YES or NO
Studies in Revelation 18:1-24
_ _ _ 1. Is this Babylon also called the Mother of Harlots? (17:5, 18)
_ _ _ 2. Is anyone attracted to Babylon because of truth and
Babylon’s Fall: Come Out of Her: Kings, Merchants Mourn: Saints Rejoice
righteousness?
1. What announcement is made in this lesson? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ By
_ _ _ 3. Figurative language pictures the judgment of the Harlot in the
whom? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Of what will Babylon become the
likeness of the fall of literal Babylon in the Old Testament, see
inhabitation? 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Jeremiah chapters 50-51.
2. How had Babylon effected all nations? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 4. Do you believe any one is safe who remains in Babylon?
Kings? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Merchants? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 5. Though here “Babylon” refused to be a “widow”, did Jeremiah
What did another voice say? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
in Lamentations and Hosea picture Jerusalem as a widow?
3. Why come out of Babylon? 1_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 6. Is the fall of this great city which would be in “one hour” (v.17)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How has Babylon glorified herself? v.7 _ _ _ _ _ _
to be understood to mean “a short time” rather than literally?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ How is she rewarded? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 7. Is There a similarity between verse 2-4 and Isaiah 48:20 and
Jeremiah 51:6?
4. What plagues comes on Babylon? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 8. Is all that kings and great men approve approved by God?
Who judges her? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How does her judgment effect kings?
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_ _ _ 9. Does v. 20 sound like a fulfillment of the Lord’s prophecy in
Luke 21:20-22; Luke 18:7; Matthew 23:34-36; Luke 11:47-51;
5. How does Babylon’s fall effect merchants? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and also Revelation 6:9-10?
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6. List merchandise in which Babylon bartered? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Note: “Merchants” = Jewish trade controlled the wealth of the world
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practically speaking. Jewish bankers, etc controlled the economy (cf.
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Acts 8:27; Acts 16:14; Acts 18:1-3; illustrates this also) very much
like today, the textile industry, the diamond market, the film industry,
7. How are shipmasters, companies, and sailors effected? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and many other industries. See Zechariah 14:14.]
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8. What are heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets told to do? _ _ _ _ _
TRUE OR FALSE
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Why did an angel cast a millstone into the sea?
_ _ _ 1. There is a similarity between verse 2 and Isaiah 21:9, and
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Jeremiah 51:8.
9. What will be heard and seen no more in Babylon? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 2. In verse 4, a voice from heaven called for God’s people to come
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out of the place represented by Babylon, but Jesus himself said
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in Matthew 24:16, and Luke 21:20-22 that they should stay there
10. Who are Babylon’s merchants? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ How
and not flee.
had she deceived all nations? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ What was found in
_ _ _ 3. By gorgeous array and sorceries she had deceived nations.
her? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 4. Position and wealth have no influence over men and nations.
(Please put the verse(s) number that provides the answer in the margin.)