Sickle of Truth

  Revelation Chapter 18 Brother Shallieu’s thoughts on Verse 8 “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 judges her.” Immediately there comes to attention a listing in the reverse order of what might be expected: “death, and mourning, and famine.” Normally, death might be seen as the logical culmination of this sequence. But, on second thought, the order as…

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Revelation Chapter 18 VERSE 7 “In the measure that she glorified herself and lived luxuriously, in the same measure give her torment and sorrow; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as queen, and am no widow, and will not see sorrow.’” TO THE DEGREE THAT SHE GLORIFIED HERSELF AND LIVED LUXURIOUSLY: Clearly, she exalted herself to the top and spared no expense for her comforts or in bragging about her wisdom. TO THE SAME DEGREE GIVE HER TORMENT AND MOURNING: Truths…

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Revelation Chapter 18 VERSE 5 “For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.” FOR HER SINS HAVE PILED UP (Literally = JOINED TOGETHER) AS HIGH AS HEAVEN: The thought seems to be that heaven (God) can no longer overlook the accumulation of sins. They are past excusing or cleansing. AND GOD HAS REMEMBERED HER INIQUITIES: God tends to forget iniquities if things are going in the right direction. (See Ezek. 18:21, 22.) The fact that God is…

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Revelation Chapter 18 VERSE 4 “And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues.” AND I HEARD: The first three verses totally summarized the condemnation of Babylon. The picture was complete. John now uses his traditional section-dividing words to look at the results of that condemnation. ANOTHER VOICE FROM HEAVEN: — a messenger sent who will deliver the Lord’s previously-stated condemnation to His…

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Revelation Chapter 18 PART II (Verses 4 – 20) An Introduction to Part Two — Part II deals with how the “fall” of Babylon (Verse 2) will progress to its culmination in its destruction. Part II is entirely narrated by the “voice from heaven” (Verse 4) who is the Seventh angel who did, indeed, in the great detail of Volume 4 (“Studies in the Scriptures” series, “The Battle of Armageddon”), predict all of these trends leading to Babylon’s final, total…

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