world is drunk on her immorality. But the world turns on her and destroys her, and chapter 18 draws out the implications of Babylon’s fall. This chapter deals with the way Babylon will be punished and with the way her cohorts and purveyors will respond. God is glorified in salvation through judgment: through the judgment of Babylon God calls his people home from exile. John describes two proclamations from two voices in 18:1–20. The first announces the fall of Babylon, and the second announces both
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