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| 1FB | Rev 14:8 | The second angel warns against the fall of Babylon. Contrast the true worship of God on Mt Zion with the false worship of God in Babylon? |
| 2FB | Dan 5:1-4 | --We must understand the fall of Babylon in the Old Testament before understanding Revelation. --The Gold Goblets were holy and to be used only for the worship of the true God. Belshazzer profaned the holy cups. He treated them just like any other cups. |
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Dan 5:5-13 |
God sent a mysterious message of warning to the king. Daniel was called to Interpret the message. |
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Dan 5:18-22 |
The king knew the truth about God. |
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Dan 5:23-24 |
He knew the cups were holy, and he should not have used them. He was not sinning out of ignorance but with full awareness of his outright defiance of God. |
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Dan 5:26-31 |
After a definite period of time set by God, he Judged Babylon, condemned her and announced that Babylon had fallen. Later that night, Babylon was captured. Babylon fell because the king willfully profaned that which God said was holy. |
| 7FB | Rev 17:1,5,18 | The Harlot is named Babylon and like her Old Testament counterpart, is portrayed as a city who ruled over the kings of the earth. |
| 8FB | Rev 17:3 | The woman is identified with the beast who in Revelation 13, symbolized the Medieval Church of Rome whose deadly wound was to be healed. |
| 9FB | Rev 17:2 | Babylon, the fallen church is found united in adultery with the political powers of the state. Spiritual adultery is defined as unfaithfulness to the commands of God. (see Judges 2:17) The church and state join together to force the world to accept the false doctrines of Babylon. |
| 10FB | Rev 17:4 | The golden cup represents the wine of her false doctrines. Just as Belshazzar profaned the golden cups, modern Babylon profanes God's holy day, the Sabbath and replaces it with man's day, Sunday. |
| 11FB | Rev 17:5 | Babylon is the Mother of prostitutes. This symbolizes Rome with her Protestant daughters who have joined with her in profaning God's Sabbath day. |
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Rev 18:1-4 |
God calls His people to come out of Babylon and unite with His remnant who keep his commandments. (John 12:14-16) Don't you want to be a part of God's fold. |
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19 THE FALL OF BABYLON
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