No one is to be left out.
How can a nation be great when it alienates itself from other nations?
Revelation 18:1 says:
1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory. (Revelation 18:1)
🎤 Before Jesus returns, this whole world will be lit up with the truth of who God really is.
What is God intended role for His people in this?
🔹 Numbers 14:17–21 – God wants to show His power and mercy through His people, even when they’ve failed.
🔹 Isaiah 42:6, 49:6, 60:3 – God’s people are meant to be a light to the nations, leading others to righteousness.
🔹 Revelation 18:1–4 – God calls His people out of Babylon… out of confusion and compromise… into truth and freedom.
🎤 But here’s the big question:
How will they come out… if no one is calling them?
Many of God’s children are caught up in Babylon.
🎤 How can we help them come out?
Not by force, this does not make people or nations great.
It is
✅ By living the truth, in love.
✅ By shining God’s light clearly—without blending into the world.
✅ By not just speaking the truth of the Bible in mere words but by living it in how we treat others even those who do not treat us kindly.
When we walk with God, the call to “Come out of her, My people” becomes real. Poueiuupoiaiu
🎤 Can we ever make the nation—or the church—great again?
What do you think?
Not collectively, because every individual has the right to choose.
✅ But, as individuals when we live our lives the way God intended us to live them, unselfishly!
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