Revelation The Fall of Babylon

Review

The Ten Kings and the Beast are Indifferent to the Harlot

The Ten Kings Give Their Authority to the Beast

The Woman is the Great City that Reigns Over the Kings of the Earth

Declaration of the Fall of Babylon

God’s People Are Instructed to Leave Rome, Revelation 18:4-7

God’s People Called Out From Babylon, Revelation 18:4

Revelation 18:4

And I heard another voice out from the heaven saying, “Come out of her My people in order that you are not fellowshipping with her sins and out from her strikes in order that you all should not receive [them].

This Jumps Back to Before the Strikes Begin

This is not on the Day of her destruction

Her Unrighteousness is Being Remembered Before God, Revelation 18:5

Revelation 18:5

Because her sins are joined up to the heaven and the God will remember her unrighteousness.

She is to be Paid Back For her Works, Revelation 18:6

Revelation 18:6

And you all will pay her back as also she paid and you will double, two-fold, according to her works in the cup which she has mixed, you all mix double,

In Her Heart She Says She Will Not See Mourning, Revelation 18:7

Revelation 18:7

as much as she gave herself also glory and a luxurious lifestyle. You give to her so much torment and mourning, because in her heart she says that I sit a Queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning.

In One Day Babylon Will Be Destroyed, Revelation 18:8-19

Her Destruction Comes in One Day, Revelation 18:8

Revelation 18:8

Because of this in one day her strike will come, death and mourning and famine, and with fire she will burn, because the Lord God Who judges her is strong.

She will be struck down in one day

Death, mourning, and famine will come upon her

She will be burned up

Showing God is the One Who is strong

The Kings of the Earth Mourn, Revelation 18:9

Revelation 18:9

And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, the ones committing fornication with her and living luxuriously, when they see the smoke of her burning.

An intense mourning. Striking oneself in mourning

They committed fornication with her - religious fornication

They lived in luxury because of her

They will see the smoke of her destruction

The Kings of the Earth Watch from Afar, Revelation 18:10

Revelation 18:10

From afar they stand because of fear of her torment saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon the strong city, because in one hour your judgment came.”

They are afraid of her judgment

Her quick destruction shocks them because they saw her as strong

The Weeping and Mourning of the Merchants, Revelation 18:11

Revelation 18:11

And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her, because no one purchases her cargo any longer.

The Merchandise They Sell Her, Revelation 18:12-13

Revelation 18:12–13

Cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and every scented wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel out from valuable wood and bronze and iron and marble,

and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots and bodies, and the lives of humans.

She Lives a Very Luxurious life

During a Time Where Life is Very Difficult for Most of the World

She will buy and sell slaves

She merchandises in the lives of men

Mourning Over Her Wealth Being Destroyed, Revelation 18:14-19

Revelation 18:14–19

And your fruit of the desire of the soul has gone from you, and all the luxury and the spender were destroyed from you, and no one will ever find them.

The merchants of these, the wealthy from her, from afar of they will stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning

saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet and adorned with gold in gold and precious stones and pearls,

because in one hour so much wealth was laid waste”. And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailors and as many as worked the sea, from afar they stood

and crying while seeing the smoke of her burning saying, “Who is like the great city.”

And they cast dust upon their heads crying while weeping and mourning, saying “Woe, woe, the great city, in which everyone having ships in the sea was made wealthy out from her wealth, because in one hour she was laid waste.”

Her Destruction

The Religious System and the City are Destroyed

The Religious system is made desolate and naked by the ten Kings and the Beast

The City will be destroyed by an Earthquake resulting in fire that burns her

The Meaning of the Repetition in Her Fall

Babylon has Fallen, Revelation 18:2

Revelation 18:2

And he cried in a strong voice saying, “She has fallen, she has fallen, Babylon the great! And she became the dwelling place of demons and a prison for every unclean spirit, and a prison for every unclean bird, and indifferent one,

The Response from the Kings, Revelation 18:10

Revelation 18:10

From afar they stand because of fear of her torment saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon the strong city, because in one hour your judgment came.”

The Response of the Merchants, Revelation 18:16

Revelation 18:16 NASB95

saying, ‘Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls;

Both Entities are Destroyed (Religious System and City)

Her Flesh is Eaten by the Ten Kings and Beast (Religious System)

The City is burned

The Rejoicing of the Heaven, Revelation 18:20-24

The Heaven is to Rejoice, Revelation 18:20

Revelation 18:20

Rejoice over her, Heaven, and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because the God judged our judgment out from her.

God has Judged her for What She Has Done to the Saints, Apostles and Prophets

We Are Not Called to Extract Vengeance, for Vengeance Belongs to God, He will Repay, Romans 12:19

Romans 12:19

Do not take vengeance for yourself, beloved, but give place to wrath. For it is in a state of having been written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.”, says the Lord

Her Destruction Will Be Violent, Revelation 18:21

Revelation 18:21

And one strong angel took up a stone as a great millstone and cast it into the sea saying, “Babylon the great city will be cast down with this violence and she will no longer be found.”

No Longer Will Anyone Or Anything Be Found in Her, Revelation 18:22-23

Revelation 18:22–23

And a sound of harpists and musicians and flutes and trumpeters will no longer be heard in you, and every craftsman of every trade will no longer be found in you, and a sound of a millstone will no longer be heard in you,

and light of a lamp will no longer shine in you, and a voice of the bridegroom and bride will no longer be heard in you, because your merchants were the great men of the earth, because in your religious superstitious awe you deceived every nation,

In Her Was Found the Blood of the Slain, Revelation 18:24

Revelation 18:24

and in her blood of prophets and saints was found and all the slain for a sacrifice upon the earth.”

Scripture Reading

God’s People Are Instructed to Leave Rome, Revelation 18:4-7

Revelation 18:4–7

And I heard another voice out from the heaven saying, “Come out of her My people in order that you are not fellowshipping with her sins and out from her strikes in order that you all should not receive [them]. Because her sins are joined up to the heaven and the God will remember her unrighteousness. And you all will pay her back as also she paid and you will double, two-fold, according to her works in the cup which she has mixed, you all mix double, as much as she gave herself also glory and a luxurious lifestyle. You give to her so much torment and mourning, because in her heart she says that I sit a Queen and I am not a widow, and I will never see mourning.

In One Day Babylon Will Be Destroyed, Revelation 18:8-19

Revelation 18:8–19

Because of this in one day her strike will come, death and mourning and famine, and with fire she will burn, because the Lord God Who judges her is strong. And the kings of the earth will weep and mourn over her, the ones committing fornication with her and living luxuriously, when they see the smoke of her burning. From afar they stand because of fear of her torment saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon the strong city, because in one hour your judgment came.” And the merchants of the earth are weeping and mourning over her, because no one purchases her cargo any longer. Cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and every scented wood, and every ivory vessel, and every vessel out from valuable wood and bronze and iron and marble, and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil, and fine flour, and wheat and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots and bodies, and the lives of humans. And your fruit of the desire of the soul has gone from you, and all the luxury and the spender were destroyed from you, and no one will ever find them. The merchants of these, the wealthy from her, from afar of they will stand because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning saying, “Woe, woe, the great city, clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet and adorned with gold in gold and precious stones and pearls, because in one hour so much wealth was laid waste”. And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailors and as many as worked the sea, from afar they stood and crying while seeing the smoke of her burning saying, “Who is like the great city.” And they cast dust upon their heads crying while weeping and mourning, saying “Woe, woe, the great city, in which everyone having ships in the sea was made wealthy out from her wealth, because in one hour she was laid waste.”

The Rejoicing of the Heaven, Revelation 18:20-24

Revelation 18:20–24

Rejoice over her, Heaven, and the saints and the apostles and the prophets, because the God judged our judgment out from her. And one strong angel took up a stone as a great millstone and cast it into the sea saying, “Babylon the great city will be cast down with this violence and she will no longer be found.” And a sound of harpists and musicians and flutes and trumpeters will no longer be heard in you, and every craftsman of every trade will no longer be found in you, and a sound of a millstone will no longer be heard in you, and light of a lamp will no longer shine in you, and a voice of the bridegroom and bride will no longer be heard in you, because your merchants were the great men of the earth, because in your religious superstitious awe you deceived every nation, and in her blood of prophets and saints was found and all the slain for a sacrifice upon the earth.”