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The Soon Coming Judgment Of God Upon America and How To Escape It 41
Through careful research and through dozens of sources, chapters 5, 6 and 7 document
how America, who was once a Christian nation, has become a nation that forgot God and his
law. Further, it is painstakingly documented how America has become the “habitation of devils,
and the hold of every foul spirit.” (Revelation 18:2) The rest of this book series carefully
documents how America fulfills every description of Babylon; for America is the Babylon.
Babylon The Great Shall Be Destroyed
God tells us in Revelation 18 that Babylon the great shall be destroyed. Revelation 18 is a
warning to the inhabitants of Babylon. God warns the inhabitants of Babylon to not partake of
her sins. Sin and rebellion is what brings God’s judgment. The good news is that those who do
not partake of Babylon’s sins shall not receive her plagues!:
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
judgeth her (vs.8)…. Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in
one hour is thy judgment come (vs. 10)…. for in one hour is she made desolate
(vs. 19)…. with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall
be found no more at all (vs. 21)…. And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and
of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman,
of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a
millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee (vs. 22); And the light of a candle
shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride
shall be heard no more at all in thee (vs. 23).
… Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not of her plagues (vs. 4).
Babylon’s Judgment Shall Come In One Hour
Babylon's judgment shall come upon her suddenly, in one day even one hour. As a result
of the judgment of God, Babylon shall be burned with fire. There shall be death and mourning.
The fact that there are mourners indicates that there shall be survivors. As a result of God’s
judgment the survivors shall suffer famine.
Often in the Bible a city is symbolic of a nation or kingdom. God’s judgment of Babylon
is the judgment of a nation. Verses 8, 10 and 19 appear to be speaking of the judgment upon the
nation of Babylon. Verses 21-23 appear to be speaking of the judgment against the city, which is
symbolic of the nation of Babylon.
The reasons for this are as follows: Verse 8 indicates there will be survivors both because
there are mourners and because there is famine. Without survivors there cannot be famine. But
there is a transition that begins at verse 21 (“with violence shall that great city Babylon be
thrown down, and shall be found no more at all”). From verse 21 onward the prophecy is
speaking of a city. Verses 21-23 seems to indicate there will not be survivors. This is because
nothing seems to be going on at all. There is no music, no one working, no one getting married
and there are no lights in the city at night (“the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in
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