In this week’s study, we begin in a new Chapter 18. Before I get into the study, I discuss some new events about the global elite. I get into the change up in Canada where they take out free speech protection for Christians. I talk about the red heifers in Israel that is being protected for the 3rd Temple. And I go over some points in the Luciferian Code.
The last verse of chapter 17 closed it by giving the interpretation of the woman as being "that great city." Though the woman is the first thing mentioned in that chapter, yet her interpretation is left till the end, so that the mention of the city may lead on to the account of its destruction, which is the subject of chapter 18. In chapter 17 we have the conflict about that great city in which the seven heads, and ten kings, and "the kings of the earth," and the Beast ("the eighth" king), all take part. But now, the city itself is to be judged as a city.
In chapter 18, we continue with the bowl interlude that began in chapter 17. Chapter 17 introduced the figurative harlot named “Babylon” and promised to show us her punishment (Rev 17:1). That promised punishment is seen here in chapter 18, as we see several prophecies of judgment against her.
However, it is important to realize that practically all of the judgments prophesied against this future “Babylon” are made by borrowing language from the Old Testament, and that language comes from prophecies that were originally made against the Old Testament kingdom of Babylon that took Israel into captivity.
This is significant because it demonstrates the strong parallelism between the Old Testament kingdom of Babylon that attacked Israel, and the future kingdom of Antichrist that will attack the Church.
Chapter 18 may be divided into three parts:
The judgment pronounced (verses 1-8).
The judgment lamented from the world’s perspective (verses 9-19).
The judgment celebrated from heaven’s perspective (verses 20-24).
1. Notice the angel coming down from heaven has “great authority.” Naturally he does. He is a messenger of Yahweh. And he now pierces the darkness that envelops the world as a result of the fifth bowl judgment and we read that, “The earth was illumined with his glory.” This is reminiscent of the account of Moses, you will recall, whose countenance continued to radiate the shekinah glory of Yahweh, the resplendent light of divine glory even after he had come down off of the mount as we read in Exodus 34.
2. And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, = in strength with a great voice.
Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, = Babylon . . . fallen. See Rev. 14:8. Isa. 21:9. Jer. 51:8.
and is become a habitation = kat-oy-kay-tay'-ree-on’. Only here and Eph. 2:22, which reads “In whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of Yahweh through the Spirit.” This is the positive for Yahweh’s elect.
of demons = demons, supernatural beings.
and a hold = prison, or cage, as below.
and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird. = cage
The angel says that “She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.” This judgment will be the last judgment of Babylon that was first prophesied all the way back in Isaiah in chapter 21 and verse 9. He speaks of the unclean spirit here in verse 2. That is another name for a demon.
These demons are similar to birds of prey hovering over their victims, about to attack with the further implication that they are incarcerated in this place, kept against their will, a place of utter desolation.
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