Almighty God gives us not only second chances, but HE gives us opportunity after opportunity to come to our senses and see the light of ABSOLUTE TRUTH, & The Light of HIS Glory revealed to us through Jesus Christ! Even though God knows who will ultimately receive The Mercy & Grace of Christ that is offered to everyone, GOD is persistent & perseverant in HIS pursuit to save all from the eternal torments of sin. In Revelation 17 GOD could’ve made that PERSONAL confrontation with evil the final “one and done” battle for all eternity! But HE gives the people another opportunity to consider what they just witnessed when HE wins the first war waged against HIM by just giving the enemies a peak at HIS Glory when HE just shows up at the war. The people saw that no forces gathered against Almighty God have any power nor authority that can even muster a real eternal threat against THE TRUTHS of Who & What HE is! Even though kings and nations see this, they STILL refuse to turn to The Lord because they are so “drunk with the wine of passions”->Revelation18:1-3, ”After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory. And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality.” The people have become so drunk from their passions for things that make them “feel good” temporarily and never fully satisfy, & never truly bring them authentic joy & peace...that they still turn away from the TRUTHS about The Lord...even though HE just defeated all the things they have trusted in by just revealing a small bit of HIS Glory! God has always, & will always show us HIS Mercy & Grace in the midst of every war we will ever face, & grant us an opportunity to turn our lives over to a TRUST in HIM & HIS Ways versus those of the world->Revelation18:4,”I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues;” !In our lives The Lord’s still small voice will always call out to us to save us from  from the temptations we are susceptible to, & into a vibrant relationship with HIM that is the only source of real joy & real peace that can save us from all the calamities and despair around us....and give us AUTHENTIC PEACE & AUTHENTIC JOY. Dear Lord,I know that I still have sections of my heart that are “inebriated” by worldly passions; desires; thoughts; motives; etc. THANK YOU for Your patience and perseverance with me. I pray for Your Spirit and Your Word to continue opening my eyes to these things and helping me to be forthright and honest with You about them...so I may have Your help in correcting these one by one in my life.