The Great City Devastated

 Vision 12-REVELATION 18:1-19:10

Subject:  The fall and destruction of  Babylon the Great; the marriage of theLamb announced 

Time of fulfillment: From 1919 until after the great tribulation

SUDDEN, shocking , devastating - such will be the demise of Babylon the Great!  It will be one of the most catastrophic events in all history, marking the start of the "great tribulation such as not occurred since the world's beginning until now, no, nor will occur again." - MATTHEW 24:21.

False religioun has been around  for a long time. It has existed without a break since the days of bloodthirsty Nimrod, who opposed Jehovah and set men to building the Tower of Babel. When Jehovah confused  the tongues of those rebels and scattered them over the earth, Babylon's false religio traveled with them.  (Genesis 10:8-10; 11:4-9) Sincer then, political empires have risen and fallen, but Babylonish religioun  has endured. It has taken many shapes abd forms, becoming a world empire  of false religio, the prophesied Babylon the Great.  Its  most prominent part is Christendom, which grew out of a fusion of early Babylonish teachings with apostate "Christian" doctrine. Becaue of the long, long, history of Babylon the Great, many people find it hard to believe  taht it will ever destroyed.

It is therefore appropriate that Revelaton should confirm the doom of false religion by giving us two detailed descriptions of her fall and subsequent events leading to her total desolation. We have already seen her as "the great harlot" that is finally devasted by her erstwhile lovers of the political realm.  (Revelation 17:1, 15, 16) Now, in still another vision, we are to view her as a city, the religious antitype of ancient Babylon.

Next time: The Great City Devasted- Babylon the Great Takes a Tumble

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