Study
21 From the Book of Revelation is: Revelation 18:21 – 19:10
1-
What thoughts does the action of the angel in 18:21 suggest as
to the purpose of God towards ‘Babylon’? Notice especially how many times the
words ‘no more’ occur in 18:21-24. Cf. 19:3. What truth is thus enforced
concerning the whole system of godless luxury and lust which the name ‘Babylon’
represents? Cf. 1 Cor. 7:31b; 1 Pet. 1:24, 25; 1 Jn. 2:17.
2-
What calls forth the praises of 19:1-3, 4, 5-8, and by whom
respectively were they spoken? What truths about God’s character and ways are
here acknowledged? Cf. 19:10; Is. 45:21-25.
Notes
1-
19:3b. Symbolic of final destruction. Cf. Is. 34:10.
2-
19:7. ‘The marriage of the Lamb’: the fulfilment of God’s
purpose as described in Eph. 5:25b, 26. A final decisive contrast to the harlot
and her impurities.
