WHAT TIME IT IS

 

REVELATION 19

 

Both commercial Babylon and religious Babylon  of the Antichrist's kingdom are located in the same city

 

Rev. 19:1  And after these things [after John is shown the judgment of Babylon the great: the great commercial center of the earth (Chapter 18)]

[1] I heard a great voice

[a.] of much people in heaven, saying,  

                                    [11.] Alleluia;

                                    [12.] Salvation, and

                                    [13.] glory, and

                                    [14.] honour, and

                                    [15.] power,

[aa.] unto the Lord our God:

 19:2  For                   [16.] true and righteous [are] his judgments: for

                                                [aa.] he hath judged the great whore*,

                                                            [111.] which did corrupt the earth

[aaa.] with her fornication, and

[ab.] [he] hath avenged the blood [from Abel to the two witnesses]

[111.] of his servants [Israel and the Church]

[aaa.] at her hand. 

[*The great whore is: Mystery Babylon The Great, The Mother Of Harlots And Abominations (Rev. 17:5).  In Chapter 18, John has just been shown God’s judgment of Babylon The Great, the world’s great commercial center.  Yet, verse 19:2 calls this great commercial center “the great whore.”  Both the great religious center (Mystery Babylon The Great), and the great commercial center of the earth (Babylon The Great), therefore, will be located in the same city: Babylon.  HERE IS THE GREAT MYSTERY: EACH OF THE 8 GREAT WORLD KINGDOMS (Rev. 17:10-11) HAS HAD OR WILL HAVE ITS GREAT RELIGIOUS WHORE CITY.  For the revised Roman Empire that is yet to come, its 10 kings will destroy its great mystery religious city (Rev. 17:16).  These kings then will give their power, authority, and kingdom to the Antichrist (Rev. 17:12-14, Rev. 17:16-17), who will form the eighth and final world kingdom to oppress Israel: the revived Grecian Empire.  In fulfillment of Bible prophecy (Dan 9:27), the Antichrist will enter Jerusalem and desecrate the rebuilt temple.  He will then consolidate church and state in the rebuilt city of Babylon in Iraq.  THEN THE GREAT MYSTERY: the spirit of the destroyed Mystery Babylon is resurrected in literal Babylon as the great religious whore city of the revived Grecian Empire.  It demands universal worship of the Antichrist.  God destroys it under the 7th vial of wrath (Rev. 16:19).] 

        

19:3  And again they said,

[17.] Alleluia.

And her smoke rose up

[aa.] for ever and ever [the smoke of destroyed Babylon will forever witness to God’s judgment of sin].

 19:4  And

            [1] the four and twenty elders and

            [2] the four beasts [zoe]

                        [a.] fell down and

                        [b.] worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying,

                                    [11.] Amen;

                                    [12.] Alleluia.

 

Jesus reigns over the earth

 

19:5  And a voice came out of the throne, saying,

[1] Praise our God,

                        [a.] all ye his servants [the Church], and

                        [b.] ye that fear him,

[11.] both small and great [c/p. Rev. 11:18].

19:6  And I heard as it were

            [1] the voice of a great multitude [the redeemed], and as

            [2] the voice of many waters [Jesus], and as

            [3] the voice of mighty thunderings [the Father],

saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

 

The marriage supper of the Lamb 

[on the earth]

 19:7  Let us

            [1] be glad and

            [2] rejoice, and

            [3] give honour to him:

                        [a.] for the marriage of the Lamb is come,

                        [b.] and his wife hath made herself ready.

 19:8  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen,

            [1] clean and

            [2] white:

for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

 

 19:9  And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they [on the earth] which are called unto the marriage supper** of the Lamb [c/p Rev. 19:17-19]. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

 

This messenger is a born again Jew*

 

 19:10  And I fell at his feet to worship him [c/p. Rev. 22:6-9]. 

            [1] And he said unto me, 

                        [a.] See [thou do it] not: I am

[11.] thy fellowservant [the Church], and

[12.] of thy brethren [Jewish] that have the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 1:2): 

                        [b.] worship God: 

                                    [11.] for the testimony of Jesus 

                                                [aa.] is the spirit of prophecy.

 

This is the same messenger of:   

 

Rev. 15:1  And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels [messengers] having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

 

 17:1  And there came one of the seven angels [messengers] which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 

[*Martyred Jewish saints [not angels] pour out the 7 vials of the wrath of God (Rev. 15:1; Rev. 15:6-8; Rev. 16:1; Rev. 17:1; Rev. 19:10; Rev. 21:9;  Rev. 22:6-9; c/p. vs. Rev. 6:9-11. See Rev. 19:10, The Book of Revelation In Verse-by-Verse Outline).]

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