IS REVELATION 18 PROPHESYING
THE DOOM OF NEW YORK CITY?
03-29-20 This message may be
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God is Thought. The brightness
of our revelations depends upon the correctness of our
doctrines, our building blocks, our Godly Thoughts laid
one upon
another, ascending into the mind of Christ.
BACKGROUND
(Gen
18:20,21) And the LORD said, Because the
cry [Heb: shriek or outcry] of Sodom and Gomorrah is
great
[excessive, boundless], and because their sin [Gk:
offence] [to God] is very grievous [Heb: heavy,
in a bad
sense (burdensome)]; I will go down now, and see whether
they
have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me;
and if
not, I will know.
(Gen 19:24) Then the LORD rained upon
Sodom and upon Gomorrah
brimstone [Heb: sulphur] and fire from
the LORD out
of heaven;
SPIRITUAL BABYLON AND COMMERICAL/POLITICAL
BABYLON TOGETHER
(Rev
18:1-3) And after these things I saw another angel come down
from
heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened
[Gk:
brightened: enlightened, illuminated, made to see] with his
glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon
[Heb:
overflowing with confusion] [i.e., confused thoughts] the
great is
fallen, is fallen [1,2], and is become the
habitation [Gk:
dwelling place] of devils [Gk: demons] [fallen
angels],
and the hold [Gk: to keep in custody; imprisonment;
prison]
of every foul [Gk: impure, lewd, demonic] spirit
[i.e., thought, fallen angel], and a cage [Gk:
prison]
of every unclean and hateful bird [demon, fallen angel
(Mat
13:4,19)]. For all nations have drunk of the wine
[Heb:
intoxication] of the wrath [Gk: passion (as if breathing
hard)]
of her fornication [Gk:
harlotry
(including adultery and incest); fig. idolatry], and the
kings
[political rulers] of the earth have committed
fornication with
her, and the merchants [businessmen] of the
earth
are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
1.
Commentary
= “Babylon
the great is fallen, is fallen” = refers to the two
aspects of
Babylon:
a.
Spiritual
Babylon is perhaps
represented by San
Francisco (Rev 17), noted for homosexuality, and is a type and
shadow
of Sodom - Heb: to scorch; burnt (a volcanic or
bituminous)
district, a place near the Dead Sea.
b.
Commercial/political
Babylon is perhaps
represented by New
York City (Rev 18), noted for business, and is a type
and shadow
of Gomorrah - Heb: a ruined heap /// to gather grain: bind
sheaves, make
merchandise of.
2.
Commentary:
With some
foreboding, one might note that the two probable locations of San
Francisco and
New York City encompass the breadth of the United States, the numerical
home of
modern Christianity, and “judgment must begin at the house of God.”
(1
Pet 4:17)
(Rev
18:4-6) And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of
her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye
receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto
heaven,
and God hath remembered her iniquities [Gk: wrongs done:
evil
doings]. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double
[Gk:
twofold] unto her double according to her works: in the
cup which
she hath filled [for others,] fill to her double.
(Rev
18:7-10) How much [to
the same degree as] she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously [Gk: luxuriously] [at your expense], so
much
[to the same degree] torment and sorrow give her:
for she
saith in her heart, I sit a queen [the absolute ruler
without
ever a king], and am no widow [without ever a
man’s
authority over me], and shall see no sorrow. Therefore
shall her
plagues [Gk: calamities] [disasters, catastrophes] come
in
one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly
burned with fire [Gk: consumed
wholly]:
for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. And the kings
[political rulers seeking power] of the earth, who have
committed
fornication [Gk: idolatry] and lived
deliciously [Gk:
luxuriously] with her, shall bewail [Gk: to sob,
wail
aloud] her, and lament [Gk: to beat the breast
in grief:
mourn] for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Standing
afar off for the fear of her torment [lest her
torment come
upon them], saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon,
that
mighty city! for in one hour [a consuming nuclear fire]
is
thy judgment come.
1.
(Deu
4:24) For the LORD thy God is a
consuming
fire, even a jealous God.
2.
(Deu
9:3) Understand therefore this day, that the
LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a
consuming fire
he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so
shalt
thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath
said
unto thee.
3.
(Heb
12:29) For our God is a consuming
fire.
(Rev
18:11-14) And the merchants [businessmen
seeking wealth] [1] of the earth shall weep and mourn over
her; for
no man buyeth their merchandise any more: The merchandise of gold,
and silver,
and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and
silk, and
scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all
manner
vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, And
cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and
oil, and
fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots,
and
slaves, and souls of men. And the fruits [goods]
that thy
soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things
which were dainty
and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no
more
at all.
1.
(1
Tim 6:9,10) But they that
will be rich fall into temptation and a snare [Gk:
a
trap (as fashioned by a noose); fig. a trick], and into many
foolish
[“useless, godless” Amplif.] and hurtful lusts
[Gk: a
longing (especially for what is forbidden): desires], which drown
[overwhelm] men in destruction [Gk: ruin,
death,
punishment] and perdition [Gk: eternal
damnation, waste].
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which
while some coveted
after [Gk: stretched oneself, reach out after, long for],
they have erred [Gk: been led astray: seduced] from
the
faith, and pierced [Gk: penetrated entirely] themselves
through with many sorrows.
(Rev
18:15-19) The merchants of these
things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for
the fear
of her torment, weeping and wailing, And saying, Alas, alas, that
great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and
scarlet, and
decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! For in one hour
so
great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all
the
company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade
by sea,
stood afar off, And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,
saying, What city is like unto this great city! And they cast
dust on
their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that
great
city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea
by reason
of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate
[Gk: to
lay waste].
(Rev
18:20-24) Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy
apostles and
prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. And a mighty angel
took up a
stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea [no
longer
a symbol of crushing out the grapes], saying, Thus with
violence
shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no
more
at all. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and
trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no
craftsman, of
whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and
the sound
of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; And
the light
of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the
voice of the
bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more
at all
in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for
by
thy sorceries [Gk: medication (“pharmacy”): witchcraft]
were
all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets,
and
of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Amen