GOD REMEMBERED BABYLON'S INIQUITIES REVELATION EIGHTEEN We have already heard the message that "Babylon the Great" had fallen. Now we will see the fall of that great and wicked nation. This rich merchant-city is reduced to desolation. The destruction and desolation came as a result of rebellion aga... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN ANGEL PROCLAIMING THE FALL OF BABYLON REVELATION 18:1-8:_ The appearance of the angel shows that something great is about to happen. This angel possesses great authority, radiance and splendor. His announcement is almost unbelievable. Satan's strongest city is about to be destroyed. The angel sh... [ Continue Reading ]
_A GREAT LAMENTATION BY KINGS AND MERCHANTS REVELATION 18:9-16:_ The rulers and leaders of the earth that had joined Rome in her worldliness wept and lamented. They wept because they had enjoyed the sinful things of Rome. There were also tears because if this could happen to "Great Babylon" it could... [ Continue Reading ]
_A GREAT LAMENTATION BY SHIPMASTERS AND SAILORS REVELATION 18:17-19:_ In a single hour the power of Rome would be lost and all her vast wealth wiped out. All ship captains, pilots, and navigators and all that live by seafaring also lamented the downfall of Rome. She had made them rich, but now they... [ Continue Reading ]
_GREAT JOY AT THE SIGHT OF BABYLON'S RUIN -- REVELATION 18:20-24:_ The righteous were affected very differently by the fall of Rome. God's people were to celebrate the fact that He had executed vengeance upon Rome. The message from God was "Babylon the great city will be hurled down to destruction a... [ Continue Reading ]