Revelation 18
Title:
“Babylon is fallen, is fallen” (Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:8; Revelation
14:8)
Theme:
The Judgment of the Great Whore
Text:
“And after these things… (Revelation 18:1)
I. John Saw and Heard a Mighty Angel (v.1-3)
A. He came down from heaven
B. Having great power
[authority]
C. The earth was lightened
[illuminated] with his glory
D. He cried mightily with a
strong voice
1. Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen
2. And is become the habitation
of devils
3. And the hold of every foul
spirit
4. And a cage of every unclean
and hateful bird
E. For all nations have drunk
of the wine of the wrath of her fornication
F. And the kings of the earth
have committed fornication with her
G. And the merchants of the
earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies
II.
John Heard Another Voice from Heaven (v.4-20)
A. Come out of her My people
[saints]
B. Reward her even as she has
rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works…
C. How much she has glorified
herself and lived deliciously…
D. So much torment and sorrow
give her
E. For she says in her heart
1. I sit a queen
2. I am no widow
3. I shall see no sorrow
F. Therefore, shall her plagues
come in one day
1. Death, mourning and famine
2. She shall utterly be burned
with fire
3. For strong is the Lord God
who judges her
III.
The Kings of the Earth bewail Her (v.9, 10)
A. Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city
B. For in one hour is thy
judgment come
IV.
The Merchants of the Earth shall weep and mourn over Her (v.11-17a)
A. For no man buys their
merchandise any more
B. And the fruits that thy soul
lusted after are departed
C. They shall stand afar off
for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing
D. Saying, Alas, alas that
great city, that was clothed in purple…
E. For in one hour so great
riches is come to nothing
V. The
Shipmasters/Merchants of the Sea stood afar off and cried for Her
(v.17b-19)
A. What city is like unto this
great city
B. They cast dust on their
heads and cried
C. Saying, Alas, alas that
great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea…
D. For in one hour she is made
desolate
VI.
Rejoice over Her (v.20)
A. Thou Heaven
B. Ye Holy Apostles and
Prophets
C. For God has avenged you on
Her
VII.
A Mighty Angel took up a Stone like a Great Millstone and cast it into the
Sea (v.21-24)
A
Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no
more at all
C. No Music, Craft, Millstone,
Light of a Candle, Bride or Bridegroom shall be heard of seen in Babylon
D. For they Merchants were the
great men of the earth, for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived
E. And in her was found the blood of prophets,
and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
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