1. Revelation Part 4
Lesson 5

2. Babylon in Revelation Is Babylon a literal city?
Rev. 17:3-5, 18 “The woman..is the great city”
1st mention: Rev. 14:8 “fallen, fallen”
Describe Babylon:
Immoral
Anti-God
Lustful, harlot, blasphemous
Connected with the dragon
Powerful, world power in the middle east
Rev. 16:19 7th bowl of wrath is poured out on her
Timeline: Rev th bowl

3. Babylon and the beast Anti-Christ arises from among 10 kings
Babylon/prostitute/woman rides ON the beast
Babylon is carried by what the beast does as the world ruler
Rev. 17:18 She reigns OVER the kings of the earth
Beast is demonic
Rev. 18:2 Babylon is filled with demonic activity
Rev. 18:7 Torment and mourning are her destiny
Rev. 18:7 Proud
Rev. 18:8 She will be burned up with fire
Babylon is the great city of the beast’s kingdom

4. Babylon and the beast
Rev. 18:24 She hates the saints, prophets, apostles
Rev. 18:20 Judged by God, who is strong
Rev. 18:23 She is a deceiver
“sorcery”: pharmakeia – magic, the use of medicine, drugs or spells, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it: the deception and seductions of idolatry
Only 2 occurrences in Scripture: Gal. 5:19-20 and Rev. 18
The deeds of the flesh are evident, …….sorcery
Mostly connected with worldly riches: pearls, fine linen, spices, gold, silver, precious stones……

5. Babylon’s Judgment Why?
Drunk with the blood of the saints and the witnesses of Jesus Rev. 17:6
She is against the Lamb Rev. 17:14
She is demonic therefore Anti-God Rev. 18:2
She is immoral Rev. 18:3
How?
Rev. 17:16 Beast and kings will hate her and make her desolate, naked, eat her flesh and burn her
Rev. 18:5 God remembers her iniquities
Rev. 18:8-10, 21 With plagues of pestilence, mourning, famine, fire, abandonment and violence

6. Timeline
6th Bowl: Kings of the earth gather for war against God Rev. 16:14-16
7th Bowl: The beast and 10 kings go against Babylon Rev. 16:17 through Rev. 17 and 18
Beast says he is God and the world worships him Mark 13:14
God begins pouring out His wrath on the beast’s kingdom and the beast turns against Babylon
Revelation 17 and 18 says Babylon’s fall takes place in one hour, one day (17:12; 18:17)

7. Jerusalem Is Jerusalem a literal city?
Rev. 11:2 The holy city will be tread under foot for 42 months
Rev. 11:8 Two witnesses are killed inside it
Rev. 11:8 Jesus was crucified in it
Rev. 11:13 One tenth of the city fell in an earthquake
The beast comes to his ultimate power INSIDE this city
Rev. 11:7 He KILLS the 2 witnesses
He takes his seat in the temple and declares himself to be God

8. Jerusalem
There will be nothing holy about Jerusalem during the last 3 ½ years
Timeline: End of the 6th trumpet, beginning of the 7th
Rev. 14:20 “Outside the city” The wine press of God’s wrath was trodden outside the city – blood
Rev. 16:19 The great city was split into three parts
Rev. 20:9 Beloved city – AFTER the 1,000 years when Satan will deceive the nations and bring them against Jerusalem
Rev NEW Jerusalem – God’s dwelling place
Jerusalem = Bride Babylon = Prostitute

9. Application How does all of this pertain to you?
Why is it important that you know about Babylon and Jerusalem and that they are LITERAL cities?
What are YOU to do with all of this?
Fear?
Become a recluse?
Warn others?
Make everything fit into YOUR timeline?
“Let the reader understand……”
Remember WHO your God is
By faith, by trust, by walking daily in His presence we fulfill HIS purpose in us, whatever that may be