Michael laid a foundation from Ezekiel 16 of God redeeming Israel...cleansed and clothed her...jeweled her...and she turned from Him and to the world/nations.   This chapter in Ezekiel is the condition of a fallen nation. 
There are two halves of one...a sinful side and a redeemed side.  The foundation of the fallen side of us is necessary for the Revelation 18 reading and understanding.
You will learn why redemption is so important...
"Born again" identifies with you and a nation.
God will recreate the world from the righteous part of that sinful nation.  He will separate the two.
Everything will be uncovered.  Try not to explain who is who...let all see it revealed.   Jerusalem is punished by the Lord in order for it to be kept.
The children of disobedience will endure God's Wrath.
When we are no longer ashamed of our sin, people will see a sinner saved by Grace.
Right after Jerusalem is trampled underfoot, God steps in.
Satan has planted many things to destroy us.

03 04 2024  Revelation 17 - 18  - Ezekiel 16 -  Two Halves Of One - Q&A

 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.  Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.  For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.  But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation.  For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,  who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-10

If Your Absence Doesn't
Bother Them
Your Presence Never Mattered 

03 04 2024 Revelation 17 - 18 - Ezekiel 16 - Two Halves Of One - Q&A

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