REVELATION 18:21-24

21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and
threw it into the sea, saying,
“So will Babylon the great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;
22 and the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters,
will be heard in you no more,
and a craftsman of any craft
will be found in you no more,
and the sound of the mill
will be heard in you no more,
23 and the light of a lamp
will shine in you no more,
and the voice of bridegroom and bride
will be heard in you no more,
for your merchants were the great ones of the earth,
and all nations were deceived by your sorcery.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints,
and of all who have been slain on earth.”

Note the contrast between all the marks of wealth and luxury, on the one hand, with the martyrdom of the prophets and saints on the other.

In this world, it often looks like the people of God have lost.

Don’t be deceived—death isn’t the end for God’s faithful ones.

Keep going.