(v.1) After these things:
Her Sin: (v.3)
Wealth of her sensuality (NASU)
Delicacies (KJV)
Excessive luxuries (NIV)
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
– Revelation 9:11 (NIV)
…that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition (Apooleias)… so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
– 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 (NKJV)
(vv.5-7) …will never see mourning (v.7)
(v.8) Destroyed by
(v.9) Response toward her destruction:
(v.10) Emphasis: Destruction takes place One Hour (vv.10,17,19)
Three Groups will Mourn Her Destruction:
1. (v.9)
2. (v.11)
3. (vv.17-19)
(vv.12-14) The cargo is
Horses: hippos of uncertain affinity; a horse
…and of bodies (soma) and souls (psuche) of men. – Revelation 18:13 (YLT)
God Speaks (vv.20-24)
Who is this Babylon?
Ruled by (v.23)
Heavy (v.23)
Sorcery: pharmakeia (to administer drugs) the use of medicine, drugs or spells, sorceries, sorcery
Guilty of (v.24)