When The World Goes Dark

Send us a note!When life feels stable, it’s easy to confuse comfort with security. But what happens when the lights go out, the plans collapse, or the “kingdom” we built for ourselves starts to shake? We lean into Isaiah 13 and the fall of Babylon to ask a modern question with ancient weight: what are we really depending on?Pastor Carl walks through God’s judgment on pride and evil and connects it to the bigger biblical storyline of the day of the Lord, human rebellion, and God’s unshakable sovereignty. Along the way, we sit with difficult passages about brutality and justice, and we talk candidly about why the reality of sin and the fall of man cannot be ignored. This is not doom for doom’s sake; it is a call to honesty, repentance, and humility before God.We also turn to Psalm 137, “by the rivers of Babylon,” where exile exposes the tug of prosperity, distraction, and forgetting what matters most. The thread running through it all is the gospel: God’s wrath against sin is real, and for those who trust Jesus Christ, that wrath has already been poured out at the cross. Because of Jesus, we can trade our sin for the righteousness of God and live as salt and light in a world that still needs hope.If this helped you think clearly about Isaiah, Babylon, end times prophecy, grace, and daily Christian living, subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.What makes a Calvary Chapel a Calvary Chapel. Join Pastor Carl as he goes through one of the Calvary Chapel Distinctives on The Mountain Cross Minute. The 20th anniversary of Facing the Giants, Monday September 14 - 6:30PM at the Smoky Mountain Cinema in Waynesville.Come On Up is the radio ministry of The Mountain Cross in Waynesville North Carolina. To learn more about us please visit: TheMountainCross.com.