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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – Babylon and Her Destiny (17:1â19:10)
Babylon and Her Destiny (17:1â19:10)
- The Vision of the Woman and the Scarlet Beast (17:1-7)
- The Angel's Interpretation (17:8-18)
- The Bright Angel's Announcement (18:1-3)
- The Voice from Heaven (18:4-20)
- The First Appeal to the People of God (18:4-8)
- The Three Laments over Babylon (18:9-19)
- The Last Appeal to the People of God (18:20)
- The Angel with the Millstone (18:21-24)
- The Rejoicing of Heaven and Earth (19:1-8)
- John and the Angel (19:9-10)
The three "great signs in heaven"â"a woman clothed with the sun" (12:1), "a great red dragon" (12:3) and "seven angels with seven plagues" (15:1)âare over. A new stage of the prophecy begins. Its start and its finish are clearly marked. To begin, one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls introduces a long and elaborate vision. At the end John falls down to worship the angel and is told not to because the angel is only a fellow servant (19:10). This pattern repeats itself in John's last vision (21:9â22:9). Both visions focus on a city personified as a woman, here an evil woman, Babylon "the great prostitute" (17:1; compare 14:8; 16:19), and there a good woman, Jerusalem the virgin bride.
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