Revelation
18
After this I saw
another Angel coming down from Heaven.
He had Great Authority,
And the Earth was
illuminated by his splendor.
2 With a Mighty Voice
he shouted:
'FALLEN!
FALLEN IS BABYLON THE GREAT!
She has become a home
for Demons
And a haunt for every
Evil Spirit,
A haunt for every
unclean and detestable bird.
3
FOR ALL THE NATIONS HAVE DRUNK
THE
MADDENING WINE OF HER ADULTERIES
THE
KINGS OF THE EARTH
HAVE
COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER
And the merchants of
the earth grew rich
From her Excessive
Luxuries.'
4 Then I heard another
voice from heaven say:
'COME OUT OF HER MY
PEOPLE,
So that you will not
share in her Sins,
So that you will not
receive any of her Plagues;
5
FOR HER SINS ARE PILED UP TO HEAVEN,
And God has remembered
her crimes.
6 Give back to her as
she has given;
Pay back to her double
for what she has done.
Mix her a double
portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much
Torture and Grief
As the Glory Luxury she
gave herself.'
In her heart she
boasts,
I
SIT AS QUEEN; I AM NOT A WIDOW,'
8 Therefore in one day
her Plagues will overtake her:
Death, Mourning and
Famine.
SHE
WILL BE CONUSMED BY FIRE,
For Mighty is the Lord
God who Judges her.
9 When the Kings of the
Earth
Who Committed Adultery
with her
And shared her Luxury
see the smoke of her burning
They will weep and
mourn over her.
10 Terrified at her
torment
They will stand far off
and cry:
'WOE!
WOE, O GREAT CITY,
O Babylon, City of
Power!
IN
ONE HOUR YOUR DOOM HAS COME!'
11
THE MERCHANTS OF THE EARTH
WILL
WEEP AND MOURN OVER HER
Because no one buys
their cargoes any more--
12 Cargoes of gold,
silver, precious stones and pearls;
Fine linen, purple,
silk and scarlet cloth;
Every sort of citron
wood,
And articles of every
kind made of ivory,
Costly wood, bronze,
iron and marble;
13 Cargoes of cinnamon
and spice,
Of incense, myrrh and
frankincense,
Of wine and olive oil,
of fine flour
And wheat; cattle and
sheep;
Horses and carriages;
AND
BODIES AND SOULS OF MEN.
14 They will say,
'The fruit you longed
for is gone from you.
All your riches and
splendor have Vanished,
Never to be recovered.'
15 The merchants who
sold these things
And gained their wealth
from her
Will stand far off,
terrified at her torment.
They will weep and
mourn and cry out:
16
WOE! WOE, O GREAT CITY,
Dressed in fine linen,
purple and scarlet,
And glittering with
gold, precious stones and pearls!
17
IN ONE HOUR SUCH GREAT WEALTH
HAS
BEEN BROUGHT TO RUIN!'
Every sea captain,
And all who travel by
ship, the sailors,
And all who earn their
living from the sea,
Will stand far off.
18 When they see the
smoke of her burning,
They will exclaim,
'WAS THERE EVER A
CITY LIKE THIS GREAT CITY?'
19 They will throw dust
on their heads,
And with weeping and
mourning cry out:
'WOE!
WOE, O GREAT CITY,
Where all who had ships
on the sea
Became rich through her
wealth!
IN
ONE HOUR SHE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO RUIN!'
REJOICE
OVER HER, O HEAVEN!
REJOICE,
SAINTS AND APOSTLES AND PROPHETS!
GOD
HAS JUDGE HER
FOR
THE WAY SHE TREATED YOU.
Then a mighty angel
picked up a boulder
The size of a large
mill stone
And threw it into the
sea, and said:
'WITH
SUCH VIOLENCE THE GREAT CITY OF BABYLON
WILL
BE THROWN DOWN.
NEVER
TO BE FOUND AGAIN.
21 The music of
harpists and musicians,
Flute players and
trumpeters,
Will never be heard in
you again.
No workman of any trade
will ever be found in you again.
The sound of a
millstone will never be heard in you again.
23 The light of a lamp
will never shine in you again.
The voice of bridegroom
and bride
Will never be heard in
you again.
Your merchants were the
world's great men.
BY YOUR MAGIC SPELL
ALL THE NATIONS WERE
LED ASTRAY.
24
IN HER WAS FOUND THE BLOOD
OF
PROPHETS AND OF THE SAINTS,
AND
ALL WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED ON THE EARTH.'
(Revelation 18)
A
Second Angel announces the Fall of Babylon.
A Second Angel followed
and said, '
Fallen! Fallen is
Babylon the great,
Which made all the
Nations Drink
The Maddening Wine
of her Adulteries.'
(Revelation 14:8)
The
Second Angel announces
The
Fall of Babylon The Great.
The City that
personifies all Human Rebellion against God.
In her, every Evil
Practice takes place;
Everything that God
hates;
Everything that
sentences man to Hell,
And is glorified by
man.
Good is called Evil
And what is Evil is
called Good.
Satan had gloated over
his accomplishment,
But not for long.
The Kings of the Earth
were figuratively
In bed with the
Prostitute,
Committing Adultery
toward God with her.
The merchants of the
Earth had become wealthy
From her insatiable
demand for ever increasing luxury.
Another
voice from heaven issues a warning:
Telling the people of
God to come out from the Prostitute,
The Greatest City on
Earth,
In the Greatest Nation
on Earth.
So that they can avoid
the Judgment of God
That is about to fall
upon her;
For the extent and
grossness
Of her sins has risen
to heaven.
In
One Day Babylon is destroyed,
She is consumed by
Fire,
By the Holy and Mighty
hand of God,
Through the instrument
of the Ten Kings and the Beast.
God uses the Beast and
the Ten Kings
To accomplish His
purposes.
The
Kings of the Earth Mourn
Over the destruction of
the Prostitute.
These are not the Ten
Kings who destroy her,
But the remaining
Rulers of the Earth.
They also Committed
Adultery with her,
And are terrified at
her fate.
She is Utterly and
Completely Destroyed.
The
Merchants of the Earth Mourn
over her
Because she was the
primary source of their wealth.
The greatness of the
Prostitute
Was what every city in
the World aspired to.
Never in the history
of the world
Had such wealth been
accumulated in one place.
Now, in One Hour, it
has all been brought to Ruin.
The symbol of the
greatness of mankind
Is brought to Nothing
in One Hour.
The
sea captains and the sailors
mourn,
Those who had become
rich through her,
And who had transported
her wealth exclaim:
'Was
there ever a city like this city?'
No, the truth is, that
in the realm of men,
There never was a city
like this city.
In the natural, this
city represented
The Ultimate
Accomplishment of mankind;
But what men call Good,
God calls Evil.
This city is like the
Tower of Babel;
Representing mankind
exalting themselves,
Trying to become like
God, just as Satan does.
Mankind, the puppets of
Satan,
Pretending to be what
they can never be
Just as the one who
rules over them does.
Rejoice
over her destruction!
The angel admonishes
all of Heaven
To rejoice over her
downfall.
He admonishes the
saints, apostles and prophets
To rejoice over her
downfall.
Because God has Judged
her for the way she treated them.
A Mighty Angel picks up
a large millstone
And throws it into the
sea,
Symbolizing the
Violence involved with the Fall of Babylon.
With such Violence she
will be destroyed
Never to be found
again.
Her Merchants were the
Worlds Great men.
Her Magic Spell, that
blinded men,
By the power of Satan,
Led all the Nations of
the Earth Astray.
Babylon is responsible
for the blood
Of all the Prophets and
all the Saints,
And all who have been
killed on the earth.
This Prostitute is the
personification of Wickedness,
The personification of
all that exalts itself
Against the Way, the
Truth and the LIFE.
All that exalts itself
against God and His Christ.
Babylon
The Great, the last of the
Great Cities
That personified the
work of Satan
In this Lost and Fallen
World he Dominates.
She was preceded by all
of the empires of old
That lay in the dust,
Beginning with the
Tower of Babel
From which she derives
her name.
At the same time all
the cities of the Nations collapse.
They are all “little”
Babylons,
Of the same evil
spirit.
(Revelation 16:19)
Christ
Jesus warned us all:
Be always on the
Watch,
And pray that you will
be able to Escape
All that is about to
happen,
And that you may be
able TO STAND
Before the Son of Man.
(Luke 21:36)
Today,
the World is Raging against God,
Rushing toward
Oblivion. (Psalm 2)
This
World in it's Present Form is Passing Away.
(1
Corinthians 7:31)
America
is being Ground to Powder
Because
of her SIN against God.
Save
yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
Father,
Your Kingdom come, Your will be done,
On
Earth as in Heaven!
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