Lilies of the Field

  The world is enthralled with and enticed by wealth, power, fame, worldly wisdom, and beauty. Whether positively or negatively, people are influenced by these fleeting and elusive qualities in others. Even if one possesses them to any extent in this life, that one will find chasing after them akin to falling into a bottomless pit of the never-ending search for satisfaction. The writer of Ecclesiastes, wise King Solomon, had more than most in this world. Yet, when all was said and done in his pursuit of personal pleasure rather than God’s glory, he concludes: All is vanity! In his futile attempts to be satisfied in this life apart from God, he realized the emptiness of these idols of the heart.   Before I was saved, I remember coveting any number of ‘things’ I thought would make me happy. If only I had this or that, were this or that, could d o this or that, I would then be happy. I would learn in time that this was a lie I had told myself after having believed worldly philosophies

There are only two religions. One is the only true religion. It is based upon the Truth of the Almighty as expressed in His Word, the Bible. Every other ‘religion’ or belief system is false. No false religion can be mixed with true religion. Babylon is the source of all false religion.   When John wrote the Revelation of Jesus Christ, Babylon, as a city, had already been destroyed and left in ruins just like the Old Testament prophets had foretold in Isaiah 13:19-22 and Jeremiah 51-52. However, the religious concepts and customs of Babylon spread around the world. All false religions have their origin in ancient Babylon.   Tracing its origins back to the Tower of Babel we saw a religion of mother and child worship developed there still prevalent and widely accepted today. We’ve looked at many of the symbols that were used to develop a “mystery” religion. We saw how ancient Israel often followed after the idolatrous religious customs and practices of her pagan neighbors with disastrous