b.
The material aspect
18:1-24
1)
The shout of Christ: «Babylon the Great is fallen»
vv. 1-3
Rev. 18
:1
18:1
After these things I saw
1aanother Angel
2coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was
billumined with His glory.
Rev. 18
:2
18:2
And He cried with a strong voice, saying,
1aFallen, fallen is Babylon the Great! And she has become a
bdwelling place of demons and a
2hold of every
cunclean spirit and a
2hold of every unclean and hateful bird;
Rev. 18
:3
18:3
For all the nations
1have 2adrunk of the wine of the fury of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have
bcommitted fornication with her, and the
cmerchants of the earth have become
drich by the power of her
eluxury.
2)
The call for separation: «Come out of her»
vv. 4-5
Rev. 18
:4
18:4
And I heard another voice out of heaven, saying,
1aCome out of her, My people, that you do not participate in her sins and that you do not receive her plagues;
Rev. 18
:5
18:5
For her sins have
1accumulated up
ato heaven, and God has
bremembered her
2unrighteousnesses.
3)
Babylon's pride and destruction
vv. 6-8
Rev. 18
:6
18:6
aPay her back even as she has paid, and
1double to her double according to her works; in the
bcup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
Rev. 18
:7
18:7
As much as she has
aglorified herself and lived
bluxuriously, as much torment and sorrow give to her; for she says in her heart, I sit a
cqueen, and I am not a
dwidow, and I shall by no means see sorrow.
Rev. 18
:8
18:8
Therefore in
aone day her plagues will come, death and sorrow and famine, and she will be utterly
1bburned with fire; for the Lord God who
cjudges her is strong.
4)
The weeping over Babylon
vv. 9-19
Rev. 18
:9
18:9
And the kings of the earth, who have
acommitted fornication and lived luxuriously with her, will
bweep and lament over her when they see the
csmoke of her burning,
Rev. 18
:10
18:10
aStanding afar off because of fear of her torment, saying,
bWoe, woe, the
cgreat city,
dBabylon, the strong city, for in
eone hour your
fjudgment has come!
Rev. 18
:11
18:11
And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargo anymore:
Rev. 18
:12
18:12
1Cargo of gold and silver and precious stone and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every
kind of
2thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel of most precious wood and brass and iron and marble,
Rev. 18
:13
18:13
And cinnamon and
1amomum and incense and ointment and frankincense and wine and oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and
cargo of horses and chariots and
2aslaves and
3bsouls of men.
Rev. 18
:14
18:14
And the ripe fruits of your soul's lust have gone away from you, and all the sumptuous and splendid things have perished from you; and
men will find them no more at all.
Rev. 18
:15
18:15
The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, will stand afar off because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning,
Rev. 18
:16
18:16
Saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was
aclothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearl;
Rev. 18
:17
18:17
For in one hour such great wealth has become
adesolate! And every ship captain and everyone sailing to a place and sailors and all who work on the sea stood afar off
Rev. 18
:18
18:18
And cried out, seeing the
asmoke of her burning, saying, What
city is like the great city?
Rev. 18
:19
18:19
And they cast dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, by which all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her
1wealth, for in
2one hour she has become desolate!
5)
The rejoicing in heaven
v.20
Rev. 18
:20
18:20
aBe glad over her, O heaven and saints and
bapostles and prophets, because God has
1judged cjudgment for you upon her.
6)
The declaration of Babylon's absolute destruction
vv. 21-24
Rev. 18
:21
18:21
And a strong angel took up a
astone like a great millstone and threw
it into the sea, saying, Thus will Babylon, the great city, be
1thrown down with violence and shall be found no more at all.
Rev. 18
:22
18:22
And the sound of
aharp-singers and musicians and flutists and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you, and no craftsman of any craft shall be found any more at all in you, and the
bsound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you,
Rev. 18
:23
18:23
And the
alight of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the
bgreat ones of the earth, for by your
1csorcery all the nations were deceived.
Rev. 18
:24
18:24
And in her was found the
ablood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth.
