Revelation · Section 8 of 10
The Fall of Babylon
Revelation 17:1–19:10 · days 28–30
Chapter 17 to 19:10 portrays Babylon, the great prostitute and the city that seduces and exploits the nations, and then her fall. Heaven answers with rejoicing and the announcement of the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Studies in this section
Revelation · Day 28The Woman on the Beast
Revelation 17:1-18Babylon is shown as a dazzling, intoxicating, blood-stained power that seduces the nations and devours itself, and the chapter's own answer to her is the Lamb, who overcomes with those who are called, chosen, and faithful.
Revelation · Day 29Come Out of Her, My People
Revelation 18:1-24Babylon the great falls in a single hour, mourned by those who profited from her and celebrated by heaven, and in the middle of the judgment God calls his own people out by name, so that they will not share her sins or her plagues.
Revelation · Day 30Hallelujah: The Lamb's Wedding Day
Revelation 19:1-10Heaven answers Babylon's fall with four hallelujahs and the announcement that the Lamb's long-awaited wedding has come, where the bride is clothed in a gift of fine linen and every guest is simply invited.