The Collapse Of End-Time Babylon Series

June 15, 2024

Last time we discussed the 6 Last Plagues and the gathering of the Satanic armies for the final battle. Today we will focus on the collapse of End-Time Babylon.

• Plague 7 – the Satanic Trinity is shattered (16:17-21)

The seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying, "It is done!" Then there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder and a severe earthquake. No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake.

The result…. the Satanic Trinity (Dragon, Sea Beast, Earth Beast), who were united in their war against God and his people, is shattered. All the entities that supported the Satanic Trinity also collapse.

God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.

Three verses in Revelation speak of the wine of Babylon, which caused all who drank it to commit spiritual adultery:

o Revelation 14:8 - And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality."

o Revelation 17:2 - with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality.

o Revelation 18:3 - "For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality."

Now God gives her and all who sided with her the unmixed wine of his wrath.

Every island fled away and the mountains could not be found.

The earthquake of the 7th Plague will be so powerful that things we have always thought of as “immoveable” disappear.

The author of Hebrews speaks of the final shaking of creation,

"Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens." The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken -- that is, created things -- so that what cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire." - Hebrews 12:26-29

And Daniel tells it this way….

While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were broken to pieces at the same time and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth….. In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever. – Daniel 2:34-35, 44

The only thing that remains is the unshakeable kingdom God.

Finally, huge hailstones – weighing about 100 lbs. each – fall on the enemies of God.

o The largest hailstone ever recorded was 8 inches in diameter and weighed 1.9375 pounds. It fell in a severe hailstorm in Vivian, South Dakota, on July 23, 2010.

o The heaviest authenticated hailstone ever weighed 2.25 pounds. It fell in the Gopalanj district of Bangladesh on April 14, 1986.

It is not clear if these are literal hailstones or symbolic. In the Old Testament, hailstones were used as judgments:

o Exodus 9:18-26 - Therefore, at this time tomorrow I will send the worst hailstorm that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded till now. (see also Joshua 10:11; Psalm 18:12-14; Ezekiel 13:13-16; 38:22)

In the same way, the hailstones of the 7th Plague are used as judgment upon the enemies of God and his people.

As with the other plagues, the wicked respond by cursing God – revealing their true character and hardness of heart.

John has announced the fall of End-Time Babylon:

Revelation 14:8 - A second angel followed and said, "Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great, which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries."

And its actual collapse:

Revelation 16:19 - The great city split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. God remembered Babylon the Great and gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of his wrath.