Because the passage is so long, please click on Revelation 18:9-24 if you would like to refresh your memory before reading how scholars have interpreted the description of Babylon’s demise. John had witnessed the shocking portrayal of Babylon and the kings who joined with this great city in promulgating blasphemies, abominations, and idolatry (which was … Continue reading Revelation 18: Four Views
Revelation 18: Woe, Woe to Babylon
The Corruption of Babylon In Revelation 17, one of the angels who had poured out one of the ceremonial bowls of the passion of God’s cleansing wrath came over to John to reveal how Babylon would be judged. John was carried in the Spirit to a place of solitude, where he was given a very … Continue reading Revelation 18: Woe, Woe to Babylon
Revelation 18: Come Out, My People
Then I heard another voice out of the sky saying, “Come out, my people, out of her, in order that you all will not have fellowship in and partake of her sins, in order that you would not take hold of her wounds. “Because her sins have been following close to her as far as … Continue reading Revelation 18: Come Out, My People
Revelation 18: Fallen, Fallen is Babylon
After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having immense authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. Then, he cried out in a forceful voice, saying, “Fallen, Fallen, Babylon the Great, now become a habitat of demons, and a prison of all foul spirits, and a prison of … Continue reading Revelation 18: Fallen, Fallen is Babylon
Revelation 17: The Ten Horns
There would be a great battle between the Creature and the Creator, the Beast and the Lamb. And the Lamb would have the victory. #Revelation17 #TenHorns #Armegeddon
Revelation 17: Seven Heads and Ten Horns
Then the angel said to me, “Because of what do you marvel? I myself will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the dangerous creature carrying her, the one having the seven heads and the ten horns. “The dangerous beast which you observed was and is not, and is about to rise … Continue reading Revelation 17: Seven Heads and Ten Horns
Revelation 17: Futurist and Spiritual Views of the Harlot
Then one of the seven angels pouring out the seven ceremonial bowls came out and was talking with me, saying, “Here, I will reveal to you the judgment of the great idolator/prostitute sitting upon the many waters.” In association with the rulers of the earth have practiced idolatry/indulged in unlawful sexual acts, and the ones … Continue reading Revelation 17: Futurist and Spiritual Views of the Harlot
Revelation 17: Historicist and Preterist View of the Harlot of Babylon
Then one of the seven angels pouring out the seven ceremonial bowls came out and was talking with me, saying, “Here, I will reveal to you the judgment of the great idolator/prostitute sitting upon the many waters.” In association with the rulers of the earth have practiced idolatry/indulged in unlawful sexual acts, and the ones … Continue reading Revelation 17: Historicist and Preterist View of the Harlot of Babylon
Revelation 17: A Mystery, Babylon the Great
Then one of the seven angels pouring out the seven ceremonial bowls came out and was talking with me, saying, “Here, I will reveal to you the judgment of the great idolator/prostitute sitting upon the many waters.” In association with [the great idolater/prostitute], the rulers of the earth have practiced idolatry/indulged in unlawful sexual acts, … Continue reading Revelation 17: A Mystery, Babylon the Great
Revelation 17-18: Babylon the Great
Summary of the Cycles of Seven Three cycles of sevens have transpired. Scholars, as they review the whole arc of this series, see different metanarratives. Babylon old city, Hillah, Iraq - February 2022 | By Safa.daneshvar - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Historicist Scholars with this perspective see the history of the church in John’s … Continue reading Revelation 17-18: Babylon the Great