Chapter 18
Verses 1-3 Read the Bible verses.
Another angel came down from heaven, and the earth was light with his glory. He said,” Babylon is fallen. She has become a place where demons live. Because all the nations of the earth have shared in her sins.”
The Old Testament Babylon was destroyed in 689BC, see Isaiah 13:19-22, 14:22-23, 21:9-10, 46:1-2, 47:1-15.
There is nothing here that says that Babylon will never be rebuilt. It was rebuilt by Assyria’s next King Esarhaddon. It was built up by Nebuchadnezzer. Today there is not much left of the physical Babylon.
The “spiritual Babylon” will be a world religious system. Many people of the world will believe in this world religion.
Verses 4-8 Read the Bible verses.
Here a voice comes from heaven to John to write a warning to the people who will read these prophecies.
The warning is for people to not join with this world system in their beliefs and ways of doing things.
These verses talk about the complete destruction of Babylon.
Verses 9- 19 Read the Bible verses.
These verses describe how the nations of the world are sorry about the destruction of this city. It is the center of this Babylonian world system. This city was important to their way of life.
Verses 20-24 Read the Bible verses.
These verses describe how God saw the destruction of this world system.