REVELATION ITS GRAND CLIMAX AT HAND!/Chapter Thirty Six - "Get Out of Her, My People" - Conclusion

 Under the Mosaic Law, if an Israelite stole from his fellow countrymen, he had  to  pay back at least double in compensation.  (Exodus22:1, 4, 7, 9)  In the coming destruction of Babylon the Great,  Jehovah will apply a comparable standard of justice. She is to receive twice  as much as she gave out.  There will be no mercy to temper this justice because Babylon the Great has shown no mercy to her victims. She fed parasitically on the peoples of the earth  to keep herself in "shameless luxury." Now she will experience suffering and mourning. Ancient Babylon felt that she was  in an absolutely secure positio, boasting: "I shall not sit as a widow, and I shall not know the loss of children."  (Isaiah 47:8, 9, 11)  Babylon the Great also feels secure. But her destruction, decreed by Jehovah who "is strong," will happen quickly, as if "in one day"! 

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