Prophecy
14
The Second
Coming –
Revelation 18:1 – 19:10
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Revelation
18:2
And
he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird.{2} When
the sixth trumpet begins, Jesus will
speak through the 144,000 with a
mighty voice. Using the
clearest of terms, He will say, “ ‘.
. . . Fallen! [false and blasphemous]
Fallen is [the harlot, Lucifer’s
theocracy,] 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 [this language refers
to the fact that vultures delight to
feed on dead flesh without any
concern for who it belonged to].
Revelation
18:3
For
all nations have drunk of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication, and the
kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich
through the abundance of her
delicacies.{3} “For
all the nations have drunk the
maddening wine of her adulteries [the
whole world has become intoxicated
with her lies and the blasphemous
claims of Lucifer]. The kings of
Earth committed adultery with her
[the kings of Earth have united with
the whore, they have surrendered
their civil authority to Lucifer to
maintain power], and the merchants of
Earth grew rich from her excessive
luxuries [the merchants are those who
will profit from Lucifer’s
theocracy].”
Revelation
18:4-5
And
I heard another voice from heaven,
saying, Come out of her, my people,
that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her
plagues. For her sins have reached
unto heaven, and God hath remembered
her iniquities.{4} Then
I heard another voice from heaven
say: “[Jesus Himself will speak
to the whole world through the mouths
of the 144,000,] Come out of
her, my people
[even though your sins are like
scarlet, they shall be as white as
snow[20] if you
will repent and honor me as your
king. Come out now, come out of
Babylon], 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 faithfully recorded every
crime.
Revelation
18:6-7
Reward
her even as she rewarded you, and
double unto her double according to
her works: in the cup which she hath
filled fill to her double. How much
she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and
sorrow give her: for she saith in her
heart, I sit a queen, and am no
widow, and shall see no sorrow.{6} “I
will pay her back according to the
punishment she has imposed on my
people; I will punish her double for
what she has done. She deserves
a double portion
from her own cup, for she has
violated my saints and she has
rebelled against Me. I am twice
the sovereign king of Earth; first by
creation and second by
redemption. I own the Earth and
the fullness thereof. “I will
cause the officials and employees of
Lucifer’s government to suffer
punishment and grief in proportion to
the glory and luxury she gave
herself.
{7} They
thought they were invincible.
His officials thought Lucifer’s
government was secure, the whore
claimed to be the queen of Earth, she
claimed to be the kingdom of God, but
her boasting is vanity.[21]
Revelation
18:8
Therefore
shall her plagues come in one day,
death, and mourning, and famine; and
she shall be utterly burned with
fire: for strong is the Lord God who
judgeth her.{8} “Therefore,
her plagues will begin on the 1,265th day
of the Great Tribulation and I will
bring her to total ruin. During
the next seventy days, she will be
consumed by death, mourning, and
famine. She will be consumed by
fire, for I, Almighty God, will judge
her and bring her to a violent
end.”
Revelation
18:9-10
And
the kings of the earth, who have
committed fornication and lived
deliciously with her, shall bewail
her, and lament for her, when they
shall see the smoke of her burning,
Standing afar off for the fear of her
torment, saying, Alas, alas that
great city Babylon, that mighty city!
for in one hour is thy judgment come.{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!’
Lucifer’s
government will implode during the
fifth bowl. The kings of the
Earth will be sorrowful when they see
Lucifer’s government collapse
because they prospered from the
devil’s theocracy. The
language in this chapter of
Revelation can be compared to
passages in the book of Job.
You may recall how Job’s
misguided friends used
“calamitous prose” and
“lofty language” to
describe Job’s tragic
misfortunes. In this case, the
kings of the Earth will be wailing
and weeping because the very doom
they sought to escape is now upon
them. To soothe their anxiety,
the devil will send three powerful
demons to speak to the ten kings
during the sixth bowl. These
demons will perform many powerful
miracles, convincing the kings of the
Earth that there is a glimmer of
hope, a chance of survival.
Revelation
18:11-13
And
the merchants of the earth shall weep
and mourn over her; for no man buyeth
their merchandise any more: The
merchandise of gold, and silver, and
precious stones, and of pearls, and
fine linen, and purple, and silk, and
scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all
manner vessels of ivory, and all
manner vessels of most precious wood,
and of brass, and iron, and marble,
And cinnamon, and odours, and
ointments, and frankincense, and
wine, and oil, and fine flour, and
wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and
horses, and chariots, and slaves, and
souls of men.{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 the bodies and souls
of men.
Revelation
18:14
And
the fruits that thy soul lusted after
are departed from thee, and all
things which were dainty and goodly
are departed from thee, and thou
shalt find them no more at all.{14}
The merchants will lament, ‘The
fruit you longed for is gone from
you. All of your riches and splendor
have vanished, never to be
recovered.’
Revelation
18:15-16
The
merchants of these things, which were
made rich by her, shall stand afar
off for the fear of her torment,
weeping and wailing And saying, Alas,
alas, that great city, that was
clothed in fine linen, and purple,
and scarlet, and decked with gold,
and precious stones, and pearls!.{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
{16}
and cry out: “Woe! Woe, O great
city, dressed in fine linen, purple
and scarlet, and glittering with
gold, precious stones and
pearls!”
Revelation
18:17-19
For
in one hour so great riches is come
to nought. And every shipmaster, and
all the company in ships, and
sailors, and as many as trade by sea,
stood afar off, And cried when they
saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
What city is like unto this great
city! And they cast dust on their
heads, and cried, weeping and
wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that
great city, wherein were made rich
all that had ships in the sea by
reason of her costliness! for in one
hour is she made desolate.{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!”
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