After this I saw another angel. Angels are sent to announce God's decree, and to carry out his work. Great Babylon has fallen! Compare Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:8. The angel uses the "historic future" to speak of Babylon's coming fall as though it had already happened. The emptiness and desolation of "fallen Babylon" is described in the last half of Revelation 18:2. (Compare Isaiah 13:20-22; Jeremiah 50:39; Jeremiah 50:45; Jeremiah 51:37; Jeremiah 51:42; Zephaniah 2:14.) Revelation 18:3 gives the reason for Babylon's fall. [It is a paradox that this present world is both a blessing and a curse, serving both God and the Devil. What it is to you will be determined by your attitude toward it (1 Timothy 6:10).]

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