[Rev 18:1-8 ESV] 1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory.
John sees another angel and he is so full of glory that he makes the earth bright.
2 And he called out with a mighty voice, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Babylon has become like every horror movie ever made, combined. Full of evil and darkness.
3 For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living."
People have compromised their principles to do business with Babylon so as to grow rich.
4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues;
A voice from heaven tells God's people to come out of Babylon so they do not share in her judgment.
5 for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
God remembers everything Babylon has done since the beginning of time.
6 Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
The ultimate lesson of reaping what you sow.
7 As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.'
Only a very arrogant or a very ignorant person would say such a thing.
8 For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her."
The judgment reserved for Babylon will be swift and brutal in a 24 hour period. Utter devastation is the plan for Babylon.
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