An appointed time for judgement, part 1
18 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
The first question of course is who is "Babylon the great" (not Babel and not Babylon, but Babylon the great). In Revelation 17 it is quite clearly the Vatican that is being referred to. But here, in chapter 18, it can't possibly be the Vatican. Also, if you see that the Vatican is the religious aspect of this "great Babylon" then it obviously cannot be referring to Iran. At this point we must see this as a golden kingdom, that has become the habitation of devils. It wasn't originally but it has become so. It is also the hold of every foul spirit. So we have a golden kingdom and everyone including the Bible and God calls "great" has become the habitation of devils and the fortress of every foul spirit. The word hold refers to a prison. According to the Greek it is the "habitation of and the hold of". Does this mean they both live here and are imprisoned here, or more likely they live here and control the prison here. The British royal family has their habitation in London and they also have their prison, the tower of London, in London as well. Perhaps what it means is "the inmates are running asylum. Ever since Biden became president it surely seems like the inmates are running the asylum here in the US. Then it describes it as "a cage of every unclean and hateful bird". The cage is both the home and the prison of a bird. This is the situation in the US, the rulers appear to be every unclean and hateful bird, the dwell in the halls of power, but it is also a cage for them. They are forced to give press conferences, appear in hearings, and get ridiculed daily by the press.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
So what country can be called great, and can say that "the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies". This is a great consumer nation, the biggest consumer nation in human history. Today it would be hard for any nation other than the US or China to consider themselves "great" and it is clear that of the two the US is the great consumer nation, whereas China is a great merchant nation. China, as the leading merchant nation, has waxed rich due to the consumption of the US.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
My people refers to believers, the church. Obviously this cannot refer to China or Russia, or Iran. You cannot say that the world's merchants have gotten rich from the Vatican. There are countries like the UK and Denmark and Greece that consider themselves to have a national Christian identity. But no one could confuse them for "the great Babylon".
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
People around the world have been praying to God about the sins of the US. When they have a drone strike on a funeral service you can be sure the prayers go up. When the have a catastrophe that kills or poisons thousands of people you can be sure the prayers go up. When they interfere in the governments of every nation you can be sure the prayers go up.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
As you have done, it will be done to you. The JFK assassination was blamed on people who had nothing to do with it (Russia, Cuba and the Mafia). 911 was also a false flag event framing people who were pawns in the whole thing. The Vietnam war is another example. So then, if she framed you for things you didn't do, then fill to her double, if she assassinated her own leaders, fill to her double, if she committed mass murder against her own citizens fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
There is only one country on earth who has the audacity to think that war will never come to her shores. This obviously cannot refer to any European nation, or African Nation, or Asian Nation. Only the US has this attitude. Blithely ignorant of human history and ignorantly thinking that somehow the US is immune from these events.
8 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.
They come in one day? Pearl harbor came in one day. 911 came in one day. To sink a ship or destroy a building can be done in one day, but to destroy an entire country in one day? That could be a meteor, it could be the eruption of Yosemite, or it could be nuclear bombs. But other than that it is hard to imagine any other way this judgement could come in one day.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
So we are talking about a sinful, hateful, demonic nation, that is arrogant and hateful. Yet, there are a number of puppet rulers around the world who bewail and lament for her. Once again there are very few nations that this could refer to and only one that all of these things can refer to, and that is the US.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Imagine if the US in one day could no longer import anything? That sounds like a total collapse of the US dollar. This could also refer to the destruction of our ports, say with a giant tsunami. In human history we have never seen such a thing. We have seen the collapse of currencies in Germany, Argentina and Venezuela, but not in one day and not so thoroughly that they couldn't import anything.