Plagues, Death, Mourning and Famine Revelation 18:8

An “angel” from heaven showed John the apostle many things which will occur in the tribulation time on the earth, and John wrote, “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. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double. How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.” In chapter eighteen and verse eight of the “voice from heaven” declared, “therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning and famine” where we read:

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

The verse reads, “Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine;” John began with the word, “therefore” which means “wherefore and with this” “shall her plagues” or “will Babylon's blows, stripes, wounds and heavy affliction” “come in one day” which means “arrive and arise in one single interval between sunrise and sunset”, “death” or “separation of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended”, “and mourning” which means “grief and sorrow” “and famine” or “scarcity of harvest or dearth”. John was told that “in one day's time period” “Babylon” was to receive “death, grief, sorrow and dearth”.

The verse continues, “and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her.” John continued with the words, “and she shall be utterly burned” which means “and Babylon burnt up and consumed wholly” “with fire” or “with fiery lightning”: “for strong” or “because and since mighty, capable, forcible, firm and sure” “is the Lord” which means “is the one in whom a person or thing belongs and about which he has power of deciding; master and the title given to God the Messiah” “God” which refers to “the Godhead bodily and trinity which is comprised of God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit” “who judges her” which means “puts asunder, resolves, decrees, rules and governs Babylon”. The “voice from heaven” told John that “Babylon” will be “utterly consumed with fire” because God is “mighty” and has “judged” her.

When we think through John's words in this verse, we see how “commercial Babylon” shall surely be “judged” in “one day's” time. “Babylon” will be “wholly consumed” by “fire” from God because God is more powerful than any other entity physical or spiritual. This Almighty God desires to have a relationship with every person through His Son Jesus Christ, and should a person rely upon anything other than Him, they shall certainly face “judgment” even as “Babylon”. May all who read these words take heed to this warning, and yield their lives to Jesus Christ before the “fires” of God fall.

Next time the “voice from heaven” shares with John concerning, “the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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