It is spoken of several times in the book of Revelation as a great city. Revelation 16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath.
The original Babylon was a great city, so that it would be fitting to represent a city by that name. Again in the 17th chapter, we read: Revelation 17:3-5,18...I saw a woman... And the woman was
arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. T his woman is said by the angel to be: ...that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.
We read in the book of Isaiah of the king of Babylon, and find that he is Satan. Once he was Lucifer, son of the morning, now he is king of Babylon, prince of darkness.
Isaiah 14:4,12 That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! From what we know of the king, we may judge of the king dom. Babylon the Great is the kingdom of Satan.
The spirit of Satan is the spirit of the kingdom. Self-exaltation was his ruin: Isaiah 14:13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation on the sides of the north: The very attempt to raise self cast Lucifer down from where God had placed him.
The builders of Babel said, Genesis 11:4,8,9 Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad. It was while their ambitious hearts were planning thus for their own greatness that the Lord came down and frustrated their purpose by confounding their language. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel.
It is when Babylon triumphs that she falls.
The spirit of Satan is the spirit of the kingdom. Self-exaltation was his ruin: Isaiah 14:13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation on the sides of the north: The very attempt to raise self cast Lucifer down from where God had placed him.
The builders of Babel said, Genesis 11:4,8,9 Let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad. It was while their ambitious hearts were planning thus for their own greatness that the Lord came down and frustrated their purpose by confounding their language. So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth; and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel.
It is when Babylon triumphs that she falls.
We should never be discouraged when evil seems to be victorious. Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever. So God’s servants are to declare boldly, notwithstanding all: “Babylon is fallen, is fallen."
E.J. Waggoner
