Revelation 18:1-24
Jim Watt
jmbetter at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 10:35:01 PDT 2010
“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*
*Jim & Marie Watt*
*Tel: 253-517-9195 - Email: jmbetter at gmail.com*
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*June 14, 2010
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*(From IV. REVELATION 12:1-22:20)*
*2. 18:1-20 BABYLON: SUDDEN JUDGMENT FOR PERSECUTION OF CHURCH*
*a. 18:1 JOHN: BEHOLDS A MIGHTY ANGEL*
MeTA TAUta EIdon ALlon AGge-lon ka-taBAInon-ta [2597] ek tou ou-raNOU,
*After these things I saw another angel coming down out of :heaven,*
Echon-ta e-xouSIan meGAl*e*n; kai h*e* g*e* e-ph*o*TISth*e* ek t*e*s DOx*e*s
auTOU.
*having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his :glory.*
*b. 18:2 PROCLAMATION OF THIS ANGEL: THE FALL OF BABYLON*
kai Ekra-xen [2596] en is-chuRA [2479] ph*o*N*E*, LEg*o*n, Epe-sen [4098],
*And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen,*
Epe-sen Ba-buL*O*N [897] h*e* meGAl*e*n, kai eGEne-to ka-toi-k*e*T*E*ri-on
[2732] dai-moNI*o*n [1142],
*fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons,*
kai phu-laK*E* [5438] panTOS PNEUma-tos [4151] a-kaTHARtou [169],
*and prison of every unclean spirit,*
kai phu-laK*E* panTOS orNEou [3732] a-kaTHARtou kai me-mi-s*e*MEnou [3404].
*and prison of every unclean and hateful bird.*
*c. 18:3 THE GREAT INFLUENCE OF BABYLON*
HOti ek tou OInou [3631] tou thuMOU [2372] t*e*s porNEIas [4202] auT*E*S
PEPt*o*-kan [4095] PANta ta ETHn*e*,
*For by the wine of the wrath of her :fornication all the nations are
fallen,*
kai hoi ba-siLEIS [935] t*e*s g*e*s met' auT*E*S ePORneu-san [4203],
*and the kings of the earth committed fornication with her,*
kai hoi EMpo-roi [1713] t*e*s g*e*s ek t*e*s duNAme-*o*s tou STR*E*nous
[4764] auT*E*S ePLOUt*e*-san [4147].
*and the merchants of the earth grew rich by the power of her :luxury.*
*d. 18:4-5 SAINTS: WARNED TO LEAVE BABYLON*
Kai *E*kou-sa ALl*e*n ph*o*N*E*N ek tou ou-raNOU, LEgou-san, E-XELtha-te
[1831],
*And I heard another voice from :heaven, saying, Come forth,*
ex auT*E*S, ho laOS [2992] mou, HIna m*e* sun-koi-n*o*N*E*s*e*-te
[4790]tais ha-marTIais
[266] auT*E*S,
*my :people, out of her, that you have no fellowship with her :sins,*
kai ek t*o*n pl*e*G*O*N [4127] auT*E*S HIna m*e* LAb*e*-te:
*and that you receive not of her :plagues:*
HOti e-kolL*E*th*e*-san [2853] auT*E*S hai ha-marTIai Achri tou ou-raNOU,
*5 for her :sins are heaped up even unto :heaven,*
kai em-n*e*MOneu-sen [3421] ho TheOS ta a-diK*E*ma-ta [92] auT*E*S.
*and :God has remembered her :iniquities.*
*e. 18:6 MULTIPLIED JUDGMENT PROCLAIMED ON BABYLON*
aPOdo-te [591] auT*E* h*o*s kai auT*E* aPEd*o*-ken,
*Render to her even as she rendered,*
kai diPL*O*sa-te [1363] ta diPLA kaTA ta ERga [2041] auT*E*S:
*and redouble to her according to her :works:*
en t*o* po-t*e*RI*o* [4221] h*o* eKEra-sen, keRAsa-te [2767] auT*E* diPLOUN
[1362].
*in the cup which she mingled, mingle to her double.*
*f. 18:7 REWARD HER PRIDE OF POSITION WITH MULTIPLIED TORMENT*
HOsa eDOxa-sen [1392] auT*E*N, kai es-tr*e*NIa-sen [4763],
*However much she glorified herself, and grew luxurious,*
toSOUton DOte auT*E* ba-sa-nisMON [929] kai PENthos [3997]:
*so much give her of torment and mourning:*
HOti en t*e* karDIa auT*E*S LEgei [HOti], KAth*e*-mai [2521] baSIlis-sa
[938],
*because she says in her heart [that], I sit as a queen,*
kai CH*E*ra [5503] ouk eiMI, kai PENthos [3997] ou m*e* Id*o* [1492].
*and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.*
*g. 18:8 THE TIME-FRAME OF HER JUDGMENT: ONE DAY!*
diA TOUto en miA h*e*MEra H*E*xou-sin [2240] hai pl*e*GAI [4127] auT*E*S,
THAna-tos, kai PENthos [3042],
*Therefore in one day shall her plagues :come, death, and mourning,*
kai liMOS; kai en puRI ka-ta-kauTH*E*se-tai [2618];
*and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire;*
HOti is-chuROS [2478] KUri-os ho TheOS ho KRInas [2919] auT*E*N.
*for strong is the Lord :God who judged her.*
*h. 18:9-10 REACTION OF WORLD-RULERS AT BABYLON'S FALL*
kai KLAUsou-sin [2799] kai KOpson-tai [2875] ep' auT*E*N, hoi ba-siLEIS t*e*s
g*e*s
*And the kings of the earth, who committed fornication with her*
hoi met' auT*E*S porNEUsan-tes [4203] kai str*e*-niAsan-tes [4763],
*and lived luxuriously, shall weep and wail over her,*
HOtan BLEp*o*-sin ton kapNON [2586] t*e*s puR*O*se-*o*s [4451] auT*E*S,
*when they shall see the smoke of her :burning,*
aPO maKROthen he-st*e*KOtes diA ton PHObon [5401] tou ba-sa-nisMOU [929] auT
*E*S, LEgon-tes,
*10 standing afar off for the fear of her :torment, saying,*
OuAI [3759], ouAI, h*e* POlis [4172] h*e* meGAl*e*, Ba-buL*O*N [897],
h*e*POlis h
*e* i-schuRA [2478]!
*Woe, woe, the great :city, Babylon, the strong :city!*
HOti miA H*O*ra [5610] *E*Lthen h*e* KRIsis [2920] sou.
*for in one hour is your :judgment come.*
*i. 18:11-13 THE CONTENT OF MOURNING OF WORLD'S MERCHANTS*
kai hoi EMpo-roi [1713] t*e*s g*e*s KLAIou-sin [2799] kai penTHOUsin
[3996]ep' auT
*E*N,
*And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her,*
HOti ton GOmon auT*O*N ouDEIS a-goRAzei [59] ouKEti;
*for no one buys their :cargo any more;*
GOmon [1117] chruSOU, kai arGUrou, kai LIthou [3037] tiMIou [5093], kai
mar-ga-riT*O*N [3135],
*12 cargo of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls,*
kai busSInou [1040], kai porPHUras [4209], kai si-riKOU [4596], kai kokKInou
[2847];
*and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet;*
kai pan XUlon [3586] THUi-non [2367], kai pan SKEUos [4632] e-lePHANti-non
[1661], kai pan SKEUos
*and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made*
ek XUlou ti-mi-*o*TAtou [5093], kai chalKOU [5475], kai siD*E*rou [4604],
kai marMArou [3139];
*of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;*
kai kinNAm*o*-mon [2792], kai Am*o*-mon, kai thu-miAma-ta [2368], kai MUron
[3464],
*13 and cinnamon, and spice, and incenses, and ointment,*
kai LIba-non [3030], kai OInon [3631], kai Elai-on [1637], kai seMIda-lin
[4621],
*and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour,*
kai SIton [4685], kai KT*E*n*e* [2934], kai PROba-ta [4263];
*and grain, and cattle, and sheep;*
kai HIPp*o*n [2462] kai 'reD*O*N [4480] kai s*o*MAt*o*n [4983]; and psuCHAS
[5590] anTHR*O*p*o*n.
*and of horses and chariots and bodies; and souls of men.*
*j. 18:14 THE TOTALITY OF DESTRUCTION OF BABYLON'S GOODS*
kai h*e* oP*O*ra [3703] sou t*e*s e-pi-thuMIas [1939] t*e*s psuCH*E*S [5590]aP
*E*Lthen aPO sou,
*And the fruits of the lust of your soul are gone from you,*
kai PANta ta li-paRA [3045] kai ta lamPRA [2986] aP*O*le-to [565] aPO sou,
*and all the dainty and the sumptuous are perished from you,*
kai ouKEti ou m*e* auTA heuR*E*sou-sin [2147].
*and men shall find them no more at all.*
*k. 18:15-17a THE TOTAL DESOLATION AND MOURNING OF THOSE WHO FORMERLY
PROFITED FROM BABYLON*
hoi EMpo-roi [1713] TOUt*o*n, hoi plouT*E*san-tes [4147] ap' auT*E*S,
*The merchants of these things, who became rich by her, *
aPO maKROthen [3113] ST*E*son-tai [2476] diA ton PHObon [5401] tou
ba-sa-nisMOU [929] auT*E*S,
*shall stand afar off for the fear of her :torment, *
KLAIon-tes [2799] kai penTHOUNtes [3996];
*weeping and mourning;*
LEgon-tes, OuAI, ouAI, h*e* POlis h*e* meGAl*e*,
*16 saying, Woe, woe, the great :city,*
h*e* pe-ri-be-bl*e*MEn*e* [4018] BUSsi-non [1039] kai por-phuROUN [4210] kai
KOKki-non [2847],
*the one arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet,*
kai ke-chru-s*o*MEn*e* [5558] en chruSI*o* kai LIth*o* [3037] tiMI*o*
[5093]kai mar-gaRIt
*e* [3135]!
*and gilded with gold and precious stone and pearl!*
HOti miA H*O*ra *e*-r*e*M*O*th*e* [2049] ho toSOUtos PLOUtos.
*17a because in one hour so great :riches is made desolate.*
*l. 18:17b-18 THE MOURNING OF SHIPMASTERS AND SEAMEN*
kai pas ku-berN*E*t*e*s [2942], kai pas ho ePI TOpon PLE*o*n [4143],
*And every shipmaster, and every one that sails anywhere,*
kai NAUtai [3658], kai HOsoi t*e*n THAlas-san [2281] erGAzon-tai [2038], aPO
maKROthen HEst*e*-san,
*and mariners, and as many as work on the sea, stood afar off,*
kai Ekra-xan [2896] BLEpon-tes ton kapNON [2586] t*e*s puR*O*se-*o*s [4451]auT
*E*S*,*
*18 and cried as they looked upon the smoke of her :burning,*
LEgon-tes, Tis hoMOIa t*e* POlei t*e* meGAl*e*?
*saying, What city is like the great :city?*
*m. 18:19 THE QUICKNESS OF JUDGMENT ACCENTUATED BABYLON'S JUDGMENT*
kai Eba-lon choun [5522] ePI tas ke-phaLAS [2776] auT*O*N, kai Ekra-xan,
*And they did cast dust upon their :heads, and cried,*
KLAIon-tes [2799] kai penTHOUNtes [3996], LEgon-tes, OuAI [3759],
ouAI, h*e*POlis h
*e* meGAl*e*, en h*e*
*weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great :city, in which*
ePLOUt*e*san [4147] PANtes hoi Echon-tes ta PLOIa [4143] en t*e* thaLASs*e*ek t
*e*s ti-miOt*e*-tos [5094] auT*E*S!
*all that had their ships in the sea became rich from her :costliness!*
HOti miA H*O*ra [5610] *e*-r*e*M*O*th*e* [2049].
*for in one hour is she made desolate.*
*n. 18:20 BUT - THE CONTRAST OF THOSE REJOICING IN GOD'S JUDGMENT*
EuPHRAInou [2165] ep' auT*E*, ou-raNE, kai hoi HAgi-oi [40], kai hoi
aPOsto-loi [652],
*Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you the saints, and the apostles,*
kai hoi proPH*E*tai [4396]; HOti Ekri-nen [2919] ho TheOS to KRIma [2917]huM
*O*N ex auT*E*S.
*and the prophets; for :God has judged your :judgment on her.*
*3. 18:21-24 BABYLON: SUDDEN DESTRUCTION FOR DECEPTION AND MARTYRDOMS*
*a. 18:21 AN ANGEL ILLUSTRATES THE SUDDENNESS OF BABYLON'S JUDGMENT*
Kai *E*ren [142] heis AGge-los i-schuROS [2478] LIthon [3067] h*o*s MUli-non
[3458] MEgan
*And one strong angel took up a stone as if a great millstone*
kai Eba-len [906] eis t*e*n THAlas-san [2281], LEg*o*n,
*and cast it into the sea, saying,*
HOUt*o*s horM*E*ma-ti [3731] bl*e*TH*E*se-tai Ba-buL*O*N [897], h*e* meGAl*e
* POlis,
*Thus with a mighty rush shall Babylon, the great city,*
kai ou m*e* heu-reTH*E* Eti.
*be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.*
*b. 18:22-23 THE MAGNITUDE OF BABYLON'S DESTRUCTION*
kai ph*o*N*E* ki-tha-r*o*D*O*N [2790] kai mou-siK*O*N [3451] kai au-l*e*T*O*N
[834]
*And the voice of harpers and minstrels and fluteplayers*
kai sal-piST*O*N [4538] ou m*e* a-kouTH*E* en soi Eti;
*and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in you;*
kai pas techNIt*e*s [5079], PAs*e*s TECHn*e*s [5078], ou m*e* heu-reTH*E*
[2147] en soi Eti;
*and no craftsman, of whatever craft, shall be found any more at all in you;
*
kai ph*o*N*E* MUlou ou m*e* a-kousTH*E* en soi Eti;
*and the noise of of a mill shall be heard no more at all in you;*
kai ph*o*s [5457] LUCHnou [3088] ou m*e* PHAn*e* [5316] en soi Eti;
*23 and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in you;*
kai ph*o*N*E* numPHIou [3566] kai NUMph*e*s [3565] ou m*e* a-kousTH*E* en
soi Eti:
*and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall be heard no more at all in you:
*
HOti hoi EMpoROI [1713] sou *E*san hoi me-giSTAnes [3175] t*e*s g*e*s;
*because your :merchants were the princes of the earth;*
HOti en t*e* phar-maKIa [5331] sou e-plaN*E*th*e*-san [4105] panTA ta ETHn*e
*.
*because with your :sorcery were all the nations deceived.*
*c. 18:24 AND - THE RIGHTEOUS REASON FOR HER DESTRUCTION*
kai en auT*E* HAIma-ta pro-ph*e*T*O*N [4396] kai haGI*o*n [40] heuREth*e*,
*And in her was found blood of prophets and of saints,*
kai PANt*o*n t*o*n es-phagMEn*o*n [4969] ePI t*e*s g*e*s.
*and of all the slain upon the earth.*
*NOTE**: *This chapter is an integral part with the preceding one. In the
light of this, a friend asked me: “In preparing the Interlinear Greek NT
based on the Bible Numerics discovered and utilized by Ivan Panin in his
Greek and English Numeric NT's - what 'new' insight has the Lord given you?
By 'new' I mean, is there anything that you thought about, but now after
producing much of the Interlinear Greek NT - you see it differently? Is
there anything the Lord has shown you that is completely new? Is there any
concept, doctrine, principle that you've changed your opinion about?”
My answer to that is as follows: The reason I accepted the commission from
God to prepare Panin's two NT texts into an interlinear format was because
of his introduction to the Greek Numeric NT, which I purchased and read in
the Fall of 1945 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. When I read that Bible Numerics
*even* establishes the current sentence structure, sub-divisions, paragraphs
and section (chapter equivalents) - I was hooked. I can't rest in studying a
text until I outline it. I prepare for all university exams this way. So I
thought, which book of the NT shall I outline to see what difference may
show up? Ephesians was my answer. I summarized each sentence; gathered up
the sentence summaries into sub-divisions; the sub-divisions into
paragraphs; the paragraphs into sections, and the sections into books. When
I completed doing this with Ephesians, I seemed to walk above the ground for
the next few weeks! Not only is there no chapter break between Ephesians 1
and 2 in the Numeric discovery - but there is not even a paragraph division:
just a sentence division! This throws an entirely “new” light on the Holy
Spirit's thinking through Paul, as He led him to write this and his other 13
books!
By 1967 I had typed up Panin's entire English NT, and copied by hand
between the clauses - his Greek text. I had by then summarized the entire NT
according to the Numeric- guided divisions. However - by putting this on
computer according to the new format my grandson and I settled on in 2007, a
much greater clarity has come. It is this increased clarity of seeing
contexts that I marvel at. Each section I prepare and each book I complete
(24 out of 27 to date), I again marvel at this clarity. It seems to produce
spin-offs, that enable me to receive revelation, insights, and understanding
of questions I have long put before the Lord, but not until now have the
answers been rapidly coming.
For instance, in 1967 I sought the Lord for the reason from His point of
view that He had Marie and me marry. He showed us that “Two Are Better than
One”, and in 1967 He gave me two visions concerning this. The first
concerned the *Automated Laser-Telescope that He told me to name “Spiritual
Star Wars”*. The second, the City Church Prayer potential through a
corporate cell group of 8 in the Gate of each city.
But in the first vision He only revealed two of the 7 component parts of
the Laser-Telescope. He said that we had been instrumental in making use of
Ivan Panin's Bible Numeric Study to produce very accurate Greek and Hebrew
Word Studies - and to work on the Interlinear Greek NT. He said that this
was the first and key component part of the Laser-Telescope.
*The City Church concept* as developed by Roland Allen (author of
“Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours”, and “The Spontaneous Expansion of
the Church: and the causes which hinder it”) and Watchman Nee through “The
Glorious Church”, gripped me back in 1949 and 1963. Numbers of us have
sought to advance this to a workable format in the Seattle area, and it
became the second component part for the vision, and a “pedestal” as it were
to support the Interlinear Greek NT. The other 5 component parts, because we
had no part in their preparation, He said nothing concerning; but merely
assembled the 7 parts in an Observatory, and then demonstrated the amazing
results.
But on December 7, 2009, He revealed the other 5 parts: 3. *Prayer
Multiplication concept* based on Bible Covenant, and illustrated by Pastor
Ern Baxter through God's vertical covenant with us as individuals (di-aTH*E*
k*e*) and the horizontal covenant between fellow believers (sunTH*E*k*e*),
and using Deuteronomy 32:30, Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Matthew 18:19 and
Zechariah 12:8. 4. *The 12 Embryonic Revival Principle*s brought together in
1948 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan under the leadership of George R.
Hawtin; 5. The release through *Bible Meditation* as demonstrated so
powerfully by George Muller and George Whitefield. 6. The concept of *Corporate
Intercession* through being “possessed” by the Holy Spirit as demonstrated
by Rees Howells. 7. And the focus of Oswald Chambers on the Redemptive Act
of Jesus Christ, by saying thanks by *Personal, Passionate Devotion to Jesus
*.
These 7 concepts put together will release scores and hundreds of small
corporate city prayer cell groups to let Jesus do *anything* He wants
through them by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I believe that this is *more* than a spin-off. It is a release of
understanding I have been praying for since 1967, and is a direct result
that has sprung from the preparation of God's Bible Numeric Greek NT as made
possible by Ivan Panin. He spent 100,000 hours in 50 years of work ending in
1942 in Aldershot, Ontario; but not put together until these last days
preceding the soon return of our Lord Jesus.
*This* is my answer to my friend's question. J.A.W.
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