Last time we read about the end of the great harlot and the destruction of Babylon. This leaves a few open questions for us to consider.
First, as a reminder, the harlot is the final, ecumenical one world religion that controls the one world order of government.
Secondly, what city is Babylon? This is the city associated with the harlot as well. So the city and the religion are the same in their identity. What city could this be? There are numerous cities mentioned in the Bible, but only one is identified with God which is Jerusalem. Babylon was once a great city, but the Bible consistently refers to Babylon as the wicked city, which Jerusalem has been for some time. Just how wicked is Jerusalem in God’s eyes?
Revelation 11:8 And their bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
So finally the city of Jerusalem is destroyed, not physically, but it is no longer useful for Satan to continue to deceive the nations. Eventually it will be eternally destroyed physically, which will make way for the new Jerusalem. Now let us continue.
Revelation 18:20 Rejoice over her, Heaven, and the holy apostles, and the prophets, since God judged your judgment on her. 18:21 And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, So on an impulse the great city, Babylon, will be thrown down and not at all will be found any more.
When Jesus Christ returns, He will reign in Jerusalem for 1000 years. God has judged Jerusalem and the false religion that resides within its walls. Interestingly, the Pope has a castle there, the Muslims have a mosque there, the Christians have a stake there, and the Jews have always been there. They will all come together in a worldwide false religious system under Satan.
18:22 And the voice of harpers, and of musicians. and flutists, and of trumpeters will be heard no more at all in you. And every craftsman of any craft will not be found any more in you. And the sound of a mill will never more be heard at all in you. 18:23 And the light of a lamp will never more shine at all in you. And the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will never more be heard at all in you.
All of the worldly attractions and affections that have permeated every aspect of worship and living in Jerusalem will be gone.
For your merchants were the great ones of the earth; for by your sorceries all nations were deceived. 18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all those who were slain on the earth.
Didn’t Jesus remind the Pharisees that the blood of the prophets was on their hands?False religions and the nations under their control, have killed more people, especially true Christians, than all the wars.
Matthew 23:27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outside, but inside they are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
23:28 Even so you also appear righteous to men outwardly, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous, 23:30 and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
23:31 Therefore you are witnesses to yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets; 23:32 and you fill up the measure of your fathers.
23:33 Serpents! Offspring of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell?
Since this was true in Jesus’ day, how much worse will it be near the end?
Once again God reminds all of us of the power and pervasiveness of the deception. All the nations will be deceived. The great ‘reset’ is fulfilling Biblical prophecy.