In reference to the literal Babylon, the word is used, in the New Testament, in Matthew 1:11-13; Acts 7:43; 1 Peter 5:13. Of the wrath - There seems an incongruity in the use of this word here, and Prof. Stuart proposes to render it “the inflammatory wine of her fornication”; that is, inebriating wine - wine that excited the passions and that led to uncleanness. Revelation 14:6-7. The great city - Some say Rome, which may be spiritually called Sodom for its abominations, Egypt for its tyrannous cruelty, and the place where our Lord was crucified, because of its persecution of the members of Christ; but Jerusalem itself may be intended. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those that dwell upon the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people ( Revelation 14:6 ). She has given her rituals, but not the everlasting Gospel, to most nations of the earth. Observe, 1. It is a song of redemption belonging to the church. Jesus when He comes is coming to clean up the earth and to establish his kingdom. All of them were rebuilt by the help of Rome but Laodiceans refused because the brookers in the city became sponsor to make Laodicea again better than before. Proud member 14:8 And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen - With the overthrow of Babylon, that of all the enemies of Christ, and, consequently, happier times, are connected. Of her fornication - Due to her fornication. And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs ( Revelation 14:19-20 ). If so, we must be “redeemed from the earth,” not with a general, but with a particular redemption, which lifts us up from the rest of our fellow-creatures; and we must also have attended the saved rehearsals, for none can sing in heaven but those who have learnt the song; and none can learn it but those who are “redeemed from the earth.”. "Babylon" is that it is a code word (atbash) for Rome, which the Christians used to disguise references to Rome, especially when Rome was persecuting Christians. As wine is squeezed out when workers tread grapes in a winepress, so the blood of sinners will run over the earth when God acts in his righteous anger (17-20). And there followed another angel,.... A "second", as the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and the Syriac version add; and the Arabic version reads, "and the second angel followed"; another set of Gospel ministers, who will immediately follow upon the former, proclaiming the fall of Babylon, which will be brought about through the preaching of the everlasting Gospel. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. Wesley's Notes for Revelation 14:8. Rome, in its turn, also became the largest; and the expression used here denotes that the power here referred to would be properly represented by cities of their magnitude. & Raya Mchimna, apud ib. The fact that separate and succeeding angels make these announcements stresses their importance and their sequential relationship. Let the stakes of Smithfield say, “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”. And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. Let the St. Bartholomew massacre bear witness before the living God. I heard some kid on Donohue the other day. Notice that Revelation 17:2 is the same description that was given in Revelation 14:8. 14:9. I fail to see any distinction between chapter 11 and the rest of the Apocalypse as to the identity of Babylon the great city. ., p218.] Their own satellite up there. We observed in connection with Revelation 11:13 that the collapse of urban civilization as opposed to God, will occur before the end; so "Babylon" here is understood as a type. A second angel followed the first with the message that Babylon had fallen. Jehovah witnesses have sought to identify themselves as the one hundred and forty-four thousand. 4:30-33) [emphasis added], The mass hysteria, or drunkenness which permitted mobs to give themselves to such men as Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, will head up in that mass-drunkenness which will bow to the image of the Antichrist and accept a brand upon the forehead or hand as a sign of subservience to him. So is Rome also. To worship any God besides him who created the world is idolatry. (b) All the circumstances require us to understand this of Rome, at some period of its history: for Rome, like Babylon, was the seat of empire, and the head of the pagan world; Rome was characterized by many of the same attributes as Babylon, being arrogant, proud, oppressive; Rome, like Babylon, was distinguished for its conquests, and for the fact that it made all other nations subject to its control; Rome … Today, it is generally believed that the “Harlot City” referred to in the Book of Revelation is Rome. Because she made all nations drink of the wine - This language is probably taken from Jeremiah 51:7; “Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord‘s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of the wine, therefore the nations are mad.” Babylon here, in accordance with the usual custom of the sacred writers when speaking of cities (see the notes on Isaiah 1:8), is represented as a female - here a female of abandoned character, holding in her hand a cup of wine to attract her lovers; that is, she allures and intoxicates them. And the word "ish" in Hebrew is man. Revelation 14:10; Psalm 60:3; Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Isaiah 51:22). Unfortunately, it got lost in its orbit. He then embraces the anglo-Israel, British-Israel concept that the supposed lost tribes are actually the European nations. Now here we are told what the seal is. Compare, "Worthy is the Lamb to take the scroll and loose the seals, for he was slain, and has redeemed us by his blood out of all the nations, tongues, tribes and people, and has made us unto our God kings and priests and we shall reign with him upon the earth", "Worthy is the Lamb to receive glory, and honor, and power, and dominion, and authority and might and all", "Virgins following the Lamb whithersoever he goes", "And the gospel of the kingdom must be preached to all nations and then shall the end come", "and the gospel shall be preached as a witness to all nations", "Just look at the world in which you live, we are winning. Rome, like Babylon of old, was the most formidable power with which the church had to contend. III. (c) it is not, I suppose, Rome considered as pagan that is here meant, but Rome considered as the prolongation of the ancient power in the papal form. Because I believe that that particular, "and the gospel shall be preached as a witness to all nations" is a reference to this angel that flies through the midst of heaven declaring the everlasting gospel to all the nations, kindreds and people. So, these one hundred and forty-four thousand are not the bride of Christ. The above article is taken from the biblical verses written in the Apocalypse or the Book of Revelation as presented by Yashua Christ: Revelation 11: 8-9 (KJV) Their bodies must lie in the great city street, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, where our Lord was crucified also. Pagan or Papal Rome? and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name. Beneath many a “gospel oak” the good news was told out, — the good news concerning Christ, — as if an angel were flying through the midst of heaven. These are they which were not defiled with women, for they are virgin. 1 Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2002), Jer. (3) in inquiring, then, what is referred to here by the word “Babylon,” we may remark: (a) that it could not be the literal Babylon on the Euphrates, for the whole representation here is of something future, and the literal Babylon had long since disappeared, never, according to the prophecies, to be rebuilt. Let"s hope it is not a fallen angel. They can only join the chorus. She will return to her hire, and commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth”, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. In reference to the meaning of the word in this place, it may be remarked: (1) That the general characteristics of Babylon were, that it was proud, haughty, insolent, oppressive. And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality. The announcement of the doom of great pagan Rome, mentioned here in close connection with the final judgment, must also be understood as a prophecy of the fall of all great wicked cities, or at least a very significant portion of them before the final judgment day itself. People have imagined a vain thing, for they have gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ. 3. , where some copies read "Babel", others read "Rome"; and Tertullian, who wrote long before the appearance of the Romish antichrist, saysF16Adv. And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 2 Interpreters are divided as to whether Rev. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. They have got their own. The wickedness of Babylon, in corrupting, debauching, and intoxicating the nations round about her, will make her fall just and will declare the righteousness of God in her utter ruin, Revelation 14:8. Babylon the great - So the city of Rome is called upon many accounts. So is Rome also. You find it used many times in the Old Testament in reference to the tribulation. There is only one city throughout the Bible which is referred to as Sodom and Egypt and guess which city IT IS NOT? For they have gathered against the Lord and against his anointed,"( Psalm 2:1 ) His Messiah, His Christ. kai eidon) signals another scene of this vision on earth. The other view is that "Babylon" is literal Babylon on the Euphrates River. "( Matthew 19:25 ). I think he is of the tribe Foolish. After the ingathering of the righteous, there will be the ingathering of the wicked. And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea and the fountains of waters. They knew that, "The wrath of God was falling upon the pagan city and that her judgment was determined."[44]. But which Rome is meant? The Scriptural Clue to Identifying the “Great City” is contained in Revelation ch 11:8! And I looked, and, lo, there was a Lamb standing on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father"s name written in their foreheads ( Revelation 14:1 ). And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped ( Revelation 14:14-16 ). Now, they are there and they are singing an exclusive song. You say, "Oh, lucky". to 1Peter, section 2. The great question for us is, — shall we be among the number? Yes, of course, Rome or the best state of the Vatican City in Rome must be the spiritual Babylon. A local television station recently was advertising that they were going to put this little angel up in the sky. And there followed another angel A "second", as the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and the Syriac version add; and the Arabic version reads, "and the second angel followed"; another set of Gospel ministers, who will immediately follow upon the former, proclaiming the fall of Babylon, which will be brought about through the preaching of the everlasting Gospel. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. This is a beautiful image to denote the influence of a great and corrupt city, and especially a city corrupt in its religion and devoted to idolatry and superstition, and may well be applied either to Babylon or Rome, literal or mystical. The horror of the judgment is further pictured in a grape harvest. And there followed ... Babylon in its glory was the largest city of the world. That great city - Among the same writers this city is styled רבתא קרתא karta rabbetha, the great city; and רבתא רומי Romi rabbetha, the great Rome. And the gospel shall be preached as a witness to all nations. They were not the bride, but they followed the bride and the groom. 3. 14:8 And another angel followed, saying, Babylon is fallen - With the overthrow of Babylon, that of all the enemies of Christ, and, consequently, happier times, are connected.Babylon the great - So the city of Rome is called upon many accounts. And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth, these were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. Wherever there is entrenched greed, indifference to God, hatred of Christ, and the worship of man, there also is Babylon the great. Revelation 16:16 announces the beginning of the Battle of Armageddon: “And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” The next three verses record the fall of Babylon the Great. [they have ceased from their labours; or] they rest from their labours; and their works do follow them ( Revelation 14:13 ). These graces shall be rewarded with salvation and glory. Described as a “Mystery”. And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write ( Revelation 14:12-13 ). 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