Sins Have Reached unto Heaven Revelation 18:5

An angel showed John the apostle the “great whore” who was sitting upon a “scarlet colored beast” and was “arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls”. He continued to write, “And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues.” In chapter eighteen and verse five of Revelation another voice shouts “sins have reached unto heaven” where we read:

For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

The verse reads, “For her sins have reached unto heaven, ...” John began with the word, “for” which means “because, since and on account of” “her sins” or “Babylon's mistakes, errors and willful sins against God's law” “have reached” which means “have followed, preceded, joined in attendant and accompanied” “unto heaven” which means “to the region above the sidereal heavens and the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings”. The “voice” declared how the “willful sins” of “Babylon” “preceded” them in “heaven”.

The verse continues, “... and God has remembered her iniquities.” John continued with the words, “and God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “has remembered” or “has been mindful of, recalled and called to mind” “her iniquities” which means “the city of Babylon's misdeeds, evil doings and matters of wrong”. John heard the “voice from heaven” say that “God” “recalled the “evil and wrong doings” of “Babylon”.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how nothing “evil” or “wrong” Babylon did was forgotten by God. When the timing was right, God “remembered” them, and now they were to be punished for them. God knows the “sins” of every person, and He is willing to forgive those “sins” and “evil doings” when a person “repents of them, seeks God for forgiveness and receives Jesus Christ” as their personal “Savior and Lord”. Let all who read these words know that God is aware of every “wrong and mistake”, and He is willing to “forgive” in Jesus name if people will turn to Him.

Next time the “voice from heaven” declares, “reward her even as she rewarded you”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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