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dulgent. We have withdrawn to the comforts and plea-
sures of our "good life." As with Babylon, "our might
has failed" (Jeremiah 51:30). And when a stronger na-
tion realized it had become more powerful, and that an
idle Babylon would not fight back, the Medes went on
the attack. The Babylonian Empire was crushed.
How long must this land of yours put up with all
their goings on? Even the grass of the field groans
and weeps over their wicked deeds! The wild ani-
mals and birds have moved away, leaving the land
deserted. Yet the people say, "God won't bring
judgment on us. We're perfectly safe!"
(Jeremiah 12:4 LB)

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Judgment Warnings

1. The Wategate Warning
Watergate was the judgment of God upon one man:
"He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and ex-
alted them of low degree" (Luke 1:52 KJV).
A President, flushed with pride because of the Amer-
ican landing on the moon. deplaned in Communist Ru-
mania to proclaim over satellite television to the whole
world that mankind needed "the spirit of Apollo." This
suggestion that the world should bow to the idol of a
false god was a form of pride God would not allow to
go unanswered. A fall was certain.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty
spirit before a fall.
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