The Second Angel’s Message

“And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.” Revelation 14:8

Babylon was the first nation identified in the visions of the book of Daniel. It was the most powerful and wealthiest of the line of nations – thereby receiving the symbol, head of gold (Daniel 2:36-38). However, because of the vile sins of this nation (Jeremiah 39; Daniel 5), God declared that Babylon would be destroyed and never rebuilt (Isaiah 13:19-22). The nation of Babylon’s, reign on earth ended in 539bc when Cyrus lead his army to capture the city. So why is Babylon being mentioned in a prophetic book written in around 90ad?

Because Babylon was the head of all the nations identified in the time prophecy of Daniel, it stands as a representative throughout scripture for all the subsequent nations that oppose God’s people. As the name suggests Babylon also denotes a source of confusion. In Revelation, the name Babylon referenced the kingdom in Daniel’s sequence ruling at that time, Pagan Rome. In 538ad this kingdom morphed into the religio-political power we know as Papal Rome (Daniel 7:24, 25). As we live today, though weakened and splintered, this kingdom still exists, but it’s final fall has been declared in this angel’s message (Daniel 2:40-43; Revelation 17:14-18). Papal Rome has brought mass amounts of confusion to oppose God’s truth. They have; and still are forcing all nations to support her corruption of God’s pure truth (Daniel 8:9-14). Therefore, because God sees the end from the beginning, He declares that Babylon has fallen.

As servants of the Most High God we are to declare the fallen nature of this system. In so doing, we will help others to escape her sure demise.

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