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THE FINAL END OF BABYLON REVELATION 18.20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints,
apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.” 18.21 A
mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea,
saying, “Thus with violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and
will be found no more at all. -WEB Bible
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DESCRIPTION: This remarkable image is from a 13th century manuscript. In the
upper right, the Apostle John relates the vision that he sees. A mighty angel
carries a millstone to the sea and cheerfully drops it into the depths with a
flourish. The millstone is a symbol of Babylon, and how she is disposed of
forever, never to rise again. The
book of Revelation contains three long chapters detailing the sins of Babylon
and the celebration that follows her destruction.
Nothing else in Revelation gets such extensive coverage. Babylon
is a human story: she is OUR story. She is a word-picture story of all human
folly. Babylon is the end result of Eve's sin in the Garden of Eden. Eve took
the fruit because the serpent convinced her that God was withholding good
things from her. In the same way, Babylon took all she desired and whatever
gave her pleasure. Babylon is the ultimate fulfillment and the end result of
Eve's sin. The
whole earth has been corrupted by insatiable greed and vanity; and the
corruption grows steadily worse in these days. If we can understand how
pervasive the world's value systems are and how they touch everything we do,
it will help us understand why Jesus deliberately detached himself from
material things when he walked this earth. Jesus
didn’t own anything but the clothes he wore. Jesus was the opposite of the
greed, vanity and perversion of Babylon. Jesus taught his disciples to live
the same way he did. We
cannot comprehend what a relief it will be to have the false value systems of
Babylon removed from our lives and influence. I JOHN 2.15 Don’t love the world or the things that are in the
world. If anyone loves the world, the Father’s love isn’t in him. 2.16 For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life, isn’t the Father’s, but is the world’s. 2.17 The world is
passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever. -WEB
Bible IMAGE CREDIT: The Douce
Apocalypse is one of several richly illustrated manuscripts of the Apocalypse
made in England in the thirteenth century. (Wikimedia Commons)
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