CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - THE END OF MYSTERY BABYLON - THE WORLD OF TOMORROW NEAR

18:1-10 John sees an angel come down from heaven having great power and the earth is lightened with his glory. The angel is crying out the final judgment on the Mystery Babylon system. All the earth has partaken of her fornication and delicacies. She is the habitation of devils and a cage for unclean birds.

Key verse: Rev 18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. If this system was not based on Christianity why are we to come out of her? This is the false humanistic ungodly worldly church of man during this time.

The angel continues on, recording Mystery Babylon’s sins of pride, fornication, and rebellion towards God. She is going to be burned with fire by the Lord God and all on earth will bewail her. The key verse for God’s people is 18:4 We are exhorted to come out of her. This is a strong warning to God’s people not to defile themselves with this religious/political system. The Lord does not want us to eat at pagan tables like Jezebel or befriend the doctrines of Balaam (Rev 2). We are to seek the pure word of God. In those last days our personal relationship with the Lord will be what gets us through. The true bride will worship God in spirit and in truth. Her preparation process will draw her closer to the Lord. She will not be involved in the world church. This may be difficult to understand but he who has an ear will hear. I Thess 4:7

18:11-19 The angel continues to describe the fall of this financial, religious, political beast system that has enslaved men. There is weeping and mourning for her destruction. Enslaving debt, corporate fascism, and false religion, she is fallen.

18:20-24 The angel tells John to rejoice over her for God has avenged His holy apostles and prophets in her downfall. Babylon is brought down with violence and no music will be heard in her anymore. By her sorceries all nations were deceived. (Satan’s M.O.) In her was found the blood of the prophets and saints. She has persecuted her last victim, Rejoice!

“Witchcraft” or “sorceries” is the Greek word “pharmakia” which means “drugs” and appears five times in the New Testament: in Gal 5:20, Rev 9:21, 18:23, 21:8, and 22:15. Does this deception have anything to do with a health care system?

We see our dread champion, the Lord, totally destroying the kingdom of Satan. It is a violent picture. This is the God of Judgment, our Dread Champion. The narrative pulls no punches. Daniel 12