Daniel & Revelation #41

Revelation 18 – The Final Illumination

Another Angel

1)            What does John see in the beginning of this segment? Revelation 18:1

2)            What other angels have come to this earth with a worldwide message? Revelation 10:1; 14:6-12

3)            What happened to the earth when this angel comes down with great authority? Revelation 18:1

4)            What is the glory of the Lord? Exodus 33:18, 19; 34:5-7

5)            Who is the glory of God upon when it fills the earth? Isaiah 60:1, 2

6)            What is the result of God’s glory resting upon His people? Isaiah 60:3-5

7)            What parallel prophecy do we find Jesus giving? Matthew 24:14

The Message of the Angel

8)            What is the message of this mighty angel? Revelation 18:2

9)            Was the fall of Babylon all at once or was it gradual? 2 Thessalonians 2:3

10)         What three developments take place as a result of Babylon’s fall? Revelation 18:2

11)         What happened to literal Babylon anciently? Isaiah 13:19-22

12)         What had Babylon not allowed itself to be a dwelling place or habitation of? Ephesians 2:22

13)         Why is Babylon referred to as a prison (hold/cage)? 2 Timothy 2:26; 2 Peter 2:19

14)         What additional information is given that brings about Babylon’s fall? Revelation 18:3; cf. 14:8

15)         What event brings about the final fall of Babylon? Psalm 94:20, 21

16)         What motivations bring about this unity in Babylon that leads to its fall? Revelation 18:3

17)         What urgent message is given because of the deplorable state of Babylon? Revelation 18:4

18)         If we stay in Babylon when knowing of its fall from truth, what do we become? 2 John 11

19)         What is soon to follow on all who stay in Babylon because of her sins? Revelation 18:5, 6

Lamentations & Doom

20)         What does Babylon say of herself? Revelation 18:7

21)         What is the response of her political allies? Revelation 18:9, 10

22)         What is the response of the business men who benefited by her? Revelation 18:16

23)         How extensive has the merchandising through Babylon been? Revelation 18:11-13

24)         What is the response of the transportation industry? Revelation 18:17-19

25)         What is the response of heaven? Revelation 18:20

26)         What does the mighty angel so? Revelation 18:21, 22

27)         Why is the stone like a millstone? Matthew 18:6

28)         What are the reasons of judgments upon Babylon? Revelation 18:23

29)         What is the guilt of Babylon? Revelation 18:24

30)         Through what powers has Babylon worked to incur this guilt? Revelation 12:13; 13:7, 15

31)         What call is the focal point of this chapter of judgment? Revelation 18:4

32)         What will Jesus finally achieve under the illuminating influence of this message? John 10:16, 27

Commitment

The terrible judgments of Babylon are coming, but before the judgments decimate the great persecuting power of God’s people, God gives a final call to all who still will listen. This call of love is to awake from the Babylonian stupor and flee from the wrath to come. Will you come fully out of Babylon that you may have a shelter when the judgments fall?