REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Seven - Mourning and Rejoicing at Babylon's End - Conclusion

 The nation's reaction may seem surprising in view of the fact that Babylon was destroyed by the symbolic ten horns of the scarlet-colored wild beast. (Revelation 17:16) But when Babylon is gone "the kings of the earth" will eventually realize how useful she was to them in keeping  the people pacified and in subjection.  The clergy have declared wars to be sacred, acted as recruiting agents, and preached the youth into the battle lines.  Religion has provided  a screen of holiness behind which corrupt rulers have operated in oppressing the common people.  (Compare Jeremiah 5:30, 31; Matthew 23:27, 28)  Notice, however, that these grief-stricken kings now stand at a distance from the doomed city.  They do not get close enough to come to her aid. They are sad to see her go, but no so sad enough to take risks in her behalf.

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