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Revelation 18 makes it plain that Babylon here represents not only political power but also material wealth and luxury. As God’s judgment consumes the city of Babylon, her merchants and kings and sea captains and sailors will weep and mourn for their lost riches.  When the state and its leaders

The first figure John describes is a pregnant woman who is under attack by a great red dragon. The dragon is identified as Satan. We are told that he is the leader of a group of angels who rebelled against God.  The woman, probably representing Israel, is taken to a place of safety in the

Now, after humanity has rejected God’s kindness for millennia, and only now, the dam of God’s patience breaks, and judgment floods the earth. Paul’s warning is fulfilled: “Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s

In chapter 7, we see a group of men and women “that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language”, who stand before God redeemed. We are told who they are. “These are they who have come out of the Great Tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the

The majestic figure now instructed John to write what he had seen, and then dictated to John letters to seven churches. These are historic churches that existed in John’s day., Each was marked by the characteristics the letter describes. Yet in these churches we see pictures of our