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The Revelation of Jesus Christ
Rev. 22:10 And he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. The Revelation of Jesus Christ The Fall of Babylon the Great Rev 17&18 of 22 Rev. 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

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Outline of Revelation 12/3/2018 David Tye

Outline of Revelation Chapters Topic 1
Things which you have seen ─ Glorified Christ in heaven 2-3 Things which are ─ 7 letters to the 7 churches 4-5 Things which shall take place ─ Introduction / background to the future — 7 sealed scroll 6 6 seals 7 1st parenthetic ─ 2 groups (144,000, multitude of gentiles in white robes 8 7th seal and first 4 trumpets 9 5th & 6th trumpets, 1st & 2nd Woes 10-11:14 2nd parenthetic ─ the little book, the two witnesses, end of 2nd Woe 11:15-19 7th trumpet, 3rd Woe 12 3rd parenthetic ─ important characters 13 3rd parenthetic ─ wicked rulers 14 3rd parenthetic ─ visions of Christ triumphant 15-16 7 bowls leading to the 2nd coming of Christ 17/18 4th parenthetic ─ Destruction of ecclesiastic Babylon 19 2nd Coming of Christ, the great supper of God 20 Millennial reign of Christ ─ Satan bound, 1000 year reign, Satan released, great white throne judgment 21 New Jerusalem, new heaven and new earth 22 Concluding revelations 12/3/2018 David Tye

The Judgments God sends the bowls out, full The Lamb opens
of the wrath of God. The Lamb opens the seals. Angels sound the trumpets. 12/3/2018 David Tye

Gen 7-9: Noah  Shem, Japheth, Ham  Mizraim, Cush  … Nimrod
History of Babylon Gen 7-9: Noah  Shem, Japheth, Ham  Mizraim, Cush  … Nimrod Gen 10:8-10 Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD." 10The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 12/3/2018 David Tye

Gen 11:3-4 They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.“ 12/3/2018 David Tye

Babylonian Religion - tradition
Semiramis – Wife of Nimrod (who built Babel); she was the center of the religion of “Babylonian mysteries” …tradition says… She had immaculate conception of a son [Tammuz] Was worshiped as Queen of Heaven with infant son Priests led worshipers in rites to cleanse of sins God scattered the Babylonians around the world 12/3/2018 David Tye

Deut 27:5 "Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones; you shall not wield an iron tool on them. 12/3/2018 David Tye

Exile of Judah 597, 587, 582 BC deportation of Jerusalemites to Babylon 538 BC Cyrus decree for Jews to return to Jerusalem BC temple rebuilt 520 BC Zechariah prophesizes 12/3/2018 David Tye

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Setup verse on Handout Zech. 5:6-11 And I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah going forth." Again he said, "This is their appearance in all the land 7(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah." 8Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening. 9Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. 10And I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?" 11Then he said to me, "To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar [Babylon]; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal.“ 12/3/2018 David Tye

We have covered Rev 4 thru 16 so far…
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Overview of Rev 17&18 In Rev 17 Babylon is seen as the mother of Harlots in its religious character climaxing in a world religion which seems to fit the first half of the 7 year tribulation preceding Christ’s second coming. It also records the destruction of this Babylon by the 10 kings & the beast (Rev 17:16). In Rev 18 Babylon is seen as a great city of political/commercial power, the seat of power of the great world empire which will dominate the second half of the last seven years before Christ’s return. 12/3/2018 David Tye

Background for Rev 17 Mother of Harlots – original idolatry which has spawned false religions of all times …[Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witness, narcissism, secularism... read Brian McLaren – Emerging Church] 12/3/2018 David Tye

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Rev 17 – God’s Plan for the Redemption of Creation Babylon Judged
Rev 17:1 And one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I shall show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality." 3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. Rev. 13:1-4 And he stood on the sand of the seashore. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, … 4 they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast… Rev. 14:8 And another angel, …, 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." Harlot = pornos, from gk pernemi: to export for sale or to traffic in…body, soul, religion… scarlet beast – AntiChrist, world gov. Waters – see vs. 15 12/3/2018 David Tye

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4And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, 5and upon her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." Jeremiah 3:6 Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. Jeremiah 51:7 Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the Lord, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad. woman - vs. 18, “which reigns over the kings of the earth” [meaning at the beginning of the Tribulation] Purple – Roman imperial Scarlet – luxury, sin 12/3/2018 David Tye

6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered greatly. 7And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I shall tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. 8"The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth will wonder, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. Rev. 16:6 for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink. They deserve it.“ 1 Cor. 2:7 but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; Mystery – “open secret”, matters previously kept secret in God’s eternal purposes now being revealed Beast - Antichrist 12/3/2018 David Tye

9"Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, 10and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.11"And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. wisdom → knowledge of hidden things, symbolic language 7 mountains – Rome, religious center? Kingdoms? 7 kings – historical world powers “the beast” – the antichrist Seven kings - Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, revived Rome (has not yet come) 8th is beast - antichrist 12/3/2018 David Tye

7 World Powers Egypt  leading nation in the Middle East during the first six books of the Bible, ~3100 B.C. Assyria  seventh and eighth centuries B.C. Jonah sent to Nineveh, the capital. ~671 B.C. Babylon  conquered Jerusalem 598 B.C., carried Daniel away. Medo-Persia  captured Babylon 539 B.C. Greece  Alexander the Great conquers Medo-Persia in 332 B.C. Roman Empire  the greatest of past empires, 250 B.C. to 1453 A.D. Seventh Empire  revived Rome, ?? A.D. The 4 beasts of Dan 7 are in red. They were future when Daniel interpreted (~537 BC ) for BELSHAZZAR, king of Babylon. 12/3/2018 David Tye

9"Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, 10and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.11"And the beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. wisdom → knowledge of hidden things, symbolic language 7 mountains – Rome, religious center? Kingdoms? 7 kings – historical world powers “the beast” – the antichrist Seven kings - Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, revived Rome (has not yet come) 8th is beast - antichrist 12/3/2018 David Tye

12"And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. 13"These have one purpose and they give their power and authority to the beast. 14"These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful." Daniel 7:24 'As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. Ten horns – 10 nation federation in end times One hour – concurrent rulers for a short season. 12/3/2018 David Tye

15And he said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16"And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. 17"For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be fulfilled. 18"And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth." Daniel 12:11 "And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. Luke 21:24 … they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Waters – peoples… Harlot sits – false religion [apostate church, Universalism] Hate the harlot – world religion replaced by worship of the beast NO MOURNING! 12/3/2018 David Tye

Background for Rev 18 587 BC-Zedekiah & Jeremiah taken into Babylon due to idolatry of Judah (& Israel) 2 Kings 16:3 But he [king of Judah - Ahaz] walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel. 538BC ~50k return repentant, no longer idolatrous, but very materialistic 458BC, 2nd return, two generations in Babylonian culture. 12/3/2018 David Tye

Rev 18 depicts the judgment and destruction of the political and commercial world system created by the antichrist 12/3/2018 David Tye

Rev 18:1 After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory. 2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! And she has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. 3"For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality." Rev. 17:1-2 … the great harlot who sits on many waters, 2with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality." Rev. 16:19 … great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. [7th bowl] Another – of same kind Note the similarity in each description of Babylon’s impact on the world. merchant – “fixed traveler” sensuality – insolent luxury 12/3/2018 David Tye

4And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you may not participate in her sins and that you may not receive of her plagues; 5for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Genesis 19:12 [to Lot] whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; See Zech. 5:6-11 on page 1. my people – who is this? What are they to do? 12/3/2018 David Tye

6"Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. 7"To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.' 8"For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong. Isaiah 47:7-8 "Yet you said, 'I shall be a queen forever.' … 8"Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, … Rev. 3:17-20 'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked…20 ‘Behold, I stand at the door and knock…[Laodicea] In one day Babylon is destroyed – 7th bowl… Rev. 16:19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. 12/3/2018 David Tye

9"And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, 10standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' See judgment of Tyre Ezek REAL MOURNING! Kings Merchants Shipmasters All living by her 12/3/2018 David Tye

11"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes anymore; 12cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, 13and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. cargoes – emphasis is on international trade Mostly luxury items on which those who dwell upon the earth store up hope for their future. Remember, they are citizens of earth, not of heaven. 12/3/2018 David Tye

14"And the fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. 15"The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, 16saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls; Ezekiel 27:30-33 …They will cast dust on their heads, They will wallow in ashes …32"… they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea? 33'When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; … A lamentation of the rich similar to that for Tyre of Phoenicia. 12/3/2018 David Tye

17for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, 18and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' 19"And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!' James 5:1-6 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3…It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4… the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; … 5You have lived luxuriously on the earth …. 6…and put to death the righteous man;… one hour – this takes the world by surprise. luxuriously – in pleasure and without distress of any kind 12/3/2018 David Tye

20"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her." Rejoice - in contrast to those being judged. 12/3/2018 David Tye

21And a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "Thus will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. 22"And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer; 23and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery. James 4:4 You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. How fast does a millstone sink? None who benefited from the sorcery of Babylon will do so again Sorcery - drugs 12/3/2018 David Tye

24"And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth." Hebrews 11:37-38 They [the faithful of all time] were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated. Question: How are the depictions of Babylon in Rev 17 and Rev 18 reflected in our culture today? 12/3/2018 David Tye

The Judgments God sends the bowls out, full The Lamb opens
of the wrath of God. The Lamb opens the seals. Angels sound the trumpets. 12/3/2018 David Tye

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