Those who believe in Jesus believes in God's word. Those who persecute others do so because spirits of persecution entered them. Those who speak the word of God do so because the spirit of the word—the spirit of God—entered them (Jn 3:31-34, Jn 14:23-24; 1 Jn 4:1-6).
 

The main reference for today is Rv 18:17-19.
 
The sea, ships, sea captains, sailors, and passengers in Rv 18:17-19 are all used figuratively. The sea represents the world (Dn 7:2, 17), the ships represent the churches of the world (Gn 6-8; Is 51:5; Rv 8:9), and the sea captains represent the pastors of the world. The sailors are evangelists, the passengers are congregation members, and those who earn their living from the sea are church officials. All of these people have sold the goods of the spiritual nation of Babylon. In other words, they have used the doctrines of Babylon to evangelize others. These goods, which represent the doctrines and teachings of Babylon, will no longer be purchased after God judges Babylon and reveals her goods to be false.

Our main reference today is Rv 18:2-3.

The wealth that made Babylon's people rich is mentioned in Rv 18:12-13. This wealth symbolizes Babylon's organization and doctrines. The kingdom of Babylon and all its goods are not literal; they are figurative. Anyone who interprets them literally belongs to the earth and speaks from the viewpoint of the earth. Those who belong to heaven, however, speak from the viewpoint of heaven.

The main reference for today is Rv 17:14.
 
Those who are called, chosen, and faithful in Rv 17:14 are the chosen people who were once captured by Babylon, the kingdom of demons (Rv 17 and Rv 18). They escape Babylon by hearing the voice of the Lamb. Revelation 18:4 states, “Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues.” This is similar to what God did at the first coming when he came to Jesus according to prophecies. While God’s people were captured in Jerusalem and ruled over by the teachers of the law and the Pharisees (Mt 23:2), Jesus redeemed redeemed them and helped them escape (Mt 23:37).

The Bible contains history, instructions, prophecies, and prophetic fulfillment.
 
The Bible also mentions different types of pastors and different denominations. General pastors teach history, which includes the fulfillment of old prophecies. Pastors of prophecy prophesy what they have seen and heard about the future. Promised pastors testify about what they have seen and heard regarding the fulfillment of prophecies.

It was the pastors of that time who killed the prophets of the Old Testament (Mt 23:34-35; Acts 7:52). It was also the pastors and elders who killed Jesus and his disciples in the time of the New Testament (Mt 27:1-2; Mk 15:1-3). In other words, the people who murdered those sent by God were never nonbelievers.

What is the true path and who is the true teacher for our lives of faith? Although there is only one place of God, the Bible, and of hope, the world has splintered into thousands of paths. There are thousands of denominations and pastors in the world. of all these denominations, where should we go to find the true path? Of all these pastors, to whom should we go to find the true teacher? Whose command should we receive to build true faith? Even though people stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east (Am 8:12), searching for the true path and the true pastor, they will not find them. The world is in darkness; it is formless and empty. No one knows God or his will as it is written in the Bible. If the Bible describes the one place God has appointed, shouldn’t all other places be considered false or arbitrary?

Ever since Adam betrayed God (Gn 3; Gn 6; Hos 6:7), God has tried in every generation to reestablish his kingdom (heaven) on earth. In the beginning of each generation, God selected a righteous person from the previous generation and appointed him as his new pastor. After appointing his chosen pastor, God always made a covenant with him so that the chosen pastor could carry out God’s work.

God made a promise with Abraham and fulfilled it through Moses four generations later (Gn 15; Ex 12). God made promises through the prophets of the Old Testament and later fulfilled them through Jesus (Is 46:10; Lk 24:44; Jn 19:30). The Law of Moses and the words of the prophets were in effect until John the Baptist (Lk 16:16), but the words of the New Testament have been in effect since Jesus’ time.

Today's main reference is Jas 2:26.

What should we believe and what actions should we have? Does a person have real faith just by claiming to believe in Jesus? Does a person have proper actions just by acting according to his or her own thoughts?

In fact, the Bible contains the promises we must believe and upon which we must act (Acts 2:14-26). The faith that was necessary at the time of the first coming was to see and believe that Jesus fulfilled the Old Testament. The faith necessary at the time of the second coming, therefore, is to see and believe in the fulfillment of the New Testament when it is fulfilled (Jn 14:29). What, then, are the actions we must have?