Revelation 18:21-24
21 Then a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, “Thus with violence the great city Babylon shall be thrown down, and shall not be found anymore. 22 The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, and trumpeters shall not be heard in you anymore. No craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, and the sound of a millstone shall not be heard in you anymore. 23 The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. For your merchants were the great men of the earth, for by your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who were slain on the earth.”
John now witnesses a great and powerful angel cast a huge milestone into the ocean. He said this will be as Babylon thrown down in utter defeat, never more to be found. There will be no more of the merriment not of the trade or making of merchandise; no life will be there anymore. There will be nothing like lights burning or weddings even. Because those there will be so deceptive for others and lure the world away from the gospel of truth by their false teaching, because they killed God’s servants, spokesmen, and messengers, they will fall with the city and its deception. There have been and will continue to be those with a false gospel who attack and even kill God’s messengers of the gospel as in the past centuries, and deceive the world by claiming it is in the name of Christ for a true church of man’s construction of righteousness, but they will be held accountable for leading many astray. God’s righteousness in Christ alone which justifies the ungodly will prevail in the end, and He will bring justice in judgement at last.
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