On today's episode of Renew Your Mind we continue with special guest Cindy Miller and her bible study of the book of Revelation in chapters 17-18. On this episode today we are joined by Senior Pastor Paul Gruenberg, Associate Pastor Jeremy Touroo, Youth & Family/ Worship Director Jordan Kettlewell and moderator Dana Hall. Thanks for listening and we pray this podcast encourages you and helps grow your walk in the Lord! God bless!

Ch. 17-18 Notes

17 Babylon, the Prostitute & the Beast

• Describe Babylon what has it meant throughout the Bible.
• V. 8 Predestination (God chooses who in Book of Iife or God knows who will be in Book of Life.  Talk about here and reference Chapter 20?

Chapter 18

• Lament Over Fallen Babylon
• Warning to Escape Babylon’s Judgment (v.4, can people still be saved here?)
• Threefold Woe Over Babylon’s Fall
• Finality of Babylon’s Doom

Podcast Addendum/ correction:Jenkens/LaHaye are fiction writers of the 'Left Behind' series, not Biblical scholars. God wrote the Bible in Greek and Hebrew, not in English. There is 0 Biblical evidence of 'Pretrib'. It is based on misinterpretation of English scriptures, such as Rev. 4:1. The 'Restrainer' in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 is the 'man of sin' in v3 restraining Christians, not the Holy Spirit restraining sin in this world! He does not do that! The pronoun 'him' has been added to v6 in the English scripture. It does not exist in the original text! (See Acts 17)Podcast Addendums/ corrections from the author Cindy Miller:1. General Allenby rode white horse into Jerusalem at the end of WW1, not Willoughby. I have been reading 'Mr. Willoughby's Christmas Tree' story to my grandson. I did not realize how confused/senile I have gotten!2. Lampstands represented churches in Rev. 1, not candelabras.3. Jenkens/LaHaye are fiction writers of the 'Left Behind' series, not Biblical scholars. God wrote the Bible in Greek and Hebrew, not in English. There is 0 Biblical evidence of 'Pretrib'. It is based on misinterpretation of English scriptures, such as Rev. 4:1. The 'Restrainer' in 2 Thessalonians 2:6 is the 'man of sin' in v3 restraining Christians, not the Holy Spirit restraining sin in this world! He does not do that! The pronoun 'him' has been added to v6 in the English scripture. It does not exist in the original text! (See Acts 17)The Apostle Paul wrote both Romans 1:18 (restrain the truth in unrighteousness) and 2 Thessalonians 2:6 (restrainer). He uses the same word for 'restrain' in both passages. He meant the same thing! Not opposites! (Please see attached article.)All of the Biblical fathers, Josephus, Wycliff, etc., understood 2 Thessalonians 2:6 to be referring to the 'man of sin' in v3. Wycliff said in his commentaries that the 'Restrainer' was the Pope restraining true Christians!