There dose not seem to be a lot of discovery within the context of this chapter that lays bear "The Fall of Babylon." Which we shall soon discover is of all things.........the figure of all that is wrong in the powers that be. That require accountability.
The Fall of Babylon
Revelation 18:4-8 "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow." Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her." (KJV)
Revelation 18:4-8 "Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; For her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed. As she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so give her a like measure of torment and mourning, since in her heart she says, 'I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I shall never see.' For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her." (ESV)
Revelation 18:4-8 "And I heard another voice saying out of the heavens, "Come on out of her grasp of her deception! (The seems to be over looked by most Bible scholars as is ithe repeats of of Israel's calling to come of Egypt and it is repeated yet again is 2Corinthinas 6:11-7:3 for those of the Ekklesiah of GOD.) You are Mt people; You have nothing in common with her distortions and need not participate in her plagues. Her perverted twistedness of GOD'S image in you has piled up and polluted every square inch of the earth and it's sky above. GOD cannot tolerate the presence of the unrighteousness she represents. (First Aorist (prophetic) active indicative of mnemoneuo, remember or tolerate, here with the accusative (adikemata, unrighteousness) instead of the genitive - thus, not her unrighteousness, but the unrighteousness that she represents.) The Lamb's suffering dealt a double blow to the whore and Beast-systems! The counterfeit cup she mixed turned on her and proved to be her defeat. (Give back to her as also she gave back to you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.)
Their apparent initial victory in the brutal unjust trial and crucifixion of the original Lamb turned against their tyranny double measure - not only were they outwitted in His death, when the document of humanity's guilt in the scarred body of Jesus was nailed to the cross, whereby every possible claim against the human race was nullified, but in His resurrection GOD presented the receipt, documenting the justification and redeemed righteousness of the entire human race!
This reminds of what the Prophet Isaiah saw, in Isaiah 40:2, "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquities are pardoned, that she has received from the LORD's hand double for all her sins."
The judgment that sin has brought in its hellish torment as inevitable consequence upon humanity is now atoned for in double proportions in the Lamb's suffering and in the reversal of the lamb's judgment brought upon all principalities and powers.) This is a complete reversal of her self-inflated glory and luxurious lifestyle to the exposure of her falsehood - like when mental is [1]tested with a touchstone and proves to be fool's gold - and gladness is turned into sorrow. You said in your heart, I am established as a queen and not a widow - I will not know grief. (The word [1, G929 from G928 from G931 basanos, meaning through the notion of going to the bottom] torment basanismos from (G928) basanizo, to test metals by the touchstone, which is a black siliceous stone is used to test the purity of gold or silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal - a piece of fine-grained dark schist or jasper formerly used for testing alloys of gold by observing the color of the mark which they made on it - thus, a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized. The cup Jesus drank of while on the cross is the touchstone! 'What shall I say? Father remove this cup from Me? NO! For it is for this hour I have come!'") Her calamity strikes in one day - death, sorrow and starvation - her entire dynasty is burnt to ashes in this fire of the passionate judgment of the LORD GOD." (See Isaiah 47:8-9, "Now therefore hear this, you lovers of pleasure, who sit securely, who say in your heart, "I am, there is no one besides me; I shall not sit as a widow or know the loss of children." These two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day; The loss of children and widowhood shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and great power of your enchantments.
All of her "offspring" are rescued out of her sway.) (The Mirror, with editing)
Now may the LORD increase our understand of Him and all that He IS!
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