{"id":2161,"asset_id":2473,"title":"Jun 3 -\u00a0Week\u00a022 -\u00a0The Book of Revelation, Part 32 -\u00a0Rick Joyner","alias":"jun-3-week-22-the-book-of-revelation-part-32-rick-joyner","introtext":"<h1>The Book of Revelation, Part 32 -&nbsp;Rick Joyner<\/h1>\r\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\r\n<div class=\"field-items\">\r\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; How did most of the church fall into such depravity that it would be called \u201cthe Great Harlot\u201d and \u201cMystery Babylon\u201d in the Revelation given to John? The institutional church through the Middle Ages descended into a deep darkness that is incomprehensible today. Its nature and practices could hardly have been more contrary to the teachings and instructions of Jesus or His true followers. This terrible fall and corruption of the church was predicted in the vision John was given, and it happened just as it was portrayed.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Why was this shown to John to give to the church? Because this \u201cGreat Harlot,\u201d also called, \u201cMystery Babylon,\u201d is what the church would become if it abandoned the place of the Holy Spirit and became dominated by carnal, fallen men. The \u201cman of sin\u201d that would take its place in the church was a personification of \u201cthe sin of man.\u201d This was the ultimate manifestation of the corruption and depravity of man by the fall, man\u2019s determination to go his own way without God.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The \u201cman of sin\u201d is who we all would be if we had not been shown mercy, born again, and given a new nature to grow up into\u2014Jesus Christ, who is the Righteousness of God. The \u201cman of sin\u201d was prophesied to take his seat in \u201cthe temple of God,\u201d the church, displaying himself as God. This was a personification of the sin of man ruling the church, which it did for a time.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Though what happened in the Middle Ages is far in the past, it is crucial for us to understand it to be free of the grip it still has on the church, which is contrary to Christ, as we will see. This perhaps validates the statement, \u201cThose who do not know history are doomed to repeat it.\u201d This may not be Scripture, but it is true.&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/publications.morningstarministries.org\/word-for-the-week\/book-revelation-part-32?lang=en&amp;_kx=GhgqhNfviHFNBdC9RexkbdzTRT3H3zwgnzdTrn5yWhmfxDsa0cfTPMvMH10Ffb1r.U4gNJ5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2025-06-03 15:54:47","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2025-06-03 15:54:47","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2025-06-03 15:54:47","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}